On 27/08/2020 14:39, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 14:21:50 +0100, 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.

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!

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

My biggest bugbear - irrespective of power source - is stopping to empty
the grass box every 2 passes of the lawn.

Well you could cut'n'drop, so grass all over the place, but no
collection, or mulch. Mulching is ok in theory, but in practice means
cutting several times a week in the peak growing season, and you will
use more petrol on each cut.


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Cheers,

John.

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