My petrol mower is getting on a bit as am I. I am thinking of replacing it with a battery driven model. The lawn is flat & roughly 80m2.
I would prefer a self propelled version as I need a total knee replacement at some stage.
What would be the recommendation from the forum members for the best buy.
John, having just done this exercise, here are my findings (for what they are worth) based on chatting with various garden machinery suppliers, testing a few and also speaking with two friends who run successful garden companies:
The Hayter electric mowers are great - tech has come on a long way. All the benefits of Hayter but lighter and with out the noise and maintenance of petrol. One of the Hawks would probably be enough to do the lawn size you mention but worth checking with a dealer.
As Calypso has said above, the Husqvana is the Rolls Royce of automated lawn care. Not inexpensive in the slightest but the latest versions use gps positioning (not wire) and what they can do is very impressive. As Ian suggested, there is no need for objects or animals, domestic or otherwise, to fear... the collision avoidance is akin to autodrive cars. They operate on a cut little and often premise because they mulch but the results I saw were impressive. However, entry for the new ones sits at about £2,000 with the associated hardware piece you need for the gps!
