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Basil

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Our Toro self-propelled has pretty much given up the ghost. Too many things wrong with it to make repair cost effective.

We have decided to go with an Electric mower since we don't have a huge "lawn" and most of our property can be mowed with our 28 year old Craftsman riding mower.

The model we're considering in a non-self propelled 20" by Ryobi. It runs on a 40v battery. One of the considerations for looking at Ryobi is that we have a Ryobi electric weed whacker and the batteries are interchangeable.

Anyone have experience with "cordless" electric mowers, Ryobi or otherwise? Budget we've set is under $400.
 
I bought a Lincoln electric but not cordless, great mower though and i did a youtube video about assembling it, don't know if they are available where you are
 
I have a ryobi 36 volt here in the UK but same battery is designated 40 volts in the US,
works great cuts both my £ront lawns with battery to spare.

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If you're still using your riding mower, I assume you only want an electric to do some minor trimming.

I bought this SunJoe two years ago, and I'm happy with it. Charging takes about an hour, and it runs at full speed for at least 45 minutes.

https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Joe-24V-MJ14C-Brushless-Battery/dp/B08634LMYG/

Under $200.

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oops - EDIT. Corrected the link.
 
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No experience with mowers but I can't say I have ever really had a good experience with Ryobi as a brand (admittedly gas powered engines)
 
I've had an EGo electric mower for the last 6 years. Works great. My lot is .7 acres but not all grass, and I can do the whole yard with it in one charge if I don't use the self propelled bit. Would not hesitate to buy another one.

I have a lot of Ryobi hand power tools, and they've all been solid and reliable as well. Would think their mower would be similar.
 
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mikephillips said:
Here I thought you might be going to tell us you're now the proud owner of a herd of sheep....
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Ha! No, but we did once own a goat, who did a pretty fair job of keeping parts of our property cut down. (or chewed down)

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JPSmit said:
No experience with mowers but I can't say I have ever really had a good experience with Ryobi as a brand (admittedly gas powered engines)
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I've read in a couple of places that Ryobi has upped their game in recent years. Like Kia, who used to make absolute junk cars, but now makes pretty nice, quality cars.
 
drooartz said:
I've had an EGo electric mower for the last 6 years. Works great. My lot is .7 acres but not all grass, and I can do the whole yard with it in one charge if I don't use the self propelled bit. Would not hesitate to buy another one.

I have a lot of Ryobi hand power tools, and they've all been solid and reliable as well. Would think their mowere would be similar.
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Thanks. I have looked at EGO but the prices in all but one case is beyond what we have set has our price limit. One of the reasons I'm looking at Ryobi is that I have a Ryobi Weed trimmer and have been very happy with it. Also, the battery in the weed trimmer will also work in the mower and vice versa. We have a small "lawn" area so don't need a big self-propelled model.
 
Basil - check out the cordless in my post. One reason I'm slightly negative on all the re-chargeable re-placeable batteries, is to me their high cost, and the batteries aren't always interchangeable among tools of the same manufacturer.
 
Yesterday I was barbecuing on our deck and our neighbour behind us was mowing his lawn with one of those E-go (sp?) mowers and we have substantial sized lots. I couldn’t hear it over the gas powered lawnmower being used up the street. I’ll be getting one when our gas mower craps out. I’d love a battery powered snow blower too but am not sure it would handle our driveway + corner lot sidewalk…
 
NutmegCT said:
Basil - check out the cordless in my post. One reason I'm slightly negative on all the re-chargeable re-placeable batteries, is to me their high cost, and the batteries aren't always interchangeable among tools of the same manufacturer.
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Thanks Tom. That mower only has an 18" cutting width. I want minimum of 20". Our yard isn't huge but it is't tiny either. Based on experience with current 21" Toro, we don't want to go smaller than 20". As for battery interchangeability, I have confirmed that the battery with my Ryobi Weed Trimmer will definitely work with the Ryoby mower and vice versa. This is not to say that we won't consider models other than Ryobi, but the going-in view is that it makes sense to stick with a model that can use batteries we already have and not have to have additional chargers.

At the moment, this is the model that is our leading contender:

www.homedepot.com

RYOBI 40V HP Brushless 20 in. Cordless Battery Walk Behind Push Lawn Mower with 6.0 Ah Battery and Charger RY401170 - The Home Depot

Improve your lawn's elegance with the help of this RYOBI Brushless Lithium-Ion Cordless Battery Walk Behind Push Lawn Mower Battery and Charger Included.
www.homedepot.com
 
Good reasoning, and now with the $50 off, sounds like a good buy.

Go for it!
 
charlie74 said:
Yesterday I was barbecuing on our deck and our neighbour behind us was mowing his lawn with one of those E-go (sp?) mowers and we have substantial sized lots. I couldn’t hear it over the gas powered lawnmower being used up the street. I’ll be getting one when our gas mower craps out. I’d love a battery powered snow blower too but am not sure it would handle our driveway + corner lot sidewalk…
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It's worth it. I've switched to electric for the mower 6 years ago and it's just better. Quiet, no maintenance.

The snow blower is still gas, though. With a big engine. 😁
 
I don't know about electric mowers but if you get a gas mower, be sure to put oil in it. Don't ask me why I know that! LOL
 
Sometimes a little frustration can pay off. I drove into town to Home Depot to purchase the mower listed here: 14
The web site said they had nine in stock.
When I got there, this specific mower was not in its assigned location so I found an associate to help. The associate determined that the mowers in question (she thought) were on a pallet on the top shelf (20 ft up) on another isle. With help of another associate with a fork lift, they retrieved a pallet of what she thought were the mowers in question. After loading one of the mowers onto my flat cart, I noticed that the model number was not the same. A quick check on my Home Depot app on my phone determined that she had mistakenly gotten me a similar model, but with "self propel". This model was $100 more than the one (not self-propeled). She asked me to wait while she went to get the department manager, who later determined that the mower I was wanting was actually still on the truck. She first suggested if I could come back tomorrow, they would be sure to set one aside for me. Then, she suddenly asked me "would you be willing to take this one (already on my flat cart) if I can sell it to you for the same price?"

I thought about it for about half a millisecond, and said, sure!

So now, I'm the proud owner of a new Ryobi 40v mower with self-propel, for the price of the non self-propelled model. I'm a happy camper.
 
It's true, value-add is still a thing! Congratulations on the purchase and sunsetting the old gasser lawn mower.
 
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