I'm gonna go against the grain here and say that I don't mind the lawnmower one. Gas lawnmowers are loud as fuck, really heavy, and completely unnecessary. It's grass. You don't need a gas-powered monster to cut it. I have an electric mower and I'd never go back. I can mow my lawn in half the time because it weighs nothing, and I can have a conversation while I do it.
I will, however, die on the hill of gas snowblowers. I tried my best to like the electric ones, but they're simply not capable of moving thousands of pounds of snow at a time. And where I live, that's a mandatory feature.
Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head as to why they are really doing this. California did the same thing with leaf blowers not too long ago. I blame the COVID lockdowns. The Mexican lawn guys used to run their mowers and leaf blowers when people were at work. During quarantine a lot more people with influence started noticing how fucking annoying those things are and put the plans in motion to ban them.
It's something that should be a city ordinance though, not state level.
Yup. I got a Toro eSuper Recycler. It's amazing. Quiet, no engine maintenance, no getting gas, able to cut my ~1/3 acre of grass no problem. I will never buy another gas model, and yeah, the emissions are bad too.
Fuck leafblowers. I wish they were just banned period. If we lived in a society, like Switzerland that had social standards and cohesion, it wouldn't be a problem. My old neighbors would leaf blow every morning for ~2 months. Including when we had two brand new infants (years apart). Including on Christmas morning. Etc. I would have no problem if people limited their loudass leafblowers and small engines to certain limits hours of the day.
Electric snowblowers do not seem like the tech is ready.
I have an electric leaf blower, but it's barely quieter than a gas one. Kind of the nature of a machine that exists to create powerful, high pressure air currents. But I'm not an inconsiderate asshole so I only use it in the afternoon. I also only use it a few times a year. Daily use sounds like OCD.
Yeah, I have an electric leaf blower as well, and at max speed it is loud as heck. I always use earplugs. Great for cleaning out garage, walkways, deck, etc.
Old neighbors would leaf blow their entire yard if there was a single leaf anywhere on the rass. We live in a tree-filled area, and their hour borders a park with many trees. It was crazy.
I'm gonna go against the grain here and say that I don't mind the lawnmower one. Gas lawnmowers are loud as fuck, really heavy, and completely unnecessary. It's grass. You don't need a gas-powered monster to cut it. I have an electric mower and I'd never go back. I can mow my lawn in half the time because it weighs nothing, and I can have a conversation while I do it.
I will, however, die on the hill of gas snowblowers. I tried my best to like the electric ones, but they're simply not capable of moving thousands of pounds of snow at a time. And where I live, that's a mandatory feature.
I mind being told what kind of products I can or can't buy by a bunch of shit eating Somalians.
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Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head as to why they are really doing this. California did the same thing with leaf blowers not too long ago. I blame the COVID lockdowns. The Mexican lawn guys used to run their mowers and leaf blowers when people were at work. During quarantine a lot more people with influence started noticing how fucking annoying those things are and put the plans in motion to ban them.
It's something that should be a city ordinance though, not state level.
Yup. I got a Toro eSuper Recycler. It's amazing. Quiet, no engine maintenance, no getting gas, able to cut my ~1/3 acre of grass no problem. I will never buy another gas model, and yeah, the emissions are bad too.
Fuck leafblowers. I wish they were just banned period. If we lived in a society, like Switzerland that had social standards and cohesion, it wouldn't be a problem. My old neighbors would leaf blow every morning for ~2 months. Including when we had two brand new infants (years apart). Including on Christmas morning. Etc. I would have no problem if people limited their loudass leafblowers and small engines to certain limits hours of the day.
Electric snowblowers do not seem like the tech is ready.
I have an electric leaf blower, but it's barely quieter than a gas one. Kind of the nature of a machine that exists to create powerful, high pressure air currents. But I'm not an inconsiderate asshole so I only use it in the afternoon. I also only use it a few times a year. Daily use sounds like OCD.
Yeah, I have an electric leaf blower as well, and at max speed it is loud as heck. I always use earplugs. Great for cleaning out garage, walkways, deck, etc.
Old neighbors would leaf blow their entire yard if there was a single leaf anywhere on the rass. We live in a tree-filled area, and their hour borders a park with many trees. It was crazy.
Naruhodo.
Yeah I kinda lean towards the gas lawn mower one, 6am on Sat morning when I want to sleep in some psycho is putting out 100db.