Board 8 > Any opinions on electric/battery lawn mowers?

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Like, are they considered generally good and comparable to has mowers?

As long as your yard isn't that big they're less of a hassle than gas mowers. But if it's going to take two charges to mow your lawn it's definitely not worth

From my experience using both, electric mowers are fine for grass that hasnt gotten too tall and even ground. But if your yard is uneven or if the grass gets too tall, electric mowers struggle. I prefer using a gas mower.

My lawn isnt too big, Id say normal-sized but my grass does get pretty long

I have the battery ryobi stuff and love it. Much less finicky than gas, both mower and edger. Swapping batteries is no big deal.

Battery mowers are pretty good. Electric ones Ive had my power cord chopped in half twice now and I dont recommend

I have a Ryobi, battery operated. I can do full backyard and front yard on a full charge. 180x35 prop.

only issue is the autodrive on the hill part of the front yard, but that's what legs are for.

I think one my problems is, I have no idea how big my lawn is lol. I have what I feel to be normal sized front and back lawn. So I see this mower (remove spaces):

homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-40V-HP-Brushless-21-in-Cordless-Battery- Walk-Behind-Self-Propelled-Lawn-Mower-with-2-6-0-Ah-Batteries-and- Charger-RY401140US/314600837

And I'm like, yeah that looks good. But maybe it's overkill??

this boy wants to do some night mowin

Haha, like I said that one might be going overboard

My parents had an electric mower at some point after I moved out and it was complete garbage

Didn't cut very effectively and ran out of juice quickly

There probably exist better models and better batteries now, but that was their experience

StifledSilence posted...

From my experience using both, electric mowers are fine for grass that hasnt gotten too tall and even ground. But if your yard is uneven or if the grass gets too tall, electric mowers struggle. I prefer using a gas mower.

This. My experience is from a while ago, so maybe they've gotten better.

if you have a pretty generic sized yard then even the model down from what you posted is probably good enough. I didn't splurge and get the one with the light, that one also comes with a second battery which is nice.