Cordless battery lawnmowers

[mikyman]

My electric,cable mower was on its last legs.After many hints regarding a suitable birthday present my family took the hint.They clubbed together and got me a top of the range Makita LXT twin battery. Each battery is 18v so total of 36v power. Very powerfull but easy to use, copes well with long and wet grass.
Like all things you only get what you pay for, ignore supermarket 'specials' and go for quality.
The only downside is remembering to have both batteries fully charged.

[c2mike]

I've owned a 56V EGO for a few years. It is holding up very well and copes with large lawns and long grass. Much nicer to use than a petrol mower: less noise, lighter, instant start, less vibration, no fumes. Easy to clean and stores upright too. My Honda powered mower never gets used now. For continuous mowing in difficult (wet) conditions, buy 3 batteries (min 5Ahr) and 2 fast chargers. Sounds expensive up front, but running costs (fuel and servicing) are super low, so still makes economic sense over time.

[foggy]

Best thing about our Bosch 36V battery mower - my 8yo son can easily grab a battery, fetch the mower out the shed, slot said battery in and crack on all by himself whilst I keep an eye out the window. He’d never manage pull starting the old Mountfield.

If only he understood the concept of a lap or two around the edge for starters then up and down, or more roundy-round depending on your mood. He’s more pinball style!

Edited by foggy on Saturday 29th May 21:55

[rustyuk]

Aldi Special Buy Lawnmower has turned up.

Quality is on par with other £100 mowers and it does cut well. Got clogged up a little but the grass was at least 8 inches high due to waiting for a week for XDP to deliver it!

£130 including battery and fast charger.

[rustyuk]

Take it all back, the Aldi Special Buy has broken already.

Bugger!

[Dog Star]

Zoon said:

Robot mower would be my choice. Keeps you on top of dog mess clearing.

No use for me - I have multiple lawn areas, on different levels and some quite sloped ones.

[BenBuzz]

rustyuk said:

Take it all back, the Aldi Special Buy has broken already.

Bugger!

Mine arrived today, mega excited...first run up the garden all good...turned round to come back, cut out and refuses to start again

I am normally a fan of Aldi special buy tools, etc. however regretting this one!!

[rustyuk]

Bought an Ego 56v as a replacement. Three times more expensive than the Aldi one and probably twice as heavy.

Great bit of kit, especially impressed by the strimmer.

[irish boy]

rustyuk said:

Bought an Ego 56v as a replacement. Three times more expensive than the Aldi one and probably twice as heavy.

Great bit of kit, especially impressed by the strimmer.

Brilliant. Did you buy it from the site I linked?

[celica88]

We have a small garden front and back
So with a spare battery as back up and pre planning to mow, this might be an option

Apart from the cordless convenient do they cut the same to the equivalent corded electric?

[PhilboSE]

I’ve got a Stihl battery mower for a smallish lawn (~150m2) that’s a pain to get my heavy petrol mower to. It uses a 36V battery and it’s adequate for that job. Very quiet and easy to handle, light enough to carry in one hand but not self propelled and wheeled so no stripes.

Probably not as powerful as a corded electric mower of the same size, but it’s up to the job.

[Cpl nobby nobbs]

Depends on how big your lawn in.

I have a pretty small lawn and I can cur it 4 times before I get to one bar on the battery.

I use this one

Flymo EasiStore 340 Li

Lever adjustable height does have a roller for stripes and a decent size grass box.
As the name says its is pretty convenient to store.

As long as you can get enough battery life in one for your lawn size they are great. So much better than running cables, if it's dry and I'm in the garden with the shed open I find myself coming up with reasons not to just quickly run the mower over it as it takes 10 mins.

[Hammer67]

I've got a Makita 380mm which runs 2 18v LXT batteries. I already had the batteries for a few other Makita drills etc so waited for an eBay discount code and got it for £150.
Cuts well, stripes and easy to adjust blade height.
Decent piece of kit, I'd recommend it.

[Piginapoke]

I went for an Erbauer, as having an aluminium chassis it made all the plastic mowers feel like toys. It cuts just as well at my old petrol mower, unless the grass is very long.

The main advantages for me are lighter, quieter, handy mulching function that puts the cuttings back on the lawn, no faffing with petrol. As it's so much lighter, I can mow the lawn when it's a bit damp without turning it into the Somme. Recommended for £400.

[505diff]

I got this to back up my push cylinder mower, like it a lot for the money, cuts my 80 sqm lawn and will trim up with the trimmer on one battery. Has 5 height adjustments which some don’t have.

https://uk.ryobitools.eu/garden-tools/combo-kits/r...

[celica88]

Thanks for the replies

Good point on power, with these cordless ones do they feel like running less power?

With the batteries I guess you have to pre plan as the batteries even if charged will self drain over time

[celica88]

Are these reviews trust worthy
https://www.gardenersworld.com/reviews/lawn-mowers...

[LocoBlade]

Have a look here
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Dolf Stoppard]

Have you considered a small push mower? We've got one and it's fantastic. Easy to use, great cut and no need to worry about cords / charging.

[alock]

celica88 said:

Thanks for the replies

Good point on power, with these cordless ones do they feel like running less power?

With the batteries I guess you have to pre plan as the batteries even if charged will self drain over time

I went Makita so the batteries are well used/cycled in other tools such as hedge trimmer, drills, saws, etc...