Has anyone suggested a bespoke scythe yet? With a Damascus blade and a shaft of English oak inlaid with small merino-horn images of a mountain-biking sheep.
For the first time, I replaced my gasoline mower with a rechargeable electric one--I was skeptical at first, but now glad I did. It's a dual battery model (Kobalt, sold by Lowe's here in the US, but there are several electric makers globally). It takes me about 25 minutes to do my lawn and have enough battery power/time to easily double that.
Sure a lot more pleasant than the hassle of storing gasoline (which goes stale) and the ever-possible, hard-starting issue with small engines.
That said, my last gasoline mower had a Honda engine and better than any of the many others I've had over the years.
+1 for rechargable battery powered Bosch
The bosch is nice but Makita do one and I think I can use my drill batteries so it will 1/2 the price. Anyone used the Makita ?
I went from Flymo hover to Bosch Rotak 36 for 2 smallish lawns, and it was so much better. Metal blades instead of plastic give a better finish. Little combs on the side of deck help to give good finish up to the edges too.
Cordless electric look enticing, but cost seems quite a bit higher and battery life and replacement could be an issue longer term, although admittedly less of a problem for Makita system as Tod456 mentions.
Bosch electric for a small/medium garden.
+1 - they're quiet, cut well and there's very little to go wrong with them. I've never understood why people find electric cables difficult to manage.
Bosch Rotak +1
I have a Mountfield self propelled petrol mower and it's OK, bit of a bastard to start first after 3 years use, once its been started its OK. It does just seem to work.
I have quite a large garden, so for me an electric mower isn't a 'sane' option as you would need a ~150M extension lead. It takes 4 hours to cut and strim and move the cuttings with petrol kit, so god knows how long it would take with electric stuff.
I also have a ryobi strimmer which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy its so bad...
We use these guys. They take a while (about a week) but it's easier than doing it yourself with a machine. I think we did the edges once with scissors to neaten it up.
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Okay, measured the new garden. Not as big as I thought. 8m x 22m and I'd like stripes. I'm not sure I fancy pushing all that way either so self propelled would be nice but there don't seem to be any electric mowers with that spec without being silly money.
Dearlord . You also bought that ryobi strimmer! Its offensively bad. I reckon the hand blender outthe kitchen be better!
It jus knotted te grass round rater than cut it when i did the ditch.
Replaced it with a 49cc hitachi brush cutter. Its vicious and takes less than half the time !