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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them by rhinoceraptor on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:25PM (#23240441)
I went with Makita without a whole lot of research, but I like that have a wide line of tools. I recently bought their weed wacker, and I'm thinking I'll eventually replace my plug-in lawn mower with their battery powered one.
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Re:Power tool manufacturers and who owns them by cosmie on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:04PM (#23249209)
One word of caution with battery powered mowers is they tend to weigh about 2x as much as a gas powered or corded electric mower.

May be a non-issue for you, but bit me hard when I tried to go that route. My lawn has poor drainage and never completely dries, and the added weight of the battery-powered mower led to constant rutting and mower-wrangling.

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