Customer Reviews for Greenworks - 60V 21" Brushless Self-Propelled Battery Powered Lawn Mower + (2) 4.0Ah Batteries and Dual Port Charger - Green
Customer Rating
4
Great, but
on October 16, 2020
Posted by: UltimateFixer
from TTown, USA
Take’s some getting use to. Appears to be made well, but the controls are less than desirable. I noticed they have discontinued this model and the replacement for it has a more conventional design for the controls and handle. Also. They have done away with the headlights and second battery, both of which seemed to be geared more towards marketing than functionality. It seems to have plenty of power but if you’re grass is high, heavy, or wet, the battery discharge is noticeably shortened. I think I will grow to like it more as time goes on. It appears well made.
This is my first cordless mower and I love it. I have used it about 5 times on an ~0.3 acre flat property with thick fescue on next to highest setting in mulch mode, and it takes me about 35 minutes and all on one charge (it drains the 4.0 and uses partway into the 2.0 AH). Setup was easy, and operation is easy. Plenty of power to propel and cut even when slightly tall and damp. I like how the controls work. I clean under the deck each time, and even when the grass was damp, it cleans out easy. It is light to push or back manually too. It does take a bit of "learner feel" to get the drive to disengage (push forward slightly after stopping) but I got used to that pretty quick and now that is 2nd nature. It makes a nice-looking cut too. I sound like an advertisement, but I enjoy mowing with this machine. Initial quality is very good, and I hope the battery and machine quality holds up over the next 5 years at least.
Once operating the mower gets a 5. We purchased the mower to be used in our backyard around a pool. There are lots of plants and objects to be maneuvered around. The lightweight mower and the 17” cut makes the mower perfect for this area. The pick up bag keeps it very neat right around the pool deck—no need for blowing after the cut. The 60 volt power cuts the thick grass with no effort and leaves the grass looking well manicured—no swirl patterns left and no random shoots sticking up. I have no doubt this mower could take on larger projects. My wife is petite and she can handle the mower with no difficulty. The 17” size and the folding handle makes it almost unnoticeable against the wall in the garage.
The 4 rating was given because a small bar underneath the mower deck was bent and pressing against the height adjustment cog making the height adjustment gear on top of the mower impossible to move. I do not believe this happened in shipping because of the location of the bar. It was most likely bent when the mower was assembled at the plant. A simple check of the height adjustment procedure once assembled would have identified this problem before the mower was packed. I would think this would be standard operating procedure. It took me awhile to locate the problem but once I identified the bent bar, I was able to straighten it slightly—just enough to clear the height adjustment cog. Now the height adjustment button depresses with ease and the height adjustment gear moves with relative ease.
The mower has only been used for one cutting so I can say nothing about the length of time the battery last other than it lasted throughout the 30-40 minutes it took to cut the backyard. And as for durability, we will have to see.
Overall this is a great lawn mover. It's a little quieter than a gas mower and it obviously doesn't have the fumes. My only complaint is about the battery life. This is supposed to have a runtime of 60 minutes on a full charge, but we are only getting about 30 minutes.