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I am seriously tempted to get a battery powered zore-turn riding mower, primarily because it's less noisy, and secondarily because it would be one less engine to maintain.

submitted by Nosferatjew to whatever 7 hoursMay 10, 2025 16:14:31 ago (+9/-3)     (whatever)

I've been using a quality gas powered zero-turn mower for several years, which works great, but it keeps waking up the baby, which is not good.

Anyone here have experience with these new-fangled electric mowers? I'm skeptical of their "range" claims/estimates.


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Compare that to trying to fix an electric mower, or even source replacement parts for it.

Battery cells can be replaced with basic soldering skills, brushes are easy to replace, and on a brushless motor like you're likely to find in more modern mowers basically the only wear component is is the bearing. A high enough power ECU will be a bit pricy, but far from impossible to source and it really shouldn't need replacement for decades if you store the mower reasonably.