Just purchased an EGO mower, any experience?

[supton]

Does not bode well for me in the future it seems--last few (gas) mowers were free. I have 2ish acres to mow, at least an hour with a 50” deck?

Maybe by the time this mower gives up, replacement batteries won’t be too bad in cost. Would be nice to mow sans earplugs.

 

[Brett776]

My Ryobi was less than 300 and came with a 6 AH battery. Been going good for three years. I never use self propel the whole time but was out of state for work and my wife did, found out it died with about 20% lawn remaining. No problem, she threw on the 4AH from the trimmer and finished it up. I will probably buy another battery at the steep cost of 200 bucks soon. The mower can take two. All of my OPE is ryobi

 

[AZjeff]

Holy cow, the SOP for managing batteries some of you go through sounds more complicated than launching a space shuttle. You have to be willing to change to use one successfully. Hmm, sounds like driving an EV.

Most of the BITOG Luddites are at the age that if you buy a new gas mower now before they're outlawed by the time it wears out you won't be worried about mowing a lawn with batteries or gas.

 

[Brett776]

Holy cow, the SOP for managing batteries some of you go through sounds more complicated than launching a space shuttle. You have to be willing to change to use one successfully. Hmm, sounds like driving an EV.

Most of the BITOG Luddites are at the age that if you buy a new gas mower now before they're outlawed by the time it wears out you won't be worried about mowing a lawn with batteries or gas.

That may help the batteries, I don’t do any of that. I’m in south Florida and the garage gets blazing hot.. I just put it on the charger and don’t think about it. Seems to work fine for my yard.

The electric mowers have their limitations, but they aren’t nearly as much trouble as some think. For me they work great, quiet, zero upkeep. Gas works great and lasts nearly forever, still the best choice for many.. I’m sure with buying a new battery this year I’ve spent more than a gas mower but I like the tech and all the other tools my batteries take.

I didn’t buy the stuff over any environmental agenda, simply think it’s nice.

 

[wrcsixeight]

Storing lithium batteries in a cooler location, in summertime , and at middle states of charge when not in use, is hardly an onerous duty, or even necessary.

But it is a simple, no brainer way to insure that this very imperfect battery technology does not degrade prematurely due to avoidable circumstances.

I don't need the full available capacity of my batteries at this point, so I make a tiny effort to not fully discharge, nor fully charge them. The former being easier than the latter.
So far.

 

[alarmguy]

EGO BATTERY GONE BAD

I thought I would post an update to my previous posts in this thread.
Purchased my first battery EGO lawnmower on 4/7/2023

13 months later I had battery problems with the 7.5 amp battery. Annoying it is, I paid more than I ever did for a mower, roughly 6 or $700 and never had a mower that failed me, this one only a year old.
Anyway, without sounding too dramatic. The battery has an issue, sometimes out of the blue the last month it would blink red and die even though it was fully charged when I started cutting the lawn. Other times I would put it in the charger and it would show charged but then in the mower it would die the second I turned the mower on.

Long story short, I did notice a small amount of greasy liquid coming out near one of the battery terminals I suspect one or more of the cells are leaking, once I wipe off the contacts it will start working again. Even though it's not a lot of greasy stuff, it's weird, I have been able to wipe it off and it would start working and nurse the thing to get the lawn cut.

Anyway, I bought this mower for carefree mowing and it's been GREAT! I love it until I started thinking I might be stuck with a $700 lemon but ...

Anyway, EGO customer service was GREAT. Called them up, no wait, girl had me do some trouble shooting (testing) on the battery and the charger. Determined the battery was bad and new 7.5 amp is already been shipped out. Zero cost to me for a battery with a retail price of $399 that isnt bad.

I would stress to everyone, when you get something like this mower. It pays to register it online. I did do that last year when I bought it. Of course I also saved my receipt from Lowes as the battery has a 3 year warranty.
By registering it online, they were able to pull up the mower and battery serial number (yes the battery has its OWN serial number) along with my information. I THINK that may add credibility to the phone call with them knowing this isnt a scam to get a $400 battery. All I know the process was swift and very re-assuring.

So all in all, I was the unlucky one with a bad battery, others in my community have had zero issues with their EGO mower and other EGO equipment. I was very impressed how easy and fluid customer service was and the speed of the resolution. I REALLY like this mower and hopefully no other battery issues for years.

 

[football]

A new $400 battery every 13 months sure ain’t affordable or good for the environment.

A Honda 217 mower will last 25 years with $3 worth of maintenance per year.

 

[alarmguy]

A new $400 battery every 13 months sure ain’t affordable or good for the environment.

A Honda 217 mower will last 25 years with $3 worth of maintenance per year.

A defective battery, to be fair, some people have defective gas engines too.
Time will tell but new home, no more dealing with gas works for me as long as it turns out to be reliable.

 

[alarmguy]

New battery arrived, must cost a fortune to ship, its heavy and Hazardous.
VERY impressive customer service.

 

[billt460]

A new $400 battery every 13 months sure ain’t affordable or good for the environment.

A Honda 217 mower will last 25 years with $3 worth of maintenance per year.

You can carry this over to EV's as well. If the battery goes, the whole thing is basically garbage, based on replacement costs.

 

[alarmguy]

You can carry this over to EV's as well. If the battery goes, the whole thing is basically garbage, based on replacement costs.

A mower is a bit different. I dont have to store gas at my house, nor run to the gas station for it.

I liked my Honda mower a lot but no longer have to deal with oil, air filters, spark plugs, and gasoline, no more pull cords either and lets not forget the brutal heat and noise the gas mower throws off. I cut the lawn in temps of 90 to 100 degrees and I am saying this is more pleasant with no heat coming off the engine.

A EV is not the same, agree if the battery goes you are out of luck. IN an EV they are not user replaceable.

Unlike an EV a gas mower is an inconvenience to keep a supply of gasoline on hand.
For this mower, if the battery goes it will be worth spending for a new one after 5 years, IF the battery goes. It's a 100% 3 year warranty.

IN fact an electric mower is a cordless tool. I am sure the cast majority of people in this forum have rechargeable tools for convenience over handling an extension cord or in some cases like this, gasoline.