Stickers Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 so i need to buy a new lawnmower. i have a medium sized block and want to go electric so i have my eye on a 5a ryobi at bunnings. i shouldn't have told my 70 year old dad though, might have started a minor family war by not wanting another second hand lawnmower and wanting to go electric and not going the cheapest option. sigh. this must have been somewhat what bob dylan felt when he went electric. anyway, that's my mission tomorrow, and my folks are driving so it's going to be a fun day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Ryobi 36 Brushless FTW!!! Bunnings have great warranty service on them, my battery died on the old one so they gave a the upgrade to the brushless. It's great - mows my 1012 su m block and the new battery charges very fast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, disgruntled said: Ryobi 36 Brushless FTW!!! Bunnings have great warranty service on them, my battery died on the old one so they gave a the upgrade to the brushless. It's great - mows my 1012 su m block and the new battery charges very fast. cheers, nice to know they give good service as well. pretty much what i'm looking for is exactly what you described, similar sized block here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Gets a bit long or wet you will need to charge it to finish. I usually do half, stick the battery on the chrger and do some gardening then finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdevil Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 lawnmowers are thing of the past for me i get to watch my landlord who is stroke victim cut my grass for me and he is in his late 60's he hates it when i sit and watch him cut the lawn while i have my feet up with a nice beer i have offered 100 times to to him sit down i'll do it here is beer to watch but no he says i dont trust tennants cutting my grass not going to argue he may kick me out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted December 27, 2021 Author Share Posted December 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, ozdevil said: but no he says i dont trust tennants cutting my grass i reckon he and my dad would get along smashingly 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Here's a photo of me maintaining my lawn. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 My olds have one of those Ryobi electric mowers, it's only a small one as despite their large yard there's only a small amount of lawn. I've used it a bit and it does the job well. I have a Rover 45 cylinder mower myself, but I am a bit of a lawn nuffie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 all done, the 5amp 36volt ryobi has had a good workout today. the things i disliked most about my old lawnmower was filling it, starting it and going to buy fuel... so that's my three excuses for not mowing the lawn gone now. plastic body but doesn't feel like cheap plastic, easily makes half the noise of my old 4 stroke, really decent sized catch and did what needed to be done quite well. i'm happy tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Replaced mine a few weeks back, went with the Ego 52 self walk, great so far, 5 year warranty , i'm hoping for no trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 12/27/2021 at 5:30 PM, Stickers said: so i need to buy a new lawnmower. i have a medium sized block and want to go electric so i have my eye on a 5a ryobi at bunnings. i shouldn't have told my 70 year old dad though, might have started a minor family war by not wanting another second hand lawnmower and wanting to go electric and not going the cheapest option. sigh. this must have been somewhat what bob dylan felt when he went electric. anyway, that's my mission tomorrow, and my folks are driving so it's going to be a fun day I have a Ryobi 36V mower with a 5A Battery. If the grass is normal length, I can mow the entire back and front yards (900m2 block) with one charge. I quite like it. Got a matching whipper snipper too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 12/28/2021 at 11:31 AM, Otto Von Blotto said: I have a Rover 45 cylinder mower myself... Must be huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 9 hours ago, Aussiekraut said: I have a Ryobi 36V mower with a 5A Battery. If the grass is normal length, I can mow the entire back and front yards (900m2 block) with one charge. I quite like it. Got a matching whipper snipper too. that's my challenge, to now keep it at a manageable length. best thing about the electric lawnmower though is the lack of stuffing around, the time it used to take to fuel the old mower up, put away the can etc is gone. i've got half the backyard done now in that same time. really was the best decision i made all year. i'm looking at the matching lawn edger, looks a beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 11 hours ago, Aussiekraut said: Must be huge Lol standard size 16 or 18 inch cut I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cee Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Pain condition The electric thing is weak but a godsend - I can mow my grass like a Normal Man! Just gotta make sure the Lawnmower Lager(ale) is truly a Middy or that extension cord... BZZZZZZZZppppp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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