Battery Powered Lawn Mower Ego vs Greenworks

Buying a 21 inch self propelled mower for my standard suburbia yard. Those are the two brands I am down to because or reviews and cost. Anyone with any input, leaning towards the Ego.

My neighbor loves his ego mower. I had to borrow it one day and it was a nice little unit. If my yard was smaller, I would consider it.

My neighbor has an Ego mower. He dont have alot of grass so I think it would work good for him if he would not wait til a giraffe could hide in it before he mows.

We bought my mother-in law an Ego to outline/trim a huge property with before jumping on the JD Z997R diesel zero turn and she loves it. It’s hard to beat just grabbing and go’ing with something. She doesn’t have to get close to stuff with the big machine then, and has one less thing to really maintain other than occasionally having me touch up the blades.

My neighbor has an Ego zero turn and loves it.

My son and sil both have an Ego self propelled for their small yards and love them. SIL’s is probably 9 years old already.

We got the Ego last summer and it seems to be a good unit. I got the bigger battery but would’nt need it.It takes 45 min to mow and still have 2 bars left.

one thing to think of when you settle on a mower is do you like the brand’s “other” pieces of equipment (leaf blowers, trimmers, hedge trimmers, etc) because its all about the batteries and if you can share 1-2 batteries over a wide range of equipment, you’ll be living right….

Thanks guys, you sealed the deal unless of course the Mrs has come up with her own ideas. I was thinking of going with the deal with one 6 amp hour and one 4 amp hour batteries just in case I need the extra one, and like Joemx mentioned probably end up adding other items down the road.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

one thing to think of when you settle on a mower is do you like the brand’s “other” pieces of equipment (leaf blowers, trimmers, hedge trimmers, etc) because its all about the batteries and if you can share 1-2 batteries over a wide range of equipment, you’ll be living right….

x2 on this!!! Signed, Mr Toro Electric aka Tesloro’s.

John Rasmussen wrote:

Thanks guys, you sealed the deal unless of course the Mrs has come up with her own ideas. I was thinking of going with the deal with one 6 amp hour and one 4 amp hour batteries just in case I need the extra one, and like Joemx mentioned probably end up adding other items down the road.

It sounds like you will be purchasing a separate 4ah battery. If you were going to buy an ego battery you may want to look into buying another piece of Ego product with battery. I have the 670cfm leaf blower (which is awesome for blowing leaves and snow) which sells for $269 with a 4ah battery and a separate 4ah battery sells for $249 at Ace.

Cant believe all you guys are buying electric mowers and the government didnt force you to. Just kidding. Kind of. Everyone was in an uproar not long ago about battery powered lawn equipment being forced on you.

I bought the Milwaukee. It’s very nice. Lots of power, mulches good, and it picks up leaves good with the bag attached. I have Milwaukee tools. I love the fact I only have one brand of batteries.

I switched to all Milwaukee for small power equipment over the past summer. Trimmer and blower.

I love it. No stink, minimum noise such that I don’t have to have hearing protection on all the time. No engine maintenance, no winterizing, no spring starting issues. Total win.

I mow way more than most because my kids and I volunteer with the KoC to do elderly folks lawns and we do the church lawn as well. Even at this high level of use, I’ve had nothing but praise for the electric equipment. The key is to size equipment and batteries correctly.

JEREMY wrote:

Cant believe all you guys are buying electric mowers and the government didnt force you to. Just kidding. Kind of. Everyone was in an uproar not long ago about battery powered lawn equipment being forced on you.

EV’s and electric/battery power are no longer woke (since January). Even better, all the Government subsidies and mandates are OK now. What a good thing for the environment!

Just got a email from Ace Hardware. Looks like they have the LM2135SP self propelled lawn mower on sale and comes with a 2nd 5ah battery for free. Email said it was online and 1 day only sale. Said to add both to the cart and code word was “spring”.

JEREMY wrote:

Cant believe all you guys are buying electric mowers and the government didnt force you to. Just kidding. Kind of. Everyone was in an uproar not long ago about battery powered lawn equipment being forced on you.

I’ve had mine for about 6 years. The issue was the gov’t banning i.c.e. lawn maintenance tools, which still serve an important purpose for commercial use and people with larger properties. On the flip side it turns out people recognize the superiority of electric for other smaller uses. The gov’t actually didn’t and doesn’t need to tip the scales one way or the other. Let’s keep eliminating subsidies and mandates and let the free market work.

We have a Ryobi…went with that option because of the batteries. The Ryobi works fine but you need to keep the blade very sharp. A mower works by lifting the grass and cutting. The Ryobi doesn’t spin fast enough to always lift the grass. But, it works well enough and seems like everyone in my neighborhood has one. Keep in mind this is S MPLS and the yards are very small.

I think the ego is a higher quality mower but we’ve been pretty happy with the ryobi.

One last point…check the warranty on the battery. Some are only a year. The ryobi is 3 years and we needed it once . Saved us $150.

Matt Moen wrote:

We have a Ryobi…went with that option because of the batteries. The Ryobi works fine but you need to keep the blade very sharp. A mower works by lifting the grass and cutting. The Ryobi doesn’t spin fast enough to always lift the grass. But, it works well enough and seems like everyone in my neighborhood has one. Keep in mind this is S MPLS and the yards are very small.

I think the ego is a higher quality mower but we’ve been pretty happy with the ryobi.

One last point…check the warranty on the battery. Some are only a year. The ryobi is 3 years and we needed it once . Saved us $150.

My neighbor guy with the ego has replaced his battery 2 times in 3.5 years or 4 years. Pretty sure that’s as much as a new mower.

Hey John –

I’ve had an Ego mower now for 6-7 years. It’s been mostly great. The 7.5 Amp hour batt that came with it just started showing it’s age last year, but I can still get most of the lawn done with it. Then I have other batts that came with other tools purchases if need to finish up.

Matt Moen is also correct. Keep it very sharp if you’re particular about lawn appearance. The e-mowers just don’t have the same speed as gas to make up for it.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

I switched to all Milwaukee for small power equipment over the past summer. Trimmer and blower.

I love it. No stink, minimum noise such that I don’t have to have hearing protection on all the time. No engine maintenance, no winterizing, no spring starting issues. Total win.

I mow way more than most because my kids and I volunteer with the KoC to do elderly folks lawns and we do the church lawn as well. Even at this high level of use, I’ve had nothing but praise for the electric equipment. The key is to size equipment and batteries correctly.

Although this doesn’t apply to me for now, Grouse and many others are spot on. The time saved on engine maintenance will be a godsend if the technology ever gets that far for us people in the country.

The day there’s a battery powered mower that can mow a few acres and a couple miles of fencelines at a time at the same clip as a diesel zero turn and sub compact tractor…we will be all over it. If I had a lawn in town I’d be all over either the Milwaukee push mower or the Ego one. They are the only 2 I’ve seen in action but seemed impressive.

Being in town doesnt automatically mean small yard.

I have 3 EGO products… love them….. have had the trimmer for 8 years, same battery.

I would happily buy any EGO product.

When i would push mow my yard it was like 11000 steps. Dont think a battery would last that long.

Although this doesn’t apply to me for now, Grouse and many others are spot on. The time saved on engine maintenance will be a godsend if the technology ever gets that far for us people in the country.

The day there’s a battery powered mower that can mow a few acres and a couple miles of fencelines at a time at the same clip as a diesel zero turn and sub compact tractor…we will be all over it. If I had a lawn in town I’d be all over either the Milwaukee push mower or the Ego one. They are the only 2 I’ve seen in action but seemed impressive.
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The cost of battery replacement would kill that idea in a hurry.

serious question…….how do they discard/recycle spent batteries of this nature??

are you really that eco friendly????

glenn57 wrote:

serious question…….how do they discard/recycle spent batteries of this nature??

are you really that eco friendly????

I don’t really think people buy them to be eco friendly. They buy them for ease of use and low maintenance

understood. Wasn’t sure!

glenn57 wrote:

serious question…….how do they discard/recycle spent batteries of this nature??

Same way you dispose of batteries currently, I would guess. I haven’t had to replace any of my batteries yet though, so idk.

glenn57 wrote:

are you really that eco friendly????[/quote,

Yeah not looking for eco friendly just ease of use and I can hang the damn thing on the wall when not in use or over the winter. It’s not like I’m trading my Ram for a Ridgeline or something.