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Though it seems almost anti-climactic the official start of Spring was March 19 this year.
And just to enforce that spring weather is early I actually had to mow the lawn today. It needed it badly!
That's WAY unusual for northern states. We had sunny and 59F at my house today. No working on the bike or riding today even though it was a beautiful day for it.
Got to use the new Ego string trimmer for an actual first time (not just a test run). I charged up all 3 batteries, the 2.5 Ah for the trimmer and the 5 Ah and 7.5 Ah for the mower. The Ego batteries have an internal program that will run if the battery sits idle for 30 days. They will automatically drain down to around 30% for longer storage and to enable the batteries to last longer.
I used the trimmer all around the front and side yards outside the fence which is most of the trimming that needs to be done. I ended up with 40% remaining charge on the 2.5 Ah battery. Then I used the 7.5 Ah battery first in the mower to finish 75% of the yard. I could have done more on that battery but I was using the self-propelled feature a lot this time. I'm not used to the exercise of mowing yet. Then I popped in the 5 Ah battery to finish just to give all the batteries a bit of a workout. I'll go out again after dinner to finish using the string trimmer around the back yard.
And just to enforce that spring weather is early I actually had to mow the lawn today. It needed it badly!
That's WAY unusual for northern states. We had sunny and 59F at my house today. No working on the bike or riding today even though it was a beautiful day for it.
Got to use the new Ego string trimmer for an actual first time (not just a test run). I charged up all 3 batteries, the 2.5 Ah for the trimmer and the 5 Ah and 7.5 Ah for the mower. The Ego batteries have an internal program that will run if the battery sits idle for 30 days. They will automatically drain down to around 30% for longer storage and to enable the batteries to last longer.
I used the trimmer all around the front and side yards outside the fence which is most of the trimming that needs to be done. I ended up with 40% remaining charge on the 2.5 Ah battery. Then I used the 7.5 Ah battery first in the mower to finish 75% of the yard. I could have done more on that battery but I was using the self-propelled feature a lot this time. I'm not used to the exercise of mowing yet. Then I popped in the 5 Ah battery to finish just to give all the batteries a bit of a workout. I'll go out again after dinner to finish using the string trimmer around the back yard.