Milwaukee M18 Fuel 21 Inch Lawn Mower First Impressions

What's the Milwaukee M18 Fuel 21-inch mower like? We got hold of one and gave it a good old test. How does it compare to other battery mowers? Check out the video to find out...

[@db5529]

I had this mower last season (in the northeastern United States). Really tried to like it, but the hand control never suited me. I think the mulching performance was really lacking. But the bagging is, oddly, pretty great. Luckily a buddy needed a mower. I’m back to Toro for mowers.

[@lovelawns]

Thanks for watching mate. Battery mowers are nearly there.

[@Robjavea]

I had a trial with the makita and ordered one straight away. got the big baterry on it and now just sorting out some solar mobile charging.

[@lovelawns]

Nice work. I reckon I’ll be buying that one too soon. It’s the best battery mower I’ve used so far. Thanks for watching.

[@jimhud134]

Thanks for the honest review. Been looking at this mower for a while, don’t think I’ll be buying it though, as that thing catching the lawn underneath would really annoy me.

[@lovelawns]

Thanks for watching mate. 👍🏻

[@dredre9484]

G'day love this mower only thing needed a reverse gear so I can be lazyer lol

[@wadebeaumont7570]

Battery gear makes a long day just so much nicer. Looking forward to seeing if the new Greenworks commercial mowers cut the mustard.

[@lovelawns]

Totally agree mate. The Greenworks look great but the mowers only go down to 35mm which is such a shame as it’s no where near low enough for here.

[@wadebeaumont7570]

@@lovelawns I’d throw a 10mm spacer on and 25mm is the lowest I cut.

[@lovelawns]

Might work for you then. 25mm would do about 60% of my lawns. Good idea with the spacer but I’m not keen on that and potential voiding of warranties. Cheers.

[@lovelawns]

If I’m spending $2k on a mower it needs to be better. If I’ve got to start cutting things and adding spacers, to make it work as I need it to, voiding warranties and potentially introducing safety issues I’m not so keen. Rather just use what I have.

[@wadebeaumont7570]

@@lovelawns that’s a fair point. I’ve been running a timemaster with spacers for a couple of years and it’s my go to mower now. But I agree ideally it would be set up correctly from the factory. Unfortunately US mowers don’t cater to Aussie’s love of a low cut lawn.

[@mowtech7397]

Great video Kai , I haven't tried the Milwaukee mower as yet and after your honest comments its not one I will seek out . The search goes on for the right battery mower I think between the two of us we could design the ultimate mower. I am thinking of getting the makita before summer hits because as you say battery gear is just nicer to use. What happened to the stihl whipper snipper vid ?

[@lovelawns]

Thanks mate, appreciate you watching and commenting. Yeah the Milwaukee is great but not quite there for us commercial guys. Definitely prefer the Makita, but I haven’t pulled the trigger on that yet. It’s pretty pricey with the 8 x 8ah batteries I’ll need for a full day. Currently it’s the only battery mower I’d consider buying tho. Whipper snipper video is recorded, I just need to edit it together and haven’t had the time. Standby sir 👍🏻🙂 how good would it be to design and build our own mower! love that idea.

[@jharv62301]

Deciding between the Milwaukee and EGO for my residential lot. Any suggestions?

[@lovelawns]

Do you have any current gear and batteries? If so I’d go with that brand. If you are deciding on a new system, to be honest either is great and for residential / home owner use you won’t go wrong with Milwaukee or Ego. The good thing with Milwaukee is once you have the batteries you have a far wider range of other tools you can se them in if you need to. Ego is mostly just OPE gear. Cheers

[@loucifer4205]

Get yourself a dewalt mate stop supporting China 🇨🇳 by buying from these owned companies remember who fucked this world a couple years ago, does covid19 ring a bell

[@maxhill1146]

How do the husky mowers go. Have you tried any of them.

[@lovelawns]

The Husqvarna battery mowers, I’d wait a bit until they bring out better ones. Some of the petrol ones are good tho. Cheers

[@maxhill1146]

@lovelawns been waiting for one too come out so I can run all the same batteries

[@lovelawns]

Me too 👍🏻

[@straightpipediesel]

I agree the thumb control is poorly designed. Something must be up with yours because I never had the mulch issue. Might want to complain to Milwaukee and see if they have a solution.

[@lovelawns]

Thanks mate. Yeah someone else mentioned they spoke to Milwaukee and they sent them an updated mulch plug which was slightly different and it sorted it out. 🤷