Leon Fisk wrote:
Some good old friends of mine had an electric Black & Decker
mower I used when their lawn needed mowing and I was
watching the house. It did an okay job, typical subdivision
property/lot. You need to start mowing close to where the
cord comes from. Then you go back & forth moving away from
the cord source so it is laying on what has already been
mowed. This particular mower had what I'll call a flopper
bar that held the cord off to the side a bit. Each time you
reached the end you turned and flopped the bar & cord to the
other side. A bit of an extra fling on the cord was helpful.
Later models had the handles centrally mounted and you just
flopped the whole handlebar assembly over, never turning the
mower around. Just go to what was the front of the mower and
push in the opposite direction. Using a bagger with it was
really annoying, putting up with the cord was tolerable
without bagging too.

Learning how to best mow with a trailing power cord will be
your most difficult chore. Usually they come with good
directions for this, read and follow them. Once you get the
hang of that you'll be okay


I talked (sort of) before my ability to vacuum with deftness that
beggars belief. The motions and movements you're describing here are the
blood and bone of those of us who use upright vacuum cleaners. We
learned to avoid power cords looooong ago.

Honestly, I am not worried about the cord! I'm worried about
desaturating with exertion, huffing exhaust and being forced to make
frequent stops while working. Thus my choice of an easy start,
economical start, low emissions, lightweight electric mower.