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OK SO, After owning both an electric mower and a petrol one I can tell you what they don't tell you. 1. last year when it was very hot in the summer time, my electric mower stopped twice in the heat, because both batteries got too warm while in use. Meaning I had to literally put them both in my freezer for 15 minutes just to finish off half of my lawn, this hasn't ever happened to any of my petrol mowers. (I ended up grabbing my petrol mower to finish the job). 2. Electric mowers are predominantly made of plastic, so after a few years of use they becomes brittle and more likely to chip or crack if you hit anything in the grass like pebbles or wood. Plus some electric mowers have a plastic bolt to hold the blade in place, if that breaks it can be a headache to get the rest out. This isn't usually an issue with petrol mowers as they for the most part are metal decks, unless they're very cheap, and can be plastic.. 3. At the end of October when you put your mower away for the year, do not leave your batteries low/uncharged. Because when you come back to use the mower in the new year it may not take a charge, and at £100 (£99.95 2ah, £239.95 4ah) a pop, that would be a lot of petrol lol, or the price of a cheap mower.. Also top off your batteries before storing them. Now petrol mowers can have a similar issue in that the fuel left in a tank can gel and go bad, or contain water as modern petrol contains Ethanol which is hydrophilic, meaning it attracts water, causing rust or clogging up carbs, so I always run my mowers until dry before storing, and haven't had an issue since. 4. Run time, when I first got my mower I could nearly do all my lawn on one battery depending how long the grass was, after 3-4 years I would say I use maybe 1.6 batteries worth to finish it. Run time on my petrol mower has pretty much stayed the same. 5. Maintenance for electric mowers are pretty much making sure batteries are charged up before storage, and maybe oiling a wheel if it starts to squeak lol. Petrol mowers require changing the oil ever year or 50 hours, which ever is first, and a new air filter and spark plug every few years. This can be a pain for some people, but it is quite inexpensive to do so. There are placed you can take your mower and they will do it for you, for a fee. 6. Parts, usually with standard petrol mowers parts are easy to come by, being used across a range of mowers. Not so with the electric mower after a few years, parts/mowers get discontinued and it can be a pain to track down something you need. Also if the main circuit board on the mower breaks, usually it means you need to buy another mower. 7. Price/cost, currently the electric Bosch sits at £599 for 1 mower, 2 2ah batteries and a charger, the Honda is £345, so that is a difference of £254, that is a big difference in price, plus factor in a new battery or charger being another £99.95/£239.95 if you forget to charge it before storing it. Personally I would go with a petrol mower if you have a large garden, a mains powered mower if you have a very small garden, and the electric mower for small to medium ish lawns. I like the lower noise levels of an electric mower, and low maintenance. But I do like the fact that I can mow all day, long or short grass, with a petrol mower if I needed to. Just a few pounds worth of petrol in a can, no stopping or waiting for a battery to cool down or charge up. Also electric tool brands do change battery platforms over the years, leaving you high and dry, (this happened to me with a Mountfield electric mower when the battery charger melted something inside (apparently a common issue by the number of second hand ones that say "charger not working" or "no charger included"), and the batteries are tired after 4 years, to which they have since changed battery type and charger.
Some good points. I bought a Stihl battery blower, AP range. The battery (£230) lasts nearly thirty minutes at full revs, more than enough for me to tidy up. The blower and battery cost double the price of a petrol version, which I still own and use occasionally. I also found a lightweight AP strimmer for edging, a used bargain for £70, so that's a bonus. I get the impression once you need a lot of power you need petrol, and batteries can't be cost effective.
Let's not forget durability and longevity. You can expect at least ten years out of a good quality petrol mower if maintained correctly, yet five years would be average for a battery mower (if you're lucky) And remember, you're going to have to replace batteries (and most likely chargers) which are expensive and difficult to recycle. I actually have petrol utility mowers, that are over twenty years old and used vigorously on a rather rugged 6 acre property, and they have proven to be very tough and reliable. I'm willing to wager anything that you would never get that longevity or reliability from any battery mower. Remember, not everyone lives on a 400 square metre block with nice grass.
remember it will cost £90 a year to service a petrol lawnmower so that's 5 years at £90 = £450. A replacement battery every 5 years is far less expensive.
The moment when you lose any remaining trust in a gadget show review. Obviously told to pick the battery over petrol at all costs so even when the battery completely overheats, it still wins lol. Refuse to view this trash anymore!
Cut quality - higher rpm will cut better with a blunt blade, spend 5 minutes putting a half decent edge on the blade and it'll improve drastically. Clipping collection - A slight difference in cut height will make a huge difference in how often you'll fill the box. Stripes - A roller will always work best but if the mower isn't heavy enough then those stripes will vanish quickly. It's horses for courses really, if you've got a small lawn that takes less than 20 mins to cut and you're not looking for putting green perfection then the battery operated mower is probably a decent option. If you've got a slightly bigger lawn then go for a corded electric mower. If you've got a meadow to maintain then petrol is your only real option. If you don't want to deal with clippings then get a mower with mulching capability and mow more regularly but be warned that this can propagate weeds because you're not removing seed heads from the lawn.
As a lawnmower enthusiast all my life I can safely say don’t pay attention to this video. The battery mower is far fair inferior to the petrol machine although there are much better battery mowers out there e.g ego. Also the test of refueling and racing the mowers is rubbish, as time to pour fuel in can be equated to time to charge battery, but you didn’t include that did you. It takes around a hour probably.
@@UkGreatBritainA fair point, and I would definitely take that into consideration. But you wouldn’t need to fill up every time you used the petrol mower. It was a completely useless part of the test.
I have no doubt that the petrol lawnmowers are better and stronger when they start, but the battery argument was a real bullshit argument. Of course you will have extra batteries if you are not braindead. You can charge one while you use another.
What about reliability? A Honda mower will outlive anything. Using a honda petrol self propelled mower from the late 80s. Id like to see a battery mower last 10 years let alone 30 plus. My old petrol mountfield was 14 years old before the coil went on it, but that was due to storage leaked water onto it over winter.
I have this honda,and use it professionally.Can cut up to 12 small to medium lawns a day.That rubber strip on the honda is not for stripes,it is to stop stones ect from hitting the user.It does flatten the grass a bit,but its a roller you need for stripes.Neither of them a stripe machines.That was a useless test.
I had an stiga battery mower. Bought also a stiga leafblower (same battery). After about 4 years of use, both of the batteries died. I had to buy a new battery (cost about 300 euro's) but stiga didn't sell this type anymore. So i had to throw away a good working lawnmover and a good working leaf blower. So whats best for environment? Next mower will be a petrol mower.
Petrol lawn mowers are way better but electric mowers also have a place and will work wonders for some. I love how quiet and lightweight they are and it is also nice to avoid some of the maintenance that is associated with a petrol mower. I sold my electric mower today and got a petrol instead and I can cut the grass 3 times faster with no stalling at all. It will also cut 25% more grass in the width and cutting it way shorter and more evenly at the same time. The 40 volt electric motor in the one I sold would struggle or stop very easily even on the highest cutting lenght. My new 600$ petrol mower has a 3,5 kW engine and even the 2000$+ electric mowers sold here is not even providing me with half of that power. Almost all electric models provide 0,8 - 1,6 kW worth of power. This is less than what a 170$ petrol model can give. Electric is the future but battery technology needs to improve before it is worth it in my opinion. Graphene should become more mainstream for power tools (Cat already use them) and they will charge faster, give more stable voltage and the batteries will not get as hot which could increase the life span of the battery.
Just about to return my 36v Ryobi mower and swap it for a petrol, it's been bloody nightmarish to be honest. The thing can barely handle medium grass, continually runs out of battery or overheats - have replaced the mower once already, the batteries and charger 3 times. Blah!
Can I just say - if you’re in the market for a mower please don’t use this video as inspiration. Having used both petrol and battery powered mowers, it’s a no brainer. Get yourself a petrol mower and you won’t be disappointed.
You need a honda with rear roller for decent stripes plus it only has 1 handle for height. And having a battery mower won't make a difference to how sharp the blade is 😅
Judgment base in racing and stripes! Funny…just imagine your battery is flat and you got wait a couple hrs to charge it. Also these batteries life are few yrs and then you need to pay a $100 for new one
the price of new batteries is their biggest con in my opinion. Most of the batteries dies in the winter when they sit for months without use and the owner forget to check their charge and the internal resistance keeps discharging them until they are past the level of a recharge.
how to let everyone know that you got paid by Bosh and can't say a bad word about it without telling anyone. ~~this video. Clearly Honda is 100x better than that bosh
Absolutely pathetic , 2 people who know absolutely zero about gardening going by this attempt to make a totally inadequate competition between petrol and electric. 👎👎👎
The moral and truth of this video is the honda was the winner. This video does not tell the whole truth as governments want you to buy whatever they want you to buy. AKA they make money off of you.
The Honda like any other petrol lawnmower you would still have to check for oil levels. In the other hand this seems rather beneficial not to have this non sense on the electric version. Besides a happy neighbour is a happy life too. No one likes that noisy engine anyway.
lol so after mowing, because he cut his grass longer BUT without leaving any horrible grass left on the lawn which you will need to go over again.. she won... lol ok whatever m8 😂. And at the end when the guy picks up two random pieces of grass, stating the Bosch has a sharper cut lol, number 1 sharpen both blades and try doing this test in a few years. She won't be so smug about buying a new battery for £99.95 or £239.95 for the larger one. or when it's hot weather in the summer... When you mow your lawn and both batteries will over heat and you have to sit and wait while they cool off in the freezer 🤣🤣, ask me how I know! Or when an all plastic mower is a few years old and the plastic becomes brittle, breaking or cracking if anything falls on it in the shed, or if you mow over a pebble or piece of wood on the lawn.. after owning an electric Mountfield mower.
If made right, it will last much longer than the electric mower. We have a steel deck that’s over 20 years old now with a Briggs engine, it’s only stated rusting due to neglect and being left outside most of the time to be honest. That being said, I don’t think they make them like they used to now but engines are more reliable than the battery tech
@@gadgetman36 if maintained right, there aren’t any real issues. The classic 35 is simple, I leave it outside as mentioned and it starts on one pull after months at a time, no ethanol free fuel either so in many ways i am wrong with my initial statement as I’m not doing it right. Cordless can’t last as long by default due to battery technology, it’s the same reason I wouldn’t buy a cordless dyson even though I think the overall product looks to be far more efficient than the traditional vacuum.
Steel rusts if you crack the paint, plastic gets etched by the clippings. Rust and paint can be fixed, etched plastics just get rougher over time which leads to more clippings sticking to it. This is my opinion as a professional gardener who spends at least 15hrs a week mowing. I've got nothing against corded plastic mowers as they're perfect for smaller lawns and I use them frequently but metal bodied petrol mowers will take a lot more abuse at the cost of being heavy and higher maintenance. Not a fan of battery mowers but I can see the convenience if you've got a lawn that takes less than 20 mins to cut
THIS is what we need to target. NOT our cars! Residential consumers of chainsaws, weed whackers, snow blowers, etc. You can SEE the pollution coming out of those. Especially 2-stroke engines. We should do this AFTER China and India even begin to lift a finger to curb their pollution.
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OK SO, After owning both an electric mower and a petrol one I can tell you what they don't tell you.
1. last year when it was very hot in the summer time, my electric mower stopped twice in the heat, because both batteries got too warm while in use. Meaning I had to literally put them both in my freezer for 15 minutes just to finish off half of my lawn, this hasn't ever happened to any of my petrol mowers. (I ended up grabbing my petrol mower to finish the job).
2. Electric mowers are predominantly made of plastic, so after a few years of use they becomes brittle and more likely to chip or crack if you hit anything in the grass like pebbles or wood. Plus some electric mowers have a plastic bolt to hold the blade in place, if that breaks it can be a headache to get the rest out. This isn't usually an issue with petrol mowers as they for the most part are metal decks, unless they're very cheap, and can be plastic..
3. At the end of October when you put your mower away for the year, do not leave your batteries low/uncharged. Because when you come back to use the mower in the new year it may not take a charge, and at £100 (£99.95 2ah, £239.95 4ah) a pop, that would be a lot of petrol lol, or the price of a cheap mower.. Also top off your batteries before storing them. Now petrol mowers can have a similar issue in that the fuel left in a tank can gel and go bad, or contain water as modern petrol contains Ethanol which is hydrophilic, meaning it attracts water, causing rust or clogging up carbs, so I always run my mowers until dry before storing, and haven't had an issue since.
4. Run time, when I first got my mower I could nearly do all my lawn on one battery depending how long the grass was, after 3-4 years I would say I use maybe 1.6 batteries worth to finish it. Run time on my petrol mower has pretty much stayed the same.
5. Maintenance for electric mowers are pretty much making sure batteries are charged up before storage, and maybe oiling a wheel if it starts to squeak lol. Petrol mowers require changing the oil ever year or 50 hours, which ever is first, and a new air filter and spark plug every few years. This can be a pain for some people, but it is quite inexpensive to do so. There are placed you can take your mower and they will do it for you, for a fee.
6. Parts, usually with standard petrol mowers parts are easy to come by, being used across a range of mowers. Not so with the electric mower after a few years, parts/mowers get discontinued and it can be a pain to track down something you need. Also if the main circuit board on the mower breaks, usually it means you need to buy another mower.
7. Price/cost, currently the electric Bosch sits at £599 for 1 mower, 2 2ah batteries and a charger, the Honda is £345, so that is a difference of £254, that is a big difference in price, plus factor in a new battery or charger being another £99.95/£239.95 if you forget to charge it before storing it.
Personally I would go with a petrol mower if you have a large garden, a mains powered mower if you have a very small garden, and the electric mower for small to medium ish lawns.
I like the lower noise levels of an electric mower, and low maintenance. But I do like the fact that I can mow all day, long or short grass, with a petrol mower if I needed to. Just a few pounds worth of petrol in a can, no stopping or waiting for a battery to cool down or charge up.
Also electric tool brands do change battery platforms over the years, leaving you high and dry, (this happened to me with a Mountfield electric mower when the battery charger melted something inside (apparently a common issue by the number of second hand ones that say "charger not working" or "no charger included"), and the batteries are tired after 4 years, to which they have since changed battery type and charger.
Thank you for taking the time to write a very detailed comment. I agree with everything you have said. Petrol mowers are my personal choice
Some good points. I bought a Stihl battery blower, AP range. The battery (£230) lasts nearly thirty minutes at full revs, more than enough for me to tidy up. The blower and battery cost double the price of a petrol version, which I still own and use occasionally. I also found a lightweight AP strimmer for edging, a used bargain for £70, so that's a bonus.
I get the impression once you need a lot of power you need petrol, and batteries can't be cost effective.
This review was better then the video. Well said.
The Honda was the clear winner imo.
Let's not forget durability and longevity. You can expect at least ten years out of a good quality petrol mower if maintained correctly, yet five years would be average for a battery mower (if you're lucky) And remember, you're going to have to replace batteries (and most likely chargers) which are expensive and difficult to recycle.
I actually have petrol utility mowers, that are over twenty years old and used vigorously on a rather rugged 6 acre property, and they have proven to be very tough and reliable.
I'm willing to wager anything that you would never get that longevity or reliability from any battery mower.
Remember, not everyone lives on a 400 square metre block with nice grass.
remember it will cost £90 a year to service a petrol lawnmower so that's 5 years at £90 = £450. A replacement battery every 5 years is far less expensive.
The moment when you lose any remaining trust in a gadget show review. Obviously told to pick the battery over petrol at all costs so even when the battery completely overheats, it still wins lol. Refuse to view this trash anymore!
Definitely trash and the younger woman acting more clever and smug. When we all know battery are rubbish and expensive. Its all for the agenda
Missing disclaimer: "This video is sponsored by Bosch."
yup, and isnt that illegal as well?
Cut quality - higher rpm will cut better with a blunt blade, spend 5 minutes putting a half decent edge on the blade and it'll improve drastically.
Clipping collection - A slight difference in cut height will make a huge difference in how often you'll fill the box.
Stripes - A roller will always work best but if the mower isn't heavy enough then those stripes will vanish quickly.
It's horses for courses really, if you've got a small lawn that takes less than 20 mins to cut and you're not looking for putting green perfection then the battery operated mower is probably a decent option. If you've got a slightly bigger lawn then go for a corded electric mower. If you've got a meadow to maintain then petrol is your only real option. If you don't want to deal with clippings then get a mower with mulching capability and mow more regularly but be warned that this can propagate weeds because you're not removing seed heads from the lawn.
As a lawnmower enthusiast all my life I can safely say don’t pay attention to this video. The battery mower is far fair inferior to the petrol machine although there are much better battery mowers out there e.g ego. Also the test of refueling and racing the mowers is rubbish, as time to pour fuel in can be equated to time to charge battery, but you didn’t include that did you. It takes around a hour probably.
Isn’t it stupid that they’re comparing a mower with a roller to one without a roller aswell
If you include time to charge the battery then what about time to go to the petrol station to get fuel? 😂
@@UkGreatBritainA fair point, and I would definitely take that into consideration. But you wouldn’t need to fill up every time you used the petrol mower. It was a completely useless part of the test.
I have no doubt that the petrol lawnmowers are better and stronger when they start, but the battery argument was a real bullshit argument. Of course you will have extra batteries if you are not braindead. You can charge one while you use another.
Biased again, sometimes you get a good comparison but seems the majority of these new episodes is biased.
It’s called force feeding.
What about reliability? A Honda mower will outlive anything. Using a honda petrol self propelled mower from the late 80s. Id like to see a battery mower last 10 years let alone 30 plus. My old petrol mountfield was 14 years old before the coil went on it, but that was due to storage leaked water onto it over winter.
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I have this honda,and use it professionally.Can cut up to 12 small to medium lawns a day.That rubber strip on the honda is not for stripes,it is to stop stones ect from hitting the user.It does flatten the grass a bit,but its a roller you need for stripes.Neither of them a stripe machines.That was a useless test.
I had an stiga battery mower. Bought also a stiga leafblower (same battery). After about 4 years of use, both of the batteries died. I had to buy a new battery (cost about 300 euro's) but stiga didn't sell this type anymore. So i had to throw away a good working lawnmover and a good working leaf blower. So whats best for environment? Next mower will be a petrol mower.
Honestly the Bosch is crap had one went back to petrol
Petrol lawn mowers are way better but electric mowers also have a place and will work wonders for some.
I love how quiet and lightweight they are and it is also nice to avoid some of the maintenance that is associated with a petrol mower.
I sold my electric mower today and got a petrol instead and I can cut the grass 3 times faster with no stalling at all. It will also cut 25% more grass in the width and cutting it way shorter and more evenly at the same time.
The 40 volt electric motor in the one I sold would struggle or stop very easily even on the highest cutting lenght.
My new 600$ petrol mower has a 3,5 kW engine and even the 2000$+ electric mowers sold here is not even providing me with half of that power.
Almost all electric models provide 0,8 - 1,6 kW worth of power.
This is less than what a 170$ petrol model can give.
Electric is the future but battery technology needs to improve before it is worth it in my opinion.
Graphene should become more mainstream for power tools (Cat already use them) and they will charge faster, give more stable voltage and the batteries will not get as hot which could increase the life span of the battery.
Ironically Jon was wearing a PCB shirt
Just about to return my 36v Ryobi mower and swap it for a petrol, it's been bloody nightmarish to be honest. The thing can barely handle medium grass, continually runs out of battery or overheats - have replaced the mower once already, the batteries and charger 3 times. Blah!
Can I just say - if you’re in the market for a mower please don’t use this video as inspiration.
Having used both petrol and battery powered mowers, it’s a no brainer. Get yourself a petrol mower and you won’t be disappointed.
So the stripe test was user error. ..... no matter what happened in this.... you where ALEAYS going to say eletric was hest.. when it CLEARLY wasnt
Why doesn't the battery have an air hole?
I bought a battery mower within a month got a petrol one . The battery one could not cope with long grass.
The petrol would already be in the Honda.
Maybe..... if not evaporated. What about the oil level?
You need a honda with rear roller for decent stripes plus it only has 1 handle for height. And having a battery mower won't make a difference to how sharp the blade is 😅
...with his judging I think Farmer Giles just wanted to trim her ladygarden.
I’m missing Georgie Barrat but I love all the female guest presenters!
the next time it will not need petrol how long does it last
Judgment base in racing and stripes! Funny…just imagine your battery is flat and you got wait a couple hrs to charge it. Also these batteries life are few yrs and then you need to pay a $100 for new one
the price of new batteries is their biggest con in my opinion. Most of the batteries dies in the winter when they sit for months without use and the owner forget to check their charge and the internal resistance keeps discharging them until they are past the level of a recharge.
how to let everyone know that you got paid by Bosh and can't say a bad word about it without telling anyone.
~~this video.
Clearly Honda is 100x better than that bosh
給油を時間に含めるなら空の電池を充電するところから比べてくださいｗ
lucky folks across the pond, can still buy new Push Honda gas mowers😭😭 EH
What about the noise level? I dislike the noise level of mowers,
electric is basically silent
@@SophiaElibaby That's a feature (advantage) that should have been mentioned, even if not highlighted.
I love my noisy mower to counteract my neighbours noisy dog 😂
Absolutely pathetic , 2 people who know absolutely zero about gardening going by this attempt to make a totally inadequate competition between petrol and electric.
👎👎👎
The moral and truth of this video is the honda was the winner. This video does not tell the whole truth as governments want you to buy whatever they want you to buy. AKA they make money off of you.
The Honda like any other petrol lawnmower you would still have to check for oil levels. In the other hand this seems rather beneficial not to have this non sense on the electric version. Besides a happy neighbour is a happy life too. No one likes that noisy engine anyway.
Realistically you don’t need to check oil levels. My petrol mowers more quiet than my corded mower
lol so after mowing, because he cut his grass longer BUT without leaving any horrible grass left on the lawn which you will need to go over again.. she won... lol ok whatever m8 😂. And at the end when the guy picks up two random pieces of grass, stating the Bosch has a sharper cut lol, number 1 sharpen both blades and try doing this test in a few years. She won't be so smug about buying a new battery for £99.95 or £239.95 for the larger one. or when it's hot weather in the summer... When you mow your lawn and both batteries will over heat and you have to sit and wait while they cool off in the freezer 🤣🤣, ask me how I know! Or when an all plastic mower is a few years old and the plastic becomes brittle, breaking or cracking if anything falls on it in the shed, or if you mow over a pebble or piece of wood on the lawn.. after owning an electric Mountfield mower.
" honda " issi" is so good some people use them commercially !" ( cant say that about electric mower ! ) 😅 also issi lasts longest ! Laugh 😃 😀 😄 😁 🤣
The steel will rust at some point
If made right, it will last much longer than the electric mower. We have a steel deck that’s over 20 years old now with a Briggs engine, it’s only stated rusting due to neglect and being left outside most of the time to be honest. That being said, I don’t think they make them like they used to now but engines are more reliable than the battery tech
@@Horizon301. Petrol mowers are notorious for not starting, Briggs are the worst, but I’ve never had a problem with my cordless electric mower.
@@gadgetman36 if maintained right, there aren’t any real issues. The classic 35 is simple, I leave it outside as mentioned and it starts on one pull after months at a time, no ethanol free fuel either so in many ways i am wrong with my initial statement as I’m not doing it right. Cordless can’t last as long by default due to battery technology, it’s the same reason I wouldn’t buy a cordless dyson even though I think the overall product looks to be far more efficient than the traditional vacuum.
Steel rusts if you crack the paint, plastic gets etched by the clippings. Rust and paint can be fixed, etched plastics just get rougher over time which leads to more clippings sticking to it. This is my opinion as a professional gardener who spends at least 15hrs a week mowing. I've got nothing against corded plastic mowers as they're perfect for smaller lawns and I use them frequently but metal bodied petrol mowers will take a lot more abuse at the cost of being heavy and higher maintenance. Not a fan of battery mowers but I can see the convenience if you've got a lawn that takes less than 20 mins to cut
THIS is what we need to target. NOT our cars! Residential consumers of chainsaws, weed whackers, snow blowers, etc. You can SEE the pollution coming out of those. Especially 2-stroke engines. We should do this AFTER China and India even begin to lift a finger to curb their pollution.