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Cordless Lawn Mowers

YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066
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I'm considering getting a new mower and would like to go for a cordless.  I have tried one before and it didn't seem to cut very well so I'm wondering if they are all like this.  What does everyone think?  Have you got a cordless that you love.  My lawns are quite small so I wouldn't need a large mower but I do like a nice even cut.
Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    I’ve had one for about 9 years and am happy with the cut, although I do not have a fine lawn!  The quality of the mower will reflect the quality of the resulting cut.  I’ve just purchased a new smaller version which is lighter as my lawns are up steps, with more powerful batteries.  There’s not been much lawn growth yet this year to judge its capabilities but I would say that anything that avoids dodging a cable is an improvement!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    Fred's Shed is good for reviews

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    For a good cut on flat small lawns that you never leave to get very long, I don't think you can beat a push-along cylinder mower. No cable to dodge, no battery to charge.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    OH has a Mountfield Princess that he really likes. It's easy to use so that even when he was waiting for his hip replacement he could manage it. He had a Bosch Rotak before but I think it was corded.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    JennyJ said:
    For a good cut on flat small lawns that you never leave to get very long, I don't think you can beat a push-along cylinder mower. No cable to dodge, no battery to charge.

    The most relevant bit being 'you never leave to get very long'.  After our mainly mild but wet Winter and Spring, I'm going to have problems getting a petrol mower through my grass.
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1054950/bosch-rotak-32r#latest

    Maybe something on this thread may help.  :)
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    Like @Plantminded I've had a cordless (Bosch Rotak) for several years and would never go back to either a petrol or corded mower. The batteries are very expensive and dedicated to each brand so (if like me you've bought three of them) you tend to get 'locked-in' by what's compatible with your batteries. 

    The things I'm not too happy with are the plastic trigger mechanism which flips off every so often and the durability of the blades. I replace my blade every year but in between I'm constantly getting the sharpening stone on it. These are Bosch blades but to be honest they're not really up to the job unless you have a perfect lawn with no woody debris on it.

    My neighbour bought the Ryobi and he loves it.
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    My push mower handles 6 inches or so OK on the highest setting, but I do try to do the first cut sometime in February (earlier some years, depending on the weather, I've been known to cut it in the Christmas holidays getting funny looks from the neighbours). I appreciate that might not be possible with a wetter climate and heavy soil that gets squelchy, but if a petrol mower would struggle then surely an electric or battery one would also struggle?.
    If mine ever did get too long for the mower I'd probably buy a cheap strimmer to give it a rough cut first. I used to have an electric rotary mower to use for the first couple of cuts in the spring but it wasn't really worth the storage space so I gave it away on Freecycle.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    edited March 2023
    JennyJ said:
    For a good cut on flat small lawns that you never leave to get very long, I don't think you can beat a push-along cylinder mower. No cable to dodge, no battery to charge.
    That is what I use.
    Only downside is you cannot get very close to the edge as you need the forward motion to cut.
    As I only have a small lawn a pair of shears takes care of that,a strimmer would work too but I have never managed to master one yet and tend to leave gouges everywhere!!!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited March 2023
    My lawn edges are block paved so I can push the mower over the edge, and curved with no square corners to deal with, but it still needs trimming now and then because the grass blades tend to go sideways over the edging - there's a recent-ish discussion about that somewhere. I use one-handed shears or my Bosch Isio clipper, depending on how the mood takes me, and I often pause to pull up a weed or clip off dead flowers in the front of the border while I'm down there.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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