Testing the LIMITS of an Electric Lawnmower. The Future of California landscaping.

I tried using an electric lawnmower to mow half-acre of overgrown lawn. It took weeks and we still had to used gasoline lawnmower to finish the job.
#lawncare #jionidrive #lawnmower

[@mrnoedahl]

Also if you plan on mowing with leaves on the ground, the electric mower will not pick up the leaves as well as a gas mower. That is why I returned mine.

[@JioniDrive]

@mrnoedahl, I have experienced the same issue.

[@TheCarnager]

I guess you need a manual mower like the Amish use.

[@JioniDrive]

@TheCarnager, 😂 I might get some goats 🐐 to take of the lawn.

[@troybalster3687]

Well electric lawnmowers have gotten alot better since your bought yours 6 years ago. Milwakee and ego have some really nice high end mowers that could do that yard. Of course mowing more often will make it alot easier.

[@JioniDrive]

@troybalster3687, I might get a riding electric lawnmower. Easy to maintain and it will do the job a lot faster that push mowers.

[@reggiemann9246]

You used a crap 4ah generic battery, and if you tear it down you'll likely find is 2ah at most. You get what you pay for. These mowers should run on a 6ah battery, 5ah will suffice, 4's do not handle loads as well and their capacity is too small. I can do a half acre of 10" grass on ONE Ryobi 6ah battery.

[@Kapil-Patel]

Wow that's a big project, hopefully the electric lawnmower can cope 😄. I honestly regret buying our electric mower, whats worse is mine isn't even cordless 🤣 Thanks for sharing Sam, great fun as always 👍🏽

[@JioniDrive]

@Kapil-Patel, electric lawnmower is great for small yard. I had no issues with the electric lawnmower on our previous house. I will have to buy a riding mower soon.

[@2012WrxSti]

time to buy a riding mower

[@JioniDrive]

@2012WrxSti, the riding mower is on the budget. Using push mower is taking a long time to do the job.

[@Phil_Goodman]

Really good review! a very realistic expectations of battery mowers in my opinion.

[@JioniDrive]

@Phil_Goodman, thank you for watching and for the feedback. Electric lawnmowers are great for small yards but terrible if you have more than half an acre.

[@cevans2021]

Sounds like California is going to have a black market for lawn mowers in about 5 years.

[@JioniDrive]

@cevans2021, I think the black market will start sooner that 5 years. Probably next year.

[@philliphall5198]

The price for mowing will double now and it’s the foolish voters fault 😢. Good luck kids

[@JP-rc2bz]

How and why? I just got one the other day and it performs similarly to a gas mower. Why would the price to mow change drastically?

[@JioniDrive]

@JP-rc2bz I think for a regular yard, electric lawnmower is great. Probably even cheaper than using gasoline. My previous house was on a .29 of an acre and I used this electric lawnmower for 6 years without an issue. One charge took care of front and back yard. My current current house is on 1 acre and that’s when electric mower start to struggle a bit. A riding electric mower will be sufficient. I think for landscaping businesses, their cost might increase. But I’m sure most of them will keep gasoline mowers because they can cut more yards in a day compared to electric mowers.

[@reggiemann9246]

I've cut my mowing costs by 75%....