Environmental Sustainability and Safety

EGO Power+ is dedicated to empowering users to make safe and sustainable choices in gardening.

Our desire to creating a greener and more sustainable future isn’t limited to the products we develop; it affects the ways we operate and the places we work, as well as the relationships we have with our customers and dealer partners.

Creating a Cleaner, Quieter, Safer Future

As a leading manufacturer at the forefront of technological innovation, over the past few years through Challenge 2025, EGO has been well-placed to influence change. We want to continue to do so and to help you influence it too.

Our goal has always been to empower people to make the small changes that can have a huge positive impact on our environment. From changing to EGO cordless power garden tools to encouraging change in others, everyone can get involved. Together, we will continue to build a cleaner, quieter, safer future.

Health and Safety: Protecting Users 

The harmful effects of petrol-powered tools are not only limited to their carbon emissions but also include the effects they have on the user. Long term exposure to excessive levels of noise can cause damage to hearing, whilst excessive vibration can cause conditions such as Vibration White Finger (VWF).

Noise and Vibration

We commissioned Earlesmere, a leading on-site noise and vibration testing company to test our range of battery powered gardening equipment against leading petrol powered competitors to see which emitted a higher noise (decibels) and vibrational output (m/s2) in real-life scenarios.

As part of the test, 5 different categories of tools, with one tool of petrol and battery power in each category being put to the test: rotary mowers, hedge trimmers, line trimmers, leaf blowers and chainsaws.

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Product

Petrol Battery
Mower 80.10 dB(A) 74.70 dB(A)
Leaf Blower 91.80 dB(A) 84.20 dB(A)
Hedge Trimmer 95.10 dB(A) 84.30 dB(A)
Strimmer 103.80 dB(A) 88.00 dB(A)
Chainsaw 102.30 dB (A) 94.00 dB(A)

When measuring noise, we follow the 3 Decibel Rule, in which the doubling of an object is equal to a 3dB increase. For example, if one concert is measured at 100dB, then two concerts would be 103dB.

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Product

Pretol Battery
Leaf Blower 1.78 m/s2 1.00 m/s2
Mower 3.27 m/s2 2.00 m/s2
Line Trimmer 3.07 m/s2 1.17 m/s2
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