Buying a forever lawnmower. Lawnmower buying advice.

stevef22 said:

How do you like the " Personal Pace" feature? Some people hate it. Thank you

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stevef22 said:

How do you like the " Personal Pace" feature? Some people hate it. Thank you

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TonyPrin said:

Obviously, some people have been smelling gas fumes for too long.

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GearHead36 said:

Obviously, some people have drunk the green kool-aid. The OP asked for recommendations for a "forever mower". Which I take to be, one that will never need to be replaced. Battery mowers are currently the exact opposite of this. There are pretty much zero 5 yrs old battery powered mowers in use. They are notorious for having unavailable parts after 2 yrs. Admittedly, the gas mowers are getting cheaper and cheaper, too, and I don't mean cost wise. This is why I recommended an older used gas mower. Battery powered equipment may get to the point of never needing to be replaced, but it's nowhere close to that at this point in time.

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TonyPrin said:

Obviously, some people have been smelling gas fumes for too long.

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Rivets said:

Craftsman, I don’t know what problem you’ve had with the Toro Personal Pace mowers, but they are about the best mowers out today. The cast deck models outlast all other decks and the drive system are good and allow any user to cut at the pace they want. Mulching is close to excellent, if you don’t try to remove more that you should. I realize that all U-tubes videos are the absolute truth, but as I said. I’ve been selling them to customers from 19-75 years old since they came on the market and they will live twice as long as any Craftsman mower on the market today. The reason the drive system has problem Is that people don’t maintain them properly.

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TonyPrin said:

Not Kool-Aid, just data. Today's battery powered equipment isn't like a decade or more ago. The technology has improved tremendously, and costs have improved. Battery is becoming the way to go for yard equipment just as it has for other power equipment like saws and drills. Does anyone wonder why Toro, Snapper, and STIHL make battery powered mowers now? (Maybe they drank the Kool-Aid, too.) And as it's also becoming for cars, which is why Tesla is worth more than Ford, GM, Honda, and Toyota combined. If anyone thinks gas powered equipment is "forever", I have a horse and buggy to sell you.

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Craftsman Garage said:

Just because it is "the way to go" doesn't mean that does the job well. Climate change and global warming is a hoax guys, and you need to snap out of it. It's like yeah teslas are "the way to go" but that doesn't mean it's better than a lamborghini. ... Some people just have no filter when they're looking at news, and that's a problem guys.

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