Cordless battery lawnmowers

[juice]

I've had my cheap and cheerful Mcallister battery mower for the last 6 years. Still same batteries, they haven't degraded at all (still get the same cutting time). Bought 1 extra battery so one is always fully charged while the other's doing the work. Rotating them like this seems to have kept both healthy.

It's not a large mower, but we don't have masses of grass to be fair.

This one's on clearance. For 89 quid you can't go wrong really !

https://www.diy.com/departments/mac-allister-mlm18...

[Alucidnation]

Petrol.

Every time.

[chukwe]

I bought this one almost 9 years ago on 5th May 2012 and has been excellent still now. I used it yesterday to trimmer the grass in my garden.

[MOBB]

I bought a karcher electric mower to do the tricky bits that my ride on couldn’t do

Cracking little thing, battery range isn’t vast but it’s extremely light and easy to use

I got it cheap from the karcher outlet store

[anonymous-user]

juice said:

It's not a large mower, but we don't have masses of grass to be fair.

This one's on clearance. For 89 quid you can't go wrong really !

https://www.diy.com/departments/mac-allister-mlm18...

It best had be, just ordered it on your recommendation

[Jamescrs]

When my current one dies I'll be buying the Ryobi One+ because I already have other tools in the range and batteries.

[LocoBlade]

Alucidnation said:

Petrol.

Every time.

If you've got a big lawn then petrol is the only way but having owned a battery mower for a couple of years, for smaller lawns there's no way I'd go back to petrol now. Our old 3 bed semi had two fairly small lawns front and back that I originally mowed with a petrol Mountfield, it did the job but was quite cumbersome to use so a couple of years ago I replaced it with a Webb battery mower that was far more suited to the job. Its not noticably any less powerful when the grass is long, the battery would last 3 mows before needing a 2 hour recharge and there's no need to store petrol etc.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

My 82 year old mum has a very big garden and we bought her a Lidl jobbie. It's been fantastic for her. Worth waiting to see if they come into stock as they're pretty cheap (I think it was £120) and very good quality.

[_Hoppers]

Alucidnation said:

Petrol.

Every time.

+1
I’ve never had any issues with petrol mowers (well, apart from a Briggs and Stratton rotary that caught fire after I tipped it on its side whilst hot. It still worked ok after I put the fire out though!) Engine was going strong up to the end but the rest of if rusted to bits). Currently run cylinder and rotary petrol. Change the oil once a year and crack on.

[MondeoMan1981]

Ordered the one I posted originally. 3.2% back via Quidco too!



https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7459238?clickSR=sl...

[AlBondigaz]

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

My 82 year old mum has a very big garden and we bought her a Lidl jobbie. It's been fantastic for her. Worth waiting to see if they come into stock as they're pretty cheap (I think it was £120) and very good quality.

I've got one of those also - three years use so far with no problems.

[onedsla]

I spent a bit more on an 80V Hyundai (usually quite good discounts through topcashback or elsewhere).

It just about gets through 3 x lawn areas, each of ~200-250sqm, on a full charge, and has plenty of power to tackle longer grass, whether mulching, collecting or side exit.

Quite pleased with it - I had used petrol mowers all my life and this mows just as well as a mid range mountfield / honda but without the faff.

[PugwasHDJ80]

We've finally killed our honda izy after 20 or so years

I loved the idea of a battery powered mulching mower, but are they actually powerful enough and effective enough to be a genuine replacement for a petrol mower? We have a small to medium size lawn.

We like the idea of a quiet light mower that doesn't need a petrol can refilling every so often. Would also buy something with a composite deck.

[durbster]

Do you mean a traditional mower with a battery, or a robot?

A normal mower with a battery saves a surprising amount of time farting about with cables, especially if you have separate lawns. My mum now has the one I bought in 2012 and it's still on the original battery.

When I moved to a house with a bigger lawn I replaced it with a robot mower which I think everyone with a decent sized lawn should have.

[normalbloke]

I’m in a similar boat, although we have a small lawn. Our Izy is showing signs of ‘ end of life is nigh’. I’m well invested in Milwaukee stuff, so I’m hoping they come out with one before the Honda dies!

[PugwasHDJ80]

Not a robot mower, too much risk of dog poo!

What I don't know is whether coming from a petrol mower to a bettery mower will feel like a downgrade? Do battery mowers cope with damp grass? Long grass? Mulching needs a fast blade, are battery mowers good enough to really mulch, enough that you have a very fine tithe?

[wilksy61]

I've got one of these (non self propelled) for my small lawn area along with a 7.5AH battery works very well and with the bigger battery it will easily cope with my lawn for more than one cut, with regard to weight I don't find it any heavy than my Hayter I had before this one.

https://www.egopowerplus.co.uk/products/mowers?gcl...

[rxe]

How have you killed an Izy?! After world war 3, the world will be populated by cockroaches, rats and perfectly functional Honda 4-strokes....

If you mow the lawn weekly, and don’t try and mow it when it is wet, a battery mower will be fine if the lawn is the right size. They will struggle with long/wet grass - because they don’t have the 3HP or whatever of the petrol motor to call upon.

[LocoBlade]

I've got a Webb WERR17LIP battery powered mower with rear roller and can mulch. I've never had a mulching mower before and I've only tried it in mulching mode once (just a plug that goes in the grass collector outlet, not a proper mulching blade) so can't compare against a petrol for that, but for mowing itself it's great. The chassis/deck etc is identical to one of their 17" petrol mowers, they literally just replace the engine with the electric motor and battery from what I can see. Because of that it does feel like a proper mower not just a flimsy plastic toy like some. Battery life is fine for a small/medium garden, I've got a ~20m x 15m lawn and it can do that at least twice on a charge. It copes with long/wet grass as well as my old Mountfield, but it obviously hasn't got masses of power to plough through really thick stuff at an inch deck height.

https://webbgardenpower.co.uk/product/43cm-17-cord...

Edited by LocoBlade on Thursday 27th May 09:22

[Bill]

FWIW I replaced the deck on our Izy after 15 years or so last year. It's a piece of piss to do.