We're looking to buy a flail mower (slagleklipper, klepelmaaier) and found Deleks.
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@Pepijn FTF webpage: “best solution for pulverising grass”
️@fm_volker I emailed with them and suspect it's Italians doing a word for word translation.. They're trying
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It's amazing how quickly your needs increase when you search the internet with pictures on.
Instead of a 60cm wide human-pushed budget mower I'm now considering whether @juliette and I need a remote controlled dandelion-battle-bot that surely can also do deep-sea mining and has more self driving autonomy than even the wildest Musk claims for Tesla.
It's 500.000 Danish kroner though. Which is above our budget of roughly 20.000.
edit: if anyone wants to invest 480k we can share it 50/50%.
This is a known issue btw. Last year I needed a new spade and ended up looking at mini-diggers for a week before buying a 20 euro spade at the local hardware store.
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This is a known issue btw. Last year I needed a new spade and ended up looking at mini-diggers for a week before buying a 20 euro spade at the local hardware store.
@Pepijn thank you for the giggle, i needed it 🥰
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This is a known issue btw. Last year I needed a new spade and ended up looking at mini-diggers for a week before buying a 20 euro spade at the local hardware store.
@Pepijn I relate so hard. Looking up mini diggers all the time and then going back to shovel work
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@Pepijn I relate so hard. Looking up mini diggers all the time and then going back to shovel work
"It's more rewarding to dig a hole by hand"
(is something no-one who dug a hole by hand ever said).
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"It's more rewarding to dig a hole by hand"
(is something no-one who dug a hole by hand ever said).
@Pepijn yes I never want anyone to mistake my pride at how we've done everything by hand without machinery with thinking I would not have used the machinery in a heartbeat if it was free and available lol
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We're looking to buy a flail mower (slagleklipper, klepelmaaier) and found Deleks.
Their products look decent and compared to others prices are even more so. It's a stretch but maybe someone has experience with them and is willing to share their opinion?
https://www.deleks.dk/en/p/1173/flail-mower-smart-800
edit: We decided not to buy a flail mower. As to #Deleks specifically: quality appears "random". Mainly it's warranty service that would worry me as it is reported to be bad.
@Pepijn sounds like a great brand name if you want to EXTERMINATE your weeds!
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This is a known issue btw. Last year I needed a new spade and ended up looking at mini-diggers for a week before buying a 20 euro spade at the local hardware store.
@Pepijn
Ours is a bit bigger. It came in very handy during the renovation of our house and is still regularly put to use.
We also have a not-so-small mini-tractor with a mower, pallet fork, shovel bucket and tipper trailer, all of which are extremely useful. -
@Pepijn
Ours is a bit bigger. It came in very handy during the renovation of our house and is still regularly put to use.
We also have a not-so-small mini-tractor with a mower, pallet fork, shovel bucket and tipper trailer, all of which are extremely useful.@src_esther I'm jealous
My / our ideal would be a decent sized modern mini-tractor or a small classic tractor. Biggest hurdle is a good enclosed place to store it. -
This is a known issue btw. Last year I needed a new spade and ended up looking at mini-diggers for a week before buying a 20 euro spade at the local hardware store.
In gardening tools: we have two Stihl equipment batteries. These things are designed to last a decade of daily professional use.
I just learned they have a bluetooth module capable of sharing a bunch information: critically the total ever usage time and error states.
Apart of simple connectivity stuff like mice or cordless keyboards I think this is the first time ever I have a basic technological device where bluetooth is an actual bonus.
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In gardening tools: we have two Stihl equipment batteries. These things are designed to last a decade of daily professional use.
I just learned they have a bluetooth module capable of sharing a bunch information: critically the total ever usage time and error states.
Apart of simple connectivity stuff like mice or cordless keyboards I think this is the first time ever I have a basic technological device where bluetooth is an actual bonus.
@Pepijn *To the tune of Dragostea Din Tei* MaaiMaaiÉen, MaaiMaaiTwee
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@Pepijn *To the tune of Dragostea Din Tei* MaaiMaaiÉen, MaaiMaaiTwee
@Timo_Micro Get out of my head! I was 100% thinking that when deciding on the names.
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@jon It's much simpler than they make it out to be.
- Get the app. Register an account.
- in the app click on "add device". Take a photo of the barcode.
- hold the battery button for three seconds. A STATIC blue light should appear for a bit.
If it's instead quickly flashing you've just.. turned off bluetooth. Hold the button to turn it back on.
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In gardening tools: we have two Stihl equipment batteries. These things are designed to last a decade of daily professional use.
I just learned they have a bluetooth module capable of sharing a bunch information: critically the total ever usage time and error states.
Apart of simple connectivity stuff like mice or cordless keyboards I think this is the first time ever I have a basic technological device where bluetooth is an actual bonus.
Btw. We decided to not buy a large machine (flail mower or otherwise).
An "Avatar style mower" would've worked to create lovely paths on our woodland and open up other overgrown areas for biodiversity. But: the machines combination of environmental impact and high initial costs made us look for an alternative.
As I was gifted the two professional grade tool batteries above we decided to buy a powerful electric brush-cutter instead. It has some limitations but should be a good trade-off.
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Btw. We decided to not buy a large machine (flail mower or otherwise).
An "Avatar style mower" would've worked to create lovely paths on our woodland and open up other overgrown areas for biodiversity. But: the machines combination of environmental impact and high initial costs made us look for an alternative.
As I was gifted the two professional grade tool batteries above we decided to buy a powerful electric brush-cutter instead. It has some limitations but should be a good trade-off.
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@Pepijn but a mini digger!
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Btw. We decided to not buy a large machine (flail mower or otherwise).
An "Avatar style mower" would've worked to create lovely paths on our woodland and open up other overgrown areas for biodiversity. But: the machines combination of environmental impact and high initial costs made us look for an alternative.
As I was gifted the two professional grade tool batteries above we decided to buy a powerful electric brush-cutter instead. It has some limitations but should be a good trade-off.
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We got the "Stihl FSA 135". With our use it is likely to last for the rest of our life.
While it comes with a strimmer head (using nylon wire*) we'll be using it with a metal cutting disk as not to pollute the woodland with untold bits of #microplastics.
I'm looking forward to do some testing this weekend
*There's no such thing as biodegradable trimmer wire. #podcast tip: the @plastisphere episode about microplastics in soil:
https://anjakrieger.com/2021/04/27/welcome-to-the-plastisphere/2/2
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@Pepijn but a mini digger!
@astridpoot Yeah
It really sucks to have an environmental consciousness and an over-analysing brain.I wish I could just be "big machine, makes earth go brrrrrrrrrr, hole!, it's shiny!. We'll buy it now!" But my brain doesn't allow that
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We got the "Stihl FSA 135". With our use it is likely to last for the rest of our life.
While it comes with a strimmer head (using nylon wire*) we'll be using it with a metal cutting disk as not to pollute the woodland with untold bits of #microplastics.
I'm looking forward to do some testing this weekend
*There's no such thing as biodegradable trimmer wire. #podcast tip: the @plastisphere episode about microplastics in soil:
https://anjakrieger.com/2021/04/27/welcome-to-the-plastisphere/2/2
Good to know, that there is an alternative between nylon "wire" and traditional scythe.
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We got the "Stihl FSA 135". With our use it is likely to last for the rest of our life.
While it comes with a strimmer head (using nylon wire*) we'll be using it with a metal cutting disk as not to pollute the woodland with untold bits of #microplastics.
I'm looking forward to do some testing this weekend
*There's no such thing as biodegradable trimmer wire. #podcast tip: the @plastisphere episode about microplastics in soil:
https://anjakrieger.com/2021/04/27/welcome-to-the-plastisphere/2/2
Hej @anja I just listened to the soil episode as in my memory it discussed the plastic wire (both traditional and so-called biodegradable ones) in garden mowers used in cities, gardens and forest (this issue https://academic.oup.com/forestry/article/98/5/706/8004996?login=false).
It wasn't in there though. Was this maybe discussed in another episode?
