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Greenworks 60V 17" Brushless Cordless Push Lawn Mower (4.0Ah)4.2
1 source$400as of Oct 17The Greenworks 60V 17-inch is a battery push mower with a 17-inch deck, a 4.0Ah battery and a bag-or-mulch setup, with no self-propulsion. TechGearLab found it cut evenly, ran about 40 minutes on the supplied battery and was light enough to steer one-handed around beds and up steep banks, though it was one of the louder battery mowers in its group and can bog down in really thick grass. Todd's Garage found it had enough power for a badly overgrown back yard but stalled a few times when pushed too fast, and the battery ran out before the front yard was done. It suits owners of small to average lawns with lots of obstacles; anyone with a bigger plot, or no spare 60V battery, should look at a wider or self-propelled model.
Strengths
- — Light enough to steer one-handed around obstacles and up steep banks, per TechGearLab
- — 4.0Ah battery ran about 40 minutes, roughly a quarter acre, in TechGearLab's test
- — Cuts evenly and handled thick, overgrown grass in both reviews
Watch-outs
- — Can bog down or stall when pushed quickly through very thick grass
- — One charge did not finish Todd's Garage's front and back yards in long grass
- — One of the louder battery mowers TechGearLab measured, though quieter than gas
