You can never have enough...

[harm_less]

We've got over 1/4 acre of lawns and gardens which are mowed with a battery Stihl lawnmower. Too many trees, shrubs and other obstacles to make a ride-on practical so invested in a commercial grade battery mower when our last petrol one wore out. Two batteries and a reasonably fast charger so by swapping back and forth there's always a fully charged one ready to go, all charged from our solar so we're now strangers to our local petrol station, and to pushing a mower around in a cloud of exhaust fumes. Batteries also fit our weed whacker, and our next chainsaw when the old Husqvarna next throws a wobbly.

Thanks Harm_less.  I am blessed with the fact that I have no gardens to go around. Just the house and fences.  But my little 12 inch cut makes it a long job for this creaky chick. 

I will be getting a larger size cut for a start lol. Have always had double ups on batteries for MrPs tools etc. So thats something I would also do. 

Gotta win lotto or save first. but Ill get there eventually. 

In the mean time there is bound to be a lot of bad language as there was last night. Worked fine in the morning, but not later in the day lol

I know what you mean about misbehaving small engines and our transition to electric was a result of unreliable engines and near extinction of skilled small engine mechanics.

Beware though that legacy ICE power tool brands are happy to sell battery versions but do not have the electronics skills to address faults in this new product range. I'm not happy to find out a slightly more than 2 year old $365 Stihl branded device is considered "unserviceable" and no circuit diagram is available to enable an electronics tech to properly investigate a minor fault in ours. Small claims court hearing relating to this in a few weeks. If I wanted a 'throw away' tool I could have paid a lot less for a Bunnings or Mitre10 brand. I'm confident the adjudicator will interpret the Consumers Guarantee Act as I do on this matter.