Whatever you feel like thread.

[CloverKnollFarms]

My battery issues have not been losing endurance, so much as it has been they failed completely one day. One 2AH battery is almost $200.

 

[MossRoad]

We got another douse of rain here yesterday and will be mowing again today. Need to get trailers and vehicles out of the yard! Its strangely nice to mow with little noise.

I hardly notice my neighbor using his.

 

[ArlyA]

Very little noise, no fuel to haul, no engine or belt maintenance* and the neighbor kid can operate it.

*our last two riding mowers the engines were failing.

 

[FPGT72]

The ego mowers have been around a few years, maybe 5? And batteries are easily replaced and aftermarket ones being sold today.

True, but in my line of thinking you should not have to do that. For me to move to another platform the new thing must have big plusses. I don't see what the battery mower brings to the table.

The guy that bought the push mower could not keep a gas mower running for over a year, that tends to happen when you leave gas in it and don't know how to take care of your equipment past hosing it down. So for him it was a valid option. It also brings being much more quiet to the table. I don't have really a small mower anymore, I do have a couple 42" for around the house and I am sure I could go electric for those, but with everything else being gas or diesel why have an odd duck.

I do have an electric pole saw, and an electric weed wacker, those are handy. I still have gas versions of each, and only really use the gas weed wacker in the very heavy stuff around my range. The electric just poops out quickly when in the tough stuff I don't do all that often.

I think people see the sticker shock of that one time buy of the batteries where as paying for gas every few weeks is a little less painful. Same with the oil change, once a season if the person takes care of it and that is it. Not a lot of money, but the batteries, and the name brand batteries are.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

So I spend $200/yr on fuel to mow. That's a lot. But I also mow 2.7 acres, 4x per month, that's 8-12" tall in many cases. That's with a 72" mower. So I've priced a 72" electric ZTR. It makes $200/yr in fuel seem affordable.

For smaller yards, electric is probably the way to go for people not wanting to do any maintenance.

 

[Duds13]

No offense but I just don't see these Ego mowers lasting very long. For the price they look like they are cheaply built. I'm sure they serve a purpose for some people though.

 

[Fixastuff]

It’s difficult to understand but just because you or I “need” a diesel commercial quality mower does not mean everyone else does.

 

[Eagle1]

The point is a 100*300 foot yard does not need (or want) the same tools I want for 10+ of campground and another 80 of woods and pasture. I can mow for 8+ hours if I feel like it.

 

[Duds13]

It’s difficult to understand but just because you or I “need” a diesel commercial quality mower does not mean everyone else does.

That's why I said I'm sure they serve a purpose for some people, lol

 

[Duds13]

The point is a 100*300 foot yard does not need (or want) the same tools I want for 10+ of campground and another 80 of woods and pasture. I can mow for 8+ hours if I feel like it.

I get that. Doesn't change the fact that they look cheaply built to me