My neighbor's quiet lawn mower

[Escape08]

I saw my neighbor's brand new Stihl lawn mower. I got so jealous it was so quiet, I was wondering what make of the motor it was. Then, I searched online it was an electric. . Well it performed like a gas powered.

But, anyways, I will stick to my old & trusty B&S.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Makes me sad to see them making electric mowers now. When I think of Stihl I think gas. Won’t catch me with one.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Speaking of noise, I walked by someone's electric Toro mower recently, and it was not quiet at all - I'd say not far off from the sound of my old Toro gas-powered one.

 

[dadto2]

A few of my neighbors have battery operated lawn mowers. I'm pretty sure my next lawn mower will be battery operated as well.

 

[skyactiv]

Toro makes a cordless mower that uses the same heavy loud blade as on gas powered mowers. Most all other modern cordless mowers use a special blade that is much lighter and less noisy by design than a gas mower blade.

Briggs & Stratton did or still does, make a special quiet gas engine. I wish this mower took off and other mower manufactures would offer
something gas powered as quiet. The quiet blade trick is used on the quiet gas mower in the video.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I hate lawn mowers.

 

[Zee09]

Makes me sad to see them making electric mowers now. When I think of Stihl I think gas. Won’t catch me with one.

 

[Leo99]

My next door neighbor mows in the dark with the lights on his riding mower. Something must have broken because I saw him mowing while holding a flashlight in one hand the other night.

 

[Leo99]

Makes me sad to see them making electric mowers now. When I think of Stihl I think gas. Won’t catch me with one.

My advice to you, young fella, is to embrace change and keep up with modern times lest you become an old bitter man complaining about how things used to be. Technology is changing. Keep up with it.

 

[RooflessVW]

I think I'm going to seed micro clover. I'm over mowing.

 

[The Critic]

Makes me sad to see them making electric mowers now. When I think of Stihl I think gas. Won’t catch me with one.

As @Leo99 correctly mentioned, learn to adapt or else you will become irrelevant in society. You have a long life ahead of you.

 

[tshephard]

Wife and I were just talking on a trip; had corded and battery some time ago.
I think the 2 batteries onboard solution makes sense.
"Double" current is possible for when you come back from vacation when it rained - even if you have to do half at a time.
And then single while recharging the other - to get a normal week done in a single session.

 

[PWMDMD]

This is an assault on my inner Tim the Toolman Taylor and Jeremy Clarkson.

 

[RyanY]

at $500+ Stihl can keep their cordless mowers! If the price becomes more reasonable I would consider them, but no one knows how long the batteries will last before they die or become obsolete.

 

[CT Rob]

I didnt even know this existed. I think i need one. Watched a bunch of videos and it seems to mow great .I have a small yard and it would most likely work great for me

 

[MParr]

They have their little niche. With acreage, battery power ain’t going to cut it.

 

[ekrampitzjr]

Plug-in electric mowers have been around a long time, at least the 1980s.

That Stihl mower in the OP has a design "feature" a lot of newer push mowers have, and I've had direct experience with that feature failing. I'm referring to the front wheels being attached to a piece of plastic, not to the metal chassis. This plastic "subframe" with the wheels is attached to the actual front of the metal chassis. I've seen the subframe crack and break over time, taking a wheel with it. Now you have a three-wheeled mower, which doesn't work too well.

It's disappointing to see Stihl use that cheap design. When I buy a push mower, I make sure I get one with all four wheels attached to metal.

Most recently I bought a Yard Machines mower with a 79 cc own-label OHV gas engine (not Briggs & Stratton). Don't know what is different about the design, but this one is amazingly easy to start and quiet running. Briggs needs to learn from this design. What I'll buy next time, I don't know, but it might be corded electric.

 

[CT Rob]

at $500+ Stihl can keep their cordless mowers! If the price becomes more reasonable I would consider them, but no one knows how long the batteries will last before they die or become obsolete.

Its 700 with the big battery and the charger

 

[manicrodder]

A few of my neighbors have battery operated lawn mowers. I'm pretty sure my next lawn mower will be battery operated as well.

I love my Atlas.

 

[FZ1]

I saw my neighbor's brand new Stihl lawn mower. I got so jealous it was so quiet, I was wondering what make of the motor it was. Then, I searched online it was an electric. . Well it performed like a gas powered.

But, anyways, I will stick to my old & trusty B&S.

Get a new muffler to save a few decibels. Wear ear protection......you'll thank me in 30 years.