Battery powered lawnmower ? (vs old petrol self propelled)

[Ridgeway]

Our old (and cr@p) petrol mower is nearing the end of it's usable life. As a cheapo/2nd hand unit t has served well although i just can't parts for it now and Mrs Ridgeway is complaining = if i don't find a solution then i'll have to start cutting the grass

So before we go out and either A) buy a decent (Honda) 2nd hand petrol mower or B) a reasonable (Honda) new petrol mower i wondered if it was worth looking at a battery powered mower ? I remember my MiL had one and she was quite happy with it. Our needs our:

- lawn of 250sqm
- use one a week
- lawn is not flat, it's on a hill and pitches
- lots of obstacles to get round

We did think of a robot mower but we have lots of bulbs planted and we mow around these in Spring (we leave the Daffodils until end April at least) and i reckon a robot would just make them magically disappear

Anyone use a battery mower, any experiences or comments ?

So far looked at some Husqvarna models which look pretty decent.

 

[Lenny HB]

No experance of mower but I have a battery strimmer far better than I expected it to be. Lightweight, powerful much easier to use than the petrol one it replaced.

 

[Podney]

Buy a sheep,then come the winter you can eat it.

 

[Richard n Ann]

No experance of mower but I have a battery strimmer far better than I expected it to be. Lightweight, powerful much easier to use than the petrol one it replaced.

Does the little wire snap every time it touches something?

 

[Ridgeway]

No experance of mower but I have a battery strimmer far better than I expected it to be. Lightweight, powerful much easier to use than the petrol one it replaced.

Yes already swapped over to a battery hedge trimmer some years back, great move and works very well.

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[Mr porky]

We had a Gtech one and it never put a foot wrong in 5 years.
gave it to my brother when we no longer had a lawn and he’s got it. Brilliant machine thoroughly recommend it.

 

[MisterB]

We havea Bosch battery mower, light easy to handle. You need a couple of decent batteries though, we find that over time the connections to the fuse become dodgy so removed the fitting and reinstalled it under the casing, not exactly a great place to put it but I didn't have time to sort it out properly at the time.

 

[Hettie's Crew]

I had an old 16inch petrol mower that I bought about 25 years ago with a Briggs and Stratton engine. It was great, only needing a new gasket on the carb a couple of times, but eventually became rusty and tired looking. When we had our new patio and lawn laid two years ago I decided I was going to get a new decent make one, so eventually decided on a Honda Izy. I couldn’t get on with, it was heavy and ran unevenly and I wished I’d just done up my old one. I wouldn’t go near a Honda Izy based on my experience. Sold it on eBay and decided on a Stihl cordless, which has been brilliant, light, easy to use, easy to store, I put it on a shelf out of the way. The battery (AK20) lasts for about three or four cuts of our 150sqm ish lawn. Plus the same battery does the strimmer as well. I wouldn’t go back to petrol now.

 

[Ridgeway]

Buy a sheep,then come the winter you can eat it.

 

[Ridgeway]

I had an old 16inch petrol mower that I bought about 25 years ago with a Briggs and Stratton engine. It was great, only needing a new gasket on the carb a couple of times, but eventually became rusty and tired looking. When we had our new patio and lawn laid two years ago I decided I was going to get a new decent make one, so eventually decided on a Honda Izy. I couldn’t get on with, it was heavy and ran unevenly and I wished I’d just done up my old one. I wouldn’t go near a Honda Izy based on my experience. Sold it on eBay and decided on a Stihl cordless, which been brilliant, light, easy to use, easy to store, I put it on a shelf out of the way. The battery (AK20) lasts for about three or four cuts of our 150sqm ish lawn. Plus the same battery does the strimmer as well. I wouldn’t go back to petrol now.

That's very interesting as an Izy was on the "Cheap Honda" list as a new option, but then the idea of a decent battery machine came to mind. Also the 2nd battery seems like a good idea and maybe one that has common batteries for other devices.....

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[Mountain man]

Hyundai sell a 40v lithium battery that gets good reviews.I myself have a Hyundai lawnmower petrol mulching or collect ,with electric start brilliant mower.Reasonable prices.

 

[Hettie's Crew]

That's very interesting as an Izy was on the "Cheap Honda" list as a new option, but then the idea of a decent battery machine came to mind. Also the 2nd battery seems like a good idea and maybe one that has common batteries for other devices.....

If you choose the right size battery you won’t need two, they are expensive. I chose a mid size (AK20) for our model and can mow the lawn, do all the edges with the strimmer and it only goes down one or two bars, it starts at four bars.

 

[TheBig1]

We bought MiL a bosch cordless to replace her tired old mountfield petrol. She absolutely loved it and it is still working well years on. Plastic casing, so little to get rusty, just clean sharpen and lubricate. It takes standard golf trolley or small mobility scooter battery, which is cheap to replace every 3 years

 

[AndyPK]

I use a Worx battery lawn-mower, and it does the job ok. It helps that I have the Worx drills, pressure washer, hedge trimmer and strimmer too, so plenty of batteries!

 

[BwB]

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[lorger]

We have the battery lawnmower from Aldi and find it works just as well as in we’ve had, they give 3 year guarantee.

 

[Wack]

Toolstation have a good selection from £149 with 2 x 2ah batteries , one on charge and one on the go

Out of those i'd probably go for this one as it's got 2x 4AH batteries and a 47cm cut , the 4ah batteries are expensive

https://www.toolstation.com/landscaping/lawnmowers/c561?voltage=40

 

[grumps147]

Started with one Bosch electric because M could not manage our large Hayter and wanted to do the smaller rear lawn (flat). We got two batteries because I occasionally used it on the bigger front lawn once it got drier in the summer.
we still have it after a number of years. As a result we used present time for each of our sons to get them one. Everyone finds them so much easier. They are push but do have a roller so you get stripes.
After a number of years ( must be be near to seven) our first one has begun to show signs of plastic bits beginning to deteriorate but is still useable.
Like most, they don’t like wet grass. It’s very good on first cut of the season of you have managed to get a late cut back end of last season, if it’s super long it will need a bit of work.
The only thing I miss is the Hayter was a 48cm cut, so it does take longer but think of the good the exercise is giving.
Never used one on slopes, but as long as it’s not motorway embankment steep I would imagine the would cope - certainly lighter for pushing up or controlling descent down hill.
I was thinking where do you live, if local you could have had a try at home, but then I saw your address

 

[Tombola]

WhenI looked at them lst year, the general feeling I got from users was they ar eok if you have a small alwn that just need a stlight "trim" each week.
Anything more or need it to go through thick was a no no.
Battery tech is imporving all the time though, I stuck with my petrol in the end, but I do ahve all the others battery powered with the Ryobi one + gear.

 

[SpeedyDux]

I've been using the 42cm Greenworks cordless mower for over a year. It is excellent for mulching as well. The motor is 600 watt but has enough power for long grass.

It comes with two 36v 2AH batteries. They are enough to cut my lawns front and back and a neighbour's lawn plus a bit of landscaping the Council misses out, in less than a hour, and still have about half a charge in each battery. I can put one of the batteries in the Greenworks cordless strimmer to finish off.

Compared with my previous 240v Black and Decker at 18kg the Greenworks mower feels heavy but I've got used to it. It's much faster and halves the mowing time.

I did calculate my total grass area before deciding which cordless mower to buy. I forget the figure but think it was about 200 m2 .

[The other main contender was the Worx because I have other Worx cordless gadgets and Powershare batteries. I did read many reviews.]

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[tonyidle]

Hyundai sell a 40v lithium battery that gets good reviews.I myself have a Hyundai lawnmower petrol mulching or collect ,with electric start brilliant mower.Reasonable prices.

I have one of those but so far a very poor experience - it's hard to start and the belt guard is hit by the blade if there's a small stone or debris on the lawn. I'm on my third (plastic) belt guard in 18 months. Clearance blade to guard is minimal.

 

[SteveJ]

I have a 34cm Worx battery mower, came with a battery strimmer and 2 x 2.0Ah batteries, you can pick them up for about £200. I brought a pair of 5.0Ah batteries for around £70 and these easily do around 160 m2, strim the edges and still have usually 2 out of 5 bars left on the battery meter. Only downside I have found is that the grass pick up isn't as good as a petrol mower, basically they don't appear to produce anywhere near the same amount of draught to blow the clippings into the back of the basket so you do end up emptying more often and usually it is only half full.

 

[Gromett]

The big thing to consider with a battery anything is that you will then be invested in that range of products.

You may get a great deal on the lawn mower and initial battery, but if all the other tools in the range are expensive you may end up out of pocket.

I am all in on Ryobi tools and they have been fantastic value so far and I am really happy with them. The up front investment in the batteries and charger is a bit pricey, but the tools then become very cheap. Jim also went with Ryobi.

A professional tree surgeon I follow on youtube has gone all in on Husqvarna battery tools for his business and loves them. But the price difference between husqvarna and Ryobi would probably be prohibitive for the home gamer.

Do a search on Amazon for "Ryobi lawnmower" and you will see they do quite the range. The high end ones are brushless and require 2 batteries but are really powerful. But the range starts at the budget ones at £139. This is without batteries and has a brushed motor.

I can't recommend the Ryobi lawnmower from personal use as I am a fulltimer and don't have a lawn. However, I do have a big selection of ryobi tools and am seriously happy with them.

Here is the Husqvarna review.

 

[Mountain man]

I have one of those but so far a very poor experience - it's hard to start and the belt guard is hit by the blade if there's a small stone or debris on the lawn. I'm on my third (plastic) belt guard in 18 months. Clearance blade to guard is minimal.

I have never had any bother with the odd stone, starts first press of the button. Previously I did contract work and only ever bought Honda. I was always impressed with them but when I retired the lawnmowers were needing replaced, decided to invest in a Hyundai which was less expensive.
No complaints so far.

 

[Ivory55]

What about those robot battery ones that just do it all for you

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[Raul]

If the ground is not flat and you need to push up hill, the weight needs to be a consideration. Also 250m2 it’s a fair amount. A 4ah battery at 36v and above would be a minimum choice.
I recommend a Oregon LM300 with 40 cm cut or LM 400 with a 50 cm cut. The LM300 is only 16,6kg with one battery, the LM400 is 26 kg, but it takes two batteries for extended run time. It works on one as well. My choice was the LM300 due to weight and I already have the chainsaw and a blower. So I borrow the batteries from the chainsaw. The Oregon 36v cordless series are interchangeable, so you could have a hedge trimmer, chainsaw, blower, mower etc. working on the same battery and charger. The chainsaw is excellent for firewood, pruning and bits around the yard.
Now you got lots of choices. Decision is yours.

 

[Aerialmark]

I have an EGO self-propelled battery mower and its the bees knees. Does both my fairly big lawns on one battery ( a 5ah battery ) Its a 47cm cutting blade which is a good size for me. It stores folded down and sat on its end so it dosent take up a lot of room in the garage. I've owned it for nearly 2 years and not had any bother with it. It comes with a 5ah battery and charger. Ego also do a lot of other garden related products which use the same battery and charger so i have bought a strimmer and leave blower over the last year.
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[CazPaul]

Honda Izy we have had one many years , it’s so reliable and Chuck a bit of petrol in after it’s been in the shed all winter and it fires straight up.

 

[bigwood]

Talking of Honda lawn mowers reminds me of managements Aunt in Australia vers a Honda ride on mower. She destroyed the engine on it by riding over an ant hill. She must have been shifting because she was thrown off.
There was an oil stain on the lawn for years and she never mowed the lawn again.

 

[1ten]

We bought a Husqvarna robotic mower when our Hayter needed replacing. Brilliant bit of kit and the lawn is much better than it ever was before.
We now never have to cut the grass ourselves and when you come back from a couple of weeks away the grass is still nice and short. we both work and have a reasonable size garden and if it was wet at the weekend trying to cut the grass the following weekend was a real pain, as the robotic mowers cut every day it doesn't matter if its wet. they are also quiet enough to have running at night.

We also have Husqvarna battery chainsaw, hedge trimmer and strimmer. I would never go back to petrol. I was very pleasantly surprised by the chainsaw, very powerful.

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