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I sure don't wanna drag a cord around like a clown.
Tell me how much of a clown you feel when you have to shell out for a new battery. Batteries loose capacity over time no matter how often you use them.
Hey its different strokes for different folks. A push reel mower, an electric (cord or battery), and gas all have their place. I dont appreciate the big marketing push for battery mowers in the "best lawn mower" advice blogs, some are fine, but the fine ones also tend to be high dollar with no track record. If thats what you want then great. But do your homework and know what you are buying and risk you are taking, few people have much experience with battery mowers. May be the best thing since sliced bread, but personally let somebody else gamble their money and see how they hold up long term first. My guess a cheap gas mower might be better deal than a cheap battery mower, saying that, cheap maybe not great way to go either way.
Can we just do away with these stupid lawns that need to be mowed or cost money to mow perpetually altogether? Nothing would thrill me more but for the cost to convert to self-maintaining ground cover, a hardscape, or even concrete at my house. The British have the right idea, IMO: attached residences right on the street with a window box in front and potted plants in the walled garden or courtyard out back if laboring to grow something is a particular need of yours (it is is not one of mine) or strikes your fancy.
I have a small area around our home that is 'lawn'- the rest of the acreage is natural bunchgrasses etc. I use a Scott's reel mower and it does great. I just cruise around the yard and pick up pine cones and dog turds before I mow and then get to it. I mow twice a week (we irrigate). After every use I sweep off the grass then spritz the blades and wheels lightly with WD-40. Downside is that we should bag clippings every now and again. Things don't rot here so mulching requires raking. Twice yearly.
It's a breeze to touch up the blades. I do it every few years. Easy peezy.
My wife does not like it. We just bought an an EGO self propelled. It bags stuff. So far 4 mowings with it and it does a great job. Battery has life left after she's done.
When my son is home he mows the 'wild' areas once a year with this-
You can run that old Cub all year on a tank of gas.
Tell me how much of a clown you feel when you have to shell out for a new battery. Batteries loose capacity over time no matter how often you use them.
Hey its different strokes for different folks. A push reel mower, an electric (cord or battery), and gas all have their place. I dont appreciate the big marketing push for battery mowers in the "best lawn mower" advice blogs, some are fine, but the fine ones also tend to be high dollar with no track record. If thats what you want then great. But do your homework and know what you are buying and risk you are taking, few people have much experience with battery mowers. May be the best thing since sliced bread, but personally let somebody else gamble their money and see how they hold up long term first. My guess a cheap gas mower might be better deal than a cheap battery mower, saying that, cheap maybe not great way to go either way.
It's not always about money. I chose a battery mower because I cannot manage a gas powered machine. I don't have the physical stamina to deal with all that comes with it and I have a severe intolerance to noise and smells.
In other words I'm decrepit and tired with a sensory disorder, and wiling to pay for the convenience and ease of battery powered lawn mower (and the matching snow blower, two batteries, for both). If I have to shell out $200 every 3-4 years for a new battery, it's well worth it to me.
How much does gas and oil cost, over the same time period? Everything cost money to run and maintain.
Can we just do away with these stupid lawns that need to be mowed or cost money to mow perpetually altogether? Nothing would thrill me more but for the cost to convert to self-maintaining ground cover, a hardscape, or even concrete at my house. The British have the right idea, IMO: attached residences right on the street with a window box in front and potted plants in the walled garden or courtyard out back if laboring to grow something is a particular need of yours (it is is not one of mine) or strikes your fancy.
I love my yard and would be happy to leave it all over grown but town code says I have to keep it mowed.
So I leave little patches un-mowed here and there to satisfy my need for wild spaces and nature. I have a few al in various stages of growth. If one starts to look too messy (risk of a neighbor complaining) I mow it down and start another.
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