Cordless battery lawnmowers

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spangle82

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318 posts

238 months

Saturday 2nd March 2019
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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?

Sandy59

2,706 posts

210 months

Saturday 2nd March 2019
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We have a GTECH which has been great, nice and light as well which the Mrs loves.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

185 months

Saturday 2nd March 2019
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Rotaries are better than hovers anyway, so that's no loss.

ulakye

163 posts

227 months

Saturday 2nd March 2019
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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.

spikeyhead

17,224 posts

196 months

Saturday 2nd March 2019
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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.

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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I've got a Makita LXT one and its reasonable. It can struggle with damp grass and if the grass is really long it needs to be run over it on the highest setting first or it will clog up.

Very expensive if you don't already have the batteries and charger, though.

snake_oil

2,039 posts

74 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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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.

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

spangle82

Original Poster:

318 posts

238 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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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.

snake_oil

2,039 posts

74 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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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.

essayer

9,011 posts

193 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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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.

spangle82

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318 posts

238 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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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.

snake_oil

2,039 posts

74 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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Yeah they can be buried. But, lay them in the grass and they soon disappear.

cml24

1,410 posts

146 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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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.

lancs16

88 posts

93 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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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!

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 3rd March 2019
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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.

lancs16

88 posts

93 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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Thanks that's good to know. Was between that or the Bosch 43li at the moment (also comes with 2 batteries).

essayer

9,011 posts

193 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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Other benefit is you can get other tools which use the same batteries (strimmer, leaf blower etc)

Muncher

12,219 posts

248 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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You need a robot mower, absolute no brainer. It should be the default choice for any lawn which is capable of having one.

spangle82

Original Poster:

318 posts

238 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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Well in conclusion, and after much surfing around last night, Ive decided to get a manual mower. No cords or extension leads to wrangle, no recharging, cheap, light and easy to store in a tiny shed. Thanks for helping me decide.

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Monday 4th March 2019
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Sometimes simple is best. smile