I’ve had a returned Ego LB5300 blower from a vender friend of mine for about 6 years now and the BA 1400 2.5 ah 56 volt batteries have not stopped yet - oem working great
Good video, I might consider the aftermarket batteries. Ego has priced themselves out of me staying with them with the price of their batteries. The price of the ego batteries was about to drive me back to all gas equipment. I have been using ego since 2019 and have one 7.5 amp and three 5 amp battery’s that do not last long at all anymore.
I have an Ego push mower (not self-propelled) with a factory 5Ah battery. I just bought the Waitley to compare. I can usually just barely finish my 4000sf lawn on a single charge with the original. I tried the Waitley and was able to do the same. Having 2 5Ah batteries will definitely help when I'm doing an HOC reset or when I'm doing a full day of yard work. My only complaint so far is that the fan doesn't shut off when the Waitley is finished charging. Not a big deal at all though.
It's best to buy the tool with battery combo. I got my EGO power plus 650CFM with 4ah battery for $189. It was less than if I had just purchased the battery by itself.
Yep! I got the 650 blower with a 5 AH battery for $195 on a sale. Wasn't shopping for a blower, my old one still worked, I just wanted a 5AH battery, which at the time was over $225. EGO prices fluctuate A LOT on Amazon.
When you can buy 30 amp hrs for the of 12, it's a no brainer. I have 3 ego batteries, 4, 5, and 7.5 and I'm looking for a few more. I'm going to try one, and if it works out, by more. The Ego batteries are just to expensive for what they are. The Ego lawnmower and chainsaws I own are great though.
I bought two after market batteries for my lawnmower. The more expensive 5 amp battery was great, the cheaper 4 amp wasn’t very good. The cost of both together was 50% less than 5 amp EGO battery.
I bought the Ego string trimmer and blower for farm use keeping weeds trimmed under electric fences. The batteries run down too soon. The batteries also weakened after a season and quit working after another season. Replacement batteries cost too much. I wish I had never got into Ego. I had to buy a new gas trimmer to get any work done. Ego is for domestic yard use only in my opinion and if you have a large perimeter to trim you might as well accept the fact that you will need a spare battery.
I love me ego equipments. I have 3 non ego 9amp batteries and the work great for 3 years now. Also love the ego batter backpack to use the monsters with out killing my shoulders
Mowing a thick lawn would have better shown how well it handles stress and heat. The blower air cools it by design. Still, that 5ah battery has a coupon that brings it down to $78 right now.
My 5ah knock off cost about $100 and never seam to last as long as it should on a single charge. Even so I kept it from Amazon and then it totally stopped producing power at exactly the 1 year mark . My ego 2.5 ah both lasted 3-4 years.
I had a really tough time socially in high school that reeked havoc with my ego. In my late 20s, I was finally able to replace my ego with an aftermarket ego.
Wondering why not compare the ego 5 amp battery (often in the ego kit) and the aftermarket 5 amp - comparing apples to apples. Also for the 765 blow - it’s heavy enough for car drying /detailing. The 12 amp would be super heavy !! Thanks. Owen from Atlanta
Waitley batteries are amazing. At least, their dewalt 20v ones are. I have some that are 4 years old and still hold a charge just as good as my dewalt batteries of that age. I have completely quit buying dewalt batteries and every batter is now waitley. Just ordered one of these 5ah to try in my ego 16 inch chainsaw and will see how it holds up for limbing.
It is all about the longevity of the battery. I’d be P+xssed if I purchased a 300.00 battery and it only lasted two years. I have several ego products and the batteries lasted about seven years. I don’t use them for very long when I use them but , still, that’s pretty good, especially when I use two batteries for about five separate tools. It’s “game over” if they can reliably make a battery that lasts seven years or more. Many people don’t get that kind of performance, however.
Thank you for your insight, Jeff. For the price, I may try one on the 18" chain saw. I don't know yet. If I do, I'll let you know how it works out for me. 😄😄😄👍👍👍
I buy the ego combos and flip the tool. Ego has the stupidest wasteful go to market. Just sell the battery at a reasonable price the tools are spectacular. The edger was a surprise. It blows out my gas one.
Agreed. My 7.5ah select cut mower was throwing overheat codes immediately on startup. The service center couldn't fix it, so they sent it in to EGO, who also couldn't fix it, so they sent me a new mower.
I bought a push mower from Home Depot back when they carried Ego. About 3 years in? It stopped working. Brought it back to Home Depot and a couple months later a new mower showed up on my porch. Ego came through for me.
@@ronaldtentschert6876 I was pretty surprised myself. It didn't seem like a repair either, it was packaged like, and looked brand new. Only real difference was the box was plain brown on the outside (and it didn't come with a battery and charger but I wasn't expecting that anyway). Definitely a pleasant experience and a reason to stick with the Ego brand.
I would be interested in seeing you do a video with the history and some more information about Waitley. Maybe you did that already; if so please put in a link. It reminds me of the argument between the best and good enough.
I just wish there was someone that rebuilt the Ego batteries. I have several early Ego products and three oem batts that are less then wonderful. It just takes one or more of the lithium 18650 to puke and the whole battery suffers and will not charge correctly.
@@j-sonS Thank you for the info. Sadly, what they charge exceeds the price of a new battery as they apparently replace all the batteries instead of just the bad ones.
Hard to test the long term durability of those 3P batteries. Be helpful to mention the warranty info between them, too. Also, I got an Ego 5AH for $179 a few months ago from Amazon.
I went all in on EGO 3 ish years ago. Bought the best mower, snow blower, string trimmer, edger and leaf blower they had in 2021. Have 2 10ah batteries, a 7.5ah and a 2.5ah. All genuine ego batteries and all suffering from some major malfunctions / loss of usability. I intentionally bought four of the lowest charge rate chargers that ego makes and the batteries are still all pretty much useless at this point. My corner lot is between 1/8 and 1/4 acre and my push mower, not using any of the self propelled feature, can barely get through the entire yard using all 4 batteries. Love the equipment, the batteries are worthless. I knew this was a possibility going in, just surprised it happened so quickly. Now I’m just trying to decide if I switch all together and buy new equipment, buy replacement ego batteries, or split the difference and go with knock off batteries.
I have the ego 56 blower. It came with a 2.5 hour battery that gave up the ghost after few years. Looking at the prices for a ego battery which are ridiculously high. I found a four hour replacement battery for 130 bucks. Last year on Amazon. What a difference. I use it to blow grass off the sidewalks and leaves out of the yard mostly. Never run out of juice.
They do have a warranty, you know. I bought a returned lawn mower from Lowe's with a note saying the battery wouldn't charge. It was only $160 for a $650 mower and battery, so I grabbed it. I got it home, registered it, called customer service, and had a brand new 7.5ah battery a couple days later.
I’ve got a 30 year old Stihl hand held blower and a 22 year old Echo backpack blower that aside from a new primer bulb and spark plug every couple of years they have been incredibly dependable. $600 for just the battery is harsh. I don’t have that much in both my blower’s combined and they were new when purchased.
I have all sizes up to 10 for the push mower because I have almost everything they make but I have multiple 2.5 because they are so light. 2.5 is my go to for everything
Ego OEM batteries make no sense to buy individually. Rarely on significant sale by themselves. Cheaper to buy a tool with battery when those go on sale. Flip the tool if you don't need it.
you have to do runtime tests with those batteries. I constantly see those aftermarket batteries not living up to their claims. like the 5 is probably only a 4 etc.. If they work as advertised go for it though.
I’ve run and own both commercially. If you haven’t tried the Commercial EGO, you can’t really judge, especially the STX4500. It’s replaced my gas Stihl as the go to trimmer on nearly every property. I put a Speed Feed 450 head on it spinning black diamond .105 and I chew thru Himalayan blackberries. End of tye day the lack of noise and fumes and vibration seriously add up.
Amp Hour rating only affects run time, not "performance". You could've run a 2.5 AH battery against the 12 and not seen much of a difference in blowing force. Buying batteries with the tools is usually the cheapest way to buy them, (although that doesn't make sense with high ticket items (riding mowers, etc.). I wanted to get a 5 AH battery for my 5 year old blower. The 2.5 battery it came with still worked but started to have a really short run time. 5 AH batteries at the time were over $225 on Amazon and then I found a deal for a 650 blower w/5AH battery and charger for $195.
You have zero clue about what you are talking about. A battery that is 4x as big doesn't just have 4x the runtime, it has 4x the max power. Many tools may not be able to use that power, but some can. If you put those 2.5 Ah batteries in a snow blower, pressure washer, or mower, you will not get full performance.
@@denoftools I didn't see much, if any difference in your leaf blower test between the 5 and 12Ah batteries. But I'm willing to learn ... have any sources for that documentation?
@@maximusmagni1 Of course a 2.5 AH battery isn't going to work well in a snow blower or lawn mower as it would be depleted very quickly. And a battery that's rapidly dying or almost dead isn't going to provide "full performance". That's just common sense.
I didn't get anything out of this. Ego sells products with the size battery that's best for the average user. Going a little larger or smaller is personal preference. Comparing one battery to another that has 2.5 times the size of the recommended one is ridicules. 56 volts is 56 volts. The blower's motor requires so many watts to operate. If battery voltage drops below full capacity, the motor will draw more current (amps) and then shut down. The question is how does the Waitley 5 amp hour battery pack do vs the OEM Battery of the same size? Is it really a 5 amp hour battery? Will it last more than a year? 5 amp hour batteries don't give more or less power to equipment than 2.5, 7.5, 10 or any other sized battery. The amp hour rating is to indicate how long a battery will last on a single charge. The motor size in each piece of equipment determines how long a battery will last on a charge.
If you’re going to test batteries with a leaf blower, why not use it to blow leaves? Like a thick heavy blanket of wet leaves and twigs? Real-world stuff?
They could be cheap crappy cells in there just like the fake Milwaukee batteries. They don't have the full capacity as advertised, and definitely not high output
Most people kill their rechargeable batteries by charging them fully then storing them charged. This is a death sentence for batteries. About 60% charge is ideal because the reduced charge potential does cause as much permanent damage as power leaks.
That's what the OEMs want so they can sell another battery, or they'd offer a "storage" setting on their chargers that would charge it to a preferred voltage.
Well you asked for it. In the comments you said. Tell me why I'm wrong. Okay. Get hold of me and I'll let you know. Cuz I think you're wrong on a couple of things. Just saying. 😎 I've been using ego since almost day one. Hit me up if you want to know what's up 🍻
I’ve had a returned Ego LB5300 blower from a vender friend of mine for about 6 years now and the BA 1400 2.5 ah 56 volt batteries have not stopped yet - oem working great
I've been using the Waitley in my M12 tools. Glad to know they make it for Ego also
Good video, I might consider the aftermarket batteries. Ego has priced themselves out of me staying with them with the price of their batteries. The price of the ego batteries was about to drive me back to all gas equipment. I have been using ego since 2019 and have one 7.5 amp and three 5 amp battery’s that do not last long at all anymore.
I have an Ego push mower (not self-propelled) with a factory 5Ah battery. I just bought the Waitley to compare. I can usually just barely finish my 4000sf lawn on a single charge with the original. I tried the Waitley and was able to do the same. Having 2 5Ah batteries will definitely help when I'm doing an HOC reset or when I'm doing a full day of yard work.
My only complaint so far is that the fan doesn't shut off when the Waitley is finished charging. Not a big deal at all though.
I have a lot of Ego tools. The most surprising was the EGO pole saw. It is bad ass!
It's best to buy the tool with battery combo. I got my EGO power plus 650CFM with 4ah battery for $189. It was less than if I had just purchased the battery by itself.
Yep! I got the 650 blower with a 5 AH battery for $195 on a sale. Wasn't shopping for a blower, my old one still worked, I just wanted a 5AH battery, which at the time was over $225. EGO prices fluctuate A LOT on Amazon.
When you can buy 30 amp hrs for the of 12, it's a no brainer. I have 3 ego batteries, 4, 5, and 7.5 and I'm looking for a few more. I'm going to try one, and if it works out, by more. The Ego batteries are just to expensive for what they are. The Ego lawnmower and chainsaws I own are great though.
I bought two after market batteries for my lawnmower. The more expensive 5 amp battery was great, the cheaper 4 amp wasn’t very good. The cost of both together was 50% less than 5 amp EGO battery.
I bought the Ego string trimmer and blower for farm use keeping weeds trimmed under electric fences. The batteries run down too soon. The batteries also weakened after a season and quit working after another season. Replacement batteries cost too much. I wish I had never got into Ego. I had to buy a new gas trimmer to get any work done. Ego is for domestic yard use only in my opinion and if you have a large perimeter to trim you might as well accept the fact that you will need a spare battery.
I love me ego equipments. I have 3 non ego 9amp batteries and the work great for 3 years now. Also love the ego batter backpack to use the monsters with out killing my shoulders
Mowing a thick lawn would have better shown how well it handles stress and heat. The blower air cools it by design.
Still, that 5ah battery has a coupon that brings it down to $78 right now.
My 5ah knock off cost about $100 and never seam to last as long as it should on a single charge. Even so I kept it from Amazon and then it totally stopped producing power at exactly the 1 year mark . My ego 2.5 ah both lasted 3-4 years.
I had a really tough time socially in high school that reeked havoc with my ego. In my late 20s, I was finally able to replace my ego with an aftermarket ego.
Ego now has 1000cfm commercial leaf blower for 299 tool only.
My original Ego batteries from 2016 are still good to go.
dont forget the backpack attachment. . .
Wondering why not compare the ego 5 amp battery (often in the ego kit) and the aftermarket 5 amp - comparing apples to apples. Also for the 765 blow - it’s heavy enough for car drying /detailing. The 12 amp would be super heavy !! Thanks. Owen from Atlanta
As they stated in the video, I don’t have any😂
Waitley batteries are amazing. At least, their dewalt 20v ones are. I have some that are 4 years old and still hold a charge just as good as my dewalt batteries of that age. I have completely quit buying dewalt batteries and every batter is now waitley. Just ordered one of these 5ah to try in my ego 16 inch chainsaw and will see how it holds up for limbing.
It is all about the longevity of the battery. I’d be P+xssed if I purchased a 300.00 battery and it only lasted two years. I have several ego products and the batteries lasted about seven years. I don’t use them for very long when I use them but , still, that’s pretty good, especially when I use two batteries for about five separate tools. It’s “game over” if they can reliably make a battery that lasts seven years or more. Many people don’t get that kind of performance, however.
I'm on year two and half with the battery that came with the mower and I notice the reduction Everytime I cut now. 😫
Thank you for your insight, Jeff. For the price, I may try one on the 18" chain saw. I don't know yet. If I do, I'll let you know how it works out for me. 😄😄😄👍👍👍
What do think of the toro 60v vs the ego products
Those amazon batteries are the only reason I still have my EGO stuff. EGO batteries fry so often. $70 replacement on Amazon I'll take it
I buy the ego combos and flip the tool. Ego has the stupidest wasteful go to market. Just sell the battery at a reasonable price the tools are spectacular. The edger was a surprise. It blows out my gas one.
Same experience with the edger. Outperforms my Husky gas edger ... the EGO actually pulls me along whereas the Husky never did.
Egos customer service is fantastic.
Yeah my snow blower gearbox exploded on the second use and it took TWO months during winter in Wyoming to get a replacement. Great service...
Agreed. My 7.5ah select cut mower was throwing overheat codes immediately on startup. The service center couldn't fix it, so they sent it in to EGO, who also couldn't fix it, so they sent me a new mower.
I bought a push mower from Home Depot back when they carried Ego. About 3 years in? It stopped working. Brought it back to Home Depot and a couple months later a new mower showed up on my porch. Ego came through for me.
@@lukesw2 I think that's amazing that a company does that nowadays.
@@ronaldtentschert6876 I was pretty surprised myself. It didn't seem like a repair either, it was packaged like, and looked brand new. Only real difference was the box was plain brown on the outside (and it didn't come with a battery and charger but I wasn't expecting that anyway). Definitely a pleasant experience and a reason to stick with the Ego brand.
I would be interested in seeing you do a video with the history and some more information about Waitley. Maybe you did that already; if so please put in a link.
It reminds me of the argument between the best and good enough.
There sure seems like a competition in blowers from various companies.
Can you please do one of these videos but for Ryobi 40v? So much bad info out there regarding these....
Is there a decent aftermarket battery you can recommend for Ryobi 40v?
I just wish there was someone that rebuilt the Ego batteries. I have several early Ego products and three oem batts that are less then wonderful. It just takes one or more of the lithium 18650 to puke and the whole battery suffers and will not charge correctly.
If you can find someone that builds RC car packs, maybe they can, but what would a repair cost for shop time?
Mto rebuilds them
@@j-sonS Thank you for the info. Sadly, what they charge exceeds the price of a new battery as they apparently replace all the batteries instead of just the bad ones.
Hard to test the long term durability of those 3P batteries. Be helpful to mention the warranty info between them, too.
Also, I got an Ego 5AH for $179 a few months ago from Amazon.
The 12.0 is a 4p battery.
Ego battery price…
I think the word you’re looking for is RIDICULOUS
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Wont the aftermarket batteries void out the warranty on the tool though?
Not unless ego can prove that's what caused the failure.
Hint, they can't, especially when you show them your OEM battery is all you use in the tool.
I went all in on EGO 3 ish years ago. Bought the best mower, snow blower, string trimmer, edger and leaf blower they had in 2021. Have 2 10ah batteries, a 7.5ah and a 2.5ah. All genuine ego batteries and all suffering from some major malfunctions / loss of usability. I intentionally bought four of the lowest charge rate chargers that ego makes and the batteries are still all pretty much useless at this point. My corner lot is between 1/8 and 1/4 acre and my push mower, not using any of the self propelled feature, can barely get through the entire yard using all 4 batteries. Love the equipment, the batteries are worthless. I knew this was a possibility going in, just surprised it happened so quickly. Now I’m just trying to decide if I switch all together and buy new equipment, buy replacement ego batteries, or
split the difference and go with knock off batteries.
I have the ego 56 blower. It came with a 2.5 hour battery that gave up the ghost after few years. Looking at the prices for a ego battery which are ridiculously high. I found a four hour replacement battery for 130 bucks. Last year on Amazon. What a difference. I use it to blow grass off the sidewalks and leaves out of the yard mostly. Never run out of juice.
Damn I had to check if I wrote this! Exact same situation
I’ve got the same experience as you
They do have a warranty, you know. I bought a returned lawn mower from Lowe's with a note saying the battery wouldn't charge. It was only $160 for a $650 mower and battery, so I grabbed it. I got it home, registered it, called customer service, and had a brand new 7.5ah battery a couple days later.
Knockoffs 100% the tools are still great
my corded tools are 1/3 the price and are always charged
Powered, not charged
I’ve got a 30 year old Stihl hand held blower and a 22 year old Echo backpack blower that aside from a new primer bulb and spark plug every couple of years they have been incredibly dependable. $600 for just the battery is harsh. I don’t have that much in both my blower’s combined and they were new when purchased.
I have all sizes up to 10 for the push mower because I have almost everything they make but I have multiple 2.5 because they are so light.
2.5 is my go to for everything
Ego OEM batteries make no sense to buy individually. Rarely on significant sale by themselves. Cheaper to buy a tool with battery when those go on sale. Flip the tool if you don't need it.
you have to do runtime tests with those batteries. I constantly see those aftermarket batteries not living up to their claims. like the 5 is probably only a 4 etc.. If they work as advertised go for it though.
My ego battery fail after 2 years 😡😡😡
I'm lawn mower
Nah i will stick with my stihl commercial blower , pole saw , weedeater
I’ve run and own both commercially. If you haven’t tried the Commercial EGO, you can’t really judge, especially the STX4500. It’s replaced my gas Stihl as the go to trimmer on nearly every property. I put a Speed Feed 450 head on it spinning black diamond .105 and I chew thru Himalayan blackberries. End of tye day the lack of noise and fumes and vibration seriously add up.
Okay. Go work on a landscaping crew.
I've compared ego v Milwaukee. I'll go with Milwaukee.
Have you switched to the Milwaukee blower ? I’m trying to decide Milwaukee v ego v ryobi for powerful blower for car drying /washing
Amp Hour rating only affects run time, not "performance". You could've run a 2.5 AH battery against the 12 and not seen much of a difference in blowing force. Buying batteries with the tools is usually the cheapest way to buy them, (although that doesn't make sense with high ticket items (riding mowers, etc.). I wanted to get a 5 AH battery for my 5 year old blower. The 2.5 battery it came with still worked but started to have a really short run time. 5 AH batteries at the time were over $225 on Amazon and then I found a deal for a 650 blower w/5AH battery and charger for $195.
You have zero clue about what you are talking about. A battery that is 4x as big doesn't just have 4x the runtime, it has 4x the max power. Many tools may not be able to use that power, but some can. If you put those 2.5 Ah batteries in a snow blower, pressure washer, or mower, you will not get full performance.
Most brushless tools have the ability to "dip deeper" into larger batteries and provide more power. It's a fairly well documented fact.
@@denoftools I didn't see much, if any difference in your leaf blower test between the 5 and 12Ah batteries. But I'm willing to learn ... have any sources for that documentation?
@@maximusmagni1 Of course a 2.5 AH battery isn't going to work well in a snow blower or lawn mower as it would be depleted very quickly. And a battery that's rapidly dying or almost dead isn't going to provide "full performance". That's just common sense.
@@philshock3805 You literally just said amp hour rating only affects run time not performance. Your post is still up.
I didn't get anything out of this. Ego sells products with the size battery that's best for the average user. Going a little larger or smaller is personal preference. Comparing one battery to another that has 2.5 times the size of the recommended one is ridicules. 56 volts is 56 volts. The blower's motor requires so many watts to operate. If battery voltage drops below full capacity, the motor will draw more current (amps) and then shut down. The question is how does the Waitley 5 amp hour battery pack do vs the OEM Battery of the same size? Is it really a 5 amp hour battery? Will it last more than a year?
5 amp hour batteries don't give more or less power to equipment than 2.5, 7.5, 10 or any other sized battery. The amp hour rating is to indicate how long a battery will last on a single charge. The motor size in each piece of equipment determines how long a battery will last on a charge.
If you’re going to test batteries with a leaf blower, why not use it to blow leaves? Like a thick heavy blanket of wet leaves and twigs? Real-world stuff?
Well... you kind of need leaves to do that sort of thing.
Because the blower pushes same amount of air no matter what you point it at
They could be cheap crappy cells in there just like the fake Milwaukee batteries. They don't have the full capacity as advertised, and definitely not high output
Anything that take a battery you gonna have problems with it. Run cords!
better value not same preformance, my choice
Most people kill their rechargeable batteries by charging them fully then storing them charged. This is a death sentence for batteries. About 60% charge is ideal because the reduced charge potential does cause as much permanent damage as power leaks.
That's what the OEMs want so they can sell another battery, or they'd offer a "storage" setting on their chargers that would charge it to a preferred voltage.
@@mattwickert736 thank you captain obvious
Well you asked for it. In the comments you said. Tell me why I'm wrong. Okay. Get hold of me and I'll let you know. Cuz I think you're wrong on a couple of things. Just saying.
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I've been using ego since almost day one. Hit me up if you want to know what's up 🍻
You dismiss Project Farm's system, and then you offer this review? You totally mailed this one in. Do better!