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Originally Posted by Dragonlady06
I'm looking into an electric lawn mower. Any suggestions? How many years does the battery usually last? Is it better than a gas mower?
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It all depends on your needs. Since the lots in the villages are so small, battery is probably fine.
It's not a direct comparison but I have two chainsaws, an ego battery and an echo gas. They are about the same size chainsaws. The gas is a lot more powerful and cuts faster and the battery on the ego only lasts about an hour. I used the ego battery primarily for small trimming jobs. If I was cutting up a whole tree, definitely gas.
For my lawnmower, I bought a Honda gas just based off of my experience with the chainsaws. I figured with thickness of Saint Augustine grass and wanting both self-propelled and mulching, I wasn't sure a battery mower would be up to the task. Unfortunately, Honda does not sell gas lawn mowers anymore.
I have an ego battery edger and leaf blower. Both work fine with the size of my lot.
If you do buy a battery mower, you will have to be replace the batteries eventually. If I were to buy a battery mower, like others in this thread it would definitely be an ego. I did have a failed battery for my chainsaw during the warranty period and ego customer support was great, they sent me a new battery with hardly any questions asked.