Is it too soon to buy a Battery Mower?

I don't know how prevalent it is, but those battery mowers can catch fire. I have two folks I know that it happened to.....with no real "cause". That's kinda scary.

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I hose down my mower all the time. How do you clean them?

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surly the same way, you hose them down, electric cars go through the carwash etc

I recently switched to the battery edger and blower. No chance of a battery mower in south Louisiana

Ego was head and shoulders above the rest a couple of years ago but others are stepping up their game. I have an ego self propelled. My next step is a robot mower. I MIGHT try a cheaper one in the back yard this summer, I am undecided. Rumor is ego is coming out with a GPS based mower that doesn't require wire boundaries

I have an Ego mower I just bought this summer. It handles tall and wet grass pretty darn well. It has a 7.5 ah battery and I can do my whole yard on one charge using the self-propelled drive.

I really like it. It is much quieter than gas. I can put in my AirPod Pros and with noise cancelling I can listen to music at normal volume.

I have an Ego mower (3 years) with a yard that takes an hour to mow. All is fine, no hassle with gasoline or oil.

Never for me. I have a Ryobi hedge trimmer. Barely trims one small set of bushes and then dead as can be.
Sucks.

I have the original ego mower, just about 5 years. Works fine, wet, tall, etc.. I don't bag, but mulch instead. Occasionally bogs down and lifting the deck solves that. Battery just quit on me at the end of this summer and I will get a replacement in the spring. Blower and battery still going strong

I like my Kobalt 80v setup just fine.


To be fair, I only bought it because my wife needed to mow once and refused to use the Greenworks plug-in mower with my 80ft extension cord. I liked that thing just fine for my yard (corner lot, 1/4 acre , back is fenced and landscaped along the fencing, and i am landscaped all along the front and side as well.

If I had any bigger of a yard, the plug in would’ve been out. If my yard were up to about double the size, i would probably still use the battery.




I can’t wait til my wife approves 5-10 acres in the middle of nowhere.

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Is battery technology good enough to switch over to the mower as well?

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Push mower? I have the Stihl RMA 510V. My yard has a spot or two my Exmark ECX 21" was too heavy for when they were wett-ish. I bought the RMA 510 to use in those times since I have all the Stihl pro-line battery stuff. I use the Stihl 90% of the time now. Generally speaking it has the power to handle wet grass and heavy growth to an extent. I keep my yard mowed around 2.5" and it usually keeps up as long as it isn't 4"+ or so.

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I hose down my mower all the time. How do you clean them?

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I hose mine down. I'm careful with it, usually propping it up and only spraying off the underside of the deck and blowing off the rest but I haven't had issues yet.

It isn't for everyone and the price is ridiculous if we're being honest. My battery Stihl Kombi unit is the absolute shite but I think the mowers are still probably 2-3 years away from being strong replacements tech wise. Price wise IDK when they'll become practical.