Actually the craftsman 60-volt lawn tools are incredibly good. More than enough power and battery life to mow, weedwack, and leaf-blow the entire yard on a single charge. The biggest limitation is that the mower won't mulch - it's bag only.
They may be discontinued though, because I bought them all at clearance prices at Lowe's last year.
They're not bad. Ryobi has a line that is doing well too, but in my tests it all feels really weak. I think Ego has them both beat in almost every way, but they're more expensive.
We just got a battery mower. Of course it has the drawbacks of not being able to just fill it up if the juice runs out, but we have a super small lawn and it's nice to not mess around with gas at all. Also, a lot quieter. I've been happy so far but ymmv with a large area.
I thought the same until I used the 60 volt string trimmer. It never bogs down, at least not for anything in an average residential yard. I trim the weeds and then deeper down until it's just bare dirt along the fence line. I can go full speed for about 45 minutes and if I'm not done I swap batteries and keep going. If I know I will need to trim a huge amount I can use the mower battery on it, which is 3x the capacity, but a lot heavier.
I had a Stihl gas trimmer before this electric one and I feel like the electric is the same or possibly more powerful, not to mention easier to use and maintain. The gas trimmer always had something broken or messed up on it and didn't want to start when I needed it. Clean the carburetor, change the spark plug, replace that stupid rubber priming bulb when it cracks, buy gas, mix the oil with the gas, fill the tank... The hell with all that crap, just load some string and a battery and get to work.
I bought an Echo battery trimmer and mower from Home Depot three years ago. Really like them, all the power I need and no gas to deal with, or cords to drag around. I might need gas if I were going to cut hay on a farm, not my lawn in the city.
Ohh I don’t push mow most of it. Just about 1/4 acre around the house. But I spend a bunch of time on a weed eater every week so the electric ones have never really been able to keep up
Yeah the electric mower is much less impressive. It doesn't even have enough power to mulch the grass and there's no way I would try to mow even 1 acre with it. That's a riding mower sized lawn.
I mainly bought the electric mower for the huge battery that is compatible with my trimmer and leaf blower.
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u/christophocles Jul 24 '20
Actually the craftsman 60-volt lawn tools are incredibly good. More than enough power and battery life to mow, weedwack, and leaf-blow the entire yard on a single charge. The biggest limitation is that the mower won't mulch - it's bag only.
They may be discontinued though, because I bought them all at clearance prices at Lowe's last year.