On 27/08/2020 14:21, Stephen wrote:

Hello, I have an electric mower but it's not very good: it gets
clogged up with wet grass and long grass will stall the motor. I
keep thinking I should treat myself to a petrol one but a honda
is £400 and I think is it worth it for the few weekends it will
get used each year.


Yup, BTDTGTTS

Every now and then I look on web sites to see the prices and when
I was looking today, I saw that there are many rechargeable
mowers now. Thinking about the recent thread about electric cars,
it seems mowers are heading that way too. It might be my last
chance to buy a petrol one!

You could probably get a decent enough one with a Brigs & Straten
engine. They seem pretty dependable.

I wonder how long the batteries last before they need replacing
and how powerful these battery powered mowers are?

A good few hundred cycles on decent batteries.

Here is a good look at the kind of performance you will get from a
decent machine with 36V/40V batteries[1].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZpYv1MdQs0

[1] in the power tool world 18V and 20V refer to the same battery
voltages - just counted at different parts of the charge cycle.


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Cheers,

John.

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