Lawn mowers

[pectacon]

It's time to retire our old lawn mower from the stone age. Anyone have anything to say pro or con about corded electric vs. battery powered mowers? Battery sounds convenient but I kind of expect it to break before long.

[linderlizzie]

My preference is my Bolens gas powered lawn mower that has run perfectly (starting every time) for over 15 years. It has only needed one part in all that time. It's the best! 

I would not like a cord trailing behind. It would terrify me that it would get run over or I might die trying not to run over it. 

I have no thoughts about battery powered except I kind of don't like the idea, but I have no idea why.

I said "I" way too many times in this post, but it seemed not to be helped. My apologies for that.

[alina6]

I have an electric trimmer and it is OK but i get tangled up with the chords, anything I have battery operated does not last long enough.

[sdenimandlace1]

No cords for us.   we are looking at the roybi my sister and nephew have used theirs for 2 season with no problem.

[UGetPaid]

I would not like a cord trailing behind. It would terrify me that it would get run over or I might die trying not to run over it. 

I ruined two heavy duty extension cords this way. It's enough of a hassle trying to vacuum a room with an electric cord trailing as you go, but most vacuum cleaners are meant to be controlled with one hand, so you have the free hand to hold and maneuver the cord. We used to have a walking behind lawn mower that was electric powered and It only happened twice out of probably 350 times using it, but I twice ran over my extension cord while cutting the grass.


We ended up getting rid of the mower and bought a manual one with the blades that rotate on a spindle between the wheels. But we also only have about 200 square feet of grass to mow.

[oldbuddy]

We have used a Ryobi 40 volt walk behind since we moved here 3 years ago and I will never go back to gas again. Much cleaner and just plug it in to charge. My wife does the mowing and loves it.

[judylucas]

none for me included in my rent but did have a John Deere riding mower for many years and of course it was gasoline

[sfreeman8]

My preference is my Bolens gas powered lawn mower that has run perfectly (starting every time) for over 15 years. It has only needed one part in all that time. It's the best! 

I would not like a cord trailing behind. It would terrify me that it would get run over or I might die trying not to run over it. 

I have no thoughts about battery powered except I kind of don't like the idea, but I have no idea why.

I said "I" way too many times in this post, but it seemed not to be helped. My apologies for that.

We first had a Bolens that was his father's. His father had it for 20 years. We had it another 20 years. If finally gave out so we gave it a good sendoff. We now have a gas 25-year-old Wheel Horse, gas a Troy-Bilt, and a diesel 4WD Simplicity (I think that's the name) from the '90s and 3 gas push mowers. They are hubby's sort of hobby. Any time people get rid of their lawn mowers. trimmers and chain saws, they come here. Usually they don't work and he gets them going again. He has 9 chain saws and uses every one of them depending on the job and he uses the lawn tractors all the time, too.

We tried a battery powered trimmer but it didn't do a good job and the battery had to be charged before the yard was done. One of the trimmers was electric but the cord was so sort he had to use a real long extension cord. He said ne didn't like that. It was a pain.

If you have a small yard, battery and/or electric would probably work for you, but not much larger. Maybe you'll get some input for others with different experience than ours.