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.

I dont think we are there yet, unless you have a very small yard, like garden home

Have had one for 4-5 years and it’s still going strong on the original battery. Works fine on high wet grass like any other mower

-ETA I’ve got a corner lot and cut my whole front and back on a single charge, if the grass is particularly long it will die before I finish, just leave it where it is, throw the battery on the charger, go drink a beer by the pool then finish.

I take the battery out and hose it down all the time, not sure if you’re suppose to or not but it’s dry by the next time I use it a week later and I’ve never had a problem.

I have a pretty large yard, but lots of flower beds and trees. Not a ton of grass, but not tiny either. I can get 2 cuts on one charge. I bag cuttings though which helps a little as it doesn't have to mulch everything. If I had to mow more than what I get on one charge, I'd borederline be looking for a riding mower.

I have some issues with mine, but its the cheapest I could find and the issues have nothing to do with the battery or motor. It's just cheaply built. After next year(4 years) I'll likely step up to an Ego.

Depends on how small the yard. If small yard and you mow every few days, you may get away with it. If you let your grass get a week's worth of summer growth, you're gonna have issues (at least with a40v Kobalt).

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 chainsaw, blower, pruner, edger, weedeater, etc. They work great and I like using them for my yard (1 acre), but one of my batteries is failing and two don't hold a charge like they used to. Those batteries in question are 3 to 4 years old.

I have to make sure I have all 5 charged each time a do the yard and rotate them on the charger to be safe.

I think the machines are great, but the battery longevity concerns me.

I have 60V Greenworks push mower. Rolls so easy don't need self propelled. Steel deck makes it slightly heavier than Ego but worth the small sacrifice. Stores vertically. The vertical ability makes it a cinch to hose and change blades.
No priming, no carb, no gas! EASY and quieter! Beautiful cut, too.
Won't go back

I'd suggest you search some YouTube vids

Black Friday online saw 30% off at Greenworks site. Usually holidays they run 25%-30% off. Wait till then.

Takes mr an hr to cut my grass w my ryobi. No issues to date. Not going back to a gas mower. Have cordless trimmer blower hedge trimmer etc and they work great.
Now i still have a gas pressure washer and snowblower... not going battery w them

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