Thanks all for you comments very usefull.
"Graham Harrison" wrote in message
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"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.