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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
Careful running those at night. Depending on local wildlife, you might end up waking up to a mowed hedgehog.
I feel there is real life experience to this post…
Yeah vacuums are one thing. I’m not sure how I’d feel about an automated lawn mower.
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.
Aside from being able to harm small wildlife like hedgehogs, squirrels, snakes etc.
Well, that’s enough of a reason.
Those rabbits aren’t going to mulch themselves 🤷
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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.
You don’t think it could get something like a toddler’s fingers?
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.
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.
Yeah, no way I’d leave something like that running unsupervised.
I don’t even feel good leaving batteries charging without me near.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.
He’s talking robotic mowers. Afaik they have to run more frequently because they’re not as powerful.
Having the grass already ruins the biodiversity
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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The sound is negligible. You wouldn’t even notice it running.
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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.
Thought OP got caught cranking something else for a second there.
AROOO!
CRANK THAT HOG BROTHER
On the first pull
My mower always started first time, every time.
Because it was electric 😌
is that what they’re calling it now
You sleep with a full deli’s worth of bologna and ham laid out on your chest? Wow, talk about living the dream.
Do you want ants? Because that’s how you get ants.
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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
And sometime the HOA or even the city will complain.
Some cities offer guides or services for native plants! https://sfpublicworks.org/services/plant-lists-and-palettes
It’s even divided across the city’s different climate zones (San Francisco is small, but can have huge differences in weather from one side to the other).
I recall a SoCal city even offering free consultation for native gardens.
Lawns are friggin stupid.
Creeping thyme is so much nicer. Bee-friendly, mosquito repellant, smells nice, and you can eat it.
Why are they stupid?
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The only reason we have them at all today is because they are mandated by obligatory setback distances for houses. We could be building our porches a metre or two from the sidewalk, the only reason we don’t are these stupid laws.
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Just google this one it’s well understood
How I sleep when that aquarium of sea monkeys I ate a year ago reach full maturity.
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.
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.
Or get a reel mower and call it a day
I happened to misinterpret the content on the bottom right part of the image for another bodypart :)
Yeah I thought it was muscles for a second too before I realized it was a cock
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.
Did you crank it too hard?
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That’s why I leave my window shades open
Crank it with a shirt on next time. You cranked your dang nipples straight off your chest there bud.
THAT’S NOT A BUG, THAT’S A FEATURE BROTHER!
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That reminds me of that thing Socrates said one day about a man and his nipples.
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his nips? ‘No!’ says the man in Washington, ‘It belongs to the poor.’ ‘No!’ says the man in the Vatican, ‘It belongs to God.’ ‘No!’ says the man in Moscow, ‘It belongs to everyone.’
