Welcome to the new year! Just a quick note and a promise that as 2020 begins so will an increase in stories here at Powered by Battery. Lots of battery powered tools in my arsenal for review and more coming my way (an EV truck is definitely in my future and I'll be exploring options... Continue Reading →
My first battery-powered snow blower was a Snow Joe Two-Stage
This winter I'll be relying on my newly purchased EGO Power+ Snow Blower to clear the snow off the driveway. However, this EGO snow blower isn't my first battery-powered snow blower but instead I once owned Snow Joe's first Two-Stage 80V Cordless Snow Blower, the iON24SB-XR. As far as I know, Snow Joe is the only... Continue Reading →
CleanTechnica: Time to ditch that gas-powered weed eater for a battery-powered one?
The big news in the battery-powered garden tools sector may be the advancing tech that allows for higher voltage tools. Battery voltage for weed eaters seems to be going to infinity and beyond. The weed eater that won my informal whack-a-thon was an 80 volt machine. 80 volt weed eaters break new ground in the... Continue Reading →