Post #1901968
2026-05-03 02:46 UTC
So not only is the handling on a slope somewhat terrifying to a zero-turn n00b, it also absolutely murders battery life.
Which brings me to the third point.
My yard is 1 acre. It has a whole house on it. There's an old trampoline. An area we ignore that we call the "prairie." What I'm getting at is, it's nowhere near an acre of grass.
I stopped for lunch and the battery was already down to something like 30% left. I wasn't even half done.
Replies (1)
-
@bigzaphod@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 02:48
I charged it over lunch, but not to full. Cut some more and ran it dead. (Luckily it shuts off the mower before going entirely dead so you can drive it back to the garage - which is handy.) Then I charged it for another hour or so. (Again, not to full.) I managed to finish the yard at that point. It's *possible* that maybe I could do the whole yard with one *full* charge break. Maybe. But that's the thing - given its 1.5 acre capacity I didn't expect to have to.