Cordless battery lawnmowers

[spikeyhead]

It's a wise move

[giles panizzi]

Considering a new purchase, anyone recently purchased?

Thanks

[lancs16]

I'm hovering over a purchase at the moment. Recently moved and got a big garden approx (800sqm) and wanted to try one of the cordless ones rather than a petrol or robot. Considering one of the Ego models or the Bosch 43li.

[Dog Star]

I got a Makita 36V jobbie last year (it uses two of the LXT batteries). It can manage the front lawn (which is all I need it for) but if the grass is long then it's a bit of a faff.

I tend to keep my lawn well tended so it's not been an issue, but compared to a petrol or main electric they really do lack grunt. I like it for the convenience.

[ruggedscotty]

Dog Star said:

I got a Makita 36V jobbie last year (it uses two of the LXT batteries). It can manage the front lawn (which is all I need it for) but if the grass is long then it's a bit of a faff.

I tend to keep my lawn well tended so it's not been an issue, but compared to a petrol or main electric they really do lack grunt. I like it for the convenience.

Electric or petrol..... battery power still only suitable for small lawns and ones that are not too long.....

[rsbmw]

I can't see the point of these over petrol

[Dog Star]

As I say - mine will do the front lawn but it's almost flat and that's using a pair of 6Ah batteries, the biggest that they do. 800 square metres - no chance.

[kambites]

We've got a Makita LXT one too - the larger of the two cutting diameters. It'll just about do both of our smallish lawns as long as they're not too long; and I only have 3.x (can't remember the exactly capacity) Ah batteries. Charging is very fast though so it's not the end of the world if they do go flat. A cup of tea is long enough to recharge them.

I guess our lawns combined are no more than 150 square meters, though.

If you bought two sets of batteries (and a double charger) you could get away with cutting constantly because they charge faster than the mower can drain them but it'd be a bit of a faff changing the batteries over every fifteen minutes.

Edited by kambites on Monday 18th March 08:52

[300bhp/ton]

rsbmw said:

I can't see the point of these over petrol

We got a bosch electric mower the other year. Bloody brilliant. My lawn isn't that big, but one battery will cut it several times, even when long.

The mower is quiet, very light and cuts well. I have nothing against petrol, but this is such much easier and doesn't require you to faff about going and buying fuel.

[giles panizzi]

I was considering something like this :-
https://egopowerplus.co.uk/products/mowers/lm2024e...

[GT6k]

I bought a Mountfield battery mower 3 years ago to replace the previous petrol mower and it is just so much easier than the Suffolk and Atco mowers that i used to have.. I don't need to keep cans of petrol, it inst a faff to get started even after iot hasnt been used for a few months, it needs no maintenance and it weighs almost nothing. My two lawns aren't particularly big (5x8m and 5x5m) but the 4Ah battery will power the strimmer to do all the edges then cut the lawns and still indicates half full. I wouldn't necessarily recommend the Mountfield over any other brand as it gives me the distinct impression it was designed by an electrical engineer who had never actually cut a lawn.

[lancs16]

Giles - that's the model I was considering - don't mind if it needs a quick recharge at it's a quick charger anyway...

[kambites]

rsbmw said:

I can't see the point of these over petrol

They're lighter, quieter, don't require messing about mixing up fuel, and are probably less likely to go wrong and/or need servicing.

[Crasher242]

Just bought a Hyundai 60v Battery powered lawnmower (from Amazon) - 38cm cutting width. Model is HYM60Li380

First time used on a wet lawn (first cut of the year) and it coped really well - collection basket is a bit small, but other than that very happy.

I used to have petrol mowers but got fed up of being the only one in the house to be able to start/use them. With this new mower, its a piece of **** to use, and is light and easy to push

[Rib]

The most common battery mower I come across with customers are the bosch ones and never had one comment bad about them, heard some poor reliability issues on the gtech but that may be resolved now.

Battery is definitely the way forward on smaller lawns, not having to piss around with cables or the weight of petrol. One chap cuts his lawn almost everyday, around 80m back 20m front, he does it whilst his tea is cooling as takes him 5-10 mins and his lawn looks mega! Do it frequently and the lawn will look loads better no matter what mower you use

[spangle82]

I posted abut this a few weeks ago as I was fed up with fighting with mains leads and extension reels.

Cordless seemed a logical step from a mains Flymo, but then I realised that Id end up with another charger, and batteries, and charging to worry about instead. So after much research I bought a £40 push mower from B&Q! https://www.diy.com/departments/mac-allister-fphm3... Very simple, very quiet, no motor, no leads, no batteries, no chargers, you just carry it out and use it. 38cm is a decent width and for a small lawn its ideal.

[Flying machine]

giles panizzi said:

I was considering something like this :-
https://egopowerplus.co.uk/products/mowers/lm2024e...

I've got a similar ego mower, but the self propelled variant (LM2024E-SP). It's brilliant, just get one. I would say that it really is a match for a petrol, but without all of the faff. I've also got a 36v Makita LXT, which I had previously and is fine for small lawns, but really is nothing like the ego mowers. I was a bit dubious about their claims, but I've no regrets at getting one of these rather than a Honda petrol for example.

I also got the multi-tool at the same time (https://egopowerplus.co.uk/products/multi-tool), which is another excellent and well made bit of kit with plenty of power - and the batteries are interchangable.

[lancs16]

How big is your garden flying machine? Can you manage to do your full lawn on one battery?

[lancs16]

Additionally if you could for the self propelled version it's £100 extra but there's an offer where you also get a 2.5 ah battery too...not sure where you bought from as they all seem the same price when I've looked around.

[cml24]

I bought this from Argos last summer:

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7366682

I use it to cut my back lawn, which is approx 115 meters squared.

If it's long or wet, it will use nearly all the charge to cut, but if I do it once a week I'll get two cuts out of the battery.

I think it's worth the extra money over a corded one. Saves me plenty of time!