Electric Lawnmowers

[Eagle]

My moms old lawnmower has died and she is looking for a new one. She has inquired about an electric lawnmower. What can you guys tell me about them? Are they reliable?What else can you tell me?

[Sumthinwicked]

you should so mod one to battery that would be cool.... 4 emag batteries powered lawmower good for 120000 shots or 4 hours of cutting LOL

[MANN]

I know a guy down the street mows with one. He has a tiny yard tho. He uses what appear to be ~6 10' extension cords. He has used it for over 2 years. I dont know him, but laugh every time I see him mowing/weed eating with all of his cords stretching across the yard.

As for a woman. its not a bad idea. especially with the way gas is going these days.

[TwilightG]

Never used one myself but I gotta think that it's less maintenance than gas powered.

I do admit that it looks kind of funny to have an extension cord trailing behind but probably because it's out of the norm. (Although, I use an electric trimmer/edger and no one laughs at me :argh: )

[michbich]

My grandmother had one about 10 years ago and never let us down till the day we got rid of it.

[mtaylor]

Get cordless if you can, cords are a huge pain to deal with.

[Eagle]

ok well scratch the electric, the one I found is $400, and she doesn't want to spend more than $200. Anyone know anything about Craftsman lawnmowers? I love their hand tools, but hate their power tools. I know my parents had one of their mowers about 20 years ago and it sucked, any new news concerning them?

[TwilightG]

I have a Craftsman right now. No complaints yet but have only had it for a little over a year.

.. has a Briggs and Stratton engine.

Unlike the hand tools, the mowers do not have the same lifetime warranty :(

[MANN]

I have one.. had it for ~ 4 years. has a honda engine. Never had any problems.

[bornl33t]

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The brand of the mower is irrelevant. Briggs, honda, tecumseh, kuboda, kohler are all good engines to name a few. The price is for the steel on the deck and a name. If you correctly maintenance the engine it will last a lifetime. For the price of a new mower you can buy 4-8 off craigslist. I bought a used grasshopper out of the 80s with a briggs and it's still running strong!!!

E-mowers are ridiculous. A couple of trees will ruin your day...and a misstep will ruin your cord, with the price of copper those cords are not to be toyed with....

[sffudapparel]

what's up with these cords??? I have never seen a corded one??

I know my boss at work has a e-mower and My dad is looking at one. Kinda like a plug in hybrid thing, plug it in, charge, and go