Ryobi battery powered lawn mowers...

Nice find!

 

Hummm, $2,449... for a riding mower, if and only if I had a big enough flat lawn. Maybe, then, but still. Let us know how it works.

I am more interested in this one: RYOBI 1,800 psi 1.2 GPM Wheeled Electric Pressure Washer
Edit: No, this is an electric but not battery operated. Then, I don't want it.

 

The worst I'd heard about these was damage from delivery/uncrating. The machine itself is well regarded.

I passed on them (or possibly a previous generation) of these when we bought our house with big big lawn. Mostly because they were about $4k at the time, and didn't include a rear utility hitch for cart/roller/sweeper etc.

Now the price is coming down nicely and they've added a hitch.

I wound up buying a robot to do my lawn, but subsequently had to restrict it to half of the lawn. This might be the right thing for the other half...

 

I bet you really enjoy this mower. We have an electric push mower and it is very quiet. You will probably be able to cut grass with your riding mower and the neighbors will not even notice your cutting your lawn.
Good by to the fuss of dealing with gas and oil for your mower and storing the gas in your garage.
Looks like a great buy.

 

thanks for being the canary! a good report from you may add one to my barn

 

why is the 100ah cheaper than 75ah?

 

interestingly, when i was looking at the one at home depot, it was $2,499 regular price

 

thanks!

i wonder how much extra power mulching and bagging requires

 

how many square feet are you mowing?

 

we have a half. but mrs b mows 4,000 with a walk behind, leaving me with about a third as well.

my biggest concerns are spring rain/lushness, or getting behind and tall grass.

plus battery life and replacement costs

 

but those batteries don't get mostly drained and refilled with each use. (i know zero about batteries)

i did buy a $400. electric push from hd many years ago. the two lead acid batteries only made it past the warranty. turned me off for awhile.

 

i had a husky 42" tractor for 10 years. engine was fine, but everything else was so rusted, i had to replace it with 42" toro zero turn.

5 years in, not sure its going to last much longer than the husky

 

i think i posted this in the battery powered thread when i bought it last year.

38" ryobi rider with the 75ah batteries. completing our second year, about 50 hours on it.

no degradation according to the battery gauge (i take with a grain of salt)

the charging indictor on the charge port quit, and they sent me a new one, but after thinking i just needed to remove the 4 screws holding the port in, i find i'm going to have to remove the whole top of the tractor frame to get down to the connection points, wherever they are.

 

fourth year with the ryobi riding lawn tractor. very little degradation of the batteries according to the guess o meter, and still mowing the full half acre on a charge. i'm fairly happy with the purchase.
the biggest downside is no local service.