RalphVa
Super Member
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2003
- Messages
- 7,885
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Tractor
- JD 2025R, previously Gravely 5650 & JD 4010 & JD 1025R
Have used the Ryobi 21 inch crosscut now several places. It's virtually the same as the very excellent Honda gas mower but easier to maneuver because it's so light weight. Battery longevity seems to have gotten better the 2nd time around. Reasonably sure it'll do the whole ~ 1/2 to 3/4 acre lawn with the 2 six aH batteries. Got 2 other batteries to use as "gas" from the grass whip.
The button and 2 levers leave a lot to be desired. A toggle switch would be better. Even better would be a 2 position switch: 1 to turn it on to allow movement, and 2 to turn the blade on. The max speed slide is a bit too loose.
Even nicer would be a reverse button, which would be easy to implement with no belts, gear box, etc. Yeah, put a horrid beeper on it for in reverse if the guvmit insists.
Also have the Ryobi 40v grass whip. Very powerful, MUCH more so than the Kobalt 40v it replaced. Only downside is weight with 2 aH battery. Bought a 2 aH battery, MUCH better. That's all the Kobalt had. One downside is it throws stuff all over one's lower legs. The shield needs to be lower down or to have drapes like my bush hog. Thinking about making my own cloth drapes to put on the back of the shield.
Battery seems a big "sticky" to get out.
The button and 2 levers leave a lot to be desired. A toggle switch would be better. Even better would be a 2 position switch: 1 to turn it on to allow movement, and 2 to turn the blade on. The max speed slide is a bit too loose.
Even nicer would be a reverse button, which would be easy to implement with no belts, gear box, etc. Yeah, put a horrid beeper on it for in reverse if the guvmit insists.
Also have the Ryobi 40v grass whip. Very powerful, MUCH more so than the Kobalt 40v it replaced. Only downside is weight with 2 aH battery. Bought a 2 aH battery, MUCH better. That's all the Kobalt had. One downside is it throws stuff all over one's lower legs. The shield needs to be lower down or to have drapes like my bush hog. Thinking about making my own cloth drapes to put on the back of the shield.
Battery seems a big "sticky" to get out.