DOUBLE YOUR PLEASURE! - EGO dual battery backpack leaf blower! 

yeah - I'm curious why they choose to add this to the commercial line - lots of homeowners are going to be all over this.

Where are you located that you received one already? UK or EU, I presume? My research says this will not be for sale until the summer in the US.Thanks

@@runroemer7741 I am in the U.S. Got it at Lowe’s. I was as surprise as you are. This wasn’t suppose to be released until May 15. I had ordered from acme tools at first, but checked out Lowes and they had it in stock.

That is a good suggestion - I'm going to do that

They don’t really require any care. Except: if you live in winter environments, don’t let them sit on charger for six months with no use. Drain them down a little and charge them back up once a month. It’s a rule of thumb for “solar generators” also (made by jackery, ecoflow, etc)

@@americandude3825 Just starting to dive into the electric game.. This was one of the things I was thinking about living in upstate NY.. If I make the jump to the EGO weed eater and blower, I was going to set up a charging station inside one of my cabinets. My question is, in the winter months, would just taking them off the chargers and bringing them inside and storing them on a shelf in the basement suffice, or do you have to drain them down?

@@mnauerth2466 don’t let them get too cold - like freezing temps. I would not store them, uncharged for a long period. The battery has to have the continued chemical reaction of the charging process to stay working. It extends battery life.

​@@Kitearmydid this video ever get made?

I'm still pushing for a pressure washer - but a sprayer would be nice too

Are you all battery?

@@Kitearmy Except for the pressure washer. 😅 Milwaukee mower, Echo string trimmer, EGO everything else.

Regarding the Milwaukee mower, I added wings to the blade for a better vortex. I would recommend this for all Milwaukee mower users.

@@robertthompson3447 Sounds like you got all the good stuf!

@@robertthompson3447 That's to make more suction, right?

Thanks mate

I think you need to test them side by side to really see if there is a difference

@@Kitearmy I would love to test them side by side. That would be optimal because sometimes on paper the numbers are not accurate at all, but on paper my blower has quite a bit more blowing force according to the specs. Plus my Shindaiwa blowers are 80cc blowers. I don't think there is any battery powered backpack blowers on the market that is above the equivalent of a 60cc blower. The biggest concern with this blower and others like it, like the stihl is the batteries are to expensive and it is a fact that batteries over time lose capacity. The opposite is true of gas powered blowers they actually get more powerful as they get broken in. My biggest issue isn't the power alone because it has decent power for a battery powered backpack, it is the batteries. As I mentioned 1 battery is $349 for a 6ah battery. It requires 2 of these batteries to run. You would have to have a minimum of 2 sets of these in a commercial setting doing normal lawn care so you always have one set charged. The reason being is on turbo you are only getting 25 minutes of run time. I live in a heavy leaf area in the fall/winter and it would require turbo mode the whole time during cleanups. However, 1 blower with 2 battery backups would be $1400. The blowing force is also 26N for the ego. I could pickup 2 echo pb9010t's for around $1260 from a dealer and the blowing force is 48N. This echo is the most powerful backpack blower on the market. Cleanups would be almost 2 times as fast and I would have 2 blowers for less money and time is money. Once we get to the point that batteries come down a whole lot more I would probably be interested. From a longevity standpoint as well these battery powered blowers have not been proven my shindaiwa and echo products have never let me down. No one is doing extreme temperature tests with these batteries. They need to be tested in really cold climates and really hot climates and see how much it affects the run time.

My batteries have hundreds of cycles on them. I was hoping to get a fresh set as part of the kit price. Might have to wait for leaf season to justify the cost. 😅

@@robertthompson3447 It seems like a fair deal with the 2 6ah batteries

I don't know if it's available in your market or what the model number is in your market, but there's an updated single-battery backpack, with the same controls as their newer handhelds: variable speed trigger, and the wheel which locks on your desired minimum power. Downunder it's called the LB6004.

Glad you liked it!

Me too. I know something that the tire kickers don't. The batteries are rechargeable. 😎

A 2-sided backpack blower is what I need. I use my 650cfm backpack with my 765 CFM in my left hand at it rocks! But to have 30 minutes of battery power on my back for this would be perfect! Does ANYONE make a 2-sided backpack leaf blower (gas or electric)?!

hopefully you won't have to wait much longer

the 450

My 650 blows harder than my 765 by far ….

@@nthewalk wow that’s interesting to hear. I felt like my 765 was stronger than the 650 because I have owned both. I think kite army did the beach ball contest with those two blowers and the 765 was about 10% stronger in power. Ego should have made this new backpack blower 1000 cfm. Then it would be worth it.

@@Mist-Pro It is not only cfm but you have to consider the mph as well

@@Kitearmy I agree. Ego says backpack 800 cfm 190 mph. Handheld 765 cfm gets 200 mph. They seem pretty even on the specs as far as power. Maybe a comparison video is your next video!

@@Mist-Pro I would say they are pretty close in power

I know that it requires 2 batteries to run - not sure about mixing sizes, I will test that

That is handheld?

@@Kitearmy a new backpack blower with 10ah for $499. Sounds like an upgrade from the original one

This was posted awhile back before the 800cfm model was brought out. I think Ego ditched the 730cfm model for this model instead.

I like the EGO powerload - but I still like the model with the bump head

Great minds thing alike

Yeah - it was surprising how hard it was to control all those tennis balls

That thing is $1400 and whatever blower you use also cost money and won’t be as good as the 800cfm. Also, I’ve got 8 Ego batteries that total are close to 50ah. I can go longer than you LOL

@@danyeo no you can’t,,,,I have over 17 batteries

@@thomasheath8264 Yeah, and I bet they’re all NOT the $1400 backpack. Point is, you don’t need the battery backpack if you already have several 10’s or 7.5’s. And since this is RU-vid, yeah sure I have 20 batteries.

Lots of pros are going for battery stuff - lots of places are banning gas yard tools

Question: Why do you carry a can of mix gas in your trailer? My guess at your answer is that your gas blower will "conk out" if you don't refuel half way through the day. You carry extra gasoline, I carry extra watt hours. It is not so different as you claim.

I’m a commercial guy and I use the handheld 650cfm whenever I’m doing bed work (cleaning leaves or trimming shrubs) where it’s a pain in the ass to navigate through a lot of shrubs with a backpack blower. Yeah, I wouldn’t use it for a full blown lawn leaf cleanup, but battery power has its uses. And that’s not to say it can’t do it, because I use battery for my property and family with very good results. It has power, but of course gas has a little more kick and lasts longer with the gas.

@@The_McNoodle Me too. I call it my left hand blower. During leaf season, I use the EGO backpack and hand blower at the same time. More than doubling my clearing power. And separate blowers gives me more control over the vortex. 😎

The CFM is higher than many commercial gas blowers, though the speed is slightly slower. I think this would work almost as well for most tasks, though you probably won't want to use it commercially without having a large amount of batteries.