There's your answer. Buy from a real mower shop.
Recommend hiring a lawn crew if you can't start the equipment and use it properly.
Wife too weak, push button start gas engine-- Not interested in Electric Mower
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Recommend hiring a lawn crew if you can't start the equipment and use it properly.
No, like you that half price sent up red flags. I figured out their email and sent them an inquiry asking a few pointed questions. No reply. NOPE, likely a scam. I actually found two similar websites like that out of Indonesia.
It would be nice to ask some tech guy at B & S but they have off loaded ALL their tech help to their certified dealers-- nobody at corporate! It IS a conundrum.
The other part is no one appears to really understand how their choke system works or can explain it well, so I can't even come up with a theory . . .
Toro makes a nice Super Recycler with E start. Has the big Briggs 190cc engine. Don't even have to change the oil in it either LOL. Personal Pace, my fav.
Yep, looks good. THAT would work! But $900 for a lawn mower for occasional use. Twice as much as I was hoping for. I think I will just give up and tell they wife to ask me to cut the grass . . . my normal mode. I am obviously asking the market for something it just is not ready to do.
The machine I bought at HD last year cost only $440. I figured SOME company out there had a competing product. The answer is simply: NO
I figured the dominant engine manufacturer B &S could make a product that would reliably start with a push button; how hard can that be?! Auto choke engines have been around for 80 years! New technology with lithium batteries enables huge power in small packages perfect for a light machine yet, no company can combine them? I give up.
I am curious as to which brand of mower this briggs is mounted on.
Since the Briggs starts manually there has to be a wiring issue somewhere with the instart feature.
It spins just fine but the circuit that fires up the ignition/coil has to be the source would be my guess. Bad switch? Safety switch? It happens. Got a voltmeter?
I would not condemn this just yet.
Can you find your manual with a wiring diagram here?
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Since the Briggs starts manually there has to be a wiring issue somewhere with the instart feature.
It spins just fine but the circuit that fires up the ignition/coil has to be the source would be my guess. Bad switch? Safety switch? It happens. Got a voltmeter?
I would not condemn this just yet.
Can you find your manual with a wiring diagram here?
Find Manual & Parts List | Briggs & Stratton
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Bad choice, replacement parts are not available for some Electric/battery powered mowers, the part that holds the blade is made out of plastic, once you damage this, you can not mount the blade safely, Check before you buy, if parts are available, and don't take the stores word for it, look for yourself. good luck
Have you considered the Ryobi 40volt battery powered walk behind I’ve had 2 of these gave my first one to my sister so she could keep her small yard mowed it’s still going strong 3yrs later and got my wife a self propelled battery powered mower and she loves we’ve had it 3yrs and it’s still going strong one thing that’s important is to keep your yard mowed on a regular basis
With apologies to OP, I couldn't agree more. I ended up w 2 mowers while selling one house, buying another. One gas, one electric, an 20" EGO electric bought in 2014. Still going fine, using orig batteries, 10th season. The EGO is the only mower my wife will use, much lighter, much, much easier to maneuver, easy to store, the handle folds and it sits on end. Easy to haul around. Much less noise. No need to winterize. Great for mowing around trees, flower beds, gardens, etc. I have 2 batteries, ~ 5 amp hr. EGO and HD/Ryobi both make good electrics. Pricy, due to batteries, decent models start around $400, more w 2 batteries. Ex the initial cost, a really good fit for applications like this.
Checked on Consumer Reports, the top push mower with electric start in their ratings is a Honda HRN216VLA, but its out of stock as best I can tell.
Honda HRN216VLA Mower | 21" Walk Behind Mower | Honda Lawn Mowers
The Honda HRN216VLA lawn mower features electric start, Honda's adjustable speed Smart Drive transmission, Auto Choke™, MicroCut® twin blades, a powerful 4-stroke engine.
The next model up, is $900, available on amazon, so too expensive... but seems to meet the requirements otherwise....
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I have the Kobalt electric and love it. Not good for2 acres, but it would be with additional batteries. Best thing for people that can't pull the cord. No gas, oil and routine maintenance except for keeping it clean (don't clean underside with water) and batteries charged.