Honda, John Deere or Snapper for quality self-propelled gas lawn mower?

Craig Lee

I'm looking for a lawn mower for a house I just bought. The total area for the yards is fairly large (over 1/4 acre) and irregularly shaped. So, a corded mower is probably not a good option. Also, I don't think it's really big enough to justify a riding mower. The mower brands that seem to have caught my attention are Honda, John Deere and Snapper. I'm looking for a high end self-propelled gas lawn mower and was looking for any comments on these brands. Thanks for your input.

Answer
Snapper is a proven winner and parts are easy to obtain. John Deere has been around for a long time however, parts and quality can still be 'suspect'.
Honda is a great mower although I recommend pirchasing it from a genuine dealer (instead of Home Depot) as they're just not the same.

Battery powered lawn mowers/weedwhackers?

mike727

Why do the batteries in battery powered lawn mowers only work for like five minutes and then you have to charge them again? I want to quit using gas powered mowers, but I don't want to deal with wire clutter, nor deal with the hassle of having to charge the battery ten times while cutting my grass. When are they going to improve these batteries?

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Not sure what quality of products you're investing in...

We bought a house and have both a battery operated mower and trimmer. The lawn mower I can do 3 or 4 times cutting the back and the front before charge. The trimmer I can do twice, but I have two batteries so I can just swap on the fly if it dies.

However...if you let your grass grow 'out of control' and try to cut it, it sucks the battery life. I found that out when returned from vacation.

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