Cordless battery lawnmowers

[lancs16]

Hi Giles - what did you end up purchasing?

Still hovering over the buy button for the Ego, if I can decide which model to go for...what is gutting though is the price difference between the states and here! Top of the range model here with 7.5 ah battery £699, in the states £377! ($499).

[andy43]

kambites said:

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.

I've gone from petrol chainsaw to electric and it's a revelation.
If I could cut my grass with electricity (ours needs a ride on mower due to size) silently and tweak-free I'd jump at the chance. Whoever builds an electric ride on first will make a fortune.

[Zoon]

lancs16 said:

Hi Giles - what did you end up purchasing?

Still hovering over the buy button for the Ego, if I can decide which model to go for...what is gutting though is the price difference between the states and here! Top of the range model here with 7.5 ah battery £699, in the states £377! ($499).

For that price i'd be tempted to get a robomower.

[lancs16]

Did think about a robot but don't think our garden suits it at the moment, football nets, toys, dog poop (potentially!)..

[mids]

lancs16 said:

Hi Giles - what did you end up purchasing?

Still hovering over the buy button for the Ego, if I can decide which model to go for...what is gutting though is the price difference between the states and here! Top of the range model here with 7.5 ah battery £699, in the states £377! ($499).

You could keep an eye on this Bosch as the price can drop a lot. It's £411 at the moment but I got it for £250 this time last year and it's good (read the amazon comments).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06Y1GCSTD/

[lancs16]

Thanks, not sure it would cope with the size of my lawn as it's 800sqm. Can see Bosch do a 43li which is wider but would need to check if the battery could last to cut it all.

[Biglips]

Has anybody me got any good recommendations? I like Stihl kit and so have been considering this one


https://georgecarrpowerproducts.co.uk/shop/garden-...

I need a new mower and have had enough of cables which I keep running over. My lawn is about the size of 2 tennis courts and so I don’t need anything too big or fancy but i am happy to pay for decent kit. I don’t really want petrol. Any recommendations ? Thanks in advance.

[babelfish]

Biglips said:

My lawn is about the size of 2 tennis courts

https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2009/AmyHuang.shtml said:

the area of a tennis court is about 260 m2 to 261 m2.

https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/stihl-rma-235-cordless-lawnmower said:

Stihl suggests the AK20 battery is good for lawns up to 200m², with the smaller AK10 battery good for 100m² and the larger AK30 good for – you’ve guessed it – 300m².

When I looked the largest area I found that one could cope with was 400m2. As I've got something like 4000m2 I went petrol....

[Biglips]

Thank you that is useful info. I probably slightly overestimated the lawn area but some of it is on an incline so assume will use more power. Looks like I need to go for the bigger battery or perhaps have a second one on charge

Think I would get a lawn tractor for 4000m!

[babelfish]

Due to paths/trees/hedges/a bridge/slopes a sit on was not practical, I wish it was!!

I ended up going cordless with the strimmer and ended up buying more and more batteries and chargers. Should have gone petrol for that to.

For your size I would consider a small petrol mower as for the price you’ll be paying with bigger batteries and a decent charger you’ll get a good quality one for a lot less money.

Edited by babelfish on Friday 14th June 21:35

[Black_S3]

I have the black and decker 38cm one that comes with 2 LI batteries - it cost around £280... generally by the time ones dead the other is good to start (prob don’t want to push this to more that a couple of swaps in one go as batteries will over heat). I think it’s pretty good... the Bosch version would def be a step up but the battery bosches are pretty pricey (I have the corded version and use it if i it’s a nice day and I want stripes.)

[300bhp/ton]

We’ve got the Bosch cordless mower. Had it a few years now. Really quite impressed with it. Although for a larger grass area you’d probably want a cut width up from ours.

[Biglips]

I’m trying to avoid petrol as I have to lift it up and down a couple of tiered areas and so a lighter mower preferred. I have a corded Flymo at the moment that works well other then the fact I hate the power cord!
Also it gives me an excuse to buy a whole range of garden tools powered by the battery system...

[oxnop]

We’ve recently moved to a new property that has 2 reasonably sized gardens, I had petrol garden tools prev but wanted to change to electric for the new house (also replaced one of the cars with an electric one, my small contribution towards saving the planet)

After many minutes :-) research on the internet we went with a Bosch cordless Rotak 36li. I’d prob go the size up (42 I think) for my garden size but as a guide I walk just over 2 miles when I mow front and rear gardens.

I also bought the strimmer that uses the same battery, the strimmer is as powerful and effective as petrol strimmers I’ve used in past.

This site is good for real world advice.

http://www.fredshed.co.uk/cordlessbatterymowers.ht...

[Biglips]

Sounds like the Bosch is the front runner at the moment.

Thanks all, very useful info

[Sandy59]

Biglips said:

Sounds like the Bosch is the front runner at the moment.

Thanks all, very useful info

We've had a GTECH for a couple of years and it's been great, feels slightly more robust than the Bosch but is also more expensive.

[JohnBRG]

I have the Bosch Rotax 43, excellent, does my 500-ish sq. m one one charge without a problem.

[LocoBlade]

I recently bought a Webb WERR17LIP, its about the most "petrol-like" rechargeable mower I could find for sub £400 (including battery/charger) and I actually got it for just under £300 from Screwfix when they had 20% off over the last bank holiday.

It has a 17" deck thats identical to the WERR17P petrol mower Webb also sell so has a rear roller and does mulching as well as usual bag collection. So far so good in terms of performance, I've mowed my ~50m2 lawn 4 times with it so far and the battery still has 2 of 4 lights on the charge indicator from the initial charge I gave it. They also do a similar one that's cheaper but without roller and slightly narrower cutting deck.

Edited by LocoBlade on Saturday 15th June 19:39

[dhutch]

What's the advantage to electric/cordless over petrol?

I can't see any payback in terms of eco credentials or running cost, and have never had an issue with a petrol starting.

Daniel

[Biglips]

dhutch said:

What's the advantage to electric/cordless over petrol?

I can't see any payback in terms of eco credentials or running cost, and have never had an issue with a petrol starting.

Daniel

Quieter, lighter, no maintenance, easier to start, more reliable. The corded electrical mowers are also very cheap.

Cordless, as I am finding, are pricey. They con you by advertising them without the battery and charger included which adds another £100 or more into the ticket price.

I looked at the Stihl mowers yesterday. The entry level mower I posted previously is not going to work as too small and weedy for my lawn. The next model up and they start to get more serious and are very well designed, but will be £400 all in. This however still leaves you in the domestic range which has a limited range of battery powered tools. The professional range which are very impressive start at over £500. Too much for me. Going to try and track down some Bosch ones today.