EGO Battery Info: How To Estimate When You Will Need To Replace The Battery & More!
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- One of the most common questions asked about EGO battery powered equipment is "How long will the battery last before needing to be replaced?" In this video we show you a simple to estimate how long an EGO 56 volt Power+ battery will last you before you will start to see a decrease in run time. We will also go over some of the tips covered in the owner's manual for how to maintain your batteries to get a longer life out of them. If you would like more information about EGO 56 volt Power+ batteries you can use the following link to download a copy of the owner's manual: egopowerplus.com/media/produc...
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Found this video today JUST as mine JUST died, both the 4Ah from the original mower and the 2Ah from the original trimmer, both more or less died this season. I purchased these spring of 2014. I also left them on the charger unless in use, and always did an 80pct charge before winterizing in a room temp box. So 8 years is not bad, AND the good for me was they died fast, last season I still could do the entire yard. Not to bad for me. This was mowing 2x a week from April - Oct at 5000ft elevation on a corner lot.
Thanks for lots of good info. I had been leaving my 3 ego batteries (7.5, 5.0 & 2.5) in the chargers because I thought they shut down after charging and went into slow discharge state. I won't anymore.
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Don’t do it Cassidy!
Far more important to not let batteries get 100% discharged. Charge before they blink red. And keep away from heat and store in cool area at partial charge. Cycles are unlikely to kill these batteries, but heat can in just a few hours.
Good grief
I have both chargers. But I am sure that the slow charger is less stressful and will make your batteries last longer. So I don't use the fast charger. In fact, my 7.5AH is getting old and will not charge properly on the fast charger. But charge and works fine on the slow charger.
Awesome video thank you
No, a charge cycle is empty to full. A half charge is half a cycle.
It's also best to charge before storage, because they have circuitry to deplete the battery after approx 30 days of inactivity. They will automatically deplete to the proper storage level. If you let them sit (30days), you'll see the "orange light" come on, and they'll start generating heat. This is storage mode.
Thank you for this video.
Since you have experience with the charging of these batteries, I would like to ask for advice on how to solve a problem I have with my EGO Battery pack that the manual does not address.
I have a new EGO 56V 2.5AH Battery Pack, bought two months ago with an EGO lawn trimmer. After the trimming was done on the lawn (September 20, 2022), I fully charged it and set it aside. So far, so good.
The EGO Battery manual says that it is supposed to go to 30% after a month in storage, but as of November 5 , 2022 (well over a month), it still shows all 5 lines of FULL charge. It appears the BMS is not working to lower the battery pack to 30%. Is this battery defective? I read that at 80% or more charge, Lithium batteries lose 20% per year of capacity. I don't want to lose 20% a year. Just running the Battery Pack on the trimmer to force it down to 30% is NOT what the manual says I am supposed to do. What should I do?
Thanks very helpful
I'm wondering what the scenario would be if the battery only lasts 3 years, with proper care. Would Ego replace the battery based on how I say I've taken care of the battery? Would I have to mail the old one back to them? How are they about honoring the warranty?
I for got to tell you that I have only had my plower for about 1 year or a little more. Thanks Don
Thanks for posting
Thanks for commenting!
I absolutely love the equipment and everything about the tool but the 2.5 Ah battery only last me 20 minutes of hard use. I just got it yesterday. I regret not upgrading to the 5 ah 18" bar.
Is it best to completely charge or to charge to 85% capacity. I had been fully charging but ive switched to charging completely then using the 150 watt EGO Escape inverter and an electronic device of known wattage to reduce the batteries to 85%. They will usually sit on the shelf for a couple days between charges and use. Id love to know whats best
Ego says it's not necessary to limit the charge percentage. The circuitry is already calibrated for longevity.
So I'm guessing a full charge is in reality only a max of 85%.
They'll also automatically deplete themselves if you store them longer than 30 days
I have a 2.5 battery(5 years old) and another 4 years old. I have the small charger. I use them alternately 10 minutes a day on the Leaf Blower (4-5 days a week). They both still run strong but I'm planning to replace both within 6 months. =)
Thanks for the feedback!
Can I ask why you’re planning to replace if they are both still running strong?
This may not be the same battery. But my 5.0 amp hour doesn't have the fuel gauge...but the instructions say. if the button on the end is green you have above 15% of it's charge capacity, red indicates low voltage of battery pack, and blinking red indicates it is nearly depleted and needs recharge.
Great info
Thanks you for the feedback and thanks for watching!
Just purchased the SNT 2405 with two 7.5Ah batteries and the dual charger. Is that dual charger considered a fast charger?
Is it safe to charge EGO batteries using a regular portable generator(not pure sine wave)
My 2.5 ego battery when I put it in the charger the small green light comes on but the light on the other end does not come on and when I take it off the charger and push button or light which where you want to call it does not come on. Also when I use the Blower after a few minutes the blower will stop and I will take my finger off of the trigger and wait just 2or 3 seconds the pull the trigger again it will plow for about 20 or 30 seconds and shut down again and I have to go through the same process till I finish. Thanks Don
So most likely you have a bad battery. 2 ways you can check. First without the battery on the charger, pull the plug on the charger and wait 2 minutes. Plug it back in and quickly look at the 2 LEDs on the charger. A good charger will light both red and green lights for a second, and the green light will glow steadily and go out after a few minutes. If that happens you have a good charger. Then attach your battery and check the lights. If red you have a problem in the battery. Second you can press the power button on the battery and hold it for 5 seconds. If the light turns green initially and THEN FLASHES RED, you have a bad battery. Hope this helps.
Will the regular recharge put less of a strain on the power grid than the rapid recharger? We’re trying to recharge in a dorm room w/o overloading the dorm’s power grid, & I’m hoping “slow & steady” will do the trick.
Less than half the watts to charge. The slow one is 210 watts...the fast one is 550-750 depending on model.
i left one of my batteries alone fully charged 2 months ago while just using the second battery i have. when i checked the one that was not used for 2 months it still showed as fully charged when placed on the rapid charger with the percentage gauge. shouldn't it have gone into the maintenance mode and dropped voltage for long term storage? the manual states it will self discharge after 30 days down to the proper 30 percent for storage. now that we are going into winter months what would be the best way to store these until spring? run them a bit till they show about 50 percent and put them away?
I bought my ego mower back in 2014 and bought another battery to go with it. The battery that came with the mower still runs the mower for about 30 minutes. The stand alone battery I bought was junk from the beginning and only runs the mower for about 5 minutes. This will be my 9th year using the mower. They are both 4 amp hour batteries. I just bought a 5 amp hour after market battery. I hope I will have good luck with it.
I've only had this trimmer 2yrs 1 day it stop running and just beeps I don't know why. The battery says it's charged. It's sits on the charger all the time. Think I may have ruin the battery?
Do you think that if I don’t use the battery as much I can get more duration out of them?
800-1000 cycles? Where did you find those numbers? I cant seem to locate them. thx
hey just had an issue with mine
only had it since april 2020
charger indicates its fully charged but when i push the button on the battery it goes red
My grandson "uses" the leafblower and evidently ran it so low that the charger would not charge it. The charger flashes green, the battery flashes red, along with a clicking at the same rate as the flash. Obviously, it does not charge. Is there any way (that's safe) to get the battery to where it will charge again?
5ah battery lasted almost 6 years.... now I have to sell a kidney.
Just buy another tool with battery! 🤣
U need to save for one..$20 a month for a future battery..people piss more off on food and junk.
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I got the 2 stage snowblower today and have seen a video where the batteries get engulfed with snow inside the casing. So bad that the person used a shop-vac to suck melted snow out. Hope that doesn't happen to me. Plus, it easily gets below -10 degrees here.
Batteries should be enclosed under the lid. Not sure how someone is getting snow on them.
If you charge the battery once a week during the mowing season (9 months ) that would be 36 times per year 800 divided by 36 equals 22 years . Good luck with that .
This will be 5th year of use come spring, and as of last year using it in our Ego mower, I've noticed no difference in performance, although we have a smaller yard, about 2000sq ft of lawn.
I purchased my EGO mower/battery set up Mar 2019, my battery is having issues that started yesterday. Missed the warranty by 2 months. EGO said they have a 30 day grace period, but I missed that by 1 month. Ace wants $200 for new battery.
My battery lasted 2 yrs in Canada. That’s about 40 charges.
I live in Florida and even though I’ll be storing the battery in my dry air conditioned home I wonder if the summer heat is going to kill the battery while I’m cutting my grass?!🤔
I have 2 batteries 2Ah and 4Ah both failed to charge , probably dead i think . I have 2 chargers and i tried on both of them. The strange thing is both batteries failed to charge at the same time (couple of weeks ago). Its been 5 years now since i purchased Ego mower, trimmer and blower.
Could anyone please suggest/ let me know if there is any other way to fix this issue other than to buy new batteries.
Thanks
How long those the 7.5 ah battery last. When use. It regular basis
I have had this for about a year and half, and I mow for about five minutes, and the battery is already overheating and shutting down. This happens no matter what temperature it is outside. Is the battery fried? Has anybody had luck getting them to replace it under warranty?
If you take the battery along with a valid proof of purchase into an Ego dealer the handles warranty repairs, then yes it should be replaced under warranty.
can you use a volt meter to determine haw much charge a battery has? If yes what voltage numbers correspond to charge percentage?
That's not how they function. So, in short, no. They're designed to put out the same voltage from beginning to end of a use cycle, then flash red and shut the tool down before they're overdepleted. I saw someone above say to charge before they flash red. That's not necessary. The battery has circuitry designed to shut down the output before the battery goes to dead-zero (and therefore, become trash). So flashing red just means, "Hey, I'm about to shut down, so don't bury your chansaw halfway in a tree. Go have a beer."
@@BruceRichardsonMusic Your answer overall is right, just use the battery and stop using it when it turns red and don't worry so much. Your first statement isn't really correct though.
The voltage absolutely changes as a function of how much charge is left and if you really want you CAN make a good guess at how much charge a battery has by looking at the voltage. I don't really recommend it for the reasons you say.
They'll start out at about 57.4V fresh off the charger
Fully depleted (blinking red) will be about 50.4V. Ego designs margin in on both sides (doesn't charge to true 100% or discharge to true 0%).
Most of the charge is available at about 52.5V rather than 56V.
There is very little charge available below 51V.
They'd start to be damaged roughly below 45V and there's really no usable charge between 51 and 45V
The above are rough guesses knowing that Ego has 14 standard lithium cells in series.
I have had my batteries for 8 years and they all hold a charge like new, at least no noticeable change. I stored them on the chargers 100% of the time, like one of the owners manual said, even when stored for 3-4 months. It would drain after 30 days to ~30%, so I will recharge before using.
Wrong
If I press it shows fuel gadge although where ever fuel level is if I hold down it shows all lights light up.Why?
Have acquired a EZGo 56v leaf blower w/battery & charger. When I charge the battery it blinks from Red to Green to yellow...is this normal..it does it on both of my Ego chargers..but my weed eater charging is different lites
Yep that is normal for the batteries to cycle through the different color LEDs.
Is there a difference in total lifetime battery charge cycles resulting from the use of the rapid or standard chargers? For example, if I always use the slower charger to charge my battery vs using the rapid charger, will my lifetime battery charge cycles differ?
There shouldn't be. The rapid charger is designed to keep the batteries cool while charging them quickly so the do not get damaged.
It is always better for the long term health of lithium batteries to slow charge. Fast chargers are really designed for convenience and not for the health of the batteries. Unless you need to for convenience I would not use the fast charger and continue what you are doing.
It hard to compare the effect of the different chargers because the fast charger has a fan to do active cooling. The two things that extend battery life are 1) Don't store the batteries in a hot garage, and 2) Don't leave the batteries fully charged for long periods of time. Charge before use is ideal. Keeping the batteries between 20-80% charge is also ideal. But ideal is usually too inconvenient. So avoiding heat and avoiding storing batteries at 100% should give better than average life.
@@dmiller9786 I believe the BMS in these EGO batteries will automatically discharge after a certain period of time if left fully charged.
Hi everyone
I was an early adopter of ego lawn equipment. They are a fine product that wont dissapoint on performances. But if you really use your mower on large yards .You can count on battery failure about every 3 or 4 seasons. Usually they will start blinking or just stop working .Now that said these new batteries may be better built than the ones I had fail from years past. The warrenty took care of them for me.of course i fast charged mine and i really didn't store them in a temp stable location. So there you have it lol.will i continue to use ego products and would i recommend them
Eek. I just bought the top of the line “XP” model with the 10 AH battery. For $800 I hope it lasts longer than 3 or 4 years. I keep the battery on the charger in a cool basement so hopefully that helps.
I'm a solo gardening contractor in Australia and I started with 4 batteries. 1 x 2.5, 2 x 5 and 1 x 7.5. One 5 died completely in 8 months which I got a warranty on. The 2.5 died just out of the 1 year warranty. Now, 14 months after purchase the other 5 and 7 are just about gone as well though they started failing well before the warranty expired. Still holding some charge but less than 50% of original performance and I expect them to die completely soon.
On average, these batteries were probably charged once every 2 -3 days using the fast charger. Cant be bothered doing the maths on it but just wanted to share that the advertised performance is BS in my experience. $3200 dollars of tools that will soon be useless without new ridiculously expensive batteries at $1400 for the 4. Almost 5k of tools in 14 months! Might be ok for the infrequent home gardener but this rubbish is not suitable for regular use. How many stihl tools and liters of fuel would that have bought?
I am a private user in Australia, I have had 4 batteries and 2 have died. I find the tools are fine, but the batteries are terrible. Before buying ego I bought a lot of stihl gear, I gave sets of gear to my sons. These batteries are several years older than the ego, to date no stihl batteries have failed.
Ego specifically states that their products are not to be used for commercial use. I'm going into the fifth year with a five amp push lawn mower and still holding it's charge. Now it does not go as long, but, a gas mower is $300-$400. Gas, oil and maintenance. My last gas mower I had for two years and the third year it would not start. That's what convinced me to go with Ego. I've never looked back. I have the original mower, chainsaw, trimmer (quick line feed), Z6 rider (love it) and for this winter, a single stage snow blower. It was a floor model that I purchased for $235, down from $469 with no batteries included.
I have 5 completely unchargeable and dead EGO batteries. None lasted more than 100 charges. 2 were replaced under warranty. I’m moving on.
Are you with Ego? Or is this second hand info? Thanks!
The majority of this information comes from the manual that comes with the Ego batteries.
Hi! I sell ego and the rep told me that storing the battery on the shelf in the tool or on the charge will not harm the battery… not sure if this is a new development or if it’s incorrect information the brand is sharing but basically we have been told that the only harm that comes to the battery is extreme temperatures, and regular use of charging and discharging. 🤷🏼♂️ I see this video is two years old just wondering if you’ve learned anything more recently on this topic.
Sales reps will tell you all kinds of stuff that sounds good at the time. But the owner's manual that comes with the equipment STILL says that the battery should NOT be stored in the equipment or on the charger. The reason for this is that it prevents the battery from going into its sleep mode which its battery management system is programmed to do to help prolong the life of the battery. I would be sure to point out to the rep that it explains all of this in the manual.
Ego mowers are ideal for smaller lawns
I lost my manuel book. do i just pull the battery off from the charger or is there a lever i must use to release it.?
Just pull it up off the charger.
Do any of you know if the 5 year manufacturer warranty, plus the extended warranty covers the batteries? I asked one of the employees working the floor & he said yes.
My EGO warrant is 5 years for the snow blower, and 3 years for the charger, and 3 years for the batteries.
My ergo mower battery lasted 4 years. Since it was still under warranty, l received a new battery!😉
It was a 5 year warranty
I'm sorry but maybe I missed the answer to the question "if you are not going to use the battery for a couple months or longer what is the recommended charge level it should be stored at for best practice of battery life?" 25%/50%/75%/100% or does it matter?
Everything I’ve read says that the chargers are “smart” and can do what needs to be done to maximize battery life. I have a 5 AH and 10 Ah Ego batteries and both of them just sit on the chargers constantly when not in use.
The correct answer is %50 charge for a lithium ion battery being stored. Charge it just before next use, for longest battery life. I have a 2012 Tesla Model S, battery is 9 years old and car has 96,000 miles on it, this is what I have followed for years.. also, cycling lithium between a low of %20 and %80 gives maximum charge cycles/life
Okay I bought the Nexus ego 2000 watts it came with 7.5 batteries and I purchase two more 5.0 batteries to run my deep freezer and a small fan started out great had about 10 hours of runtime with both of the freezer and the fan after about five charges on these batteries I noticed a shorter run time and this was charging these batteries on the rapid charger once a day after about five charges these batteries are now given me between 6 to 8 hours worth of run time I also notice that depleting these batteries fully also contributes to Shorter runtime I have found that bringing the batteries down to about 30 to 25% before recharge gives them time to recondition with more lifespan also there is no saving when it comes to your petrol if you off the grid and having to use a generator to recharge your batteries if there is no sun for your solar recharge situation would also add too consider getting the 2-year warranty for your batteries if you are using your power station continuously like I have with my experience with the Nexus EGO power station this power station is not very supportive when it comes to continuous use and the price tag that comes along with this particular product will leave you scratching your head
How are you using these batteries to run your freezer? Thanks.
I've got the smaller ego battery charger, it's acting like it's completely dead. When I plug battery in, zero lights come on. I tested the charger with my multi meter, and it seems to be functioning.. but it still won't charge a battery, no matter how long I leave it plugged up. The battery is still good, it's got a little juice left in it at least.
If it's still under warranty take it into to your local dealer and they will exchange it for a new one
I have 2 - 2.5 , 2- 5.0, and 1- 7.5 about 8 years the 7.5 maybe 6 years so far I leave mine always on chargers. I store all my tool batteries on chargers in my laundry room where temperature is controlled to 70 deg f all year round I have an ingersol rand impact 1/2 in that still has the original 2 batteries i keep on charger just like all my other batteries those are my oldest batteries 15 years old still work strong i think the major point is to store inside where its not going through extreme hot to cold . Also all my ego batteries get used a good amount so they arent there just sitting on the charger looking purdy. 8 years leaving on charger cant be doing much to deplete its life.
In my experience EGO batteries last nothing like 800 cycles.
Mine is powering the mower for less than half the time it did when it was new, I reckon it has had about 250 charges
My first gen1/2 battery crapped out (25% capacity left) after 4 years - less than 100 charge cycles. And that was when I discovered the battery is NOT covered by the same 5-year warranty as the rest of the mower. 😠 I got a new SelectCut mower last year and I’ll be damn ticked if this one craps out again! By the “800 charge cycle” estimate, with 1-2 charge cycles a week, it ought to outlive ME!
The most important thing: Always buy the kit, not just the tool. That way, you get a battery and a charger for every tool for half the price of a battery alone. I have only the chainsaw, blower, and hedge clipper, but that gave me three chargers, two 5ah batteries, and one 2.5ah battery. I can work pretty much continuously with either the blower or the chainsaw. I will probably buy one more 5ah battery after this year, just to give myself the ability to take on a really hardcore cleanup. But I make it as is just fine.
Do you keep them on the charger, I don't use my chainsaw but once or twice a year and not sure if I should store it or leave on charger.
I have my 2 EGO products for 7 years and I keep them on fast chargers summer and winter, I have never had any issues with my batteries.
I got the EGO mower which came with one 10ah battery and recently a 2 stage thrower kit which came with 4 10ah batteries. I'm good with batteries for a while and can buy everything bare tool.
If you're trying to say the kits cost half the price of the battery alone I call BS on that. It's better to buy the kit than to purchase the tool and batt plus charger separately for sure. That doesn't for one minute mean the kits cost half the price of a battery. The 2.5 ah batts cost $150 for the battery alone while any and all of the kits will be $220 and up.
My last 3 gen 2 batteries lasted 3 years 2 months. I write the date on the battery when I get them. Overall not impressed with how long they last. The 2 gen 3 batteries I have now are showing signs of degradation with shorter run times at 18 months.
From the reviews I've read, 2 years is a good average for the batteries before problems and regrets.
A bit less than 6.5 years...
I think a cycle is a full charge not topping it off. So if you have a 2.5ah battery adding (topping off) .5ah isn’t a cycle. It is 1/5 of a cycle.
Exactly!
Yes, correct!
most li-ions last longer if you charge between 30 and 80% full charge.
In battery terms what you reference is the C rating.
The example you cited .5 A-hr of a 2.5 A-hr battery has a C rating of .2 C.
Don't drain it all the way down and it will last longer.
Correct!
@@philt9126 But how much of that is already done by the electronics on board the battery and charger? If both wre programmed to maximize battery life, they would limit charge and discharge levels until the battery starts to degrade.....
Comes a point where a decision must be made as to whether the hassles of batt maintenance and replacement is worth it over the hassles of gas-powered devices.
Very true! It's also hard to pick one brand of battery powered equipment to go with when not all of them have all the products you might want or need. Then you end up with multiple brands of batteries and equipment and multiple types of charges
I've had gas power all my life and every year the same old crap. Mix the gas, won't starts, needs new spark plug, won't prime, seems like always something. But I always had cheap gas trimmers. Tried out a battery trimmer and it was a nice convenience. Nice enough I'm switching to battery since my gas one just died this year.
All my EGO products come with a battery and charger. I charge the battery on my ego string trimmer about 25 times a year. That means this battery probably last forever. Be smart, don’t just buy the tool buy the whole kit this is better last longer and is much cheaper.
That is great advice especially for snow blowers and mowers where you are getting the kit for a discount on the bare tool plus battery cost.
Ego said it’s ok to leave on charger
If left on charger over a month it will take the battery down to 20 percent.
Charging cycles as I know it can be broken up in percentage so charging from 50 percent to 100 is not one cycle it’s half a cycle. I may not be right but this is what I have heard in many places.
I guess a regular charger is better for the battery then a fast charger? I would think a battery would have a longer life if you don’t use the ECO fast charging system and the batteries might actually have a longer run Tim latter on.
Any luck with Ego after market battery ?
We've never tried any of them so can't give any feedback on them at this time.
It is better for the longevity of rechargeable batteries to charge them slower rather than faster.
Technically, yes, it is. The reason it is better to charge them slower is to keep the temperature lower. The faster chargers from ego have built in fans that work very well with the cooling system of the battery to keep the battery's temperature mow while charging so it doesn't harm it.
What if it's a solid red light?
While true - my Stihl gas blower is more powerful than my EGO blower, so I tend to keep both on hand.
Just in case I run out of battery juice (I have 2x backup batteries).
Or, I need the extra oomph that the gas blower provides. i.e. pushing around wet leaves.
No doubt, these EGO products are impressive - but - it's fair to say that my gas Stihl blower and trimmer and very inexpensive to run with the 2-cycle mix.
The newer battery blowers are insane, more speed and cfm than gas now.
@@LibertyDIY I'm having issues with 1 of my 5.0A EGO batteries. Basically, you put it on the EGO charger and it charges for about 10 minutes, then stops. I take it off the charger and rinse/repeat until the battery is presumably full. It's the newer batteries with 5 charge bars and it'll try to charge 1 bar and may or may not charge it, until it stops again and again.
So something is clearly wrong with battery. It's got a good warranty so I'm going to submit a claim and hopefully get it resolved. They are very expensive batteries.
Lithium ion batteries are sealed. There are no fumes.
It’s not like a lead acid car battery that emits hydrogen when charging.
I really do like all my ego equipment. I realize you are generalizing the battery life. None of my smaller ego batteries have ever been equal in battery performance. I try not to mix match the battery outside of it original purchased equipment aside from the testing of battery performance and did find that the inequalities really sucked. I also had one battery the petered out or short life. I now notice that the charger aligned with that batter is dead too. I don't discount the info you are passing on here is not helpful but making the comparison to gas units with the proper maintenence should not be done I'm my opinion. ego is quick to use and gets the home use done but has it's limitations and is not cheap from the git-go. Y'all go git ya some. Also wondering if ya got any kick back for bless the high priced manufacturer. That my story and yes sticking to it. Time to replace a couple batteries to be able to start the season with almost 3rd season of use.
Is a slow charge a better charge, better for the life of the battery?
The cooler the battery stays while charging the better. So normally tis means a slow charge is better because it would keep the battery cooler. But Ego has done a very good job at incorporating fans into their chargers that keep the batteries cool while charging so that there is not much difference between slow charging them or rapidly charging them.
So what about the CH7000 Turbo Charger? You don’t mention that so is there a problem with it or is it newer than this video?
It isn't mentioned in this video because this video was made a year before the CH7000 was introduced. But we have not seen any issues with the turbo charger so far
@@EshlemaniaTV awesome! Thank you for the response! Great video!
Thanks for commenting!
Avoid heat and moisture.....what do we do in Florida? This place is made with heat and humidity. Should I switch the coffee maker out with the battery charger? My wife will love that. LOL
You might be on to something! Maybe Ego should have coffee maker/battery charger combo unit. I mean if you have to wait for the battery to charge you might as well have a cup of coffee and read the paper while you wait.
@@EshlemaniaTV LOL!!!!!
You said it adds 1 charge cycle charging up from 25% to 100%. That isn’t how charge cycle counting works. That example would count as 0.75 charge cycles. If it were 50% charged up to 100% it would count as 0.5 charge cycles. 0% to 100% charge up would count as 1 charge cycle.
Yes I would recommend ego
I have a 7.5 ah that I bought in 2015. It still works just as good as the first day I bought it.
I don't think you understand how charge cycles work, charging from 50% to 100%, doesn't eat up one cycle, that only cost half a cycle. The best way to preserve any battery is reducing the heat is subjected to. Which brings up the fast charger, it will increase the amount of heat the batteries are subjected to because of the increase amount of charging power, which will diminish The anticipated power density of future cycles.
You can artificially increase the charge cycles by taking the battery off the charger before it is deemed fully charged by the charger. But this is only artificial, and That's not its intended use case scenario.
Basically charging to ~80% instead of say 100% all the time?
My basic approach is similar. Based on what is best practice for both cell phone lithium batteries and Tesla car lithium batteries, I try to not go outside the 20%-80% optimum window. For my 7.5 ah battery in my lawn mower, it normally has about 25%-30% charge left after cutting so I just leave it that way till a hour before I do my next cut and then I charge it till about 3/4 full. I have estimate when to take it off the charger. Sometimes it gets to 100% if I take a few minutes longer to get to cutting. That not ideal but it is far, far better to have a lithium battery at 100% charge for less than 1 hour than for 1 week. What hurts lithium battery life is being at 100% for extended periods of time, especially if hot is over 90 degrees. For winter storage, I bring the batteries inside the house with about a 50% charge.
I only use the slow chargers and have 4 them hooked up to go 15 minutes on/ 15 minutes off on timers.
Heat is the enemy. On the chainsaw, I'll make 5 or so cuts and swap batteries. Doing this doubles the amounts of cuts I'll get over dumping the batteries one at a time.
Simple. A hot battery will show 1 or 2 bars. Let it cool and it will show 3 or 4.
Slow to charge, slow to discharge is the way to longevity. I have 10 year old Bosch batteries with 80% of their original capacity.
Will batteries last longer using the slow charger?
In theory, yes they will. I say in theory because any time batteries are charged at a higher wattage it creates more heat which is always bad for the life expectancy of the battery. But with the Ego rapid charger there isn't EXPECTED to be any ill effects on the battery because it uses a fan to draw cooling air through the battery while it charges to help keep the temperature down.
@@EshlemaniaTV thanks
Probably not, but it will probably feel like it!
Seema like it should be more. Greenworks says there batteries are good for around 2 to 3 thousand charges before you start to notice the depletion.
That's a marketing gimmick does your phone last a thousand charges? If so I bet it drains fast
Let me simplify with the more accurate answer. The battery will last for the warranty period plus a small margin for the vast majority of users. How do you think manufacturers decide on what the warranty period will be? Hello.
that's merely the ideal outcome. there's plenty of cases where this isn't true in terms of real-life performance of a product. some products far outlast their warranty period, other products are absolute failures and never come close to the end of the warranty period. it all depends on the integrity/confidence of the company.
I agree 100% 800 -1000 charge cycles sounds crazy
You are forgetting about the manufacturers having to account for user abuse. They have to be profitable and must make compromises. Sears Craftsman days are gone.
The bottom line is common sense!
This is my experience with EGO warranty service.
After several attempts to get them on the phone then 2 days of testing and confirming a defective 7.5 amp battery for my Mower they said that they would replace it, wow that's great I thought.
Going on 5 weeks so far and I have not received it, no stock they claim yet retailers are fully stocked with EGO products.
EGO Warranty Service is TERRIBLE! and if you need their help you can go for weeks if not months before you get to use your tools again.
I would not recommend buying EGO products because if you need Service from EGO they will drag their feet when it comes to repair or replacement.
Not a good purchase if you ask me.
It's a lot like any other brand of equipment where if you go to a dealer about a service or warranty issue it gets handled quickly. But if you have no dealer in your area then the result can easily be what you experienced. In 99% of the cases of a bad battery the dealer will handle it right then and there and you will be back out the door with your new battery. We see the same thing that you experienced happening in our area with other brands like Ryobi and Greenworks because there are no dealers to service or repair the products, only retailers that keep selling it.
I had a battery issue. Still under warranty I called Ego , I was on hold for about one half hour. When I explained the problem ,I had to e mail my receipt ,and they are sending a new battery. Excellent customer service.
I live in Canada so i use the lawn mower for half of the year.
All I have is the snow blower. My batteries should last forever. In Pa. but not much snow.
You should be getting some use out of that snow blower this week.
@@EshlemaniaTV Toooooo much unfortunately. Looking to buy a more powerful one. 2 stage.
The 2 stage is a nice unit! They are a bit scarce here in the north east at the moment though
@@EshlemaniaTV They put one in my car. I found out how heavy it was. Left it in the car. Took it back. Ordered a 21 inch with metal auger. I had the rubber auger one. And still do. 100 lbs lighter. My back is fried. I need things I can handle.
@@carnivoregal7237 I have a single stage, I see no point in the extra money for the snow blower to drive itself. The single stage throws the snow just as well.
Now we need to know. What is the life of the motor?
I can't say for the EGO specifically but I've seen battery and electic motors last a decade or more. The only ones that seemed to have issue were the ones with brushes.
I've had charger and batteries die after 7-10 years for the cheapest of junk that I've bought in the past before the motor died.
I have without a doubt had my battery and electric tools last longer than my gas powered equipment.
And now that I think about it. I still have my first set of Ryobi equipment (not lawn, but tools) that have to be pushing 20 years old that I can pop a battery in right now and have it work the same as when I first took it out of the box.
What a silly phuck stick, @02:02, really? 😂A lot of useful and helpful information just the same. Kudos on that! 👍
These high tech batteries need to just be used, and not abused. I am sure people never drop them, run them way down, over heat them, leave them in the Sun, etc etc. Common freaking sense people! I’d like to be able to learn more about users’ experience with EGO’s Customer Service, which I have heard is not the greatest? Peace
I bought mine like three years ago and i go to charge it it makes a clicking sound instead of the sound it used to and it wont charge at all.
Same , did you ever find out why.mine just started this todat
I had a lightly used 2.5ah Ego battery stop working. Sure, it was 5 years old but not charged more than ~100 times in 5 years and always stored in doors. I have Ridgid bats that are over 15 years old, heavily used, abused, and sometimes stored in the garage in high temps (100+ degrees) that are still working. Im done with Ego...
I'm waiting for my battery to recharge, I've been listening to its cooling cycle for more than 20 minutes now. The mower itself has been steadily falling apart during its three years of use here, and that's heavy usage btw. We have a very large yard, typically requiring four charges to complete. So a little advice to potential buyers: If you have a large yard, don't bother with this mower unless you're prepared to invest in at least two batteries. Also, be prepared for failures in the control system, e.g. the speed control doesn't work correctly anymore, and for quickly dulling blades. I have two blades and I bought an hand-held electric grinder to keep them sharpened. The well will fill quickly and require constant cleaning while mowing thick grass. Plus factors: The deck is easy to raise or lower, the motor is quiet enough to run the mower during late hours (the headlight is helpful), and there's no exhaust emissions. If you have a "normal" size lawn it's probably a good buy. For anything larger, reconsider this purchase.
If the manufacturer warrants this battery for three (3) years then after that period your in gods hands. More than likely the battery will start to show signs of not holding a charge like it used to.
Just under 4 years of using my Ego battery with casual use in my lawn mower and it's completely dead. Not even a red light in the battery LED when you push it. Totally disappointed and will not be buying EGO products again. I should have stuck to gas powered devices, sadly.
I don't think this is true. The EGO batteries cycle times is just that..power 100% to off. That's one cycle. They will turn off before reaching real zero.
In fact if you charge an Ego battery to 100% and put it on the shelf for a couple of months, the battery will discharge itself to about 30% by design. Lithium batteries do not like to sit charged to max. If you're using your blower and you discharge to say 20%, charge it when you're done. You can leave it on the charger and it will charge and then cycle down and back up again. This is typical of a BMS. The only thing you have to do with these systems is keep them out of severe cold. Arbitrarily I would say 0 deg C. Really severe cold can freeze the dielectric and damage the battery. If you do accidentally leave one in a cold garage (
My battery crapped out after 5 years
I’ve used Ego since it came out. I’m a typical homeowner. No matter how you use it, what the size of the battery is, or what tool you’re running with it you’ll get about 3 years before experiencing a major drop in performance and other more serious problems depending how lucky you are with your particular battery. Some of the batteries will get larger in the compartment and throw the entire battery out of whack. This video was a complete waste of time from a math teacher…not a battery owner.
Agreed. I bought several Ego tools back in 2016. One of my batteries no longer lasts more than 5 minutes on my weed wacker (so basically useless), my other two batteries last maybe 10-12 minutes in the manual push mower (not the self propelled mower).
In the winter, I can't even finish snow blowing my driveway without going through all three of my batteries.
When I got my Ego products back in 2016 I could mow my entire lawn, and use my weed wacker and only have one of the three batteries drain. At most each of these batteries gets 20 charge cycles per year, tops! So the math in this video is basically useless to real world usage and lithium ion lifespans. Additionally, all of my batteries are stored exactly as Ego recommends.
I agree with you, 100%. If battery performance stays the same, I'm switching back to gasoline-powered equipment! These batteries are way too expensive to buy a new one every year or every other year!
@@jameskoralewski1006 I think the best benefit from ego is the lack of combustion byproducts.. Definitely seems to be more expensive to maintain...
@@jameskoralewski1006 With a 3 year guarantee you don't have to do that.
@@jameskoralewski1006 batteries come with a 3 year warranty that can be extended 5 years. they're at least guaranteed to for that long.
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having to replace a four hundred dollar battery every five to six years sure makes gasoline engines seem like gods. Electric is way to expensive. I have gasoline mowers and trimmers running as good as new problem free after fifteen years.
my dattery died after 10 hours on direcr sun at 100+F
Yep. Don't leave your batteries set in direct high heat. Should be common sense.
You’re a fool
Ego is junk every battery have had from them has failed within the first and second years. They replaced under warranty but do not extend that warranty. So when the replacement goes bad in 6 months you have to pay the piper. I have wasted so much time, energy, and money trying to make this work. Going back to gas.
Faster charging shortens the life of the battery.
Too much general knowledge in this video...I couldn't finish it was so boring. Better to make a 10 min video with exact facts than rambling on about literally the same topics over and over all of which are covered in the literature that comes with the batteries. Bottom line, like with all major appliances READ THE DAMN DIRECTIONS!!! I used to wonder why you'd see 50 reviews on a washing machine and a huge percent are one star while the rest are 5 star. The difference is the one star people don't read directions or manuals. 5 Star reviews read the manual and instructions so the product works as designed. To save anyone 25 minutes of rambling, the bottom line is all batteries should NOT sit for long periods of time. When they do they die faster. Rapid charging is also not great long term. Its a time saver but over time it actually deteriorates the life of a cell. If you have the ability to own a slower charger, use them more often unless you need right away like snow or lawn. Periodically top off every 30 days or so and you will see decent results. Try to drain them at least down to 5% before charging up again, even if it means just running the appliance till it dies. People with blowers this shouldn't be time consuming.