I purchased a Green works 21" Cordless, Brushless 80 Volt Self Propelled Lawn Mower 3 weeks ago. It is GREAT. This electric lawn mower is actually fun to use. I can mow the front and back yards and only use 2/3 of the battery. Recharging is really nice as it only takes approximately 45 minutes for a complete recharge. It is easy to use and clean.
I bought this a month ago and I've only mowed once but wow! It does everything my old Toro did, the battery lasted more than 1 hour. It recharges really fast. Only negatives are the release on the mower to remove the battery is really stiff. I already split a nail. The mulcher doesn't seem to do well with leaves but it may be a height issue. I need to play around with that some more but again, wow!
I've had the mower for a year, first mower my son used to cut lawn, envisioned this extensive learning experience. Didn't happen, was so simple, safe and easy, the big 'experience' was over in 2 min. Now that we've used it through the season I can say its been very good. With a sharp blade it cuts and bags very nicely. I have one complaint that has become rather annoying over the year. It has an auto-adjusting speed. Low speed blade on light demand, auto-steps up to high speed when grass is thicker. This is useful to conserve battery life. One problem: on low speed, bagging/suction is rather weak. Insufficient, and there's no way to over-ride it. I sharpened blade to razor sharp, cut the grass so cleanly it didn't produce enough load to step speed up to high, leaving grass clippings behind. Requires going over cut paths more than once. If this one detail could be changed - have a manual over-ride - the mower would be great. I am very happy with it, so easy to use, no thought about gas, oil, air filter, plug, nothing, just charge battery and cut grass. I really like the mower, just wish it had an over-ride for the self-adjusting blade speed.
I've owned my Greenworks mower for over 8 months now. It passed the summer lawn mowing test with flying colors. For lower to medium high grass it cuts through it with no problem. When the grass gets a bit high, the electric motor automatically speeds up for extra power. The Greenwork handle height is adjustable making the mower "relatively" easy to push through your lawn. The Greenworks mower runs on an 80 volt battery, so theres no irritating carburetor issues that you get with gas equipment. Theres no need store gasoline or do messy oil changes. Its virtually maintenance free. My favorite feature is the extra quiet operation. It allows me to simply put my Bose headphones on and cut the grass. No mess, no stress. Greenworks gets 5 stars from me.
No noise. No vibration. No exhaust. Just now. The models are changing so rapidly now. More choices. More variations. My 80v model already has different wheel sizes. Different paint/color scheme. Even got a new lawn service so my grass would be thicker, greener and faster growing.......so I could mow more often!
Bought this mower because i was so impressed with the chainsaw...Two years in, mowing two yards weekly during the growing season, and it hasn't skipped a beat. I have 2 2ah batteries that take 30 min to charge, and one usually gets the job done on a 1/3 acre lot if it's not too tall. Very quiet, and zero maintenance except wiping it down, and sharpening the blade once a month or so...
It is easy to start and light enough to push w/o using self propelled mode except on 45 degree angle hills. I'm on 1/3rd acre and can mow it w/o recharging which takes a bit more than 30 minutes. Best mower I have ever owned and the constant tune ups for gas mowers are in the wind!
I've had the pleasure of using this mower 3 times in our yard (normal city yard) and once in a large yard and I am VERY happy with it. It replaced our old 4.5 HP mower and so far there have been 0 compromises. My favorite part is the push button start, way better than pulling a cord hoping it starts. Its also very quite which makes mowing the yard much more enjoyable.
The variable speed makes it only mow as hard as it needs to, and the 4 Amp battery seems to have a run time of at least 1 hour.
Its light enough to pickup my self (makes it easy to transport) and its easy to get it to rest upright so it takes less space in the garage.
Thus far I've used mulch tall grass without the bag and it preformed better than our old mower. Also used it last weekend with the bag to mulch heavy leaves and it ate them up without any issue.
This mower has made me realize there is very little use for internal combustion engines!!