OK question for the wider Fedi:
Does anybody actually own an electric push #lawnmower that they like? Corded is okay.
Or even a small electric riding mower?
One of my sound aversions is I absolutely cannot stand the sound of a gas powered lawnmower.
CAN. NOT.
Second on the list is gas-powered weed whackers. There's just something about the sound of those small gas engines that makes me want to burn down the entire world to get away from it.
It does NOT matter if it's me doing the mowing or my neighbors -- the sound sets my teeth on edge and wrecks my brain. (Sometimes with brains like mine, if I'm making the sound, it's OK, but not in this case.)
I do, however, apparently need to get another mower, as I gave away my gas powered push mower a couple years ago to someone who is no longer a friend (so I can't get it back, even if I wanted to).
I'm in the Ryobi ecosystem, but I don't think they have a push mower. I only have weeds, not lawn, so I'm not looking at mowing regular, flat grass.
I do have a Ryobi weed whacker, but it is not up to the task of cutting the entire yard, even with the most tough string.
So I've ended up having to pay my yard guy to come out twice a year, to the tune of about $500 each time, to cut everything down when I haven't been able to manage it all with my measly weed whacker.
That probably means that my budget is somewhere between $500 and $1000. I'm so lawnmower averse though, that I don't even know where to start!
TIA for your thoughts.
Ari "Two Elements" Jackson
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