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I consider my battery lawnmower just another in my collection of battery operated tools of which I probably now have too many given that I am retired. I think one needs to educate themselves on lithium batteries in general to understand proper handling and storage of them. I try to never charge them until they have cooled down from usage and also try to never fully discharge them more than 75%, This is not always feasible, but most of the time it does work for me and I have had great luck with battery longevity over the years. Not good practice to leave the in the chargers after fully charged.
I would encourage many to research LifePO4. batteries. They share some similarities with other Lithium-Ion batteries but use use Lithium Iron Phosphate as the cathode material and have a longer life cycle and much safer than Lithium-Ion Polymer.
There is a YT video of a fellow talking about his Ryobi 40V mower quitting after a year or so. Seems he hosed it off and water went into the battery compartment, through the drain holes and worked into the motor controller. Well, there you go. The days of me hosing off the underside of the mower deck on my old LB are over. OP suggested not mowing wet grass with these mowers. Not great practice anyway even with a gas mower if one is fussy about the quality of their mowing job.
I would surmise commercial quality mowers like the new $1200 Ego aluminum deck will be more sealed from water but who wants to spend that kind of money on a walk behind. I sure as hell do not.
I would encourage many to research LifePO4. batteries. They share some similarities with other Lithium-Ion batteries but use use Lithium Iron Phosphate as the cathode material and have a longer life cycle and much safer than Lithium-Ion Polymer.
There is a YT video of a fellow talking about his Ryobi 40V mower quitting after a year or so. Seems he hosed it off and water went into the battery compartment, through the drain holes and worked into the motor controller. Well, there you go. The days of me hosing off the underside of the mower deck on my old LB are over. OP suggested not mowing wet grass with these mowers. Not great practice anyway even with a gas mower if one is fussy about the quality of their mowing job.
I would surmise commercial quality mowers like the new $1200 Ego aluminum deck will be more sealed from water but who wants to spend that kind of money on a walk behind. I sure as hell do not.
