Consumer Reports recently rated the EGO mowers competitive with

gas mowers for performance, and it's the first battery mow they've seen that could perform at that level. No idea about life, but I think they said they should be less maintenance - no finicky starting, oil changes, etc.

In response to this post by Gator Hokie

Posted: 08/31/2017 at 3:11PM

Anyone have an electric start lawn mower? Is it worth the extra cost vs. -- Gator Hokie 08/31/2017 12:22PM

I use battery powered lawn tools and they are great, mower, blower, string -- Nzane4vtNnc 08/31/2017 3:00PM

Same here. Love 'em. The mower sounds like a window fan. ** -- hokie-c 08/31/2017 10:21PM

Switched to Kobalt 80V tools last year -- TabbHokie 08/31/2017 5:01PM

I bought a Toro self-propelled "push" mower with electric start -- EDGEMAN 08/31/2017 2:39PM

Can you put pipes on a mower to make it louder like those bike people do? ** -- bigbadbird 08/31/2017 1:35PM

Scooter scum ** -- typed by ben 08/31/2017 2:43PM

My riding mower has electric ignition ** -- bigbadbird 08/31/2017 1:34PM

Right there with you triple B, it's as close as I will get. ** -- thankbud 08/31/2017 4:02PM

The responses to this are abhorrent ** -- typed by ben 08/31/2017 1:26PM

My snow blower has one...used it once, more work to plug in than pull ** -- Vienna_Hokie 08/31/2017 1:14PM

When my honda gives up the ghost i'll got electric -- HokieDan95 08/31/2017 12:58PM

I was looking at the battery mowers, but I'm unsure on them... -- Gator Hokie 08/31/2017 1:07PM

Consumer Reports recently rated the EGO mowers competitive with -- Hokie360 08/31/2017 3:11PM

Good for small yatds ** -- DaveVT 08/31/2017 1:14PM

No idea but they don't pollute as much & are quieter, which is nice. ** -- Hoakie82 08/31/2017 12:35PM

I think he means a gas engine, with electric start. ** -- 48zip 08/31/2017 12:44PM

Yes. ** -- Gator Hokie 08/31/2017 12:47PM

Honda has an easy pull, and starts in no more than 2 pulls. -- 48zip 08/31/2017 12:54PM

My Honda is dying and I was leaning toward another one... -- Gator Hokie 08/31/2017 1:11PM

Agreed. Unless you have a bum arm, i don't see the benefit... -- Gobble Gobble 08/31/2017 12:56PM

I've got an electric one that I plug in with 100' extension cord -- HokieAl 08/31/2017 12:34PM

I would love to watch you run over the cord of 100 feet ** -- bigbadbird 08/31/2017 1:33PM

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