What do you get when you put 80 volts into a blower? We're about to find out what's
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We've got the Cobalt 80 volt cordless electric leaf blower. I was really pumped to get my hands on this
Feel like Cobalt may not get the respect that it deserves. It's honestly a pretty strong player in this market
So let's put it to the TLLR test and see how it stands up. All right guys. Just a quick sneak peek
I just finished filming the battery runtime test on this Cobalt 80 volt blower
It absolutely smashed the battery test in comparison to what Cobalt says that this battery can run
They claim 75 minutes you're gonna wanna stick around because the results I I'm still speechless
So today we're gonna talk about some of my favorite attributes about this blower. What I think Cobalt did really well with this and we're
gonna put to death, some of the claims that they make about specifically about battery run time
battery charge time. We're also gonna talk about some of the things that Cobalt may have missed the mark on when they put this guy
out. So make sure you stick around, we'll check it out. All right guys. So before we get into any battery run time or charge
testing or talk about some of the maybe misses that Cobalt had with this
Let's talk about what they did really well because there's a reason why this is one of the best selling blowers at Lowe's
they obviously did. So a few things, right? I think mainly what I really like about this blower is the user experience
It is very well balanced when you have the battery in it kind of has like this forward tilt
very natural to hold. It's also pretty light, it's about £9 really easy to handle on a big job
So very intuitive controls, as you can see, uh the turbo buttons right there
All you have to do is click it and pull the trigger down. But then the cruise control as well is just a twist of
this little knob. So as you want to increase, you can tell by the uh dots on here they get bigger so you want to
push it down so that this little arrow is pointing, you know
at the the highest setting. Uh but it's also really great and especially for my wife because she's left-handed
whereas I am right-handed. So this is really great for her, for me on this side over here
but for her, she didn't have to get all wonky with the way that she holds it to turn the cruise control on
So I think that's a really, really cool part of this blower also. This is Cobalt's most powerful blower at 630 CF MS
That's going to be on the higher end of most cordless electric leaf blowers
Um 630 CF MS. Again, cubic feet per minute, how much air is blowing through this blower
It's, it's only 140 MPH, which is not exactly world beating um anymore
but for 100 and 40 MPH, as you can see in some of the videos
more than enough speed uh to get the job done. But really that cubic feet per minute is pretty impressive
One of my favorite things about this blower is actually not um how much air is coming out
but with this variable speed trigger, I am really able to control how much air is coming out and
and you can get it really, really soft, so it's just a little bit of air leaving this blower which you don't get with gas
Once it's on, there's a constant flow of air, but then also some of the other models that we've tried or brands
they lose a little bit on that soft function. So this one is really soft
And as you can see, it started to do a little bit more landscaping back here, I do a lot of work mulching and the
last thing I wanna do is just have a heavy finger on this and just blow out
you know, all my mulch. So I really appreciate that about this blower
Not how powerful it is, but how soft you can make it, but more in line with the user experience as well is a rubber
grip that's really comfortable. Uh If you're gonna be blowing leaves or a lot of grass uh in the fall
you know, some of those bigger, bigger jobs that you're gonna be holding this for a while super comfortable
Um in terms of how you hold this and again, it's got that four tilt
So it's natural, you're not gonna have to keep pulling your arm up, which is great
As you can see, this is also a brush less motor, which is the big trend in electric space anyway
But uh the difference between brush and brushed motors is a brushed motor
Um relies on friction to create electricity um to power this uh the motor
whereas a brush list require or relies on magnets um that flip when the internal components start
to turn inside the motor. That's a very basic level uh description of what that means
But so basically brushed relies on friction. Whereas brush list there is no friction
So that's gonna increase the longevity of the motor. How long it's gonna last for
It also is going to increase the performance because a brush less motor is not relying on friction
There is no friction within the internal components. I mean, there's some but not as much
Um So you're not having to, so the engine is not having to fight as hard to put
to turn and push out air. So you're gonna get a higher level of performance with a brush less engine motor
And the price, I think this is really reasonably priced for the tool
battery charger combo. This is 250 bucks from Lowe's uh very affordable on the electric blower space
As you can see, some of the newer models that are coming out are getting more and more expensive
but Cobalt has stayed pretty, pretty affordable. All right guys. So if you've been following the gas for Electric saga or battle over the past
few years, it's really started to heat up. But one of the main pitfalls in the electric space
uh specifically the cordless electric space is battery life or run time
How long you can expect to be able to operate the piece of machinery before it dies
Uh, the battery dies and you need to either change out the battery or recharge it
Um I'm gonna put this Cobalt blower to the test and really give you a true realistic expectation of how long you can use this
tool. All right. So guys, the first test we're gonna do is the turbo test
I'm gonna hold down the turbo button and basically run this battery until it's completely dead
If you're accustomed to gas or you've used gas in the past, this is going to be a particularly important test for you because it's
gonna be the most like for like in terms of power. So you're really gonna know how
how long you get a gas like power with the Cobalt uh brush blower
So guys, just a hair under 10 minutes on full turbo. Just keep that in mind when you're using this
that um, if you want to use it on full turbo, it's gonna last you about 10 minutes
Typically when, as I've used this, I found that the turbo button is not completely necessary unless I'm moving a big pile of leaves or
a big pile of grass. Usually you can get the job done with just holding the trigger down all the way
Guys, I got another fully charged battery. I'm gonna test this on the highest speed on the cruise control setting
That's gonna be also be the highest speed that this blower will run on the variable speed trigger when you pull the trigger all the
way down. Uh So that's really gonna be a good test because that's what most of us are gonna be using again
Like I said, I didn't find the turbo feature to be completely necessary all the time
This is the one that I'm gonna use the most guys
A brief intermission on this test. Actually, while I was running this, I all of a sudden heard this like screaming little baby bird next
to me. I guess it had fallen down from the nest, had to pick it up and try and do my best to get it
put back up in there. Yeah, I
don't know if I can get out of the plate. Mama bird didn't seem to mind though
All good. All
right guys. So that bit the dust in about 18.5 minutes. That's how long you can expect this Cobalt battery to run or to blow
her to run. Uh, if you're holding the trigger down constantly, 18.5 minutes
Now, on the typical job, you're probably not gonna be holding it down full throttle the entire time
So this is a little bit of a stress test. And actually when I went to recharge right after this test was over
it showed a little bit overheated. So I had to wait about 15 minutes to get that charging up again
All right guys, now that the battery is fully charged again and it's cooled down a little bit
I'm going to run this on low speed cruise control or it's gonna be the equivalent of barely pressing down on the variable speed throttle
This is gonna be a long test. So, I don't know if I'm gonna do the time lapse, but I'll set up a timer and
let you know how long it lasts. Still
rocking and rolling at 48 minutes. All right. Just eclipsed the hour mark and we're still rolling online
It's actually advertised to only run 70 minutes on its lowest setting
Looks like it's passing that a little bit. Yeah, I, I don't know what's going on anymore
Yeah, I mean, air is still coming out of here. No clue what's going on
Yeah, this is just getting stupid. Cobalt advertised this blower as being able to run
75 minutes on lowest setting. This is on its lowest setting and that's 100 and 50 minutes
So, yeah, as
it finally died at almost three hours. Cobalt was so wildly inaccurate with the run time of this battery
I mean, that would be like an auto manufacturer saying that they get like 10 MPG
but they actually get like 30 and I, I'm actually speechless how wrong they were
All right guys, let's put this battery charge time to the test. Let's see exactly how long it takes to charge a completely dead 2.5
amp hour battery ended
up taking about 100 and 20 minutes for this guy to fully charge. All right. So some of the areas where Cobalt may have missed
the mark a bit on this blower. Is the air intake was a problem for me
When I was testing this out, I was sucking in my shirt a whole bunch um
in this back area. And if I had a string or anything like that on here
it would be sucked up in that little turban and potentially really damage this
the internal working. So when you're using this, make sure you keep that in mind. I wouldn't wear a whole lot of loose fitting shirts
like tuck it in if you need to or just wear something a little tighter fitting
Also, the inability to change nozzle tips is kind of a little frustrating on my end
Most of the other models that we've seen give you a little clip on the end of here or there's a place for a
a different type of nozzle tip to slide on top of here. I didn't see that functionality with Cobalt
Um So there's no way to control the, you know, the, the way that the air is coming out of the blower
it's basically it's gonna come out like that. Whereas some of the other ones are a little bit fanned or the nozzle tip
you know, comes in which increases the MPH, it decreases CF MS
So that's something to keep in mind as well guys. Thanks so much for checking out this week's video
Again, pretty impressed with this blower. It's seven it's 630 CF MS
100 and 40 MPH. Definitely more than enough to get the job done
But it's also priced pretty well at, at 250 bucks. Uh, on low.com
we'll put the link below. You can buy it there. So, I, I really like the way that this is priced
This is not going to be like the greatest blower you've ever used
But it, it's pretty good. It'll get the job done again if you're already subscribed. Thank you so much
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