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      I have got 9 people to buy electric lawn mowers. Electric lawn mowers are amazing.

      You can one up him buy getting one of those automated ones that run automatically every couple of days. Get it to run at night and he will be amazed how you keep a perfect lawn without him ever seeing you mow

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        Careful running those at night. Depending on local wildlife, you might end up waking up to a mowed hedgehog.

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          Yeah vacuums are one thing. I’m not sure how I’d feel about an automated lawn mower.

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            Aside from being able to harm small wildlife like hedgehogs, squirrels, snakes etc. it poses no risk whatsoever to anything…maybe your flowerbeds if you don’t set it up correctly. They’re low, slow and very weak.

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                Really depends on your area whether or not that’s a real risk TBH, we (unfortunately) have very little wildlife where we live so the risk of them getting hurt is a non-issue. I also don’t have one of them, but that’s a different matter.

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                On my Gardena, it would be no chance. The “skirt” around it means you would need to lift it to get hurt, and any attempts to lift it triggers the emergency stop. I reckon that’s standard with most of them. The teeny tiny blades are also not really screwed down, so it doesn’t have much cutting potential, just enough for grass and weeds.

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                You’d leave your toddlers unattended if you know you have a mower running? Otherwise I don’t see any risk no. Most set them up to either run during the day when no one is home, or during the night…neither scenarios put fingers in harms way.

                They can also clip adult fingers (not off, they’re not that powerful, just cut them) if you put your hands under it while it’s running FYI. So yeah I guess they do require the user to not be a complete idiot.

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            Meanwhile mine runs every night. Only complaint is every once in a while it gets stuck on an awkward concrete corner that I haven’t fixed yet because it’s hardly a big deal. It also adjusts to the weather.

            In reality, my biggest complaint is that I still have to trim the edges.

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        Don’t mow nearly that often, you need to give the grass time to grow so local wildlife can try to go through a lifecycle when it can. Constantly mowing your grass is terrible for overall biodiversity, lowers soil quality and is bad for pollinators. Only mow like every two weeks if you can.

        Source

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          He’s talking robotic mowers. Afaik they have to run more frequently because they’re not as powerful.

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            Doesn’t matter, mowing often will make the problem worse regardless of what’s being mowed. Plus, there are tons of local fauna that will use grass to hide, live and grow during the time you’ll be not mowing.

            Would it be better to plant native grasses? Absolutely. But we should still encourage whatever biodiversity we can to help our local area. Every little bit helps, because it’s not just the grass that you’re helping by leaving it to grow.

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      All of the above but Trump votin’. My wife is happy to push the electric DeWalt around. First electric mower, scored it new for $199, bought a pair of batteries and a charger. Pretty happy.

      Neighbor chunked a very nice looking ICE mower. Going to take it down the street to the retired small-engine guy. He’ll probably charge $20 + parts, maybe $40 tops. But now I’m wondering if I can even sell it for a profit. I could haul it to camp for random chopping work, but then I got another gas engine to fuck with. Probably not worth it.

      At my job (Lowe’s) we sell almost all battery mowers. As cheap as ICE mowers are, not seeing them run out the door nearly as fast. Haven’t seen one sold yet, but I’m outside garden.

      Anyone got tips on a battery weed eater? Mine’s pretty well shot, eats full batteries in minutes. Thinking on trying EGO stuff from Lowe’s since I get a discount. Inside lawn and garden expert told me they’re the best on the market ATM. ?

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          I have several batteries, different ages and usages, seems random how long one will last. I’m thinking there’s too much resistance on the spinning bits as it seems to get hot too fast. As always, I’ll do my best to fix before buying new, but it’s a drag constantly fixing shit to avoid feeding the beast.

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        I’ve got a few ego tools and the only one I’m slightly disappointed with is the mower. The outlet design isn’t great and can clog up if you mow anything denser than grass.

        String trimmer, leaf blower and snow blowers (both single and dual stage) all work great.

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    You sleep with a full deli’s worth of bologna and ham laid out on your chest? Wow, talk about living the dream.

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    In an assumption that those reading the comments here are lawn cutting folks, please consider not cutting your lawn at all, or if that’s not feasible at least reducing how often or how large an area you do it to. Nature cannot survive the onslaught of every home on the planet having a perfectly neat 10mm tall patch of grass and nothing else. We need diversity.

    See the sidebar here for more information: https://slrpnk.net/c/nolawns

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    How I sleep when that aquarium of sea monkeys I ate a year ago reach full maturity.

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    If you must have a lawn (e.g. HOA, personal preference), I strongly recommend doing away with this nonsense and go electric. Better yet, stay ahead of battery obsolescence and get a plug-in model, provided your yard is small enough. No more gas, oil changes, clogged filters, re-gapping spark plugs, and no more dislocating your shoulder trying to start the damn thing. Just keep the blade clean and sharp and it’ll run for a decade at least.

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      Just get a Makita or some other power tool company that lets you use the same battery for your drill, mower and a bunch of other things. Make sure it’s a reputable one where the ecosystem will be around a long time.

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    All this electric mower love in the comments and I’m looking at fixing the carb on my 20 year old gas mower because the arm broke off my electric after 2 years.