Testing An EGO ST1521S Power Feed Trimmer (56Volt Battery Powered)
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2018
- In this video we take a look at the EGO ST1521S battery powered trimmer. The ST1521 is a 56 volt lithium ion battery powered string trimmer that has created quite a buzz in the outdoor power industry. The reason that this trimmer has caught so many people's attention is because of one feature that so many people have been waiting decades for, A SELF WINDING STRING HEAD!! That's right, You read that right! With the EGO ST1521S all you have to do is push the string in through one of the eyes on the string head and then pull it through the other side. After that simply even up the 2 ends of your string and push the button located just abouve the string haed. The trimmer will begin to rachet and load the string into the head on its own! No removing any parts of the string head! No lost springs! No lost string eyes! No mower tangled line! No more winding the string in the wrong direction! These trimmers come with a 2.5 amp hour battery and a charger and usually run around $229. They have a 5 year warranty on the trimmer and a 3 year warranty on the battery and charger. They're very comparable to the gas powered trimmers in price, warranty, and power.
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How can I not take the word of a man praising ego while wearing husqvarna shirt. Just ordered mine thank you
I was immediately wondering the same thing man upon seeing the shirt, smile.
Now that's what a call a weed trimming demonstration! Real thick, tall stuff, not slightly overgrown grass like a lot of other videos.
I'm guessing the newer gens with 2 speeds and rear motor models are even better.
We used one of these all summer long to trim weeds around our dealership. Worked great! Plenty of power. No complaints. Sold quite a few of them this year.
5:12 EXACTLY what I needed to see. Thank you so much for that.
I'm looking for a battery powered trimmer and looking at different models. Your review was very helpful. Thanks for putting it together.
This EGO model is a great battery powered trimmer.
Great review! And it is SOOOOOOO quiet and really cutting down that patch of prickly lettuce!!! I've got the EGO blower and mower (Although I had to take it in for repair and EVENTUALLY replacement after it wouldn't start! Only 4 months of use!) But I'm seriously considering the trimmer and your video really helps!! Thanks for posting!! Have a great summer!!
Man , I started itching just by looking at all those mosquitos coming @you😆. Good review and video 👍
Trimmer Cam action shots, awesome!
Great review. Very good demonstration on some tall weeds.
Thanks for the review this looks like what I've been looking for I appreciate you doing the review
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for a great review!
Love that you kept the tag on😆 gotta keep it fresh
Respect for that! let it fall on it's own. Haha
Great video! The powerload head is awesome
We were skeptical of these trimmers because we knew they were being sold at Home Depot and not really anywhere else. But when we saw how the power feed head worked we thought we would give it a try just to say we did. BUT it is a really nice trimmer!! Really well balanced, quiet, and very easy to use!
I LOVE my EGO cordless trimmer!!! I purchased a new Cub Cadet ZT1 50" zero turn mower and after 3 hours of use, it broke. It has been in the authorized repair center since 4/30 (it is now 6/18). I have been using my EGO trimmer since that time touching up the areas of the yard and around my shop while waiting for the return of my mower. This trimmer has run many an hour and has shown no faults. It is so convenient to use, I actually kind of enjoy weedeating now. Weird huh? My Stihl trimmer sits in the garage and will probably be out front during my next garage sale. This was a good purchase!
Thanks for the feedback!
Is the Ego trimmer still good? I have a 20v dewalt trimmer. I need something stronger. Thanks,
Just bought one of these. Slowly working myself out of all my small engine yard tools. If it performs like the EGO snow blower, I will be really pleased.
We've heard some very impressive stories about the Ego snow blower. Still waiting to get our hands on one to try out.
i'm so glad that i stumbled upon your video. i have been looking for a trimmer for a month and i didn't want gas and i didn't want to spend a million dollars. i have a rather small side yard that is full of fox tail. every year it rains and rains so much in the spring that i can't get out to mow it before it ends up being 3 ft tall. then it goes from that to 100 degrees and i don't feel like doing it. my little 20 volt black and decker did nothing and i was just about ready to buy a hedge trimmer. i saw your video this morning , i called home depot and they said that it was a great product and very popular and it has a bunch of great reviews. But with your video i actually got to see it in action. i went and bought one today and when it stops raining and dries up a bit, i'll be out there slaying the tall grass and weeds. thanks for posting !!! REALLY appreciate it.
This is a MUCH better option than anything Black & Decker has.
How does it work? I got a hill that grows out of control. Too steep for a mower. Have to get a family member with a Stihl to come chop it down. Got a little Black and Decker battery trimmer myself and it does nothing haha. Been looking at this one for awhile now. Seems like a lot of money for what I need lol.
Very nice review man! I'm sold. Thanks
I am too. I just bought craftsman with Honda engine, blower, and Trimmer. I just went and returned the Trimmer because I couldn't start it on my second use. I wish I could return the mower now but it is too late.
I did buy it and it really works well but little aggrevating to the wrist cause its straight not curved but plenty of power and I have a huge yard so 30 minutes of countinuous load b4 charging.
Best trimmer value on the market!
Thank you for your service my friend.
This was perfect information.
Ok, I picked one up last night. This thing is ridiculously cool. I didn't expect it to have this much power or run time. I went ahead and picked up the blower so I could get accessories with my "2nd battery/charger pack". ::value hunter:: Turns out, I didn't run out of juice on the first battery!!........... Yet...... If a person is on the fence I can't imagine this model being a bad choice comparatively. So, I hate to be redundant but I really appreciate your advice on this purchase. I will say this, i'm not as strong as used to be nor do I have the same endurance.... and I definitely worked my arms to jelly. Looks like I better get serious about fitness... Now back to your regular scheduled programming already in progress.
It is hard to find another trimmer as reliable and in the same price range as this one. Glad you are enjoying yours!
I have read the hinge is so it is easier to display in the store. It is a one time use, not meant to take out repeated times to store at home. They also make a model without the hinge not available at the Home Depot store, but I could not find it online.
Wearing a Husqvarna t shirt... classic! All joking aside, the battery powered tools are getting better every day.
Nearly 2 years later EGO finally gave me a T-shirt. LOL
Thank you so much good help for me 👍👍👍
Good to hear!
I’m convinced ima buy one
AWESOME WEED EATER!!!
Great review!
Just what I want to see; 1/4 overview showing features and then just put it to work. I want to see it what its limits are, how it sounds. Thanks.
Bought new in June 2020 and last week I installed the third head. Worked great for ten minutes and then the unit just quit. Called 800 number and new unit is in the mail. Will throw out the dead unit but keep the new head. Also own the blower and hedge trimmer and have had no problems. Like that they back their products.
The hinge on the shaft is to fit in a box on the Home Depot store shelves. Once the shaft is straightened and the bolt installed, you NEVER take it out to fold the shaft for storage as wrongly stated in this video. This can damage the unit. This warning is in the directions. Ego sells the same unit without the hinge, likely not in the store but possibly on HD's web site. Great unit with allot of power.
Steven Sawyer very true.
Can you tell me what page, in the directions. I am reading it now and cannot find the info you believe is there.
The power load head is what sells these units!
I like your shirt. It really contradicts the product in review!
HAHA!! Well we just got some EGO shirts about 2 weeks ago so you might see one of them in a video soon. But anymore we usually just wear our Eshlemania TV shirts.
Good review, good explanation of how to load new line. One suggestion, the trimmer would do a much better job if you don't shove the head in so far because the line won't cut as efficiently as it would if you move in more slowly. Kinda like trying to force a chainsaw through a log trying to make it cut faster.
Good machine, good demo. Those weeds are tough and nasty. It appears this trimmer will do anything a gas trimmer will do, and finish most yards with 1 battery. 3 year battery warranty is very impressive, but I'm hearing some of them fail (I inherited a dead one from a friend, it contained 28 *great* 20A 2.5 ah Samsung cells!). Is the replaced battery pack also under 3 year warranty, or only the original battery? Thanks for the film!
Impressive
I'm trying to get the line to feed. It makes the rachetting noise, but the line is not going in. I made sure to install the head untill it snaps on (clicks), and still no luck.
Any suggestions?
thanks for sharing tis. i just hope this is for sale in Ireland too now :-)))
Great video. Is it quiet? I heard the loud noise, maybe just because the record. Thanks.
I think you can turn the line trim blade around so the line stays a couple inches longer.
I owned one and liked it until I had trouble with the power-string feeder. I couldn't get it to spool up new line. I called Support, got the address for EGO's repair, and since it just happened to be located next door to Home Depot where I had bought it, I decided to try to return it to HD and get a new one. HD would only give me store credit since I had passed the 6 months date. Then HD told me they no longer carry EGO's, now only Ryobi and Milwaukie equivalents. To make a long story short, after reading the reviews on Ryobi and Milwaukie, I now think I should have had it fixed by EGO because I still have an EGO leaf blower, but without a charger or battery! Argh! Your review changed my mind. It's a good machine, just get it fixed.
Merci mec👍
Will this model lighter and more powerfull than the ph1400 multi head with trimmer attachment
Once you have the string in there and you have to let some more out how do you do that ☺️
What's the difference between the 2.5 and 5.0 battery? Power? Or how long it lasts?
Personally, ego is probably the only one I would use and is also probably the only one tht actually feels like a gas line trimmer
Love mine. The strap should have been included in my opinion. It's a must have. It is very heavy & quite a bit different than my old gas powered trimmer
CAN YOU INSTALL BRUSH CUTTER BLADE TO THIS TRIMMER ? HOW ABOUT OTHER ATTACHMENT LIKE HEDGE TRIMMER ETC ?
Can this trimmer be retrofitted with the ego edger attachment?
Tht is a few thing I like abt ego, power of a gas unit plus it feel like a gas unit when u use it. Granted, a slightly smaller gas unit (25cc or so) but still a gas unit.
A small piece of line is lodged in the spool. A new line will not pass through. How do I correct this?
Are you holding it full throttle the whole time? Can it be feathered for closer work around plants or edging?
I have one u can Control the Speed my Bump feed not working like His.
I have a whole line of Ego products. I like the trimmer, have not had the battery issues that some others have commented..... But I cannot get past that it spins the wrong way
Ya know the ability to spin the head both ways is about all that this trimmer is missing.
@@EshlemaniaTV I would agree with that, but it still doesn't make sense that they would have the head spin clockwise. In many ways that alone also makes the guard unnecessary. Sure it keeps the line at a certain length, but it also helps to catch some of debri when the head is spinning the correct way which is counter-clockwise. With the rotation as is, you are throwing trimmings etc back in to the bed or whatever you are trimming unless you walk in a really awkward position that makes it even more difficult not to shave the ground.
I suppose the argument could be made that if you were just hacking at high grass, or bushwhaking that it wouldn't make a difference. In fact might even be preferable. I feel pretty comfortable in stating that that's not really their target demographic though.
I have the full carbon shaft model of this I use it for commercial its an absolute monster, probably my favourite ego tool and I have a lot of them, the mowers are pretty good too if you keep the blades sharp.
I haven't seen much that stops one of these trimmers. They hold up very well! And at that price how does that not increase profits for a landscaper when they have no gas, plugs, or filters to buy? I always have to laugh when I a landscaper says that a battery trimmer wouldn't have enough power for what they do and then you see them trimming light grass around flower beds and walk ways with their $300+ gas powered trimmer and running it at 1/4 to mid throttle.
@@EshlemaniaTV I've updated some videos of what I do and how I work.
I have the 1502 for about a year and now it won’t release string anymore
Is there an edger attachment available for this??
Looks like fun! I just put mine together and hope to give it a go the next time I mow. It was helpful to see how you load the string. I don’t even think I could mess that up! Does the string automatically extend as you use it?
To extend the string all you have to do is have the trimmer running at full speed and TAP the string head on the ground. This will allows more string to come out.
Is there anyways that u can supply this to India, i want 200 of those ,
I still like the Milwaukee M18 trimmer Quick disconnect .
I agree, I bought an EGO 56v 3 days ago, string head came apart this morning and lost the spring and a line guide, returned the trimmer and went with the M18 Milwaukee, after using both, the Milwaukee wins, hands down for me.
I want to know if anyone is edging a lawn along a sidewalk by holding the trimmer on its side ... how did it work.
Can this unit be used to edge a lawn? I looked at different cordless models at Home Depot and when I turned the units upside down to see how to edge, the guard blocked the view so it seemed like it would be hard to do with the guard on?
Yes on edging, turn the handle 45deg so the bars are at 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock, if that makes sense, so you can grab it while trimming or edging, throws out a lot of debris with or without the guard in place. Edges very well.
how long does it take to charge?
Can I put an IDECH Rotary Scissor head on this?
What size trimmer line does the trimmer use? My current string trimmer use .105".
They recommend .095 line in the EGO string trimmers
Good video...thank you...suggest you invest in a tripod for future videos.
Thanks
Sold
It's messing with my mind seeing the Ego actually trim and not hearing the unmistakable sound of trimmer engine running.haha
But will it edge?
I have a question, I have had my Ego trimmer for some time now and it worked fine but now when I plug my battery into the charger it would start charging for 3 to 4 seconds then it would stop charging, what am wondering is it the battery thats not working well or is it the charger ?
Without having them to test, it is hard to say for sure. What happen when you try to use the battery in the equipment? We had an issue similar to this on a push mower that came in for warranty repair. I'd suggest taking it to a repair shop for further diagnosis.
@@EshlemaniaTV Ok tnx
Was the battery hot (used for awhile and immediately put on the charger)? If so it might be letting the battery cool a bit before charging.
They're great quality but they're too heavy at the trimmer head end due to the motor weight.. they need to think about moving it to the top with the battery, much easier to use then.
Hey Eshlemania TV, We can't find a dealer that can keep one of these in stock here in Ohio.Can you fly me out so I can test out yours please?😃😆
how have you been cleaning the head or motor with water hose or how?
No water! Just brush or wipe off with a rag.. only downside to this trimmer is the motor is in the trimmer head.. makes it a little nose heavy also.. but no water or it's ruined.
any big difference with this model and the *ST1500S* ?
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What to do if the string goes all the way inside
If the string goes all the way in the head and you can not get it to come out by tapping it then you will need to take the cover off the head and remove the string. Then you will have to rewind it .
I have one its good and have power
Good to hear! Thanks for the feedback!
How does it work on Blackberry bushes??
Not bad. You will go through a bit more line on the thicker parts of the vine, but it does cut them just as well as a gas powered string trimmer.
How long does the battery last between charges?
We get about 45 minutes out of ours
How long the battery last on a trimmer
I get 12 yards (1/3-1/2 acre) out of one 5 amp hour battery fully charged, when using a seperate stick edger. If I use the trimmer to edge it cuts it down to about 8 yards. The 2.5 amp hour battery gets about 5 yards to a charge.
I just picked the same one up at Home Depot $229. Amazon they are $299
Great feedback! Everything isn't always cheaper on Amazon. Current MSRP on this trimmer kit at Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and EGO dealers is $229.99
How long does the battery last doing what you just did?
We can do all this and quite a bit more. The 2.5 Ah battery usually lasts us 45 minutes trimming around this area.
Sure wish the EGO ST1520S worked as well as the day I bought it, which was in May 2019. Started off with great promise with easy loading of the string and the batteries lasted long enough to complete the entire yard. The self-loading feature was fantastic. Slowly over the next five months stringing was less then ideal, and the electrical self-loading was very inconsistent. Pretty soon it became apparent this design couldn't hold up to long-term use. Attempts to talk to the EGO company was just as aggravating as the machine itself. The company had limited coverage, and you were virtually forced to leave your name and number for them to return your call. After several attempts they finally return my call, but due to a telephone problem where they couldn’t hear me they hung up and never tried to call back. Considering it took them 12 hours to return my call made it even more frustrating. I would expect a machine the cost as much is this machine does should perform well for at least 12 months under normal personal use at your home. This one didn't. And the company was not responsive.
Thanks for the feedback Ray. You know this trimmer comes with a 5 year warranty so if you bought it brand new and there is an issue with it you should take it to an EGO dealer for repair. Notice I said "DEALER" because you can not get warranty repairs performed at Home Depot or other EGO retailers. It must be an EGO authorized dealer which you can find on their dealer locator on the EGO website.
I have a lawn care business so if I switch from gas to battery what is the easiest way to charge the batteries all day while I go house to house ?
There's actually a lot of landscapers and lawncare businesses switching over to battery or at least using a few battery powered products so there are quite a few solutions to that question. Some just plug in a charger at the customers house and charge a battery or 2 while they work. Most have an inverter in the truck that they can plug the charger in to. And then the extreme would be the companies that have installed solar panels on the roof of their box trucks and enclosed trailers to use the solar panel to recharge their batteries. There are companies out there that have been running nothing but battery powered products for a few seasons now. And that includes battery powered zero turns.
Use a inverter.... 🤣😂
I just bought one and Power feed is sticking the head is all Black no green in it.
How long does the battery last under normal conditions of weed eating grass instead of all the tall things like in this video?
About 40 minutes
Hope it LAST at least 5 years !!!!!!!!!!!!!
still holding up in september ?
Impressive test (real weed) - than you.
Thanks for commenting!
If you are a landscaper and have guys that cannot reload a string trimmer head, then you need better guys, lol. The power load is meant for consumers, aka: home owners, but it is nice. Ryobi has a hand crank with their's that works nearly as well.
David you're right about needing better guys, but you know what they say...….. Good help is hard to find...….and guys that can actually mow straight lines are even harder to find these days. HAHA. We've found that trimmers like this are good to have in your fleet if you take on some high schoolers for the summer that you know will turn reloading the head into a 1/s day project...……..and at some point will probably put the wrong fuel in the trimmer. For $230 it's a cheap insurance policy.
Eshlemania TV wait a minute, commercial users are users too. Most of the $500+ strimmers I've used on my farm, were inconsistent and very prone to breaking.
The whole string loading is never easy and you never get good at it. In truth; it's a huge pain in the ass fumbling around with a wet, grassy line head whilst wearing thick gloves.
If this helps landscapers get a job done quicker, what's not to love.
Yep all very good points. We've been using one of these trimmers for a while now and have no complaints.
I have a 22 cc gas trimmer, and now I have this 56 volt EGO, and I can literally say that this is as strong if not stronger.
Yeah you see in the video that we have no problem taking down big heavy thick weeds with this thing. Just hit the trigger and it's instantly putting the torque to the string head.
These are great products, I have the EgoPower mower but what about the plastic string? Why not use biodegradable string as the micro-plastics get into the guts of birds and other animals.
good idea. Where can you get bio-degradable string????
looks great..the only problem i see is that huge battery..that thing must cost 150 bucks to replace.
It does
i'll still take a red max with echo quick feed head and red max blower any day
The Redmax/Husqvarna backpack blowers are some powerful units! Nobody has a battery powered blower that comes near their CFM/MPH levels
i know, absolutely insane
“You don’t have to worry about guys taking the heads apart so they can get out of working...”
“Guys that don’t know how to wind a string head..”
(I see where you’re going with this convo... NEXT!)
We used to sell Echo speed feed heads by the case to a company that was working in the area the one summer. After they came in and bought the second case in a month we asked what they were doing that they needed so many of these heads for. The guy said that they were switching everything over to speed feed heads so there was no reason to take the head apart to restring it. Turns out it was NOT because the people using the trimmer didn't know how restring it, but it was because they would take them apart and purposely throw the eyelets and spring out in the weeds so they would have an excuse to not have to work until someone got them a new head for their trimmer.
@@EshlemaniaTV they’d do that because they didn’t need to put food on the table, I guess?
Can you take the guard off?
When you buy one new in the box all you have to do is put the socket head cap screw in the pivot point of the shaft to lock the shaft into position, attach the handle, and attach the guard.
Yes, I took the the guard off mine and boy what a difference a couple of more inches of line can make as well as reduced line usage, turns it into beast mode.......LOL
tdl462 just bought one and I’m starting to like it. Per the manual it’s not recommended you take off the guard. It will over work the motor...
03:51 my patients is wearing my brudda
I tap mine for more string and nothing for 189$ HMDPT I'm Returning.
Like mine a lot. It has held up for 2 years with no problems. Battery life will be a little short if you have a lot of area on the 2AH battery that comes with it. About 20-30 minutes of use. So get a 2nd battery or 5 AH if you need it. It's quiet and does not have much vibration when compared to other brands I have used. Only regret is I did not get power head version so I could put an edger on it. Now will have to buy a sperate tool.
DO NOT buy a DeWalt battery trimmer!! They are junk. The motor is on the head. Burned one up at work in a ditch with a little water in it.
If someone with a husqvarna shirt says all the goed he can of this stuff. I think i can buy it.
The Husqvarna 536LiXP trimmer is one of the best, if not the best, battery powered trimmers on the market. But the price is what keeps the average homeowner away. It's well balanced and you can run the head in both directions. But you have to buy the trimmer, battery, and charger all separate and just the trimmer it self is more expensive than the ST1521S trimmer kit from EGO. The EGO ST1521S is a solid unit that is so simple to use thanks to the power loading string head. It's also balanced just as well as the Husqvarna 536LiXP and doesn't have the trimmer head mounted at a goofy angle like most battery powered trimmers. We're on year 2 with the trimmer used in the video and as you can see, we're not going easy on it.
*I have used Stihl for over 20 years 🌴 **allabout.wiki/EGO** and after reading some reviews of this trimmer, I tried EGO Power+ , and I'm going to switch. Compared to several Stihl trimmers I've had, this one is easier to start, quieter, and feels at least as well built . A major plus is it doesn't have the wonky, always leaking, complicated gas tank caps that Stihl has.*
I removed my ego tag on mine. Hope that doesn’t make mine work less. ...
Playin with fire!!!!
it's gonna blow up
Dewalt 60 Volt .. only one that is close to 2 cycle gas ...
The string head on the Dewalt trimmers is at an odd angle compared to gas trimmers. And there was not trick photography or smoke and mirrors in this video where this Ego trimmer does a great job taking down tall thick weeds just like a gas one would. And if price isn't an option, Stihl and Husqvarna have some very strong commercial battery powered string trimmers that are better than the Dewalt 60 volt. The Dewalt is a good trimmer, but there are plenty of others out there that are just as powerful and some that are even more powerful.
You left the tag on it..
Hey, dude you got the wrong shirt on to be advertising ego. You needed to change. You needed to call the ego company and buy you a shirt.
We have mentioned to the EGO reps a few times that it would be nice to have a shirt or 2 for when we're using their products.
But it spins clockwise. . .
So? My current one does as well.
have to mortgage the house to pay for the battery probably.
That's the interesting part with all brands of battery powered equipment. When you buy a "kit" you are pretty much buying the battery and getting the tool and charger for just a few dollars more. This kit costs about $230. The 2.5 Ah battery used in the kit costs about $150 when purchased separately. You can buy the EGO LB5302 blower kit right now from an Ace hardware store for $179.99 and it will come with an LB5300 blower, a charger, and the exact same 2.5 Ah battery from the trimmer kit that I just mentioned costing $150 if purchased separately.
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