I would try to find one that uses batteries that you already have. With that small an area, you don't need the latest & most powerful. Or Ryobi has a small 18 volt one that's pretty inexpensive.My 20 yr old plug in electric lawn mower is on its last legs so I am in the market for a small (18”?) battery powered lawn mower. Very little yard to mow, maybe 300 sq ft. Wondering what brand is good, which to avoid? Any help will be appreciated.
I would try to find one that uses batteries that you already have. With that small an area, you don't need the latest & most powerful. Or Ryobi has a small 18 volt one that's pretty inexpensive.
I also am a Makita user and have the makita 21" selfpropelled and really like it. I have a 1/2 acre lot, great mower for my needs. The makita trimmer is also great for my needs.I second this. I am pretty big into Makita 18V system, so I went with a Makita using the same batteries. I'm very happy with the mower, I think this is year 4 with it. Mine is larger and self propelled but I mow around 6000sqft, their smallest would work great for you.
My 20 yr old plug in electric lawn mower is on its last legs so I am in the market for a small (18”?) battery powered lawn mower. Very little yard to mow, maybe 300 sq ft. Wondering what brand is good, which to avoid? Any help will be appreciated.
Wife wants a mower, she doesn’t like the results with a trimmer but ThanksWe mow about that much and my wife uses our Green Works 40 volt string trimmer. It's too irregular to make an actual mower very practical. I agreed to move to town in part so I didn't have to mow anymore.
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I also have the Milwaukee mower. It is heavy duty and well built. Feels like it weighs at least twice as much as my Ryobi 40V, so for a small lawn the lighter Ryobi might be easier to use. Best with 12AH batteries for the run time, but try it with smaller if that is what you have.I am pretty heavily invested in Milwaukee. Hoping someone has something good to say about a Milwaukee mower. Generally the wife cuts the grass so I am hoping for something light and easy to manoeuvre
I suggested earlier you may want to get another corded mower, but if you already have Milwaukee tools stay with that brand. They sell their mower without batteries, so if you already have two of them on hand that's something you don't have to pay extra for.I am pretty heavily invested in Milwaukee. Hoping someone has something good to say about a Milwaukee mower. Generally the wife cuts the grass so I am hoping for something light and easy to manoeuvre
Thanks for tryingApologies, but I cannot accommodate BC at the moment, although the new Honda battery lawn mowers should suffice IF that is the direction you chose.
Where are you located? I might be able to get you a pre-production Honda battery mower for testing if you are within a reasonable distance.
I’m in a Washington DC suburb. I’m open to a test offer also.I could give that a go if it's an open offer... i have 3 gas ones to compare to.
I do not think that is currently the strong suit for any electric mower I have seen. Based on what you are doing I think you will not be happy with an electric mower.I’m considering a battery powered mower.
How do they perform on leaf mulching in the fall. I’m probably doing 6-8 weeks of mulching from late September to December every year.
ThanksI do not think that is currently the strong suit for any electric mower I have seen. Based on what you are doing I think you will not be happy with an electric mower.
I have had both the Makita dual battery mower (at a rental), and now an EGO 21" self propelled, and for me they have done an equivalent job to my prior Honda gas mower w.r.t leaf mulching. The EGO does have a specialized mulching double blade installed. The overall experience mowing with an electric is SOOOOO much better than a gas mower.I do not think that is currently the strong suit for any electric mower I have seen. Based on what you are doing I think you will not be happy with an electric mower.
For a yard that small, I might look for the Quik Lok reciprocating trimmer attachment for the Milwaukee power head. It's cut should look much better than a string trimmer's, and it'll barely take up any space. Cheaper than the Milwaukee mower, for sure.I am pretty heavily invested in Milwaukee. Hoping someone has something good to say about a Milwaukee mower. Generally the wife cuts the grass so I am hoping for something light and easy to manoeuvre
I haven't had issues cutting/chopping anything up with my makita but the suction with the electrics doesn't seem as good, and compared to like the snapper I had as a kid that thing would chew up and **** up leaves like it was nothing, I do not see that sort of performance with any electric mower I have used. I just don't think blade speed is as high. I have seen that makita makes a blade that is supposed to have better suction but I haven't tried it.I have had both the Makita dual battery mower (at a rental), and now an EGO 21" self propelled, and for me they have done an equivalent job to my prior Honda gas mower w.r.t leaf mulching. The EGO does have a specialized mulching double blade installed. The overall experience mowing with an electric is SOOOOO much better than a gas mower.
yup! when my 25 year old gas mower went out 2 years ago i got the dual battery makita mower and its been working great!I second this. I am pretty big into Makita 18V system, so I went with a Makita using the same batteries. I'm very happy with the mower, I think this is year 4 with it. Mine is larger and self propelled but I mow around 6000sqft, their smallest would work great for you.
I enjoy mowing. Got myself a new zero turn last year to mow my 1 acre lot in about 30 minutes. Usually do it twice a week when its growing because I like it and its quick. But I SO want a robotic mower for inside my fence. Cut off 1/8" every day, keeping it looking awesome and preventing weeds. Sign me up!!I've done a couple of versions of robotic mowers (Robomow and Worx, primarily). For a smaller yard that is reasonably flat and obstruction free, they'd be the bomb. My problem is that I worked them waaaay past a realistic duty-cycle and they just couldn't keep up.
The Worx unit covered the small area that I am looking at getting an electric mower for (to replace my Honda self propelled, which by the way, has been a great mower imo) well enough, but its biggest problem is that it uses 5 razor blades attached to a hub for cutting. I know they do that because the weight of an actual mower blade would be too much for the motor/battery, but it just doesn't really cut all that well and the blades don't hold up very well. Battery life wasn't a problem as it was a small work area and it was pretty reliable as far as cycling, finding and docking in its station to recharge, etc. It just couldn't cut it, so to speak.
The Robomow units (I had two of them to try and maintain roughly 1.75 acres of mowing) had a decent mowing blade and were pretty reliable all in all, but my terrain was just too much for them and they were working themselves to death. I don't want to get into replacing $500 batteries on two mowers each year, and there were some other parts, including logic boards that I had to replace as well, and it just didn't have the "big manufacturer" support that I think these require. Robomow itself was fine and worked to be helpful supporting me while I was using them but I truly needed something that hadn't quite hit the marketplace yet. Husqvarna had a somewhat tempting unit hit the market after I had already committed to Robomow, but I don't think those were quite *there* yet either, so I am waiting for a generation or two of improvement before I jump back into robotic mowing, although I am a big fan of it.
Apologies to the OP, I will quit derailing your thread now. If anyone wants to talk robotic mowing, let me know and I'll start a separate thread.
i have been eyeballing the Ego, another battery type won’t hurt, at least I would know my Milwaukee batteries would be charged, wife has a tendency to kill the batteries and not put them on charge after she’s doneAs small as your yard is, anything even halfway decent will be fine. The top 6 rated mowers by Consumer Reports are 3 by Ryobi, Stihl, Ego, Kobalt. Makita was outside the top 10, FWIW. They didn't test Milwaukee for some reason. I've used a Kobalt at a friend's house, and it's fine, especially for your tiny yard. If you need it, also look at the trimmer and blowers and compare the total price.
They said the Ego LM2114 "mulched impressively" and under "cons" they said none.