Electric Lawn Mower vs Gas Lawn Mower Review
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- čas přidán 28. 04. 2022
- I traded my Toro gas-powered mower for a Kobalt electric battery-powered cordless lawnmower. Here's what I learned.
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For a lawn my size, I love the Kobalt mower. It works well and has a motor that powers up in thicker grass and powers down in easier to cut grass. It's great that it starts at the push of a button, meaning my kids can do their chore to mow the lawn without me having to come pull the cord each time they need to start.
And, I love that I don't need to fill up with gas or change the oil. Since I also got an electric string trimmer and then a hedge trimmer, having multiple batteries is super helpful. Just change the battery out if I run low while mowing the lawn. My son used it for a lawn mowing job in the summer doing about a quarter acre lot.
I'd definitely get rid of my Toro in exchange for an electric mower.
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A good review of the kobalt. You touched on the negatives of gas but the negatives of battery were never said. I would like to see a more balanced comparison.
I have an electric mower, kobalt 80v max. My 80v battery barely cuts 1/3 of an acre before running out, so I question your 40v battery doing it. I cut about half an acre of lawn and I change the batteries out about 5 times before the job is done. I have 4 batteries and two chargers. Also, over time the batteries lose charge so the run time decreases and I have to change them more often to cut the entire lawn. While I am cutting I have batteries charging so I never have to stop and wait for them to charge. When the battery runs out I stop and remove it, go inside and grab a full battery and put the empty one on a charger, then repeat. I can’t leave the batteries outside for faster exchanges because the batteries will overheat if left in direct sunlight or in a hot environment. And the batteries are expensive, making the electric mower more expensive to own and maintain than a gas powered mower. But for small lawns, the electric mower is perfect. Larger lawns that are half an acre or more, an electric mower is more expensive in the end to own and maintain. 😀
Thanks so much for the info
I have the 40V and you are right. The batteries absolutely do not last. Plus the mower itself overheats under load if the grass is a little too long. Great for very small lawns but on any decent size lawn it’s horrendous. I can’t wait to get a gas one.
A fair test would be a new gas mower vs a new electric mower.
Agreed - and Lithium batteries are ruining the environment.
I'm very disappointed in my kobalt. No horsepower, it tries to save energy by slowing down which causes no leaves to be picked up, and I have to recharge just to cut my 1/4 acre yard
Looking to change to an electric mower. I'd say the electric has an advantage on maintenance as well. My spark plug just went out on my ICE mower. Don't have to worry about keeping a gas container in the garage or worry about oil. I'm sure ICE mowers have a couple of advantages still, but I see more advantages with the electric.
Great point!
This is a BS review Your comparing an older model Gas to a new model electric. Why don’t you use a new model gas powered-
@@NFLGUITARSMOVIES wrong. His points about not having up worry anymore about spark plugs, gas, oil, carb maintenance all stand against any gas mower, even new
Never said anything about the life of these compared to gas mowers which last 10 -20 year if looked after. A lot are saying battery power will only last 5 -7 years before the motors give out in this you probably need to replace battery.
I have this same Kobalt mower and it’s absolutely awful. I’m going to replace it with a gas one. I have to cut my grass in segments because the batteries don’t last. It also overheats from the strain on the motor and shuts off. At my last house with a very small lawn it was nice and very convenient. But if you have any decent sized lawn save yourself the frustration and get a gas mower.
I got the greenworks selfprop.. and to be honest is not bad deppending on the use if is for a small yard maintenance is ok but for big yards and heavy dutty
battery dont last tall grass it turns it off very often i have two batteries battery runs out fast even with out self prop option my go to is always gas !
I have a kobalt 80v electric mower with a self propelled option. I learned quickly to never use the self propelled option because it drains the battery very quickly. The battery is having to power the motor and the self propelled motor at the same time, and it drains fast!! 😀
Big factor for me ,
Does the electric mower will repel bugs as much than gaz mower?
I have craftman 40 v electric lawnmower i didnt cut tall grass.please tell me the reason
Does not sound that much quieter than a gas mower. And what I have found in the past, old electric mowers, were they lacked the power that a gas mower has. How does the power compare?
I hope your help thanks
I borrowed my brother in law's 220 dollar walmart electric mower. It was awful. So I went and bought a gas one off a guy on facebook for 50 bucks.
Kobalt sucks any electric mower, Kobalt wont cut grass over 4 inches, it bogs down then shuts off, a gas mower will go right over it like nothing, the only pro electric mowers have is that they aren't as loud, but the performance suck badly!! And the battery dies fast when the engine is bogged down, and you are left waiting 3 hrs to charge the battery if not longer to use it again.
Strain the electric motor and the battery drains quickly, that's how it works. What really is sad is the cost of the mower and second battery. It's incredibly expensive.
There's the whole thing with not being fixable too. They lie about gas mower maintenance. You buy a filter every blue moon and sharpen the durable blade. Oil is recycled at your local parts store or burned in an oil burning heater.
@@marshmowerI'd agree. And the trees, grass, and other greenery clean the air!
I just bought a brand new gas powered Toro and do not regret it. I did a lot of research on gas vs electric mowers before I bought it. Unless at some point they decide to get rid of gas powered mowers, I’ll never buy an electric mower. The batteries are WAY too expensive, they don’t last and I would not like having to stop in the middle of mowing just to change batteries. I can get by a whole summer of mowing my yard on 3 gallons of gas. Much cheaper than buying a super expensive replacement battery for an electric. My other concern would be how difficult it would be to find replacement batteries for an electric after say, 2-3 years. Manufacturers always change designs. Thanks for the video!
Your lawn is soo tiny that you could cut it with a weedeater. Most batteries only last a year before they stop holding sufficient charge and need to be replaced.
Thanks
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Friend I like your videos I need help to repair a grass cutting cart
I been wanting a electric mower, .
buy like 2 extra betteries
@@cestgum7672every 4 months
Want to know if charging an electric mower costs more than using gas.
It doesnt
Electric is a future trap. $800
Battery runs out depending on how tall or short you cut your grass I cut my grass from 1 to 2 inches and the battery only last 25 minutes
Thanks for the tip!
I have a newer gas mower and a old cord electric lawn mower
How much quiet is the battery mower vs gas
PARDEN, WHAT, HOLD ON LET ME UN PLUG IT, I WOULD RATHER PETROL THAN THAT HIGH PITCH REV, BUT DONT GET ME WRONG WE REALLY REALLY NEED TO GO GREEN, BUT THIS IS WRONG
I have a 60v green works. It's significantly quieter. I can listen to music without downing it out. Wife can't hear me mowing inside unless I'm near the windows. Meanwhile, we can hear the neighbor no matter where he is mowing in his lawn with his gas mower.
The downside for battery, is the self drive slows when the battery starts to die, and I need two batteries to finish.
Slightly slower mow, but I don't need to go buy gas.
Battery mowers dont put out much power. You can do the math from the battery itself. An ego with a 6ah 56v battety will put out 6 amps at 56v for 1 hour. So amps x volts = watts and there are 745 watts in 1 hp. So 6x56 = 336 watts, less than 1 hp. Lets say the battery can push 12 amps for a half hour. Ok so now 672 watts, still less than 1 hp. The fact is they all have no way to adjust the throttle and use a load sensor to spin the blade up and thats how they extend the battery life. Its also important to know that the battery runtime is runtime in push mode, self propelled mode you can cut that in half. At rhe end of the day I say corded electric is better than battery if you dont mind pushing. 120vx13a=2hp and no $300-$500 battery to worry about and theyre half the price.
Gas is so much more powerful. If you have a tiny yard. electric is ok.
Thanks for sharing!
Just wanted to hear how quiet it would be... I think that is what most of us are here for, and you didn't show us that. =
An old, beat up gas vs brand new electric...mmm.
Going from a cheep curved weed eater to a straight shaft battery weed eater is unfair. Curved shaft weed eaters have much less power
I’ll give you a thumbs down because you did not tell us how long it takes the battery to charge. You did not really give us a good comparison on that at all especially if you run out of juice before your yard is done, it might take you another whole day.
MY PETROL MOWER HAS ONE LEVER TO CHANGE THE HIEGHT IN ONE, AND NEW BLADE ,QUIET PLUS IT WILLOUT RUN YOUR TWO BATTERIES AND I CAN USE IT WHEN I WANT NOT WHEN YOU CHECK BATTERIES ARE FULL, LET YOUR KIDS USE A MOWER AND YOUR A FOOL, SO TAKE THAT CRAP BACK AND GET A MOWER
dang who molested you as a kid?