Yes there is a thread on this, but it's 13 years old and rather than resurrect it...
I need a new lawn mower. Been using a push reel for four years, but it's too hard on my surgically-repaired neck. Lawn is totally flat so I don't need self-propelled, nor even really want it because engage/disengage every 25 feet is a pain. Lawn is best described as small, and there aren't rocks in it (unless I disturb the lava rocks with the weed whacker).
But it ain't golf course grass. It is thick, dense, and has a high moisture content until it finally dies in late July. I mow 11 months a year (all but August), and during late spring I might mow three times a week just to keep it to a height where it can be mowed. Often I mow very wet grass. Sometimes I mow in the rain. I have mowed in standing water (clay soil). It's ridiculous, but if I wait until everything's drier, I'd need a sheep.
I lost my brand-new plastic-deck Honda mower in a divorce. Got to use it once, and daaaang loved the fact that cleaning the deck underneath was one swipe with a gloved hand rather than scraping away with a putty knife to get the worst of it off, then repainting every other year or so. I can't afford to replace it with like, and anyway a $700 mower would find a way to walk away in my neighborhood.
Is a battery powered mower going to, uh, cut it? The only plastic deck one that I know of is the Echo. The idea of not spending much time on the ground scraping a mower deck (again, neck strain) is very attractive. But it is more money than I'd like to spend.
And how about wet grass? I realize I'm going to have to give up mowing in the rain or over standing water, but is sopping grass a safety hazard? Or will it just not cut well? The option doesn't exist to wait until it dries out. The manual says not to mow wet grass because a person could slip and fall, but that's not my concern.
Especially interested in hearing from those of you with experience with battery-powered mowers and wet / fast-growing grass. Thanks!
I need a new lawn mower. Been using a push reel for four years, but it's too hard on my surgically-repaired neck. Lawn is totally flat so I don't need self-propelled, nor even really want it because engage/disengage every 25 feet is a pain. Lawn is best described as small, and there aren't rocks in it (unless I disturb the lava rocks with the weed whacker).
But it ain't golf course grass. It is thick, dense, and has a high moisture content until it finally dies in late July. I mow 11 months a year (all but August), and during late spring I might mow three times a week just to keep it to a height where it can be mowed. Often I mow very wet grass. Sometimes I mow in the rain. I have mowed in standing water (clay soil). It's ridiculous, but if I wait until everything's drier, I'd need a sheep.
I lost my brand-new plastic-deck Honda mower in a divorce. Got to use it once, and daaaang loved the fact that cleaning the deck underneath was one swipe with a gloved hand rather than scraping away with a putty knife to get the worst of it off, then repainting every other year or so. I can't afford to replace it with like, and anyway a $700 mower would find a way to walk away in my neighborhood.
Is a battery powered mower going to, uh, cut it? The only plastic deck one that I know of is the Echo. The idea of not spending much time on the ground scraping a mower deck (again, neck strain) is very attractive. But it is more money than I'd like to spend.
And how about wet grass? I realize I'm going to have to give up mowing in the rain or over standing water, but is sopping grass a safety hazard? Or will it just not cut well? The option doesn't exist to wait until it dries out. The manual says not to mow wet grass because a person could slip and fall, but that's not my concern.
Especially interested in hearing from those of you with experience with battery-powered mowers and wet / fast-growing grass. Thanks!
