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Man Card Check: Electric Lawnmowers? Anyone tried one?
Bankwalker
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Seems like the technology might finally be getting up to speed so I am seriously considering pulling the trigger on one. Don’t have a lot of grass and can cut the whole yard in like 15 minutes. It’s just that in my head I’m like, “an electric lawnmower???” Can I really be one of “those people”?
I already have an electric pressure washer with which I have been thrilled. It ALWAYS starts I got it because the gas ones are the least reliable starting machines EVER sold to the general public. Dayum, I cannot even say how much I hate a gas pressure washer, but that’s really another topic.
Im really just tired to death of carburetors, old gas, water in the tank, dried fuel lines, spark plugs, air filters, broken pull cords - you name it. My current mower is toast and so is my weedeater, so it’s either go electric or get the Honda but even they require maintenance.
My neighbor just got a Stihl because he already has their battery powered chainsaw - which is a bad mofo, btw. I REALLY want one of those chainsaws for the car when I go hunting' - BIGLY - but Im not sure the Stihl lawnmower is the best choice compared to the new 80v rigs offered by HD and Lowes.
So insomniac ramblings aside - Does anyone have a lithium battery powered lawnmower? Im particularly interested in either the Stihl, or the Kobalt 80v or Snapper 82 volt. The Kobalt and Snapper are made by the same company, Greenworks, which is made by the same company that also makes tools sold by Stanley, Black and Decker, and Dewalt - chinese but not horrible chinese.
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As long as it gets the job done I wouldn't care what anybody thought. If they have a problem with it, they can mow your **** grass. Then stay the hell off it!!
This is true. I don’t have a car fetish so Im not sure why I would have a lawnmower fetish - still, the quality of a man’s tools say something about him. Cheap socket sets make my skin crawl.
This was advertised on the TV. Comes with a battery and charger. perhaps $399 at your Home Depot.
It is 56 v, but has 45 min run time. I think it folds up too. (No relationship to anything that would earn me a buck on this.)
I have the Ryobi 40V and it works wonders for the 45 minute run time. Best thing is that it’s no louder than a box fan, folds up nicely, and is light enough to lift. I got an extra battery so I always have one fully changed.
How many AH are your batteries? The snapper comes with 2AH batteries. Probably the biggest thing that worries me. Does it cut nice and evenly? Use the bagger or no?
That one is also on my list. Good reviews plus their chainsaw performed well in testing. It was the top rated by some people until they tested the newest snapper.
One concern is that the motor uses brushes. The others I listed have brushless motors.
I’ve got the Scags turf tiger 2 and love it. I have a big yard to cut though.
Now THAT is what I call a mower.
Cut is great. I don’t use the bag, but it does have one. The thing you have to get used to is that it doesn’t have a side chute. The clippings stay inside the housing until they get chopped up so small they fall down through the grass you just cut.
I used one for years in Germany. Never had any issues and it was more reliable then the gas powered one I had before
Seen this one and thought it was a pretty cool idea. Didn’t stripe well at all in my opinion
Got one. Like it a lot.
I’d want my cat or dog to ride it
Have the EGO 56v. Love it. I have about .25 of an acre and on the days where the grass is a little higher than normal, the battery can run out on me; however, I have an EGO edger as well, so I just pop that smaller battery into the mower to finish the job.
That's another great feature to the EGO products is that all of their batteries are interchangeable. Plus, your garage/shed won't smell like gasoline.
I got one. I hate yard work so I really don't care what people think. It gets the job done. Just have extra batteries.
@Bankwalker as long as you are not in West Texas then you are probably fine. West Texans tend to like things that need fuel.
But after you buy one - let me know how the next season of the Bachelor turns out.
@jay_kubzz that’s a mower!!! I also have a zero turn, hard to cut 2 acres with an electric.
@Bankwalker I think an electric mower would be fine as long as you can offset it. Like if you drive a Prius don’t get an electric mower. Lol
Ha! I’m not the guy on my street that is known for caring what people think. My comments were definitely tongue in cheek, and come from seeing people dragging an extension cord around behind their lawnmower. That is simply not a very good look - at a minimum.
If you drive a Prius, you should not drive a Prius
Wish we could vote up twice.