I have the echo. Runs great and starts easy.I also have the Stihl bg86c handheld leaf blower that converts into a leaf vac. I primarily use the Stihl as a vacuum. I also bought a 10hp Billy goat walk behind blower for $100 off my brother with only 10 hours on it. All my blowers always work well for me and I hope it stays like that. Great video by the way!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Benjamin

Just bought this blower to replace my EGO 615cfm! Went back to gas after using Ego equipment last summer.

@GarageGear

Ай бұрын

Welcome back my friend lol! Thanks for watching

Love the mechanical feel and runtime of Echo, these things start easy. Who knows how long and under what conditions these batteries last....

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

These echos start up great! Agree with you on the batteries. Thanks for watching!

All my lawn care products are Echo. Had them for years and love them. Super dependable

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Can’t beat em! Thanks for watching!

I would like to add that on your ego review the max 615cfm would drain the battery rather quickly if I remember....So saying the MAX CFM is 615 would be kind of inaccurate since most people won't use it to that max CFM due to excessive battery drain......just my 2 cents.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

I agree 110% Louie! Lame marketing tactic! Thanks for sharing your two cents lol! Thanks for watching as always!

I'm buying Echo! Gas is King! Thanks for doing this video. Run time is everything!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Hey ARAM! I agree! There is no way the ego would finish my yard in 15 minutes. I’d maybe get through about a third of it using it lol! Thanks for watching!

Great comparison JB!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching as always lawn lover! How’s the TV show going?

Great comparison!👍

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

My MAN! Appreciate the positive feedback as always bud! 👍🤝

Funny that I stumbled upon this comparison. I bought a similar model Ego in 2019 (it was over 600 CFM) and enjoyed it twice before something with the battery went bad where it wasn't make a connection/turning on. I was going to exchange it but caught a sale on the Echo for $149.99. The Echo is easy to start, very durable as was noted, and it isn't obnoxiously noisy or smelly. The max power is obviously better with the EGO, but for most uses, I was either tempted or needed the turbo boost on the EGO, which kills the battery a lot quicker. I like the compromise and overall decent power of the Echo for day to day use but understand the allure of the Ego particularly for smaller yards, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend either.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing my friend! Cool to see someone that looks at both sides here! 👍

Great comparison video! Awesome job!!!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Don! Appreciate it bud! Thanks for watching!

I had a lawn boy for 25 years sold it this year and bought an battery powered mower. I had a homelite weedwacker for 20 years and gave it away last year and bought an electric one. I got rid of both of them because my yard is much smaller now and I like the electric stuff but I am kinda wishing I kept my gas powered equipment. Great video comparison I will probably go back to gas in the future, as always thanks for sharing with us.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Hey Ken! Thanks for watching and sharing! How do you like the cut quality of the electric mower?

@kensmith6708

Жыл бұрын

@@GarageGear Hey JB, the cut quality is pretty good but it's a narrower cut and the blades aren't sharpened. I thought about sharpening them but not sure if I should? I'll be going back to gas powered once the battery's die, I have the Worx 40v mower and Worx weedwacker they work great. I didn't want to spend alot of money on them because I wasn't sure if I would like them but there ok. JB I will be going back to gas in the future especially now I have a gas station that sells ethanol free gas. Thanks again and I will send you some pics of my 26 year old MTD snowblower.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

@@kensmith6708 thanks again for sharing this Ken! Send them on over! 👍

@WisconsinEric

Жыл бұрын

The best part of electric power equipment is guys selling their used gas powered equipment on the cheap to guys like me

I’d definitely lean towards the Echo based on your comparison. Which is awesome by the way JB! Something about gas power tools I guess. As you know I have the Ego for 3+ years and works well for my needs. A backup battery is a must for any of these Ego products. For a few extra buck you can get another Ego product with battery as the battery along is really expensive. Have a great weekend my friend! Go Bills!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Hey Jay! That’s a great way to do it! Grab a blower with a battery and a trimmer with a battery. I do want to give the trimmer a try! Maybe in the spring! Any cool weekend plans? GO BILLS

@jaybooth4815

Жыл бұрын

Hey JB, my Grandson's birthday party and my Anniversary! Oh, I have the edger and trimmer, the Ego one. Cheers brother!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

@@jaybooth4815 nice my friend! Happy anniversary bud! Congrats! Ill have to give that edger a spin too!

@jaybooth4815

Жыл бұрын

@@GarageGear thanks JB! Have a great weekend! Go Bills!

@garyalensr

Жыл бұрын

Go Steelers lol I’m from Pa fellas

Nice JOB!!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks JD You ROCK! Thanks for watching

Great review

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the positive feedback Tom!

The most obvious result in KZread history. 😉. I love the head to head comparisons. 👍

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha thanks Smallblock! I’ll see if I can get some more together in the near future. I like doing them as well! Enjoy your weekend my friend!

Yo, this review was friggin amazing!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Rock on Emmans! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the videos I enjoy them

@GarageGear

11 ай бұрын

You got it my friend! Thanks for watching!

From a homeowner perspective, Can't do fuel and oil and hard starts (take it for service again) anymore. The Ego blower has a convenient V hook underneath allowing easy wall hanging, the Ego mower folds up like luggage and the Ego weedeater slide tube shortens, so everything fits in a standing 4x4x7 outdoor cabinet along with a garden dirt cart, ladder, plastic tub with lid full of garden tools, the mower bag and side chute, two brooms and a few other things. Everything fits without cramming since the Ego products are configurable. The Ego batteries swap between tools and I have an Ego unpowered handheld converter, you slide an Ego battery onto it and it provides 120v and USB power. It powers a portable hot/cold cooler, charges phones, whatever. The Ego batteries go back into the Ego Power Station (not the slow charger) where they charge up and provide emergency power for my refrigerator, computers, etc during power outages. I've used it alot since powers not stable in our suburb. Thanks, JB, for the time, energy and money spent on your reviews. We trust you. Likes were given.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

SPACE CADET!!! Thanks for sharing all this information my friend! If I had a much smaller lawn ego would be a good way to go! Every fall when I get hit hard with leaves it takes my big back pack blower 20-30 minutes to clean it all up. If I had less lawn I would consider this but it’s not suitable for what I have now. I do want to give their string trimmer and edger a shot. I imagine power lasting a lot longer for those applications. That converter sounds like a cool device for the garage too! Will definitely check it out! Thanks for sharing! Snowblower content starts up next week! Stay awesome my friend!

YEAH BOOOOOYYY! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Haha Awesome Amir! We’re you predicting that this video was coming? Lol thanks for watching

My wife worked at a day care/school last year where the teachers and helpers doubled as yard maintenance workers. When it was her week to clean the playground she tossed the EGO blower into her trunk and easily blew the leaves away and the sand off of the hardscape. She's not shy about pulling a gas motor to start, but there's no way she'd use a gas powered blower in that situation. In your noise test I think you tested the sound on turbo, because the EGO is very quiet. You can have a conversation while you're using it.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

Since your honest review on the ego blower, that commercial about the ego blower's CFM, which is 615 ON THE TURBO for less than 8 mins, is such a joke, I really found the.commercial deceiving the customers with the not detailed enough info

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Definitely a deceiving commercial! Thanks for watching Adam!

I doubt the EGO's CFM claims, and the "blowing force" category can suck a Newton. ;) Batteries are for flashlights and women's toys they keep in the nightstand. Real men use gas-powered equipment. And so do real women if they have a gas-powered nightstand toy....... 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Another Kick-Ass vid, JB!!!!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha suck a newton… dude we have to hang out! Lol! I can’t stop laughing reading this! I totally agree by the way! Anything good happening this weekend my friend?

Thanks again brother

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

ROCK ON ALLEN! Thanks for watching my friend!

Best bang for your buck Echo all the way 👍💪

@GarageGear

6 ай бұрын

💯agree

I have the Ego and I don't have the end piece on because I am short and it just bangs into the ground all the time.

@GarageGear

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing Jean!

When Echo makes a blower with the thrust of the General Electric F414-GE-400, you got my attention👍🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@midas617

Жыл бұрын

🤔

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Technology is always evolving William! You never know! Thanks for watching as always!

I think if you give the gas blower a star for run time I think the Ego should probably get a star for less maintenance / no gasoline issues. Additionally I have a lot of Ego products I bought last year, I could be wrong but I think when you register everything your battery warranty is bumped to 5 years.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this Blperoc! I read over the manual but didn’t see anything about this. Had I known about this I would have mentioned it. Thanks for watching

@shenmisheshou7002

Жыл бұрын

The 10 and 12 amp batteries are the only ones that get the 2 year extension as of spring 2023 when you register on line. The tools have 5 year warranty though.

Battery vs gas is no contest. 15 min runtime, that won't even clean my driveway without a re-charge.

@GarageGear

8 ай бұрын

Definitely not enough run time!

The gas/electric debate for yard tools always comes up no-brainers for gas UNLESS you just want or for whatever reason can't have gas tools. If nothing else, the longevity of the GOOD gas tools makes the case alone. My 25+ year old commercial Toro 2 cycle has not only WAY outlasted any current electric mower, it will continue to outlast any one of them sold today. Those just aren't made to run indefinitely with proper maintenance like my mower.

@GarageGear

2 ай бұрын

Those 2 cycle toros are some of the best mowers ever made! 👍

I use a cord powered Toro. It’s the only answer with a long, long cord.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Seems to be the way around both of these lol! Thanks for sharing Skyemac! Enjoy your weekend! 👍

Thoughts on a Husqvarna blower? I have an EGO and it is very true that the battery dies quickly

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

RICH!!! Husqvarna makes a great blower my friend! All their small engine stuff is good! My dad has had a chain saw from them for well over a decade. No issues whatsoever! They make a good product! 👍might look into reviewing a product from them next year. Hope all is well my friend!

@richbabcock5541

Жыл бұрын

@@GarageGear If I buy one in the next week or two want to use mine for a review? I will be only using Trufuel 50:1 in it for fuel to keep the carb clean.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

@@richbabcock5541 hey Rich I still got your number I’ll give you a call on this! 👍 appreciate you bud!

Great video

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks as always for watching Ed! You Da MAN. 👍

@edrumsas5420

Жыл бұрын

@@GarageGear just saw Ariens is having a big reveal on new products. Appears to be a battery snowblower?? Love to see that review.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

@@edrumsas5420 I saw that ariens now has an electric snowblower called the amp. 24” and $1800. Battery compartment is massive. Could only find them on one site and their sold out. Not sure if there is anything else they are revealing. Nothing comes up on their site. If I can get my paws on one I’ll review it.

Hey!! Snow Seasons around the corner (🙃🥶) I got to change the oil and correct me if I'm wrong I take my fresh oil put it outside next to the blower in the shed so that the oil in the sealed container and oil in the engine are at the same temperature because I find the viscosity to be equivalent so when I measure out what came out and what I need to put in the viscosities are the same more or less. Side note I actually do use measuring cups. Do you have any tips for putting on new skids on the front shround. I had to replace one and its off by like a few degrees. I cant get it level. Thank You and Im buying that grease gun you linked me to at ens of month. Thank You

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Hey Pete, snowblower season is coming up fast! In fact, I’ll have snowblower content starting back up again next week! As far as skids go check out what I did with mine in this video I did a while back. This pretty much tells you how high to bolt them on. I think it’s about one third of the way through. HOW TO MAKE YOUR SNOWBLOWER LAST A LIFETIME - Easy New Snowblower Unboxing Assembly Maintenance Tips kzread.info/dash/bejne/nHqeprGQesvPoZs.html thanks for watching my friend!

@Parabola_PJ

Жыл бұрын

@@GarageGear Excellent!! I look foward to each seasonal content esp the winter. You're so helpful it means a lot to me the average person. Thank You ❄️

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

@@Parabola_PJ you got it my friend! 👍👍

Two issues with the EGO battery-based blower. One, if the company goes out of business (which is not unfathomable), the clock is ticking on the blowers lifespan because battery-based tool manufacturers have proprietary connectors and mechanical features that hold the battery on the device. No more batteries after EGO is gone (if that were to happen). Two, similarly to the first comment, how long is EGO expected to provide support and spare parts for a device? There may be a new technology they jump to in five years, and decide it's not profitable to manufacture loose batteries at that time or sometime thereafter. As you said, with proper care the gas blower is going to run for 20 years, and maybe more.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Both great points here. While I don’t think ego is going anywhere relatively soon, I’ve seen many companies bought and sold over the years to other manufacturers. Things could change fast in that regard. Thanks for sharing and watching!

Electricity here in Quebec is around $0.08 per Kw/h so we tend to get a lot of battery or corded OPE versus gas that's around $2.00/L or $7.60/gal Plus there are some cities where gas blowers are banned

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Wow you really know your numbers. So your area will allow gas mowers but not gas blowers?

@lopincol

Жыл бұрын

@@GarageGear My town allows all gas OPE but it may change in the future. One thing's for sure, it costs way less to use electric stuff around here than gas.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

@@lopincol got it! Sounds like a handful of areas will go that route in the coming years.

Ego before watching

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing David! I hope we can still be friends lol??? 😂👍🤝

are ryobi gas powered tool any good?

@GarageGear

5 күн бұрын

@@Vyrus_be_like their newer stuff is better. Their old stuff is junk

gas power ftw!

@donmayberryjrsOPE

Жыл бұрын

FOREVER!

@shortyorc121

Жыл бұрын

Gotta keep them running because we all know the ban hammer is coming really soon.

@benjaminleslie3155

Жыл бұрын

That's why I say if you live in cali you gotta get out of there!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Hard to beat consistent Power! Thanks for watching Benjamin!

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

@@shortyorc121 hope not but it could happen. Scary to think about! Could hurt a lot of landscapers I know! Thanks for watching!

Gasoline forever. That Echo will last a long time with proper care. It is designed to be serviced. Nearly an hour on a tank of fuel. Echo for the win.

@GarageGear

5 ай бұрын

Fully agree! Echo wins for sure!

And when the grid fails, Echo gets another X. (assuming you keep spare fuel). Echo gets another X when its time to recycle. Metals are melted down, and lithium batteries are toxic to landfills.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Great information here! Thanks for sharing Tom! 👍

@paulsycamore3012

8 ай бұрын

If the grid fails, having a leave blower will be the least of your worries

@mrRoverkane

3 ай бұрын

Technically itll be easier to use via solar charging , if you have that capability 😂

For convenience and home use its hard to go past the electric blowers. Ego is overpriced so I would skip it as a choice unless I already had other ego products. The blower I have is a lot more powerful than my 2 stroke ryobi blower and I don't stink of two stroke fumes after using it. Also I do question the noise ratings. I know on mine the rating for the 2 stroke was based on a reading at a certain distance while the rating on the new electric blower was done under a different standard. Old mowers as well based on there noise ratings were at 75 dba while new mowers have a much higher dba rating due to the new system and some are as high as 100dba now. I have no idea on the change in testing methods or if its a local only system though. That echo has being around a long time as a product so just wondering if the noise ratings are done under the same standards as each other? My electric is loud on turbo but then most the time its at normal high setting which is a decent amount quieter than the 2 stroke which is always noisy.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this Tamiya! A lot of good info here and things to consider. Thanks for watching

Also, this test is invalid in California now where you can no longer buy the Echo blower lol

@GarageGear

2 ай бұрын

Yes, it depends on the area you are located of course.

Today both echo and Ego have increased in price by roughly $80. Ouch

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Scary times we’re in nowadays

Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying my Ego products but how are people getting 10 years of life out of their batteries when this video came out 9 years after the current technology was brought to market?

@GarageGear

2 ай бұрын

That’s a statistic that I read and heard from Subscribers

My big thing is, if you need to fix your blower a carb on the interscreen is roughly $20 a new battery for that blower? I'm sure it's way more than $20. Even if it does last the full claimed time of 10 yrs it's gonna cost way more than the carb. If you take care of the gas powered blower it will last for years and years. I have a Craftsman weed eater from the early 80s that I inherited that was taken care of and it runs awesome. Sure you have to do maintenance and mix fuel but I'd much rather have that than an electric weed eater or blower!! Just my opinion tho

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree my friend! Simple maintenance goes a long way with these gas engines. Outlast battery everytime! Thanks for watching another!

Ron Jay

@ronjay8237

Жыл бұрын

I have an Echo 2520 that I run on VP 2-cycle engine fuel and man-o-man is it a screamer! VP (made outside of San Antonio, Texas) makes racing fuel for all types of pro racing cars around the U.S. and my little 2-cycle Echo runs like it's a real race car with plenty of power to get the job done. My hat's off to Echo and VP as a great combination.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Ron!

You forgot the most important factor... convienance. Pouring gas vs pickup and go, starting issues, etc...

@GarageGear

22 күн бұрын

@@ryanolson4284 thanks for sharing

Blower? I don't even know her! OH! :)

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha thanks for watching Mace! 😂👍

With the Ego or any electric you can use it inside the house lol

@GarageGear

7 ай бұрын

True! Makes dusting a breeze lol!

i just got the 765 and it’s definitely worth 330 😂

@GarageGear

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

I knew a female that preferred gas powered toys over the battery 🔋..

@GarageGear

8 ай бұрын

They got much longer run time lol! 👍

Where's the 2720? Lol

@GarageGear

2 ай бұрын

All I got is the 2620 lol

Your comparison is not fair example runtime you put in the gas right to the top of the gas tank and said it ran 53 minutes. If that’s the case, then you should use the biggest battery Ego has. The 12 ah then see what happens. And it looked like it took you a bit longer than 8 seconds to start the echo it didn’t start for you the first time when you had a mess around with it and start it again that’s about 15 or 20 seconds not eight

@GarageGear

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Battery wins for me every time. I'm done with the gas operated junk.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

We will see when you’re in a hurry and your echo doesn’t start and you’re sitting there, pulling the thing until your arm falls off. And don’t think it won’t happen because it will. And who wants to sit there and mix gas and oil no thank you I’d rather just slap on a battery and be done with it.

@GarageGear

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

i bought an Echo 510 chain saw that I bought brand new in the 80s and it still runs great. I have bought Sthl chain saw, leaf blower, pole saw and wish I had gotten the Echo instead.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

Stihl makes some great equipment too SFC! What do you not like about the stihl equipment? I’m interested to know. That echo chainsaw must be a beast! Thanks for sharing!

@SFCRambo60

Жыл бұрын

@@GarageGear I purchased the trimer with the pole saw extention also a blower and chainsaw. All brand new and got talked into buying that garbage fuel for the equipment. Started using it from the very beginning and never ran right at all. I own several gas powered chainsaws and supposedly the Sthl was bigger but never out did the Echo. Even the Polen ( sorry about spelling ) out did the Sthl.

@GarageGear

Жыл бұрын

@@SFCRambo60 very interesting information here! Thanks again for sharing SFC!