{"id":130491,"date":"2021-11-12T20:25:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T04:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/battery-powered-chainsaws-are-proving-to-be-a-better-choice-than-those-powered-by-gas-engines"},"modified":"2021-11-12T20:25:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T04:25:01","slug":"battery-powered-chainsaws-are-proving-to-be-a-better-choice-than-those-powered-by-gas-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/battery-powered-chainsaws-are-proving-to-be-a-better-choice-than-those-powered-by-gas-engines","title":{"rendered":"Battery-Powered Chainsaws Are Proving to Be a Better Choice Than Those Powered by Gas Engines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/battery-powered-chainsaws-are-proving-to-be-a-better-choice-than-those-powered-by-gas-engines3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The revolution will be electrified.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>For decades, gas-engine power equipment was the only choice for yardwork, followed by corded power tools at a distant second. Anything powered by a battery was either ineffective or an expensive novelty. The few successful versions of battery-powered outdoor equipment were limited to low-power applications, like grass shears. Of course, for every rule there\u2019s an exception: We reported on the highly effective GE Elec-Trak battery-powered tractor and Black &amp; Decker\u2019s somewhat effective battery mowers in our April 1970 issue.<\/p>\n<p>In many respects, gas-engine equipment still rules the outdoors in terms of power and cost effectiveness\u2013at least for people with serious work to do. But a revolution in outdoor power is occurring. For many people doing yardwork, cordless power tools are now the default choice. This has stood the status quo on its head.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udee0 Want to fine-tune your yard care and maintenance? Come learn how with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The revolution will be electrified. For decades, gas-engine power equipment was the only choice for yardwork, followed by corded power tools at a distant second. Anything powered by a battery was either ineffective or an expensive novelty. The few successful versions of battery-powered outdoor equipment were limited to low-power applications, like grass shears. Of course, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}