Buying a new Lawnmower SUCKS

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Hacky McAxe said:
Our petrol mower is dying so was thinking about getting an Ozito power mower. I have an 18v Ozito line trimmer and it's great.
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I have the Ozito X mower, does the job well. Plus has 5 year return guarantee.

PS make sure it's the red Ozito X, not the normal Ozito.
 
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CroydonDog said:
Why would you buy a petrol mower for a suburban backyard in 2022?

My caveat: don't go too cheap if your yard is a bit on the tough or large side. Tbh, I don't think the Bunnings home brand (ozito) would cut it in the long run. My mother has a ozoto lime trimmer and last weekend it took 2.5 charges to finish the job (she has a lot of edges).

I've started making all of my gardening tools Ryobi so can interchange the batteries.
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WTFFFF?? What sort of man uses an electric lawn mower???
 
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maroondog72 said:
WTFFFF?? What sort of man uses an electric lawn mower???
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One that doesn't want to fuck about with petrol, oil, servicing etc.

Why bother when there's a much easier alternative that, for about 90% of situations does the same job?
 
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ASSASSIN said:
I have the Ozito X mower, does the job well. Plus has 5 year return guarantee.

PS make sure it's the red Ozito X, not the normal Ozito.
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I have an Ozito Whipper snipper but only a small lawn, so no idea how it would handle a bigger job (my mother's didn't last too long when I used it recently on a fairly large and out of control lawn).
 
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Como Dog said:
Have a Ryobi cordless 36V battery powered 46cm and love it. Much lighter than petrol which is great for a multi tiered backyard. No messing round and starts first time every time.

You'll get 45 min on a full battery. Because the battery is relatively expensive, bought the corresponding 36V trimmer which also comes with the same battery. Having both easily gets me through a 550m block with plenty of spare battery power.
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Mines a narrower version but I don't need I as have a smaller yard. If I had a big yard I'd want as big a radio's cutting blade a possible).

Only drawback I see of the battery powered ones is that they will lack a bit of grunt if you have let the lawn get a bit out of control, but that only ever really happens once or twice a year for me after a prolonged rain period.
 
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CroydonDog said:
I have an Ozito Whipper snipper but only a small lawn, so no idea how it would handle a bigger job (my mother's didn't last too long when I used it recently on a fairly large and out of control lawn).
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The one with the red blades or the one with the trimmer line feed?

I have both. The one with the red blades is useless on anything big.
 
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Hacky McAxe said:
The one with the red blades or the one with the trimmer line feed?

I have both. The one with the red blades is useless on anything big.
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I'm getting a d-erection reading two dudes having a conversation about electric gardening gear. FFS @CroydonDog - we use petrol gear because we burn shit in it. Guys love to burn shit. its primordial - goes back to when we were hunter gatherers.

Don't disrespect your ancestors. Burn fuel.
 
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