Of course, you’ll pay a premium for that luxury. We test battery lawn tools in our Yonkers, N.Y., facility and at a satellite facility in southern Florida. The latter allows us to test brand-new ...

The brand's 18V system uses high-performance lithium batteries that can power tools both small and large, and which are interchangeable, so you can use any Ryobi 18V battery with one of its 18V tools.

That battery will work with other Ego tools if you want to stay in the ecosystem. It weighs just over 18 pounds, so it’s easy to handle for its size, and it starts immediately, unlike that old ...