"RiversideRed" wrote in message
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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.

I've got one of these (or at least an earlier version).

http://www.justlawnmowers.co.uk/lawn...vioromower.htm

I've had it since 2005. I've succeeded in creating a break in the deck in
the last year or so which hasn't had any significant effect on the cutting
capability. It uses a battery that looks like a small car battery with a
handle on top which is heavy (sealed lead acid at a guess). I've had to
replace the original in the last couple of years because it began not to
last a whole session. I live in a rural location with garden on three
side of the house. They all have ins and outs and paths and lawn in
various places so it doesn't compare well with 20mx10m but my guess is that
I probably have to deal with double the plot you're thinking about. When
it finally dies I'll probably look at petrol so you might ask why didn't I
buy petrol in the first place. Answer; I had a couple of bad experiences
with petrol machines about 30 years ago which put me right off but I
recently bought a petrol powered multi tool (Stihl) and it works well so I'm
less anti.