SamirD wrote:How did the ethanol kill your power tools?
Things that sit over the winter seem to have problems, the water in the ethanol turns to gum inside the carburetor. Don't know if it's the combination of ethanol and 2 stroke oil, or if the tiny ones just have tinier passages to gum up, I've never had a problem with my lawn mower.
My nephew works in a small engine shop and when I asked him about it he just giggled. Since 2010 carburetor rebuilds on small engines like that have skyrocketed, they rarely survive three winters. So, rather than spend $80 every three years for a new one, or $50 to get the carb rebuilt and still have a half worn out tool, I decided to go rechargeable. Probably going to find out that the batteries last three seasons and I'm in the same boat.
Once again, your Federal government F's up something which had worked fine for years.