Thread: Lawnmowers

Originally Posted by goingbush

It literally eats the Victa for lunch,

Pics or it didn't happen

How about a robot mower? Our local mower repair place has one running up and down the grass strip out side their place constantly. Apparently it automatically returns to charge when needed. Not sure how you set the mowing parameters but am sure it is pretty easy.

There seem to be plenty of choice out there now, and not ludicrously expensive.

Cheers - Simon

There is always This

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My son got an electric mower - can't remember what type. It did very well until they had a spell where it was too wet to mow - but the grass grew! It then would not look at the grass. When this happens he has to get someone in to mow it down to what the electric one can handle. And try to keep it that low.

When my Chinese self propeled needs replacing I was thinking the other day when I bought a Makita battery line trimmer zi wonder if they have self propeled battery mowers. Must look them up. At the moment I am using the fuel out of Landy to fill the mower while Landy is in lockdown.

Speaking to a few customers and there employees (whilst working of course), and the consensus is that with the Ryobi 18volt model, if you have a couple of unwilling helpers such as my kids, and the grass gets too long, you need petrol power to get back to a suitable length
Also the robot mowers need the lawn trimmed and they will keep it to length
I’m sure they are the way to go, but the dog might be there undoing (or the undoing of the dog)☹️
After reading this
The Best Battery Powered Lawn Mowers in Australia (2019)
It might be worthwhile spending the extra spondullas and going for the 84 volt Masport if the boss can stretch her short arms, with 5 year warranty on mower and battery, 1.5kw motor, the only downside is the non removable battery which creates more work for me installing a power outlet close the the mowers home
I might do a “work related trip” to the big green shed and inspect the Victa and the AEG before an impulse buy of the Masport