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First up are Lawn Mowers and Brushcutters. they will be powered by a new 36 Volts 6.0 Amp battery. They will have a new ” Fast charging bank”. This charger will be able to top up the batteries in 42 Minutes.
Later in 2015 we will see hedge cutters and blowers. and soemthing special: A very large wheeled portable “power station”. Basically a VERY big lithium battery on wheels. you will be able to charge it at home and during they day you can recharge your 36Volt 6.0 Amp batteries several times from the Power station.
The power station should even have a power inlet so you can attack a corded tool ( probably with a max watt draw. ) so you can run a corded tool from the Power station !
Hefty price tag tho =D
It looks like its only for the European market for now 🙁
Should come to other parts of the world after some months? 🙂
sweet! go Bosch!
That’s really cool that these company’s are comin out with lawn equipment so u can represent ur favorite brand even while cutting the grass.
Man Briggs if I was Briggs and Stratton I would be worried. I think in 10 years we won’t see much in gas powered lawn equipment. The battery tech will be so good and emission laws will be too strict that gas ope won’t be economical for consumer use unless you have acreage. Even then I see the possibility of decent battery powered riding lawn equipment by then. The only people that will still use liquid fuel is people that can’t deal with any sort of charge time and will pay more to have a motor will all sorts of electronics and emission controls. Briggs has a MPFI V twin engine coming out this year so its happening and it provides better fuel economy at the same time.
Back in the day, one of the big tractor manufacturers came out with an electric tractor. It used a lot if lead acid batteries. It didn’t work out though. I still see gas being around for many many years. For the homeowner with an acre or less I can easily see cordless as the most viable option.
that’s a nice looking lawn mower – I like it….but how long is the runtime on that thing ? 😀
I definitely gonna buy a bosch blower when its released…I prolly save my money this year on Black Friday buying a blower and wait until next year or so 😛
I’ll get back to you on the runtime on that thing. got some more info @ my workplace 🙂
Wow, nice looking mower!
I would rather have some infos for the blower 😛
I want that!!!
where are the infos korno? 😛
Cant wait to see hiw comparable it is to the rest of the competitors with 56v+
right Frankie, if the price is right i gonna buy the blower to test it 😛
I have the ego blower, im Happy with it
ya that might be a alternative route for me
Madman !
Here’s some more info:
Keep in mind that this is not all official Bosch news yet. It’s from an inside Bosch powerpoint but the information seems to be quite far already so I suppose not much will be changing by the time it’s out officially.
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1. At the left. Brushcutters.
GFR 36 V-LI 251M & GFR 36 V-Li 421L
- EC Brushless Motor powered by the 36V 6AH Battery.
- Power comparable to gas engine
- 75 to 90 minutes of worktime for the GFR 36 V-LI 251M
- 40 to 60 minutes of worktime for the GFR 36 V-LI 421L
- 89Db noise. Quite low !
- Fully Waterproof
I’m not sure what the Difference between the 2 models is but i suppose the “Width” of trimming and thus power usafe involved. Only 1 model is pictured in the powerpoint .
2. At the top: Hedge Trimmers
Not more information in the powerpoint on these. We do see 1 battery and i would suppose it’s also powered by a Brushless Ec motor to get comparable power to Gas models. They do have a date stamp of 3/15 so hopefully March will bring more news !
3. In the dead center: The 36V 6Ah Battery
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Dutch language on here. Basically it says the following:
- Weatherproof for use in all weather conditions
- Powerfull, robust and long runtime
- 2.3 kg weight
- Bosch coolpack tehcnology
- LCd display to show percentage of remaining charge ( and possibly over heating codes / error codes etc… )
thanks korno – pretty cool to see all those gardening equipment.
the blower looks good
cant wait to get some details on that 😛
4. Below the battery: The Fast charger
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- Waterproof for all weather conditions
- Powerfull and quick charging
- 42 Minutes for a full 100% charge and 30 Minutes for 80% charge.
- Aluminium housing. Durable.
5. At the bottom: The lawn mowers.
More info has already been posted at the top of this thread. It does look to me like there will be 2 different models because bosch has drawn 2 lawn mowers on the picture. We’ll have to wait and see
6. To the right side of the battery: The charging station
This is the special thing that suprised me. From what i can gather from the powerpoint it’s a VERy big Lithium Ion pack on wheels from which you can charge the 36V 6Ah battery packs. For a professional gardener this would be the equivalent to Hitachi’s or Stihl’s battery backpacks. You just charge the Power bank at home. And during your workday it’ll give you the juice to charge 6 of the 36V 6Ah batteries. amazing idea. I do not want to know the price on this one tho.
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Specs and info’s from what I can gather from the powerpoint:
- The Mobile charging System has 2 outlets on the top and room for 2 of the 36V Chargers. you can just plug them in in the sockets.
- The Mobile charging System has enough juice to charge 6 of the 36V 6Ah Batteries troughout the day.
- The Mobile charging system itself is charged in 3 hours
- 2 chargers can be installed on top for charging 2x 36V 6Ah batteries simultaneously.
- NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT THIS, but…. it does seem like the outlets can even be used to power corded tools with a max 1000 Watt power draw. But as wording on a powerpoint is usually very short i’m not sure but that’s how i understand it. Amazing 😀
This one has a timestamp of 7/15 in the powerpoint so that’s still 7 months off !
7 & 8: To the right of the circle: Blower and Battery belt
Unfortunatly not more info on these things. The belt is just for holding a few batteries. No idea of it actually features a cable or sockets or anything to ” plug” in your tools from there.
Timestamp for the Belt: 3/15
Timestamp for the Blower: 7/15
Lawn equipment looks pretty damn cool!!
Damn. Mid 2015 for the blower.
Prolly end 2015 for the us market.
That belt looks cool.
bet u cant wait till these r out MM.
already saving up the money for the blower 😛 the other stuff it not important to me….like a lawnmower in the desert 😛
the 36V 6Ah battery is really expensive and the mower needs 2 of those wow
im really on the fence about the 40v from dewalt blower or the 20v blower 2 man I have a lot of batteries for the 20v
if i were you i would rather go the 20v line since you already have a bunch of batteries. 40v would be a complete new line for ya right?
EGO blower all the way, those things are kickass!
yea im just worried bout the power difference but im gonna wait till the 20v is out and c what reviews it gets
Dwain I found somebody on craigslist who was selling them with the battery charger all together for $100 bucks but by the time I called them they were out….
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yea im just worried bout the power difference but im gonna wait till the 20v is out and c what reviews it gets
That 20v blower puts out 400 cfm the ego does 480 at the turbo setting, I’m sure the battery life isnt long even with a 5ah at that power setting though. The kit is a good deal though a 5ah battery charger and blower for $199 isnt bad at all
wow 200 is not bad at all – even 400 cfm is pretty good tho
dude DR I almost did my front and back yard with the m18 blower on a slim pack and 4.0 battery but it didn’t finish and of course it didn’t do a perfect job as I know it’s not ment for those types of task but I don’t have anything else lol but if the dewalt 20v can last me 2-3 batterys that would b cool for me or U don’t k ow man I’m kinda torn between staying with gas or GOIN battery…….DR99 wrote:
That 20v blower puts out 400 cfm the ego does 480 at the turbo setting, I’m sure the battery life isnt long even with a 5ah at that power setting though. The kit is a good deal though a 5ah battery charger and blower for $199 isnt bad at all
For a smaller lawn these tools would be perfect! Very cool tech we have coming out now! Battery tools are making huge strides.
Stihl is coming out with a battery powered cutoff saw as well!
Only not so cool thing about the stihl is the max 15 minutes runtime. That blows a bit 😀
wow thats pretty bad
some new vids came up:
the noise level is pretty good on those brushcutters
now i wanna get a lawn 😀 sick of sand and dirt around the house, still need to do weeding couple times a year after rainfall.
(why? the last link/video just don’t wanna pop up like the other 2)
cool!!
the brushcutter runs around $650 in germany (no battery or charger included)
lawn mower $1300-$1500 depends on the cutting capacity (no battery or charger included)
WTF – just got some news for the 36V Pro Blower. Bosch is not planning on releasing it in the US.
Ouch :\
That’s a bummer man!! Sorry to hear
when it get released in germany, i can still buy it from there….but it depends on the price. if the price is reasonable for the item im going to get one.
if not; im going with the 20V Dewalt blower
DAMN that sucks mm! Go with DeWalt! 😉
Well the prices in belgium are here and they are absurd. The mower, 2 batteres and a charger will set you back 2000 euro’s ><
I know belgium is expensive for tools but this price is reaaaaaally high 🙁
yeah i checked them out too, even the weed eater costs 600 euro (no battery or charger)
and the leaf blower wont come to the states for a while. man im so sad but i can imagine that even the blower will costs 400 euro or so