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  2. What tools did you buy today?

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    I ordered the Wera Advent Calendar. It was sold out from KC Tool but I found it in stock from Hoffmann Group which is another USA German tool retailer. I also ordered from KC Tool an 11 piece Metric Wera Joker wrench set. I got the model with the single direction ratcheting end. Wera makes a model where the ratcheting end has a directional switch but that was more expensive and looked to not be as compact. I will probably pick up the kit of the same wrenches but with inch measurements eventually but not right now. I am really liking the Wera stuff. I have a few of the non ratcheting wrenches I have gotten from tool Crates and Advent calendars. I like the feel of the brushed finish over most other companies smooth chrome finish. 

  12. What tools did you buy today?

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    On 8/1/2022 at 11:21 AM, Jronman said:

    I also ordered a 4 pack of Bessey KRE bar clamps the other day for over $100 off from Amazon. I think it was something like 44% off. The deal was too good to pass up. The deal is gone but you can still get them for 10% off.

    The clamps I ordered did not arrive. They were sent to a town of the same name as mine but in a completely different state. I have gotten a refund from Amazon and will not be buying from that seller again. When the positive rating is 32% that should be indication they were up to no good. Not sure why Amazon chose this seller because you go to the listing now and it says sold by Amazon. Im not wondering if Amazon can automatically change who the product is sold from.

  13. What tools did you buy today?

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    2 hours ago, Eric - TIA said:

    We have the light also.  What are your mixed feelings, just curious?

    The light is really good. I would rate it a 9/10 even but there is 3 tweaks I would make. I would like the heat sinks of each light panel to be metal instead of plastic, it would be nice if the usb charge port worked with the light turned off and had a type c option, and I would like to be able to rotate the light even more upwards so I can shine light on the ceiling. 

  14. Ego is not perfect - My 5 year (mostly commercial) user experience

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    @Eric - TIA and @Dan - TIA got word that my Ego experience wasn't always smooth sailing and they expressed interest in investigating the matter further. I hope this will help them in their investigation. I wanted to be real with you guys regarding my Ego experience of about 5 years. 3 of those years being commercial lawn care and snow removal. My use of Ego products is more than the average person.

    My first Ego anything: In May of 2017 I picked up my first Ego products. I got the brushed hedge trimmer and the 530 cfm blower. My corded hedge trimmer was on its last leg and I had never owned a blower. Both items were fantastic for their time. The hedge trimmer was a bit underpowered but the runtime was unreal. I could go multiple hours on the small battery that came with it. The blower is about as bullet proof as anything. It has been covered in thick mud, sprayed with water, and fallen off my trailer twice while moving. It still works.

    Going into Lawn mowing Business: When I got into the Lawn mowing business in 2019 I decided to pick up the Power-head motor unit with string trimmer attachment to use as my daily trimmer. It worked fine and eventually I picked up the hedge trimmer and pruning saw attachments. A bit underpowered for some applications. I can get it to stall when using the edger attachment sometimes. 2019 was also the year Ego left Home Depot for Lowes and was introduced to Ace Hardware. It was also the year the commercial line came to the United States. I decided to give the commercial line a try so I bought everything needed to run the commercial string trimmer. It was a fantastic trimmer or so it seemed. The carbon fiber shaft, all metal trigger, and all metal motor housing were amazing and still to this day not common on other brands trimmers if at all. The string trimmer had incredible runtime with the backpack battery. One day I counted 18 properties on one charge which amounted to about 2-3 days of work. Runtime varied depending on how heavy you used the trimmer.


    My first customer support experience: After close to one year in the lawn business 3 products of mine either died or went faulty. On the commercial string stimmer the trigger started to throw a fit. Vaiable speed was spotty at best and there was even a short time where if the battery was plugged in the head would start spinning even when the trigger was not pressed. Also my Power Head Motor unit fully died. Finally I had a battery with the new 5 led display go bad. At the time they had just come out. I called customer service and was surprised to get someone who sounded like they were from the states. He sent out a replacement for the commercial trimmer and I sent the old one back in the box the new one came in no questions asked. The power head had to go to my local service center to get "worked on". The battery was not put on the warrently list. An honest mistake by the support person. In regasrds to the power head, my service center and I knew it would eventually have to be sent to Ego. We were right nothing Ego had them do worked. It was taking forever it seemed like to get progress on the string trimmer. I was fed up with having to use the gas trimmer during my time without the Ego trimmers so I found an amazing deal on a power head motor unit with edger attachment kit for less than the powerhead motor unit by itself. The power head was like the commercial trimmer where I sent the old one back in the box the new one came in. Everything was replaced for free but my service provider put a bunch of labor into the powerhead. I hope Ego compensated him for his labor. When my warranty replacements finally came in I owned two power head motor units and one commercial string trimmer.


    My second customer support experience:  I never got around to going further on the faulty battery but in 2020 I thought my blower quit working so I bought the new 650 cfm blower. Before the new blower shipped I decided to open up the old blower come to find out it still works . The switch got a bit loose. I secured the switch a bit better and now it works no problem. I decided to keep both blowers. The new blower quit by the end of the season. It did not like all the dust in the fall and I think that is maybe part of what killed it. I decided to call Ego to get battery and blower warrantied. By this time they had switched to Indian call centers. The Indian call centers were not very helpful. Their go to response was send it to my service center. No more replacing the product no questions asked. The battery had to be at my service center for a certain amount of time and I got it back plus a new one in the mail. Ego does not take back batteries. I don't remember specifics on the blower replacement. Regardless it was replace under warranty. It was probably a long process like the others. I wish I remembered specifics.

    My snow removal experience: I decided to buy the ego snowblower in 2019. This was before the 2 stage and the updated single stage came out. It was fantastic. Not too many complaints. The chute direction control lever sometimes sticks and isn't always smooth when using. The scraper bar designed to wear and be replaced wore out far to quickly. Not sure how often they normally wear out but I could go through a few of them each season. The snowblower decided to have a wheel break at the end of the second snow season and to replace the wheel seemed quite involved. I may ask Ego if there is an easy way to swap out a wheel on the snowblower. I decided that for last season I would upgrade to the new single stage snowblower with the metal blades. It works fine. it is a big rougher to use especially if the blades hit something. I use both snowblowers with the commercial battery and battery adapter. Works fine. You just can't close the lid to the battery compartment. Probably not recommended but when you got work to do you gotta get the job done.

     

    My third customer support experience: This is where things get not so great to say it in a nice manner. My replacement commercial string trimmer had the trigger act up like the original and just before warranty was up. I called Ego before warranty was up and instead of sending a new one I had to send it to my service center. Needless to say some time had passed my warranty was up and I called Ego again and they tried claiming it was out of warranty but the support ticket was created before the warranty was up so it should have been honored. I never was able to get it replaced. I probably could have tried harder but honestly I was sick of Ego support so I wasn't even going to bother.

    My Ego experience now: My replaced 650 cmf blower does fail sometimes like the other but at least I can unplug the battery and plug it back in to get it to work. It started acting up during dusty leaf season. Another product I decided to pick up the Nexus Power Station. One battery from the power station went faulty but I got it replaced no problem if I remember right. It has come in handy a few times. We had a power outage for around 5 hours two times this year and I used it to power the refrigerator I have also powered my vac from it and my battery charger I use for the mowers. My most recent purchase was the Ego light. I have mixed opinions on the light but it is more upgrades I would want and not problems with the tool. It is super bright. I also had my first battery with the old style charge display fault on me. I guess thats not too bad considering the old style batteries might be older manufacture date. I have yet to use any of the mowers. I have also picked up the extension, cultivator, and paddle broom attachments for the power head. They do the job.

     

    In total I have spent over $10,000 in Ego products. I have not owned or used any of the mowers. I have not owned or used any of the chainsaws besides the 10 prunning saw attachment for the powerhead. Even with all the problems I have had with Ego I expect I will buy more Ego in the future. I think I got everything regarding my Ego experience. I may update this post if I think of something else to add.

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  15. Milwaukee Pipeline 2022 Part 2

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    Milwaukee hosted another Pipeline focusing on Outdoor Power Equipment and a brand new manufacturing facility for made in usa hand tools.

     

    What was your guys favorite new tool announcement? I find it interesting they specifically mentioned MX Fuel OPE but showed off no MX Fuel OPE. I wonder if this is like when MX Fuel was first announced where nda required they post information at a later date.

     

    I really liked the m12 pruning shears. In the test it was cutting through the dowel like butter where the lopers were bulky but cut fine and the manual hand shears took quite a bit of effort to cut. The 8in m18 Hatchet looked nice. I wasn't interested in the 6in because 6in was a bit small but to have an 8in would be much better. Would be great for throwing in the truck after a big wind storm to break up fallen branches on my lawn customers properties.

     

    I did not see a snowblower that Milwaukee mentioned they were working on or any other large ope besides the 21in lawn mower. We already knew about the lawn mower.

  20. What tools did you buy today?

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    I received the Leaf Rakes after some delays. I haven't used them yet but they seem awesome. I think they will be lifetime rakes just like the garden rakes. Most of my outdoor hand tools are Fiskars Pro now. They make really solid tools. I picked up a few of the Pro shovels earlier this year and also got their Pro Prunners last year. If Fiskars makes a broom I will likely switch to it makeing me all Fiskars Pro.

    I also received the summer 2022 Tool Crate which was quite solid. Knipex 10in CoBolt, Wera Joker Adjustable Spanner Wrench, Gator Magnetics Gator Hook, Vessel Stubby bit holder/screwdriver, Gripty Magnetic Trays (new product offering), Milwaukee 6-1/2 in framing blade 24 tooth, from Stealth Mounts we got a pack of Cleat 'N' Feet and a pack of Level Mounts.

    I also ordered the Ego LT1000 light which should arrive today I hope. I am looking to up my cordless lighting game and with all the batteries I own this seemed like an excellent option.

    I also ordered a 4 pack of Bessey KRE bar clamps the other day for over $100 off from Amazon. I think it was something like 44% off. The deal was too good to pass up. The deal is gone but you can still get them for 10% off.

  22. DeWALT has a new corded general purpose wet/dry vac out. Includeds some nice features.

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    DeWALt has a 12 gallon wet/dry vac out. I could not find a model number for a 12 gallon but here is the one for the 10 gallon: DXV10P. The 12 gallon includes a feature advertised as Stealth Sonic. The 10 gallon advertises it as QUIET. The feature basically means the vac is super quiet. Power did not seem to be lower either. Tool Review Zone did a water suction test and the DeWALT emptied the bucket before one of the more powerful Ridgid vacs and was significantly quieter. Apart from the lower noise, it has another feature I haven't seen on a general purpose vac before. instead of placing the extension wands and other attachments on the feet like many other wet/dry vacs, it includes a fabric pouch on the back. I think the pouch is a nice idea for the attachments. I always find the attachments tend to fall out of the holders and eventually they get lost because of it. I don't know how useful the pouch would be for the extension wands though.

  23. New TS60 track saw in Europe

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    Festool has come out with the next generation track saw called the TS60 K. It has quite a few changes. You get an additional 5mm cut depth, you get compatibility with the spring loaded guide rails. it included the anti kickback feature we saw in recent ts/tsc55 saws. the depth adjustment as well as the bevel adjustment look to be updated. You can find info on the saw by going to the Festool uk website (for us english speakers)

  24. Where is the Milwaukee track saw????

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    6 hours ago, Marcv76 said:

    Thanks for the updates. Its about time. Im very interested in the m18 power unit coming out also. 

     

    only thing is no apparent way to automatically activate a vac when you turn on the saw like you can with a few of the other brands track saws. Milwaukee has one key they could have just included one key with the new vac and with the track saw. ONe key would make things easy.

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