What's the latest on battery mowers? Any safe bets without spending hundreds? Girlfriend and I are buying a house towards the end of the year and I'm think I'll maybe sell my old petrol Mountfield and go for a battery option. Grass at the new place isn't huge-
Small patch round the front as well but that's it so can't see battery time being an issue I hope...
@Dirty Harry I have a Bosch Rotak 32R from B&Q. This is its third year and it has been exceptionally good. Very easy to use and the power lasts me for a larger area than shown on your photo and has never run out. Just looked on B&Q website and they have a Bosch Rotak 320ER for £85 payable in three instalments on Paypal. I'm sure other members on the forum will have their favourite and let you know their opinion of it.
I think the trick cost-wise is to look at the whole ecosystem - if you have a battery-powered mower, can you have a strimmer, hedge clipper, leaf blower etc all running off the same battery. The tools themselves minus battery don't seem to be expensive, but the batteries are costly.
This is what I have done, with Stiga products. I have all of the above kit but just 2 batteries and a twin charger. I'm happy with what I have, but I couldn't tell you whether Stiga is a better option than anything else, since I have no benchmark for comparison.
What's the latest on battery mowers? Any safe bets without spending hundreds? Girlfriend and I are buying a house towards the end of the year and I'm think I'll maybe sell my old petrol Mountfield and go for a battery option. Grass at the new place isn't huge-
Small patch round the front as well but that's it so can't see battery time being an issue I hope...
The cheapest Ozito/Einhell would get around that no worries. I got one for £99 reviewed it on the forum it died after two years so I got another. To be fair, I did leave it out in the weather a few times.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Small patch round the front as well but that's it so can't see battery time being an issue I hope...
I'm sure other members on the forum will have their favourite and let you know their opinion of it.
This is what I have done, with Stiga products. I have all of the above kit but just 2 batteries and a twin charger. I'm happy with what I have, but I couldn't tell you whether Stiga is a better option than anything else, since I have no benchmark for comparison.