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Would have liked more info, i.e. weighing the units both as ready to use and empty, demonstrating putting 4 gallons of water in each to confirm capacity, real comparison of actual run times to empty, pricing, side by side of full throttle misting, etc.
There has been a lot of innovation with this in a very short amount of time, excited to see how companies evolve and adapt to customer needs over time.
Nice job with the honest review. These have sure come a long way. I am waiting to see a company introduce a model that also does edging with a separate arm that comes down to do that. With all the crazy designs of machines I have seen on BattleBots show I know it is possible lol.
Another lawn care channel said Hydretain is not worth the money but he bought his before he could the comparison test. You were sent yours free, funny how you praise it when you get it free and he condemns it when he buys it. This is the problem with all channels, they are just commercials for the companies who send out free product. We CANNOT trust anybody on RU-vid or anything they say. It's all paid advertisement
Only thing not cleaning your deck off is it will rust the deck out because the grass never dries. It won't make it work harder or wear it out in that sense
Is it really safe to use a seed spreader gadget to sow the soil mixed with germinated sprout?!😮 would it damage some of the tiny sprouted grass seeds as they go through the broadcaster??😅
As you found out, 10 and 20 minutes per zone is a waste of water. Not even getting the dirt wet. Most need 40 min per zone. Garden hose watering will take even longer. Why, there is less pressure and volume doing this compared to an irrigation system where the water comes next to most peoples meters.
Your system needs attention. First you need 6 inch popup rotors. Cool season grass is cut taller than southern lawns. Your heads are not above the grass leaves. You are getting a poor spray pattern from the tall grass. Also never run a rotor wide open meaning not diffused down. The more you diffuse the more you get what Rain Bird calls rain curtain action or more even watering from rotor to apogee of water stream. I think from the video you have some diffusion or it's from the wind. Yes diffusion lowers max water throw slash range.
Someone needs to make a set of lawn mower blades like this to fit lawn mowers and tractors a cut blade of grass grows more healthy then a blade that wipes around to cut the grass more like a reel mower cuts. You know when i was a kid back in the 60s we used something like sheep shears to trim the edges down on our knees. Thats why weed Wackers took over. A weed wacker back then was a metal blade on a pole you wiped back and forth. Ive got both tools but at age 64 im not about to get on my hands and knees or sling a pole back and forth.
I like that tool, and i have the quick lock system edger, string trimmer and chain saw. They also made a broom and a few other things. One thing this tool needs is a hight adjustment and wheel for edging. You should edge with the edger once or twice a year and use the clippers to cut that way you have a gap between the pavement and lawn that way you do not damage the blades. Plus the gap looks nice
This is an excellent video. When I have talked to beginners I always start with mowing practices then weeding. You can fertilize all you want, but if you are scalping your lawn once a week vs taking a little off the top twice a week, the grass is never going to look its best.
New M18 owner here. Rural property . . . very rough and weedy. Hilly also. Replaces a gas manual push mower, 21 years old, purchase price $400CDN in 2003. Gas mower still worked fine but my knees no longer appreciated pushing it up the hills. All that said. I am perfectly happy with the performance of this mower but under no illusions about the cost/benefit ratio of a battery powered device where replacement batteries cost, here in Atlantic Canada $675 after taxes! Preposterous really. I think I need my head examined! And those batteries are ALREADY obsoleted by the new, even more costly "FORGE" batteries from Milwaukee. So, this mower is absolutely not to be recommended to the budget conscious! But, I'd likely do it over again.
Nice job Brandon on this video. Your TTTF is looking great. I am an old guy and have been doing this for a long time. By no means an expert but learned a lot over the years . For the first time homeowner or someone looking to take care of their lawn for the first time they should follow this channel and series of videos. Well explained and demonstrated. The basics are what all we really need to do. I have been down the rabbit hole of equipment and products since watching RU-vid and now I am just going back to the basics to save money and the results have been great. Keep up the great work.
400 dollars is insane for a product so late to the game. The Idech power rotary scissors are $160 all day everyday on eBay with adapters for every trimmer that doesn’t have a head based motor. I bought a refurbished Husqvarna 128 and some rotary scissors for a total of less than 280 dollars complete out the door. AND you can grease them. To say you don’t have to grease rotary scissors is a lie. That Milwaukee runs on hopes and dreams 😂
I own both, these reciprocators and Idech power rotary scissors. I’ve been using the PRS for a while now and I did mention that you need EP0 grease. Reciprocator attachments have been around for a long time now Milwaukee is just now introducing them to the market.
Nice Video. Could you please let me know what size of quick connect you use? I will replace the gun with a pressure washer gun M22. I am starting weed control and just bought the unit. Thanks
I could never get one, my wife likes to sneak the weed whacker, I'd come home to her trying to cut trees with it. Secondly I'd never buy anything battery powered
There's no safety piece that prevents you from getting too close to a pole or a tree and seeing you trim that around the sidewalk I can't walk that straight and quite frankly I don't think it's safe to use except for maybe cutting some heavier grass but trying to edge with it no way thanks
$400?! The Milwaukee hedge trimmer is literally half that and it’s an entire tool not just a stick with a blade on the end. Holy crap I’m half ready to abandon Milwaukee that is so outrageous.
Sorry man but this demonstration really does no justice when you're grass is full & already green. J/S coming from a Floridan. Thanks for the video however. 👍💚
Haven't quite pulled the trigger on a quik-lok yet but am leaning heavily that way. But the cost of these rotaries will likely keep me string trimming for the foreseeable future. And edging with it seems murderous on the blades!
The gas tomahawk obviously has the correct amount of power and is blowing the pesticide under the leaves (where mosquitoes stay the most). The battery barely made a leaf move… I would def not recommend a battery mister. Especially for large properties of an acre or more
