Anyone got one? If so, what is your opinion?

Since I created some odd-shaped beds and borders my corded
self-propelled mower is a bit of a nuisance, as the cord often seems to
be in the wrong place. The advertised specs for battery self-propelled
mowers suggests they would be ok for my purposes, but specs never give
the whole story.

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Jeff

On 2020-04-10, Jeff Layman wrote:
Anyone got one? If so, what is your opinion?

Yes, we bought one 4 years ago. A Cobra Self Propelled Cordless Mower,
model MX46S-40V. Soem bits are bit "plasticy" but it's held up ok. It has
2 batteries, and switches over from one to the other so you can do a
longer spell of mowing. One battery does about 30 mins of mowing. We
bought an extra battery, so if we need to we can do about 90 mins of
mowing - which just about does our garden (third of an acre) as long as we
keep up to the cutting.

The battery doesn't last as long if the grass is damp/wet or long. We tend
not to use the self-drive - the mower is alot lighter than an equiv.
petrol mower - and that makes the battery last a bit longer.

We had one battery fail in its guarantee period (2 years) and got a
replacement with no problem. Our garden has some rough areas and the mower
just about copes, though previous petrol mowers were more powerful.

Since I created some odd-shaped beds and borders my corded
self-propelled mower is a bit of a nuisance, as the cord often seems to
be in the wrong place. The advertised specs for battery self-propelled
mowers suggests they would be ok for my purposes, but specs never give
the whole story.

Our "lawns" have a lot of moss and non-grass, so we tend not to cut low.
I'd think this would cope absolutely no problem with more standard lawns.

cheers
Jim

On 10/04/2020 18:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
Anyone got one? If so, what is your opinion?

Since I created some odd-shaped beds and borders my corded
self-propelled mower is a bit of a nuisance, as the cord often seems to
be in the wrong place. The advertised specs for battery self-propelled
mowers suggests they would be ok for my purposes, but specs never give
the whole story.

If you have a lawn the size of a postage stamp I expect they are ideal.

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Regards,
Martin Brown

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Jeff Layman wrote:
Anyone got one? If so, what is your opinion?

Since I created some odd-shaped beds and borders my corded
self-propelled mower is a bit of a nuisance, as the cord often seems to
be in the wrong place. The advertised specs for battery self-propelled
mowers suggests they would be ok for my purposes, but specs never give
the whole story.

We had one, and it failed to get up a 3% slope :-) Admittedly, that
was a Black and Decker, back in the lead-acid days. I am thinking of
getting one for similar reasons, and modern rare-earth motors and
lithium-ion batters are VASTLY better, but cheap ones are probably
still crap.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 10 Apr 2020 18:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
Anyone got one? If so, what is your opinion?

Since I created some odd-shaped beds and borders my corded
self-propelled mower is a bit of a nuisance, as the cord often seems to
be in the wrong place. The advertised specs for battery self-propelled
mowers suggests they would be ok for my purposes, but specs never give
the whole story.


Sis-in-law had a Gtech to cut her tiny lawn and a much larger area
across the river that runs at the bottom of her garden (she has a
bridge). Whilst it wasn't driven it was so light unless you have
serious health issues it shouldn't be needed. I used it and found
it excellent despite my initial misgivings. She now no longer needs it
so has sold it. Now plastic lawn and wild flower meadow!!

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Regards
Bob Hobden

On 10/04/20 18:06, Jeff Layman wrote:
Anyone got one? If so, what is your opinion?

Since I created some odd-shaped beds and borders my corded
self-propelled mower is a bit of a nuisance, as the cord often seems to
be in the wrong place. The advertised specs for battery self-propelled
mowers suggests they would be ok for my purposes, but specs never give
the whole story.

Many thanks for the replies. I will probably go for a battery
self-propelled model. There is a lot of choice on the market now.

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Jeff