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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
You’re still going to hear turbine blowing air (movement of large quantities of air) and blades on mower (which makes majority of the noise turning the blades) Just cause it’s electric don’t mean it don’t make noise. IMO only reason gas blowers are real loud cause Rhe removed baffles in mufflers same goes with weed wackier’s.
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My son in Pittsburgh has an electric walk behind mower that is very quiet. He also has a lawn mower tractor that can rapidly mow his large 1 acre lawn. It has 4 batteries! I operated it and I can tell you it is fast, efficient and very quiet. My neighbor here in The Villages has an electric walk behind mower and an electric edger. I see him mowing but you can hardly hear him. Now what a different story with the lawn mowing crews who show up and make a ton of noise for hours. Definitely affects quality of life. I like to sit on my patio in the morning, but when these guys show up I go back in the house. Electric machines are the future. Noise pollution is not healthy. Come on, I know we are all old here, but can’t we accept the new technologies? Just mention “California” and many Villagers begin to go spastic. I lived there for awhile. It was extremely noisy. Highway and landscaper noise drove me crazy. I moved back to New Hampshire and bought two quiet acres in the woods far from any highways. Unfortunately, The Villages is getting crowded and becoming surrounded by more and more building. Routes 466A and 44 have both turned into another 441. I could do with a little more quiet. Of course, right now I have a gas edger and mower so I am part of the problem, but when I replace them I am going electric.