It’s electric

We had some guests stay this week, so I had wanted to get the lawns mowed. Our old, very heavy petrol lawnmower, which we had bought with the house, was very much on its last legs, and it was starting to lose its pull up the hill. So we decided to invest in a new one.

We began looking, but all the petrol mowers were heavy, or not self-propelled, and with a garden as steep as ours that’s a necessity. Then we started looking at electric mowers. It was a bit of a big change for us mentally, but the more we considered it the more sense it made. We finally bought one made by Stanley, part of their fatmax brand, and I have to say, it’s surprised us.

We calculated that we needed a minimum of two batteries to do our area of lawn, with a bit of strimming around the edges. The great thing about it is that it is so much lighter than our old ‘jalopy’, and Brian made light work in getting the slope mowed. The mulch setting on it also works really well, you just don’t see the grass that has been cut. So no need to collect tubs of grass cuttings. And the big bonus is no more petrol! We are very happy with our purchase.