Cordless battery lawnmowers
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Hi all - finally got tried of wrangling with the cord on my Flymo hover mower and thought Id look at cordless ones. My lawn is only about 100m2 so no need for V8s!
First thing I see is there are no cordless hover mowers - presume they use too much power for batteries?
So if I have to have a rotary one... Amazon have the Flymo Mighti-Mo but recent reviews haven't been good. A google found https://www.mowdirect.co.uk/lawn-mowers/cordless-b... - some novel brands there. I like Wolf but it looks like a Noddy car!
Does anyone have experience of these things and if so what do they think please?
First thing I see is there are no cordless hover mowers - presume they use too much power for batteries?
So if I have to have a rotary one... Amazon have the Flymo Mighti-Mo but recent reviews haven't been good. A google found https://www.mowdirect.co.uk/lawn-mowers/cordless-b... - some novel brands there. I like Wolf but it looks like a Noddy car!
Does anyone have experience of these things and if so what do they think please?
I've had a Bosch Rotak 43 for the last 3 years and it has generally been very good. It came with 2 batteries so you can swap them over without waiting for a recharge although 1 battery should be enough for your size of lawn. The only time it tends to struggle is if the grass is very wet but it isn't often that I need to mow in those conditions.
I bought one of these last year. No cords, just needs some push
https://www.screwfix.com/p/webb-weh18-46cm-push-cy...
The 18" cutting width means that it doesn't take long to cut the lawn, about half the time it took with the flymo it replaced. No batteries to recharge either.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/webb-weh18-46cm-push-cy...
The 18" cutting width means that it doesn't take long to cut the lawn, about half the time it took with the flymo it replaced. No batteries to recharge either.
spangle82 said:
So if I have to have a rotary one... Amazon have the Flymo Mighti-Mo but recent reviews haven't been good. A google found https://www.mowdirect.co.uk/lawn-mowers/cordless-b... - some novel brands there. I like Wolf but it looks like a Noddy car!
Does anyone have experience of these things and if so what do they think please?
If you're considering that budget I'd push the boat out a little more and get a robot.Does anyone have experience of these things and if so what do they think please?
Actually. Mega bargain in budget!
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2...
Edited by snake_oil on Sunday 3rd March 08:25
snake_oil said:
At that price it's not a daft idea... but the front lawn is flush with a pavement and road. Would it know where the lawn stopped, or would it start mowing the road too?!!Thanks for all the replies, very helpful.
spangle82 said:
At that price it's not a daft idea... but the front lawn is flush with a pavement and road. Would it know where the lawn stopped, or would it start mowing the road too?!!
Thanks for all the replies, very helpful.
Well they go on boundary wires so that aspect would be fine, however probably not appropriate, someone would nick it if you're open at the front.Thanks for all the replies, very helpful.
Our Mountfield one has been excellent, and as it’s so easy and light the missus takes it upon herself to mow while I’m at work which is a bonus.
Check the specs, you’ll probably need to get one with two batteries and swap halfway through - and height of summer causes the batteries to get hot quite quickly, so they won’t recharge until cooler.
Check the specs, you’ll probably need to get one with two batteries and swap halfway through - and height of summer causes the batteries to get hot quite quickly, so they won’t recharge until cooler.
snake_oil said:
Well they go on boundary wires so that aspect would be fine, however probably not appropriate, someone would nick it if you're open at the front.
Are the wires physical or can they be buried?If not it would be a hazard as well as nickable and I'd need another mower to do the front.
I bought a spear and Jackson one from Argos for about £200. I can't remember if it was the 34 or 37 cm, I think the 37.
My lawn is about the same size and it copes fine. Cutting long wet grass completely drains the battery, but if it's only been cut a week before I can get two cuts out of each charge.
I was impressed for the cost.
My lawn is about the same size and it copes fine. Cutting long wet grass completely drains the battery, but if it's only been cut a week before I can get two cuts out of each charge.
I was impressed for the cost.
lancs16 said:
Sorry to hijack...anybody have experiences of cordless managing ok with a large lawn approx 800m2? Can't be bothered with petrol so straight choice between cordless and robot for me!
I got one of these and two batteries 3 years ago - https://www.amazon.com/EGO-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Pr...I have about as much lawn as you. In the dry one battery gets through about 75% of it. If th3 grass is long and wet then both batteries are largely used.
I got the 56 volt one as I wanted max possible power.
Batteries are lasting well.
On balance I think I’d get a petrol but at the time didn’t want to be filling cans up and wanted to avoid the noise of petrol power annoying the neighbours. But very happy with it.
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