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ephphatha
Dec 18, 2009




Previa_fun posted:

I posted about this last month or the month before but it got lost in the Covid talk, but I'm looking into getting a battery electric mower and was curious if anyone here had any experience with them.

I was set on the Kobalt 80V self-propelled mower but the new 2020 Ego mower, while only 56V has a 7.5 amp/hr battery and a double blade cutting deck a la Honda which I'm now leaning to because I mulch 99% of the time.

I can't find the amp hour rating for the Kobalt but it claims a longer run time. Does voltage matter that much that I'll be giving up mulching power if I go for the Ego, or is amp/hour the better measure of power?

I finally managed to get a ryobi 36v mower last week (the only thing sold by a store within 50km of where I live, even then it took two months before it was actually in stock). I've only used it to mow the lawn once so far but it handled the 2 months of growth that built up while waiting for the thing to arrive. I stalled it once by overloading the mower and had a bit of drama getting it to start till I realised it had some safety lockouts that I needed to pay attention to. Beyond that it's fine for my usage (~130m2 yard). As it's the only cordless mower I've used I can't really compare it to any other brand/model.

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ephphatha
Dec 18, 2009




A structure with an estimated 20 year life span that started failing within 10 years? :v:

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