This mower is the bomb! Plenty of power, wide cut path, and lots of battery life to spare mowing my average size residential lawn. Love that it’s way quieter than a gas mower too!
I replaced my perfectly good Snapper self propelled rear bag mower with this Greenworks unit and couldn't be happier! Versatility and ease of use are outstanding.
Light weight. Good mulching. Quiet. Surprisingly fun
on October 21, 2020
Posted by: Anonymous
from Villa Hills, Kentucky
I bought the self propelled 25" in June of 2020. I have a little under 1/2 arce of suburban lawn that is about 50% hilly with some over 30% grades. I needed a reliable self-propelled because of a knee problem. My older heavy self-propelled gas mower needed bi-annual (expensive) drive wheel replacements to be useful. Pros (in no specific order) 1. Everything is easy: Easy to do the minor assembly needed out of the box, easy to start, to change from mulching mode to bagging mode, to change and charge the batteries. 2. Two self-propelled speeds. One very slow (which is ok by me) one fairly fast. The self propelled feature seems to work equally as well on flat areas as it does on hills. I noticed no drop in speed moving from flat to hill. 3. Light weight: Even with the two heavy-ish batteries in place the mower is probably half the weight of a comparible gas powered mower. The light weight meant I could push it more without the self-propelled assist. 4. really like the easy verticle storage configuration. 5. Low(er) noise. The mower sounds like a hair drier on medium-high when running. Much better than the gas powered but not as quiet as you might think. My family inside my house can't hear it. It lets me cut grass at earlier times (I have close neighbors) without bothering anyone. 6. Mulches a-little better than my gas mower. 7. 25 inch deck: My old mower had a 21" cut. I was surprised how the addition of 4" to the cutting path shortened the back and forth cut times. 8. Its green. I feel better not using gas - thats why I bought it. My old gas mower seem to be a gussler. I don't mind working with the limitations of batteries. 9. I like figuring out how to extend the battery run time. This is difficult to explain to non-battery people. If you own a hybrid or electric car - it is not completely brainless - there is always an element of figuring out how far you can go. This comes into play with an electric mower. This would be a pain for some and a challenge for others. 10. Seemless transition between the batteries when in operation Cons: 1. Batteries: see number 9 above. Althought it would be great if they lasted for a couple hours- the fact is the run time is limited - especially if you use the self-propelled function and have a hilly yard. I would imagine on a flat yard with no self-propelled assist you might get 50-60 minutes of run, I get less because of the hills - (40 minutes). I don't care if I cut my grass in successive outings due to needing to charge the batteries. If I move quickly and modulate when I use the self-propelled I can finish my yard on a single charge. 2. battery charging time. A completely discharged battery will take around two hours to charge back up. The nature of batteries I guess.But it is nice that the charger automatically turns off when done charging. 3. Battery charger noise. The fan on the charger when charging is surprisingly noisy - possibly more that the mower. I don't really care because its in the garage - but it seemed odd.
Takes a couple of passes to realize you need to let go of the self propelled lever couple of steps before you stop to make a turn around . Also not the best mulcher Sometimes you have to go back over some clumps of grass . Other wise , love the mower. Battery life is great . I can mow An hour and never need the second battery to kick in. Very quit Love the mower . Also love the vertical storage . But it !!
Recently I have purchased this mower and it's proven it was the right choice. It's powerful dual blades can cut through the thickness of yards. with grace and a engine that doesn't produce the nosie as a gas,it works with more than enough power to compare to other mowers. With a 25in steel cutting deck it greatly reduced the amount it took me to service my yard as well. I'm greatly satisfied with this machine.
This is an amazing product! I got it on sale for under 600 and figured why not try it out. I read bad reviews about the battery life so I wasn’t sure at first. After getting it in less than 2 weeks during covid mail I was pleasantly surprised. Getting it together was fast and easy. It looked great, and the batteries took all of an hour to charge. I have a quarter of an acre all together. I can get the entire thing done without using all of the small battery. As of now it looks like I have about 2+ hours of battery life depending on if I use the self propelled mode or not. Plus it sounds like you are vacuuming your lawn. It will change your life. Get it.