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Worth trying if you want to have fun mowing
I had already purchased the cute 13â mower from this company and wanted extra batteries. I could have purchased just the batteries and double charger, but it mad more sense to spend a few more dollars and get this larger mower with a side chute so that I could have both types and sizes. The smaller one has a basket, but not a side chute. Theyâre both incredibly lightweight and easy to use. This one weighs under thirty pounds. Itâs box was inside a larger Amazon shipping box which made it harder to get through my front door. I foolishly tried pulling it in, but it kept catching on the storm door. It would have been much easier to simply go around from the back of the house and push it in through the front door so that I could hold the storm door open. Lesson learned. I was able to lift the actual box for the mower. It has push in handles. Carefully lifting the mower out of the box was also fairly easy. And assembly just requires pulling the handles into position and tightening them. I decided to adjust the handle length so it was more comfortable. That might require a helper to hold it if a helper is available. I had to use my legs to hold it in place while I removed the bolts and reinserted them for the new handle length. The height needs to be adjusted so that you can easily move it because itâs set low for shipping. Thatâs simple with the handle designed for height adjustment. The little key has two prongs which need to be inserted all the way so it works properly. It makes a little clicking sound as it goes into place. The batteries might need to be used and recharged a few times before you can get an idea of how long theyâll last between charges. Itâs not reasonable to assume that anyone can mow a large yard in thirty or forty minutes, especially by hand. My yard is around half an acre and it takes hours to mow it by hand with a self-propelled gas mower. A battery powered push mower isnât going to go faster than a self propelled mower. Youâll be able to mow as much as you can mow before the batteries need to be changed or recharged. If youâre a senior woman like me with chronic medical conditions that cause pain and weakness, chances are that you donât really want to mow more than thirty or forty minutes without a break anyway. And not having to wrestle with a heavy gas mower is a huge relief. Pushing this mower is like pushing a vacuum. Itâs easy to move forward and easy to pull back toward you. Trying to pull a heavy self-propelled gas mower backwards is very difficult and painful for people in my situation. I have lots of bushes and other obstacles to mow around and I get exhausted trying to use my gas mower for this. When I used this nice, lightweight cordless mower, I didnât get tired at all. I wanted to do a good comparison, so I used this one between two sessions of using the heavy gas mower. With the gas mower, I could only mow for around fifteen minutes before I started to feel like I might collapse. With this mower, I moved over thirty minutes and I actually started to wear out before the batteries did, but I was able to keep mowing until the batteries stopped without feeling like I might collapse any minute. I was able to do housework before and after mowing with this mower. Walking quickly, I mowed around 1/6 of an acre on one charge. Cleaning it is a breeze. Just position it on its side and use a brush with a long enough handle to protect your hands and arms from the blade. You can use a leaf blower on it before and after brushing grass loose, too, if one is handy. And you can put a damp cloth around the brush if you want to wash the residue off. It will probably work best with the side chute in place, but it might handle totally dry grass without the side chute if the grass isnât terribly long. For a cordless mower under $200, this is a great bargain that could make yard work much less difficult. They have a 16â size with a grass collection bag or basket if you donât like the side chute style. I have a cordless Craftsman mower with more powerful batteries thatâs heavier and much more expensive. I canât lift that one without hurting myself. This brand was recommended in many online articles as a good, lightweight mower for seniors and people with health conditions. After using it, I can see why. Buying extra batteries is a good idea, but I like having the two different sizes of mowers with batteries that can be shared. I can use this one for mowing and the 13â size for trimming if I prefer to do that. I canât usually mow the front and back on the same day anymore, so I donât mind mowing the yard in stages. People canât see my backyard unless theyâre trespassing because itâs surrounded by a fence, so itâs not a problem if it takes two or three days to finish my yard work. And itâs good exercise being able to mow by hand for half an hour at a time. Using this mower isnât traumatic or painful. And itâs quiet enough to let me hear the birds singing while I mow. I have to wear layers of masks outdoors to avoid serious reactions to certain pollutants, and this mower doesnât make me out of breath like wrestling with my heavy mower does. This one looks more like a fun mower. The 13â one looks like a fun toy and itâs also fun to use. They will both make my yard work more pleasant. Iâll have to continue using my heavy gas mowers for areas with too many sticks and walnuts dropping from neighborsâ trees, but Iâll use the fun, lightweight ones whenever possible. Using them doesnât feel like working. They feel like just having fun outdoors. And they can be stored indoors if necessary, especially over the winter. You canât treat them roughly or youâll break them. They donât need rough treatment. Theyâre designed so that people with weak hands can also use them safely and comfortably. People with health conditions can understand this. Men who want heavy duty tools cannot and they would be better off spending the extra money on heavy duty tools. Seniors and women who are tired of getting hurt while trying to mow the grass will probably be grateful for this mower. I certainly am. And when it eventually breaks, Iâll buy another one. Itâs much cheaper than having to pay someone else to do a crummy job mowing my lawn.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2026
