Krabshell
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2024
I am a 74-year-old woman who still likes to mow my grass abd take care of my yard. I did look at quite a few battery powered mowers after my gas mower died. I love this mower!! I am only 5 feet tall but when putting this mower together (extremely easy) I was able to adjust the handle to fit my height. It is very light-weight and easy to handle and maneuver. I have a fairly large yard. The battery will go for at least 40 minutes - I don't want to completely drain it and recharges in about an hour and 15 minutes. I have to recharge it one time to do my whole yard. If the charge light is still blinking after an hour, I have found that if I take the battery off the charger and really smack it back in the charger it shows fully charged. There is no dread in mowing the lawn now. It's a piece of cake!!November 12 update: Reading through some reviews I noticed some people had an issue with the battery being hot when taken off the mower for recharge. This created a lengthy time as the battery has to cool down before recharging. I have had that happen only one time on the first time I used the mower. My grass was high, hadn't been cut in a while, and the engine had to work harder. I noticed it going going to max power many time with that mowing and since the engine worked harder the battery became hot. Not extremely so though. I just put gloves on to remove the battery. I let it cool with a fan blowing on it for about half an hour before placing it in the charger. I have not had a hot battery since that first cut when the mower worked so hard. I still love this mower!
Nate
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2024
First off, I had very low expectations when I ordered this lawnmower because of some of the reviews I read about durability and battery strength. However, after using it, I think I am pretty impressed by the overall performance.Let’s talk an about the battery. Due to some of the negative reviews I read, I decided to get an extra battery. Both that and the mower arrived within 3 days on the same day, after they were shipped . I had some trouble charging the battery that came in the box with the mower because it couldn’t quite fit onto the charger. It kept giving off one red flashing light which had not been defined in the manual. The extra battery on the other hand fit immediately with just a little nudge and the green light started blinking almost immediately. I wasn’t able to really check how long it took to fully charge because I was already frustrated with the first battery.The mower was easy to assemble although the assembly instructions were no good. Most of it was already put together and did not require any special tools to add the rest.I was able to mow the entire frontage of the house with just one charge on the extra battery. The mower automatically increased its power when mowing thicker areas of the lawn. It’s lightweight and can easily be moved around the lawn without any hustle. The back of the house was quite bushy and the battery went out after a few rounds. I switched it out with the battery that came with the mower and I was able to finish up the rest of the yard. Although it appeared the mower was at full power for the most part, I think the second battery should have lasted a bit longer.
Mitchell Rawlings
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2024
The unit works great! Very lightweight for all to use. Assembly is minimal just few minutes. Unit works great gets about 45 mins run time for me new out of the box. Batt fully charges in 45 minutes. Price is awesome in comparison to other brands. Unit has plenty of power and cuts well with several easy to switch grass cutting levels. It picks up leaves pretty good gets about 80-90% of them. This is where the Batt unit differs from a gas unit...suction (I knew this going to Batt though). No more worry about spark plug, gas, oil or anything else.... plus cuts down on engine noise 50%. A good overall Batt mower.
AnthonyC
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
I'm one of those hate-yardwork millennials, admittedly, and I'm sick and tired of gas mowers. My old one, a side spitter, is held together by duct tape and the side-spitting piece has completely broken off the mower, so it shoots grass bits every which way. I could never get the oil level right, either, and the thing would backfire often and blow out white smoke (and I swear I read the dipstick). I'd be surprised if it started at all this year, as it is about time for the spark plugs to go out. And where in the world do you put the old oil that you can't throw in the regular trash? Yeah, that thing needs to go.My first impression: this feels like an upgrade in almost every way. The Wild Badger is lighter and a lot less noisy than the old gasser. Starting it is a breeze. No more cord-yank-pray maneuvers. I was concerned at first about power, as many complaints about the battery mowers revolve around power. We're good so far. The Wild Badger puts itself into a higher gear when it detects that the blade is struggling, and it stays in that high gear for a bit just to be sure it's through the troubled area.Assembly for me was made so much easier with a Youtube video. Look for one by "ALLCHECKOUT" - there's a dude with a Scottish accent who walked me through it. Huge help.As far as the battery is concerned, one charge was more than enough for me to mow my small front yard. I didn't tackle the back yard yet. Honestly, even if I need two charges, one for the front yard and one for the back, trading that for having to deal with oil, gasoline and spark plugs? Yeah I'm taking that deal all day, every day.The Badger provides two options for dealing with the cut grass. 1 - Let it collect in a very convenient container provided or 2 - use the attachment provided to automatically plop the mowed grass on the ground as you go. It's nice that both options are available. Hopefully the container they provided won't rip, but if it does, the attachment is a nice back-up plan.My chief concern is that my yard is pretty rugged. Just ask the old side spitter. (That thing's truly on its last legs, and I think I've had it 4 years at most.) The Wild Badger seems reasonably well built, but if the thing starts to fall apart I'll be updating my review.