Cordless Lawn mowers

Ayresome

Ayresome

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Anybody got one? Are they any good?

I have a medium sized garden and have used an old odd job man to cut my grass as I work away a lot. He has now decided to pack up and I am thinking that I should have a go at this, and even Mrs Ayresome could give it a go.

Should I go with a cordless mower or just stick to a petrol mower? Any advice and experience of using both kinds would be greatly appreciated.

If this has already been discussed on a previous thread then my apologies as I haven't seen it and my odd job man has just told me he is packing up.
 
I got one of the Ryobi battery ones last year, and got a free strimmer with it. The battery can be used in loads of other Ryobi tools too. Its decent enough for a small/medium garden. I just about get round after doing front and back. I was going to get another battery just to be on the safe side, as plan on getting a few other of the tools too. One thing I would say is that its so much quicker cutting the grass now, as not messing about with the extension lead etc.
 
Ayresome said:
Anybody got one? Are they any good?

I have a medium sized garden and have used an old odd job man to cut my grass as I work away a lot. He has now decided to pack up and I am thinking that I should have a go at this, and even Mrs Ayresome could give it a go.

Should I go with a cordless mower or just stick to a petrol mower? Any advice and experience of using both kinds would be greatly appreciated.

If this has already been discussed on a previous thread then my apologies as I haven't seen it and my odd job man has just told me he is packing up.
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I've also got the Ryobi with the free strimmer. It's okay but the battery life isn't as good as I would like. It won't do the front and back.

I've heard that the GTech is the daddy of cordless but quite a bit more expensive.

As Glover said it does make a big difference.
 
i have the worxx one and it just does my front and back lawn,but as said i dont let it get too long as it struggles otherwise,if it broke i would deffo get another
 
I don’t find them as powerful as a corded or petrol mower, but they’re ok for a quick whizz round now and then.

I much prefer my corded, but I suppose in the fast paced world of 2024, people don’t have the spare 40 seconds in their life to plug an extension cord in 😉
 
AytonMews said:
I don’t find them as powerful as a corded or petrol mower, but they’re ok for a quick whizz round now and then.

I much prefer my corded, but I suppose in the fast paced world of 2024, people don’t have the spare 40 seconds in their life to plug an extension cord in 😉
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Yes, I think it's more that the cord gets in the way rather than the time saving of not having to plug it in. 😁
 
AytonMews said:
I don’t find them as powerful as a corded or petrol mower, but they’re ok for a quick whizz round now and then.

I much prefer my corded, but I suppose in the fast paced world of 2024, people don’t have the spare 40 seconds in their life to plug an extension cord in 😉
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Its not the 40 seconds its getting it the lead tangled its just a faff. Its just so much easier and quicker cordless its gone from a chore to something i almost enjoy. I have a greenworks cordless and its quite a large heavy and powerful mower really surpised how well it cut the first really long cut in the spring. I would probably adivse dont get the cheapest cordless and get one for bigger lawns than you require with a couple of batteries and check it does stripes if you like them.
 
When I bought a mower last year I did a bit of research. Within the same range you get mowers that go from small to wide (which means fewer passes so saves time), low power to high power, corded or battery or petrol. For the same price you could get a small, lightweight cordless or a large powerful corded. Petrol seems less convenient with having to buy petrol and fill it etc. The large, powerful corded versions seem to be the best value. Depends how much you want to spend. The bigger mower saves more time than you'd save with a smaller one having no cord. Big, powerful and cordless would be the best of both world but you are paying a lot to not have a cord. I've never found the cord to be a problem when mowing the grass to be honest.

For ultimate convenience you can get a robot mower. If you have the right sort of garden they just go out and cut your grass everyday so it's always at the perfect length. They had them at a golf course I was playing at recently. Loads of little robots just keeping the course trimmed without needing staff out there getting in the way.
 
Hayter hawk 43. It isn't cheap but it's very good, 60V and has a roller for stripes and the battery lets me mow our front and back lawn which is about 200 square meters total, 2-3 times before a charge.
 
Glover_elbow said:
Its not the 40 seconds its getting it the lead tangled its just a faff. It's just so much easier and quicker cordless it's gone from a chore to something i almost enjoy. I have a greenworks cordless and it's quite a large heavy and powerful mower really surpised how well it cut the first really long cut in the spring. I would probably adivse dont get the cheapest cordless and get one for bigger lawns than you require with a couple of batteries and check it does stripes if you like them.
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Absolutely this. I love doing the grass to be honest, and all the neighbours come to me for advice on lawn treatments etc. having crap grass makes it a chore but once you get it looking nice, it's great.

The other chore with corded mowers is wheeling an extension lead around.

I used to love my petrol mower as it was an ancient allett cylinder mower, but I don't miss trouble shooting it every 5 minutes so I can sacrifice a little quality of cut in return for knowing it's going to work right after winter every time
 
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Just bought a Husqvarna mower and strimmer. Came with a 4Ah and a 2Ah battery respectively (interchangeable). I reckon the bigger battery would be good for 400m². The mower has a selectable power save function that runs at a lower speed but if it senses an increased load it ups the speed automatically to avoid stalling.
My garden is quite awkward so I was forever having to move the lead around, as Glover says the new mower is quite liberating.
 
I inherited a petrol mower about 30 years ago, it was probably about 5 year old then. Hardly a minute’s bother, I even serviced it once! Finally put it out to grass last year and bought a new one. Stuck with petrol and stuck with one that had a Briggs and Stratton engine as that was what had been so reliable before. Electric stuff has a shelf life in my experience but the petrol stuff goes forever.
 
I got a makita one. As others have said it is so much quicker now. It will struggle if you try to cut too low, especially if theres a bit of moss about. 3cm is the lowest I go on my mossy lawn. If you work away you may have to go over it a few ttimes if it gets too long, gradually reducing the height of the cut.
 
starplayer said:
I got a makita one. As others have said it is so much quicker now. It will struggle if you try to cut too low, especially if theres a bit of moss about. 3cm is the lowest I go on my mossy lawn. If you work away you may have to go over it a few ttimes if it gets too long, gradually reducing the height of the cut.
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If you have a mossy lawn, give it a treatment with some liquid iron sulphate diluted down 500ml to 5L in a sprayer for 50 Sqm. This will make the grass go really green, keep it healthy and kill the moss. This is best done at the start of the season; cut low, treat with iron, rake and then youre ready to reseed it. It'll grow tons better and not be as soft so the grass will grow thicker.

moss is usually caused by too much shade or too much water in the lawn, if you seed with a seed variety designed for shade this should help it out compete the moss.

Generally they say you shouldn't cut more than 1/3 of the height of the grass at once else you get scorched light grass.
 
I got the ryobi with the strimmer, battery power wasn't enough to cut and strim so bought another battery. Makes things so much easier not having to mess around with cables!
 
Cordless for me last 4 years. standard size McGregor . Battery does about 25 mins and takes max 40m to charge. I have front and back which each take about 75% of the charge each so I only do one at a time , thats no bother , its not my favourite job. The only issue is doesn't have the power to deal with wet grass of say over 8cm , will just churn and stop the mower . This is user error and I've learned if that is the case to either leave it to dry out a few more days or use a corded powerful strimmer to first get it to about 6cm before changing back.
 
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