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So got burned on 2 used mowers. First not really a scam, it just was a really old 2 stroke and kinda was giving up the ghost by year 2. Pretty anemic, was good if it was an old man (lightweight) mowing just a tiny yard. 2nd one died on 2nd mow and blew up lost compression. I bet if I open it up has some RTV sealant or some shit on it, fucking paki or whatever he was.

In my case, have a 60" zero turn for most of the property, but I have a maybe 75 foot ditch in front of my fence along the road way that is too steep and the zero turn gouges the shit out of it getting semi stuck trying to turn or escape it, as well as a number of smaller shrubs around the house and things like that a smaller push mower would be better for getting into. If it was soley the house I'd just use the string trimmer as much as I loathe them fighting the auto dispense and constantly replacing because I eat it up quick trying to do my fence lines in some areas.

Lowes had some house brand garbage and 2 driven Toro recyclers. I was under impression toro might have gone to shit, and being in a big box store doesn't help. $4 fucking 50 to boot. Then a huge line of electric mowers. I dont really trust them, but then again I do have a fairly small use. Battery of course, no wired. Any experience with them, or stick to gas? I'd love something that took straight gas as I prefer oil changes to mixing fuel.
 
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Sludig said:
So got burned on 2 used mowers. First not really a scam, it just was a really old 2 stroke and kinda was giving up the ghost by year 2. Pretty anemic, was good if it was an old man (lightweight) mowing just a tiny yard. 2nd one died on 2nd mow and blew up lost compression. I bet if I open it up has some RTV sealant or some shit on it, fucking paki or whatever he was.

In my case, have a 60" zero turn for most of the property, but I have a maybe 75 foot ditch in front of my fence along the road way that is too steep and the zero turn gouges the shit out of it getting semi stuck trying to turn or escape it, as well as a number of smaller shrubs around the house and things like that a smaller push mower would be better for getting into. If it was soley the house I'd just use the string trimmer as much as I loathe them fighting the auto dispense and constantly replacing because I eat it up quick trying to do my fence lines in some areas.

Lowes had some house brand garbage and 2 driven Toro recyclers. I was under impression toro might have gone to shit, and being in a big box store doesn't help. $4 fucking 50 to boot. Then a huge line of electric mowers. I dont really trust them, but then again I do have a fairly small use. Battery of course, no wired. Any experience with them, or stick to gas? I'd love something that took straight gas as I prefer oil changes to mixing fuel.
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buy an electric if you already have the battery eco system
 
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sounds like you want a 2wd or awd mower to go up and down that ditch either way, at that price point gas and electric is almost equal

you don't even have dewalt drills?
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The ditch is easily managed as long as it's not an extra heavy mower just fine since you are running strips parallel.

Didnt think it would run off the much smaller drill batteries etc, think they only carried ego anyways.

My battery tools are mostly all bauer though I have older corded dewalts and stuff.
 
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I bought a Honda Buffalo HRsomething about 15 years ago, maybe more for about $800AUD, pretty expensive. It's started first or second pull every time, up until a 3 years ago when it started surging alot, I ignored it for awhile but eventually decided to give it a service. I bought a new fuel pump/filter, new plugs and a filter. Did the 20 minutes of work on it, and changed the blades. I had neglected the shit out of this mower. Since then it's been as good as when I first got it. S+ would buy a Honda mower again.
 
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If it was soley the house I'd just use the string trimmer as much as I loathe them fighting the auto dispense and constantly replacing because I eat it up quick trying to do my fence lines in some areas.
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If you have need of a string trimmer, get a PivoTrim head replacement for it or one of the knock offs. It will change your perspective on string trimmers.

I think my current one is made by Gator or some similar name and has a 4-way head. Use .095 string. Can keep precut lengths in your pocket and replenish in 10 seconds when you finally wear one down but they cut until the very end. They are also much easier on things you bump into as the swivel action dissipates a good amount of the energy, saving the string too.
 
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You're sort of out of the normal time range to get deals on mowers. Best I could come up with is this:

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$89.99*:LawnMaster CLM2413A Cordless 13-Inch Lawn Mower 24V Max with 2X4.0Ah Battery and a Charger at Woot! - 2026-03-20

Woot! has LawnMaster CLM2413A Cordless 13-Inch Lawn Mower 24V Max with 2X4.0Ah Battery and a Charger on sale for $89.99. Shipping is free w/ Prime. Otherwise shipping is $6. --[12.4-INCH CUTTING WIDT
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This thing might be what the doctor ordered since you're not in a battery ecosystem. Normally I'd avoid something with such a narrow deck, but for your application it might be about perfect. It'll probably last you a couple of seasons with zero maintenance and buy you time for a name brand electric to go on sale. I see no value in gas for what you're doing, the electric will be so much lighter, quieter, and you're not going to need more than a battery's worth of work from the sound of it.

I can almost guarantee you'll love it, so, when you do transition to another and buy into an ecosystem, I'd either buy an Ego on the high end or Ryobi on the low end. Both have a good variety of high quality tools and they haven't fucked around too much and stuck with a single type of battery. (Greenworks has at least 4 different voltage lines now, fuck them)
 
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You're sort of out of the normal time range to get deals on mowers. Best I could come up with is this:

slickdeals.net

$89.99*:LawnMaster CLM2413A Cordless 13-Inch Lawn Mower 24V Max with 2X4.0Ah Battery and a Charger at Woot! - 2026-03-20

Woot! has LawnMaster CLM2413A Cordless 13-Inch Lawn Mower 24V Max with 2X4.0Ah Battery and a Charger on sale for $89.99. Shipping is free w/ Prime. Otherwise shipping is $6. --[12.4-INCH CUTTING WIDT
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This thing might be what the doctor ordered since you're not in a battery ecosystem. Normally I'd avoid something with such a narrow deck, but for your application it might be about perfect. It'll probably last you a couple of seasons with zero maintenance and buy you time for a name brand electric to go on sale. I see no value in gas for what you're doing, the electric will be so much lighter, quieter, and you're not going to need more than a battery's worth of work from the sound of it.

I can almost guarantee you'll love it, so, when you do transition to another and buy into an ecosystem, I'd either buy an Ego on the high end or Ryobi on the low end. Both have a good variety of high quality tools and they haven't fucked around too much and stuck with a single type of battery. (Greenworks has at least 4 different voltage lines now, fuck them)
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Was looking at this, seems to be last gen possibly mass imported at a discount. I don't bag so discharge is nice

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Was looking at this, seems to be last gen possibly mass imported at a discount. I don't bag so discharge is nice

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Not bad, it's although it looks like they're not selling the batteries along with it. I'm slightly leery of a solution that series's batteries together, but at least it's a big brand. If you already had a bunch of dewalt tools and 20v xr batteries, I'd say it's a no brainer. I wouldn't trust the Chinesium knock off batteries and charger to last, so, factor in legit batteries/charger for a long term solution (I wouldn't buy their junk).

I'd consider this if you went that route so you would have a warranty and way better batteries:

 
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Kobayashi said:
I can almost guarantee you'll love it, so, when you do transition to another and buy into an ecosystem, I'd either buy an Ego on the high end or Ryobi on the low end. Both have a good variety of high quality tools and they haven't fucked around too much and stuck with a single type of battery. (Greenworks has at least 4 different voltage lines now, fuck them)
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the most important review when you goto a higher cost electic mower is the

POWER!!!

i checked reviews on my ryobi and didn't see a power issue and since having it, since i moved here (i even have a spare sent to me for free, even tho i just want the free batteries, which they didn't include) is that it never loses power, it has auto sensing so it will rampup the motor if it senses resistance (thick grass)

other than that i don't know the new mowers out, i've seen 60v and 80v, that sounds crazy for a walk behind.
 
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Sludig said:
So got burned on 2 used mowers. First not really a scam, it just was a really old 2 stroke and kinda was giving up the ghost by year 2. Pretty anemic, was good if it was an old man (lightweight) mowing just a tiny yard. 2nd one died on 2nd mow and blew up lost compression. I bet if I open it up has some RTV sealant or some shit on it, fucking paki or whatever he was.

In my case, have a 60" zero turn for most of the property, but I have a maybe 75 foot ditch in front of my fence along the road way that is too steep and the zero turn gouges the shit out of it getting semi stuck trying to turn or escape it, as well as a number of smaller shrubs around the house and things like that a smaller push mower would be better for getting into. If it was soley the house I'd just use the string trimmer as much as I loathe them fighting the auto dispense and constantly replacing because I eat it up quick trying to do my fence lines in some areas.

Lowes had some house brand garbage and 2 driven Toro recyclers. I was under impression toro might have gone to shit, and being in a big box store doesn't help. $4 fucking 50 to boot. Then a huge line of electric mowers. I dont really trust them, but then again I do have a fairly small use. Battery of course, no wired. Any experience with them, or stick to gas? I'd love something that took straight gas as I prefer oil changes to mixing fuel.
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I bought a toro recycler fwd 3 years ago and it’s been reliable. I sometimes collect the clippings for compost, but a lot of times I just leave them.
The drive isn’t as powerful as I remember my dads being in the 90s, but it does help.
 
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I bought a used honda commercial lawnmower, and repaired it and it has lasted. as long as I dont use regular fuel with all the added shit it runs like a fuckin jet engine.
 
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Lanx said:
buy an electric if you already have the battery eco system
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I got some greenworks lawn shit in like 2017, mower, trimmer, blower, edger... have never touched or maintained it in any way aside from having the blade sharpened a couple years ago. Have 2 batteries, both work great almost 10 years later, never had a single issue, shit just works, easy peasy. My yard is not large though. Even so, unless you have acres+ I'd probably get just get a few batteries and go to town, the lack of prep or cleanup or... anything makes it fast and easy.
 
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I got some greenworks lawn shit in like 2017, mower, trimmer, blower, edger... have never touched or maintained it in any way aside from having the blade sharpened a couple years ago. Have 2 batteries, both work great almost 10 years later, never had a single issue, shit just works, easy peasy. My yard is not large though. Even so, unless you have acres+ I'd probably get just get a few batteries and go to town, the lack of prep or cleanup or... anything makes it fast and easy.
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I'd had a greenworks 40V mower since 2014, it gave up the ghost in 2024, but that was mostly due to my father in law smoking the bearings because he kept mowing early in the morning with dew still on the ground. Same experience, was maintenance free up to that point outside of sharpening.

The only reason I don't recommend them to people is that they've gotten stupid with their battery ecosystems. The 40V line has been sort of neglected now in favor of their 24V, 60V, and 80V offerings. I suspect in the future they'll chop that down, so, it'll suck holding the bag if you happen to pick the wrong one. I've got a trimmer, chainsaw, leaf blower, hedge trimmer, and even a snow thrower with the 40V - I was able to pick them up deeply discounted as they started moving away from 40V. I consider the mower performance on par with a equivalent size deck gas mower, minus longevity - my current place is on about 3/4 of an acre and I need all 5 of my batteries to get it done. The rest of the tools I put at about 50% of the gas equivalent performance-wise. They're more than sufficient for most light duty tasks though. The newer stuff is a bit better - I'd say the new string trimmers are at parity now, for example.
 
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I have an Ego pushmower. I got it on sale from Lowes a few years back close to the end of the season just before they start bringing in the snowblowers (forget exact price, but was hundreds off normal price). It was a self-propelled one, but honestly the thing is so light that I barely use that function unless it's super hot out and I'm getting tired of pushing shit up an incline.

I get a lot of use on a charge - I don't have a very big lawn, but I can do about 4-5 full lawns before I have to charge the battery. Best part about it is no busting your arm trying to start the damn thing/needing to deal with gas or oil or filter changes. It's also very quiet compared to a gas and you don't have to breathe in exhaust the entire time.
 
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Kobayashi said:
I'd had a greenworks 40V mower since 2014, it gave up the ghost in 2024, but that was mostly due to my father in law smoking the bearings because he kept mowing early in the morning with dew still on the ground. Same experience, was maintenance free up to that point outside of sharpening.

The only reason I don't recommend them to people is that they've gotten stupid with their battery ecosystems. The 40V line has been sort of neglected now in favor of their 24V, 60V, and 80V offerings. I suspect in the future they'll chop that down, so, it'll suck holding the bag if you happen to pick the wrong one. I've got a trimmer, chainsaw, leaf blower, hedge trimmer, and even a snow thrower with the 40V - I was able to pick them up deeply discounted as they started moving away from 40V. I consider the mower performance on par with a equivalent size deck gas mower, minus longevity - my current place is on about 3/4 of an acre and I need all 5 of my batteries to get it done. The rest of the tools I put at about 50% of the gas equivalent performance-wise. They're more than sufficient for most light duty tasks though. The newer stuff is a bit better - I'd say the new string trimmers are at parity now, for example.
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The whole collection of shit only cost like $400 or something, and I've gotten almost 10 years out of it. If I dustbin it and pick up new ones next year around the same price thats fine, but I don't anticipate that happening.

With how durable electric tools are I think they're going to have to get creative if they want to sell more of them.
 
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My kid and a $350 Honda from Amazon, delivered and put together by said kid. I have not done my lawn in years. they want food? they do the chores, lol.
 
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Got a dewalt 40v (dual battery) for cheapish on facebook. Certainly weaker than many of my mowers but is light and nice for most of my area's I needed as long as It's not too overgrown. I do like you can completely start/stop it rapidly as I go from spot to spot I need it.

I like gas for most things, but I think next step is a electric weedeater to go with it when my $200 something echo trimmer fails.
 
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