05.All charged up
We measured how long the battery charge lasted for each of the four cordless trimmers while cutting fairly short grass.
- While you wouldn’t usually use your trimmer to mow a lot of lawn, the area of grass they can cut on one battery charge is a useful comparison. For example, the BLACK & DECKER battery only lasted 14 minutes in our test, but the trimmer was powerful enough to cut a fair amount of grass in that time (and the battery recharges in only one hour).
- The OZITO lasted as long as the ENVIROMOWER, but only managed to cut a third as much grass.
| |
How good's the battery? |
Brand / model
(in rank order) |
Charge lasts for (minutes) |
Area cut per charge (m2)* |
Recharge time (hours) |
| BLACK & DECKER FireStorm NST 2018-XE |
14 |
50 |
1 |
| ENVIROMOWER Envirotrimmer LT250 |
23 |
75 |
12 |
| RYOBI CLT-1223 |
21 |
25 |
6 |
| OZITO CLT-400 |
23 |
25 |
7 |
| |
Table notes
* This was measured on short grass performance; performance will vary depending on grass conditions.