Costco Greenworks Self Propelled Lawn Mower - Unboxing - Demo - Review
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Picked up this mower at Costco Canada yesterday on sale. Come along for the ride as I open the box, put it together, demo it and tell you if it's any good! Spoiler alert ... it's pretty good!!!
I bought mine at costco also. It’s a beast in high grass too. Love my mower. Tip: leave off the self control a second before you want to back it up, move forward just a little and this will disengage the self propelled and then you can move the mower freely backwards. Takes some time to master this but it’s a great mower.
Great tip ... have noticed this as well! Thanks for the comment!!
Thanks for the helpful video. I bought the dual 80 amp batteries model at Costco USA this morning. Replacing our ancient "unsafe at any speed" Toro, and relegating that to brush cutter mode. I already had the leaf blower, which uses the same batteries / charger, so I have multiples of each. While using the leaf blower, I had one battery that, after a year, stopped taking a charge. One call to Greenworks and they sent a new one without charge. Great customer service.
Amazing to hear about the customer service! Love that! Tks for the comment!
Just bought mine in COSTCO ST. John's NL and put it together lickity split ( only had to insert the handle into the arms - two bolts and two nuts) and charged up the batteries in no time. Hold onto the blade engagement handles and pushed the start button. Fantastic. I didn't figure out how to reverse it manually without waiting about three seconds but just read another entry here and now I know how to pull it in reverse without the wait. The refusal by the mower not to automatically go into manual reverse is a safety feature wherein the drive wheels lock on an incline to prevent rollback. Quiet, controlled forward speed throttle, effortless height lever, smooth as silk, no exhaust or smell, just love it. I did a my lawn that usually requires a ride on mower. The cut looked like a golf fairway. Beautiful.
The rubber was put there to stop the wires on that side from getting severed during shipping
Ah ha! That makes total sense! Tks for the note.
Yeah. I saw on the piece of paper they highlighted it red to remove it.
@@johnnywang206 Yes, but you would actually have to read the instructions to know that ! He's making the video, but he expects us to read the instructions, then give him the information in dribs and drabs in these comments !
I have a Husqvarna ride on mower with a John Deere utility trailer, a battery Toro Trimmer and Toro Hedger and the Greenworks 80v pro self propelled mower. Life doesn't get any better.
The spare blade is a highlift blade and cuts a lot better in long or wet grass and bags better . The downside of the highlift blade is it reduces run time a little bit . Using turbo mode and the highlift gives the best cut and eliminates uncut straglers by making them stand up . The blade bolt doesn't need to be very tight , just over snug . Love mine and gave my two gas ones away to people that couldn't afford a new mower .
Good luck trying to find and buy one of those high lift blades. Greenworks makes it impossible to buy one.
Thanks for the info on the highlift! Will give that blade a try!!
That was nice of you!
I have the same mower ! The 4AH battery go's on the left ! The 2 go's on the right. You mow with the 4, if you start to run out at the end, the 2AH battery kicks in as a back up ! Didn't you read the instructions ? The 4AH battery only takes about 45 mins to charge ! The 2AH battery takes about 25 mins ! And if you use the same release buttons for the handle, you can lower the handle to another position for mowing.
Thanks so much for this note!! Great info! I wonder why it matters which battery gets used first?
The headlights are pretty spiffy, too. I had a mow in the dead of night because I just bought it. Sadly, it was really quiet so none of the neighbors came out and shook their fist at me. :P I like how quick the charger is. It isn't too bad for the 4 ah but the 2 ah charges in no time.
I also bought this machine. Is excellent. Loved it. 100%
It'a a beauty! Tks for the note!
Was about to buy mine from Costco but found a deal at Best Buy that came with a trimmer and a blower for $100 more. Bought the Greenworks edger too.
Costco just took $100.00 off the price.
@@eyeYQ2 yeah it was $499 with the instant rebate when I went up there the other day. The deal at Best Buy with the set was for $599.
Is the edger any good? I just got the mower and bought it from Costco. I bought a greenworks blower at Costco about 5 years ago and it has been a beast! I have a lot of trees. Based off of that, I bought the mower. I have the trimmer too but have not been able to master it.
@@claudiacanales2662 that last part you said about mastering it 😆.
Prior to this I’ve never edged anything before. I edged a couple of feet, started veering a little into the grass and tabled it for another day lol. I’m sure it’s fine, I just have to practice on my end.
The lawn mowers pretty cool. Easy to use.
Very impressed with my 60 Volt Mower. Also they’re easy to push cause they have ball bearings in the wheels! They’re very well built.
Thanks for the note! Yes very impressed here as well!
If you think that 60 is good, wait till you try the 80 !
@@fposmith I have. I didn’t notice a difference at all.
The batteries have the same power ! It's just that one lasts longer than the other.
Yes definitely! Did I mess that up in the video somewhere??
To disengage the drivetrain you click the same lever you let go to stop it from moving forward.
Ya it just seems to take a second or 2 to disengage
Just got mine today and used. Getting use to rear wheel drive and letting go of the drive level a couple feet just before turning and using in tight spots. Was very impressed how fine it cut up the grass in mulch setting. Did you remove the plastic covering the handle arms?
I want to know about plastic covering handles too!
Yeah definitely takes a bit of getting used to on letting go of the gas before you want to back up or turn. What do you mean by the plastic covering the handle arms? Oh I think I know what you mean. I think I left it on. I'll double check tomorrow and let you know.
@@fixingrandomcrap yeah there is plastic covering the handles. On my machine it was getting in the way of the screws that attach the handles so I had to remove some of the plastic. I love my mower amd can’t wait for the grass to grow again 😀
Beautiful! Thank you for the heads up
Thanks for the note!!
How much was it selling for at costco
Typically it's 799 but goes on sale occasionally for 599. $CAD.
Thanks for the information. Thinking about getting one but not sure which one yet. Is the deck plastic? I’ve noticed most lawnmowers are and wonder how it will hold up if you hit a small rock or something.
Hi Craig, Did the power from one battery transfer to the other seamlessly? I heard there may be an issue with that. Thanks.
Hi there, assuming you mean while mowing, is there any interruption when one battery runs out and it starts drawing from the other? If so, I have noticed only a very short blip when this happens. Not enough to stop the mower, but it noticeably loses power for a second before the 2nd battery kicks in. In my experience it hasn't been enough time for the blade to come even close to stopping. Kicks right back in.
@@fixingrandomcrap thank you so much for your quick response. Sounds like it transfers power source pretty easily. I ordered one after watching your video. Thanks again.
Nice! Let us know how you like it once you've had a chance to try it out! First summer with mine is in the books and still real happy with it.
@@fixingrandomcrap i will. Supposed to arrive friday.
@@autumn1231 Costco has the best deals on these !
At Lowes in the US I picked up a Craftsman 2x20v (two 5ah powertool batteries, included) for $250 to use at a small yard on a rental property. Looks like a toy but all that was needed for the task. It works so well I took it home to use. Would do that side yard of yours twice or more on a regular mow. If yer feedin'er a hot supper should finish it no problem once at least. Just a note if anyones on a budget and only has a small yard to do Id give it a 5 star, for the value anyway.
Love this input! Especially the "feedin'er a hot supper bit"!! Cheers bud!
Did tou you get the bar lowered? I nust bought one today at Costco and i also found the bar to high, the bolts to adjust it are at the bottom of the hanlde closet to the mower deck.... There's 2 heights i adjusted mine down and it's perfect, just got the batteries powered and ready to mow ....thanks for your review!
Do you mean the handle where you push it during mowing? I did discover after filming that if you pull on the 2 green tabs (same ones for folding it up), you can lower it that way as well. Seems to have various settings. Thanks for the note and question!!
Thank you for this! Very helpful review!
You are so welcome! Thanks for the note!
One battery is used up first then the other battery turns on automatically!
Yes it turns out it works pretty well that way! Tks for the comment!
are the mower blades shipped in a dull condition?
I didn't sharpen my blades that came with it. Cut the grass great!
@@fixingrandomcrap is the extra blade the same as the installed blade?
Hey How’s this unit working out ??
A shop I worked at sold GreenWorks.
I think for a commercial product it should have higher AMP batteries.
You can purchase an E-BIKE with 15-25 amp hour batteries. This company has ability to highly improve this lawnmower by upgrading just batteries. But don’t. They also need to upgrade components.
It's been really good so far!!
What's it weigh without the batteries in it?
No idea but don't need to lift it much at all. Folds up nice and easy to move around the garage.
@fixingrandomcrap I need to lift in & out of my pickup truck. All the self propelled mowers I've looked at are 70-90 lbs. :(
I got it today from Costco and my first impression is disappointing. Batteries ran out very fast... giving a benefit of doubt for 1st time user, will try again tomorrow.. hardly got my 1/4 of my lawn mowed of 3/4 acre lot
Curious were the batteries fully charged before you started?
You should have received a 4 ah and a 2 ah battery with your 80 v self propelled.
"How did you manage to push the cable inside the handlebar?"
Could you kindly explain the method you employed to successfully insert the cable into the handlebar?
You have to stuff the wires inside and push the handle bar in
@@Sonin66 Thanks for answering the question and informing me about the procedure. I appreciate it!
Remove the Styrofoam wrapping and the little rubber seal on the arm. Then just push the wires into the arm.
I don't know about the rest of you but I can unfold the effing handlebar. Those locking pins push in but won't stay in long enough for me to unfold the bar. I'm loathe to disassemble the thing. Nothing in the instructions or on video on how to do it. I guess it's so easy only an idiot like me can't figure it out.
Edit: A couple of well-placed screwdrivers did the trick but it still seems like a big ask.
Take a video and throw it on youtube and link it here. Can take a look and hopefully help.
Pull the green rings towards you at the same time. Shouldn't be a problem unless your unit has something wrong with it.
Has this guy ever owned a mower before?
Thanks Dave for taking the time out of your day to write this helpful comment. Wishing you all the best.
Lousy unit. It cut off many times while using under no rason
Interesting. Can you tell us more about what was happening? Was the grass super long? Batteries fully charged? I wonder if you maybe got a lemon. Mine's been going strong for over a year.