I love battery equipment and it has treated me very well. It started with a worx 12 v string trimmer. I used it for years with that cheap nicad battery. Actually got a 2nd battery from them.
When it broke I started reading reviews and read 18v wouldn't work blah blah blah. All from, of course, people offering opinions that had never used it. I thought, s..t I used that pos worx for years at 12v so I figured 18v was enough. Boy was I right. That ryobi 18v has done me justice for years. It has never and I mean never let me down. It was cheap, its light, and I only got one battery. I use the battery in a ryobi dust buster at all times and then take it out, weed wack and bring it back. The dust buster is awesome too and was like 25 dollars. Same one battery. Would like camping light and or radio to maybe.
I also have the 40v turbo blower. It is really powerful and awesome. I have seen the cheaper one work and it's not very good. That battery blower is so convenient, powerful, and easy. So got the hedge trimmer to go with the 40v. It is awesome too. Anywho I love battery tools. I hear all the time, from gas owners, how bad they are or you know, how real men use gas tools, but over the years, the convenience, the durability, the light weight, the expense, the maintenance, the ease of use, I am pretty sure I have the last laugh. I have seen on multiple occasions gas equipment fail my neighbors usually gummed lines or flooded carbs. My equipment has never failed, ever. I have never used electric mower.
I got the cheap 100 dollar HD mower. I bought one used it for 10 years, ran it into ground and got another. Funny story, I was mowing one day and my neighbor came out and asked if it was self propelling. I guess be couldn't wrap his head around what was driving it.