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Finally some battery powered OPE that look just like their gas powered brothers and match them in the power department.
http://www.bosch-professional.com/static/specials/cordless-garden-tools/gb/en/
I would love to get my hands on some of these.
That looks awesome. In typical Bosch form, they completely over engineered the system. The mower looks like a beast. with the dual batteries it looks like it has a Blower from a supercharger on it,
Now all they just need to bring it to the States 🙂
That is a bad ass looking mower, typical German engineering, like taking a station wagon and putting a twin turbo on a 6.3 liter v8. What size batteries are those?
Jimbo
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All of these new cordless mowers really have me contemplating getting rid of my gas mower.
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Its a beast of a machine and so is its price. Typically Bosch.
In belgium the mower, the 2 required batteries and charger set you back over 2000 euro’s.
. This would look real nice in your collection Kruton 😉kruton wrote:
All of these new cordless mowers really have me contemplating getting rid of my gas mower.
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I just told my wife that. She said I couldn’t talk to BigMike any more!Bigmikez wrote:
. This would look real nice in your collection Kruton 😉
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. LOL!!!!!!!! U gotta smooth talk it bro come on now!! LOL!!kruton wrote:
I just told my wife that. She said I couldn’t talk to BigMike any more!
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The last time I smooth talked her I ended up with another kid brotha![emoji14]Bigmikez wrote:
. LOL!!!!!!!! U gotta smooth talk it bro come on now!! LOL!!
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.kruton wrote:
The last time I smooth talked her I ended up with another kid brotha![emoji14]
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kornomaniac wrote:
Its a beast of a machine and so is its price. Typically Bosch.
In belgium the mower, the 2 required batteries and charger set you back over 2000 euro’s.
Are you kidding me. That is insane money for a push mower. Who the f buys this?!?!
2k!!! That’s insane for a lawn mower 🙁
people that buy this stuff….lol notice the lawn……
Saw that last month. If rock it fr sure to match all my other blue stuff 🙂
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Yeah that was my thought also.
Here in belgium Bosch has a habit of over pricing themselves tho. They always do that 😀
I think it looks pretty sweet,since this last season I got a new Honda mower its highly unlikely I will replace it like ever. All that dough could be put to good use in my garage for more tool storage or something along those lines.
PROTOOLNUT wrote:
On 1/2/2016 at 6:37 AM, PROTOOLNUT said:
That looks like one of the coolest cordless lawn mowers I’ve ever seen. You are so right in that it looks like a gas engine on there. My only problem with cordless powered lawn mowers is that they cost as much as their gas counterparts. You usually find these things going for around 400 dollars. I always thought the reason why mowers were so expensive is because engines are expensive. They should really get the price down on these things cause again, there is no engine so yeah. I am happy with what Bocsh is doing with their OPE line, SWEET 😀
They have some advantages over gas though, such as being lighter, easier to start, more compact, quieter and less maintenance.
I would love to see an actual cost comparison to manufacture a gas vs battery vs plugin electric mower.
-Steven
WigWagWorkshop wrote:
On 3/19/2016 at 4:29 AM, WigWagWorkshop said:I would love to see an actual cost comparison to manufacture a gas vs battery vs plugin electric mower.
-Steven
From what I’ve heard each one of them has advantages and disadvantages.
Very cool, and that is a beast of a charger!
Man that’s nice but I bet it’s a bear to get in one out of lol.
WigWagWorkshop wrote:
On 3/19/2016 at 0:29 PM, WigWagWorkshop said:I would love to see an actual cost comparison to manufacture a gas vs battery vs plugin electric mower.
-Steven
Check out the ferrari of cordless OPE Pellenc.
Their catalog on their website gives you a good comparison between gas costs and energy costs.
Li-ion wins by a looooong shot
Belgium also has the hedge trimmer and leaf blower now 🙂
Any insight on if Bosch plans on bringing this over the Atlantic to the US? Price is pretty steep, but I do like the quality and performance from some videos I’ve watched.
From what I’ve seen of the bosch OPE lineup, its the best engineered OPE you can’t buy in the US. Perhaps if the US Pro OPE cordless market demand catches up to the Europeans, we will start seeing these available in the US. I especially like the way Bosch has introduced the option to change the head from string cutter to brush cutter blade. Hope Ego offers this soon.
I also like the handlebar design with harness capability, but I haven’t seen a single one available in the US from any cordless manufacturer (perhaps Husqvarna has one that I haven’t seen). Even Ego has a handlebar design for their popular 15″ 56v trimmer. But, guess what, you can’t get it in the US.
http://egopowerplus.ie/products/bike-handle-trimmer-38cm
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These cordless trimmers are pretty sweet. Only problem is you can’t get them in the US (That, and the fact they currently cost about 3x that of pro gas models, but these are minor details…lol)
Swappable head attachments. Go from string bump head to steel brush cutter head with screw twist (I hope Ego and others are taking note of this)
Based on the chart below, its interesting to note the RPM speeds of the 4 Ego string trimmers. Curiously, the fastest one appears to be the least expensive 12″ model.
If you think the Bosch blue-line pro grade tools are too expensive, you can always get their green-lin DIY grade tools instead.
They both have power tools and outdoor equipment in their green-line, however I don’t think any of it is sold in America. But in Europe it’s available everywhere.
Bosch green-line garden tools: https://www.bosch-garden.com/gb/en/garden-tools/homepage/index.jsp
Their green-line battery operated mowers has been around for ages and came several years before they decided to introduce their blue-line outdoor equipment for professionals.
Bosch green-line cordless lawn mowers: https://www.bosch-garden.com/gb/en/garden-tools/garden-tools/cordless-lawnmowers-199945.jsp
Bosch Rotak 43 LI
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the fuel gauge in the Bosch ope batteries look nice.