On Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:57:11 -0000, "RiversideRed"
wrote:

Hi, has anyone had experience of battery powered rotary mowers.
My father inlaw wants to stay independent and has trouble starting
conventional petrol mowers,
His lawn is around 20mtrs by 10mtrs and not fast growing he prefers just to
top it weekly.
One option would an electric start petrol mower but the price would be out
of reach.
Any advice welcome.

IIRC there was a thread earlier this year covering this subject and,
whilst cordless mowers in general were not favoured by contributors,
the Bosch Rotak range, which includes various sizes of cordless
rotary, was recommended. It is probably worth doing a search.
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rbel