I bought a Ryobi 40v self-propelled mower a couple years ago and it's been great. It came with a single 7.5AH battery but it will hold two. A 2nd battery would have cost another $150 or thereabouts, so I passed. If I start with it fully charged it will do both the front and back yards before it quits.

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Originally posted by honestlou:

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Originally posted by TexasScrub:
I know you said to shy away from DeWalt, but my mower came with two huge batteries, and they also power my string trimmer, hedger, and blower with out recharging on my smallish/medium yard. Package deal at home depot, like $850ish for all four.

I have nothing against DeWalt, and I'll definitely look at that. It's just that there are a lot of the big battery drills, impacts, saws, etc. out there, and I don't care about having my lawn mower battery work my circular saw. At least I didn't think I did.

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About to start year 4 on Ryobi 40v push mower. Completely pleased with it. Also have the 40v powerhead with string trimmer and pole saw, pleased with them as well.

My 2 stroke backpack blower still works fine, but when it dies, it’ll probably get replaced with more 40v.

Ego self propelled here also no problem. Since I went with Ego, I also bought the trimmer, and blower.

I have a self-propelled Stihl and it is just okay. It replaced a Honda and the Honda did a much better job of actually cutting. The Stihl leaves little tufts of grass uncut here and there so you have to overlap quite a bit, making it take longer. You can’t change directions quickly as it has some electronic safety that stops you from pulling it backwards when you disengage the power. It can hold 2 batteries but only one can power it, making the 2nd battery spot useless in my opinion. The batteries work in our trimmer so that is a plus but based on performance, I cannot recommend the Stihl.