Grumpy Old Man
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
I never knew Ewen Chatfield was Lebanese
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@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
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@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
I never knew Ewen Chatfield was Lebanese
Chatters is one of his mates
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@mn5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nepia free always better, but even so - I'm near Wynyard and had a meeting in Surry Hills yesterday. $2.25 each each way, and a far more more pleasant experience. Would have cost $15 each way easily to share a cab with @Bones Dad.
He's an executive cabbie, not sure you're the kind of character on his client list
I never knew Ewen Chatfield was Lebanese
Chatters is one of his mates
This conversation sounds extremely familiar……not sure if it was on here or via PM.
Anyway. Best regards to the Naenae express, absolutely loved his work back in the day. What a team man !
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@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
It’s a maximum capacity of 5 amps drawn per hour. So if your tool draws 5 amps the battery
will last 1 hour.
If your tool is drawing 2.5 amps it will last 2 hours and if it draws 10 amps half an hour.
For most tool systems you can buy batteries at different capacities if you want. Eg I just replaced the battery on our Dyson vacuum with a larger capacity than the one it came with and now it gets all the way around the house. -
@taniwharugby I picked up this mower for about $400 odd on special a while back - https://www.tradetested.co.nz/p/gardening/outdoor-power-garden/lawnmowers/electric/greenworks-lawnmower-g-max-40v-460mm-brushless-4-0ah-kit-5423
It also came with a trimmer (a deal they were doing) that takes the same batteries. I've found it awesome, I get about 40 minutes worth per battery, and I have 2 so that is easily enough to get the lawns and trimming done. I have noticed if the grass is really long/thick the battery life drops to around 25 - 30 minutes but still good enough. Have had it about 8 months now.
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@crucial said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
It’s a maximum capacity of 5 amps drawn per hour. So if your tool draws 5 amps the battery
will last 1 hour.
If your tool is drawing 2.5 amps it will last 2 hours and if it draws 10 amps half an hour.
For most tool systems you can buy batteries at different capacities if you want. Eg I just replaced the battery on our Dyson vacuum with a larger capacity than the one it came with and now it gets all the way around the house.Yeah we've gone Ryobi and sounds like even our 2.5 is lasting longer. When I watch Bonesetta do the mowing and strimming it lasts about 45 minutes probably.
No comment on sqm coverage.
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Have Greenworks stuff for a few years and can vouch that it's been really good. Haven't bought the mower as we have a few hilly bits so need a self-propelled one and have a Honda Izy 16.
Worked brilliantly until I fired it up the next spring and found the carb had gummed up - even though I'd turned off the petrol. Turns out you need to drain the carb before putting it away for winter. WTF?
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@no-quarter I had gone with the self propelled, but with my bush data analysis it made zero difference if I pushed it or used the self propulsion.
Makita were supposed to take it back to check the mower wasn't faulty but they kinda dropped the ball and left the retailer to deal with it, and he clearly got fed up of me sending all my 'data' in asking when Makita were gonna sort it.
I did look at the bigger one of the greenworks one (looking at the 21 inch or 530mm ones) but went with Makita; eGo, AEG and Ryobi were the others I looked at...I would rather a battery one, but I'm not feeling confident in them now
For now, I'm just pushing around the 18 inch Victa, takes me about an hour or so if I do it properly (edges, around trees) which I can deal with for now...
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@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crucial said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
It’s a maximum capacity of 5 amps drawn per hour. So if your tool draws 5 amps the battery
will last 1 hour.
If your tool is drawing 2.5 amps it will last 2 hours and if it draws 10 amps half an hour.
For most tool systems you can buy batteries at different capacities if you want. Eg I just replaced the battery on our Dyson vacuum with a larger capacity than the one it came with and now it gets all the way around the house.Yeah we've gone Ryobi and sounds like even our 2.5 is lasting longer. When I watch Bonesetta do the mowing and strimming it lasts about 45 minutes probably.
No comment on sqm coverage.
Upvote for Bonesetta doing the edges
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@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@crucial said in Grumpy Old Man:
@taniwharugby said in Grumpy Old Man:
@antipodean one thing I did notice is most of the other mowers had 6aH batteries, while the Makitas were 5ah (I believe that means 5 amps per hour combined with the 2 x 18v batteries)
I have used the eGo one as well, its single battery was pretty good, but apparently they arent designed to be used to 'flat' which will massively affect thier life span.
It’s a maximum capacity of 5 amps drawn per hour. So if your tool draws 5 amps the battery
will last 1 hour.
If your tool is drawing 2.5 amps it will last 2 hours and if it draws 10 amps half an hour.
For most tool systems you can buy batteries at different capacities if you want. Eg I just replaced the battery on our Dyson vacuum with a larger capacity than the one it came with and now it gets all the way around the house.Yeah we've gone Ryobi and sounds like even our 2.5 is lasting longer. When I watch Bonesetta do the mowing and strimming it lasts about 45 minutes probably.
No comment on sqm coverage.
Upvote for Bonesetta doing the edges
the drill doesn't last nearly as long tho
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@taniwharugby I have had a 36v ryobi for about 4 years and get about 40 minutes still, i now have a second battery for the edger, trimmer and blower lol
Don't cut wet grass or let it get too long and the battery seem to go ok, any variant on that and battery performance drops though
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@bayimports I honestly think the mower was faulty, the mower power indicators dropped at different levels,but Makita told me I was using it on too lower level, it was wet etc...which is why i started recording times, height, battery level indicators, took photos of the mows, numbered the batteries to mix up in different ports etc...but they didn't buy it, confident in thier product...
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I live in rural Victoria and once the fire ban is lifted all the farmers set fire to their fields to burn the stalks etc before the next crop. The smoke and smog from these fires is fucken terrible and the smell comes through the house and the sky is a haze with smoke.
I am very curious why this practice is still allowed; does it not contribute much to emissions? or is it too hard and expensive for the farmers to do it any other way. Do they pay some sort of carbon tax or fee to burn like this? Either way as a local resident its bloody annoying.
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@chimoaus said in Grumpy Old Man:
I live in rural Victoria and once the fire ban is lifted all the farmers set fire to their fields to burn the stalks etc before the next crop. The smoke and smog from these fires is fucken terrible and the smell comes through the house and the sky is a haze with smoke.
I am very curious why this practice is still allowed; does it not contribute much to emissions? or is it too hard and expensive for the farmers to do it any other way. Do they pay some sort of carbon tax or fee to burn like this? Either way as a local resident its bloody annoying.
Pretty much banned in the UK a few years back. Burning is good for the soil as it controls nitrogen and pests - farmer next door does a limited burn every few years. Negatives are pollution and fire risk.
Not burning can lower crop yields and increase the cost of food apparently
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Fucking TV tech is great when it works, and a nightmare when it doesn't
I've been signed out of everything on my tv somehow.
Paramount won't recognise me at all (I signed up for a trial to watch 1883), so I'm now a paying subscriber with no content.
Apple let's me sign in, but the actual tv+ account is in the wifes name, so no content.
Binge won't load past a blue screen of death, so no content.
Netflix and Stan work, so heaps of worthless content!
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@Bones said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo told you to get the sony
I actually bought a Sony Android TV about 2 years ago. It was so bad I needed to connect to the mains by a smart switch to re-boot it as it kept locking up and freezing so often. "Alexa, turn off TV Power"...
Worst piece of tech I've bought - now dumped for an LG.
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@Victor-Meldrew I love it, never done me wrong, built in Chromecast, android so pretty much any TV app I could want. Happy days.
Edit: speaking of which, my bro flicked me this today if you're after a huge monitor.
Plug in the code QGCDPZQTC at https://www.samsung.com/uk/monitors/high-resolution/smart-m7-43-inch-smart-tv-apps-ls43am700uuxxu/ and it comes down to £377.10...it's smart too so you can use it like a TV as well with a remote and built in speakers.
