Well I did purchase this EGO mower about two months ago. I really do like it and haven’t needed my gas mower and now seeing this video I feel I made a good decision. I also have the chainsaw and string trimmer and again haven’t needed my gas versions.

EGO is the GOAT of lithium powered mowers. 👍🏻✌🏻

Just FYI the 25” dual blade Greenworks has plastic gears in the gear box between blades, if you hit a root it can shatter the gears (happened to me) and greenworks doesn’t sell replacements parts for it (not very green) the only option is a complete unit replacement

I have had problems with Milwaukee batteries (partial charging)… with a 3 yr warranty it’s a risky proposition compared to a 5 yr warranty. Longevity is also a value! THX for this comparo… who can do this!

I have the Green works 25". Love it. Have had it for 3 years. No issues at all

I am a semi retired landscape pro. I only do a few places and I switched to the ego along with the trimmer and hand blower. It is nice a light folds up compact it’s been fantastic for 5years now.

Lightweight is good and what did I use it for it’s a lawnmower kzfaq.infoUgkxTPN04aT-Qdjr_KS3ql7ng8wnU3wwsCqk also recommend Yes it is lightweight so hence not as robust as our old one. But if you take care it does the job really well.

Thank you, I have the EGO select cut XP, but I always like to see what the other lawnmower features are

God damn I love the internet. If KZfaq was a tool in my toolbox, it would be a multi tool and one of the most valuable.

Thanks!!!

I just bought the newest EGO 22" model with a cast aluminum deck, supposed to have the highest torque and blade speed of any battery mower... i like that the batteries are compatible across the EGO tools I already own... bought their 2 stage snowblower this winter and it performed better than any gas snowblower i've ever owned, same with their power washer...

Thx. It would be great if you could do a Part 2 and maybe a Part 3 showing battery units from: Craftsman, Cub Cadet, DeWalt, Green Machine (H. Depot), Husqvarna, Kobalt, Kress, Makita, Oregon, Snapper, Skil, Stihl, Prorun (up and coming at Lowe's), Masterforce (Menards), Powerworks, Powersmart, and possibly Black + Decker. Wow there are many now.....

Just picked up the royobi 40v all wheel drive whisper looking forward to using it this week

Fun. Thx for all the effort. Would enjoy seeing the high end Makita Greenworks 80v, Toro Super recycler. But damn there are so many battery lawnmowers now. Crazy. I've used the EGO 2156 the last few years and it is a solid mower.

i sure hope u guys just started out cause u only have 222 likes yet this is the BEST and easily the MOST PROFESSIONAL review on you tube. Exceptional work. keep it up and u have a new subscriber

great video. always flowing.

Yeah...I want to see some of these cutting and bagging on a Tifton Bermuda lawn in July. Still not convinced that any of them can hang with a gas mower in those conditions.

Thanks so much! ❤😊

The Worx 80v w/ 4 batteries and removeable base might be the most innovative and underrated mower. Its an absolute gem.

Nice video but I was wondering about the dewalt and how it performs

Bought my EGO today! love it...

I’ve got a 1st gen 80V Kobalt that I’ve had for 4yrs. Steel deck, ball bearings, came with 2 batteries. Still going strong, zero issues with it. It actually displaced an older Honda mower, as it just cuts better.

I agree with this review, I use the Milwaukee at work and it's a great mower, faster then my Exmark

I am always pleased to see how well my mower does in these reviews/competitions. 😎

I bought an Ego with a 10ah battery, and it's great, I do my entire lawn, generally still have 2 or 3 bars left. Literally the only thing I hate is the lag in the self drive system. Why do seemingly all electric mowers suffer from that? A Tesla is literally known for its instant acceleration - that's one of the benefits of using electric anything. So why in the world is there such lag? For those that don't know, it's not like a momentary lag, like people being picky, it's literally like 2 seconds - so if you are constantly going on and off the self drive, it really is annoying and makes you change how you use that. With that said, the reason it's livable, is that the mower is so light, you don't need to use the self drive as often. Still, it's remarkable that this is an issue with any mower, in particular the best out there.

I love my new Yardmax GAS mower. Am putting my nearly new 56v Ego up for sale. In 4 uses it bogs down and quits in medium-heavy grass and the battery dies after about 20 minutes.

I love using the battery powered mowers because I am partially disabled and can not push a mower very good in the grass. They are lighter and the best part while using the self propelled part is I rotate with three batteries one charging, one cooling and one mowing and I always get downtime to wait on the batteries. Takes me five charges to mow about 17000Sq ft because of the slight hill in my yard.

Eh, for under $400 I use Kobalt electric lawn tools by Lowes for residential use. Relatively powerful and portable...that store brand meets my needs.

Thanks for the video and all of the information. Are any (or all) of these recycling mowers so you do not have to pick up grass clippings? I was also wondering how loud they are in comparison with typical gas powered lawn mowers.

A Greenworks battery is 60V nominal (no load), 56V under load. The Echo appears to be a Greenworks Pro with one less cell per battery: 56V nominal, 50.4V under load. How do know that this? Because on Echo's site they rate their 5AH battery's energy capacity at 252 watt-hours. 252 / 5 = 50.4.

You got a thumbs and a sub from me good work easy to follow, I was hoping to see top 3 and my ryobi up there but we can't win them all

No Dewalt? Shopping for a light one for weekly mowing route. Would love to see any kinda graph with weights etc. Great info though!

Did I miss the segment about how well the bagger system works?

Need to see how well these mowers bag

Would be nice to see taller grass comparison

Milwaukee might meet its match in Greenworks Commercial's latest 82-volt 21-inch mower, which sports a 2.3-kiliwatt motor. Most consumer 21s use a 1.3- or 1.5-kW motor. And the Greenworks can hold two 80-amp-hour batteries, giving it an incredible 1176 watt-hours of energy between battery changes (73.5V x 2 x 8). That's more than twice the capacity of my Greenworks Pro 21 Gen. 2 (56 x 2 x 5, or 540 watt-hours).

No need for self propelled. Have an older EGO 2101 which I'm not overly happy with. OK cut but it's suction power is horrible. Is the newer 2135 better?

Loving my gen4 40v Kobalt stuff. Shame Kobalt didn't get included again this time. Was a little worried I should have gone 80v at first but the mower and string trimmer cut through fairly overgrown grass with ease

Should quality of cut be a factor? You'd have to find some grass in better shape to test that.

I’d like to see Harbor Freight’s Atlas 80v brushless mower

You should crown a best budget mower as well. I know I'm not going to drop 1000 bucks on a battery push mower when I can buy a Honda gas mower that is proven to last 20+ years for half the price.

(Location GA:/grass type: Bermuda approx 66oo sq. ft.) I bought the EGO 2130SP in Feb 2021, while I want to give it 5-Star rating (works great when it works). But EGO is getting 1-star from me. I've had a random problem of it not starting (in driveway) or stopping/stalling during a cut (and I'm not cutting overgrown grass here). It's not a battery issue, the battery works fine in the String Trimmer. Also, I can't simulate it at will. In Mar of 2022 I turn it over to an authorized dealer. They had it for 3 weeks and told me they could not find anything wrong with it (Note: it was returned to me very filthy, both mower and charger). Well, the same problem happened again at the end of the cutting season (yes, it ran all summer long in 90-degree heat). At the beginning of this season (2023) it did it again after 2 complete cuts. In APR/May it happened again these past 2 times I called EGO. I let them know I reported this same problem in the past, went through their scripted troubleshooting guide and it worked fine while they were on the phone. Hung up with them and guess what? It stalled again and would not start about 20 minutes into my cut, I finished with my gas mower. The following week it would NOT start again. Before calling EGO, I went through all the steps I from the previous week and it would NOT start on the driveway. I called EGO and of course, it works. This time I was able to finish my lawn (Bermuda, approx. 6600 sq. ft. Here 's my problem, I'm not calling EGO for no reason. It's under full warranty and there is something wrong with my mower. And I can guarantee it's not the typical wiring or relays found on youtube vids. As I said, this happen to me in 2022 and I waited to double triple check to be sure it was not some silly operator error. 1) Charge battery (all green lights) 2) slide into slot (be sure it clicks in place) 3) fully push start button and pull bail switch. The light on the handle shows solid "orange light" while battery lights are fully green. The mower nor the battery is hot and I'm not even in the grass at times when it shuts down or simply does not start. There is no way it's a load issue and be acceptable as working under normal conditions. I follow the 1/3 rule of cutting. I've replayed this info to the EGO reps several times. This should be more than enough info to turn it in. Yet, I can't get them to authorize a real tech to figure out the issue or simply replace it. But then what...I'm out of a mower I paid $600+ for another three weeks possibly. It's a good thing I held on to my 15 yr. old gas mower. WTF!!!

Would of like to seen the Greenworks in the 80v but this was good

Good video, but why do none of these mowers have bags for the clippings? I don't want to rake my yard after I mow it.

I have Makita electric mower surprised this wasn't included ...

Nice review. I'm interested in being able to turn off the blade power while using the self-propel/AWD feature. When I finish mowing the back lower lot I have a neighbors backyard hill to come back up and don't want to cut her lawn.

The thing I hate the most is that they no longer use a universal blade mounting system like gas-mowers. A plastic mounting adds cost to replace it or isn't available to purchase anywhere.

Makita.

I am sort of curious why the Ego always seems to win these reviews and comparisons? I’ve tried out 3 different Ego’s in the last 5 years. I’ve also tried the Black and Decker 40v, The 2021 top of the line Ryobi, the 2021 Greenworks 80v, and the Toro Recycler electric. I have a normal KBG and Fescue 3500 sq ft lawn and all of the Ego’s gave me the worst cut quality. They all were terrible at mulching unless I lower the deck down to way lower than I want to mow. They also seemed to be too light weight and bounced around a lot and caused an uneven cut and the seemed to lay down the lawn instead of cutting it. So far (as far as it quality and mulching at 4 inches goes, the Toro (which I’m using now) does the best of all I’ve tried. The Toro does have the heaviest blade which maybe accounts for its superior suction for mulching. I haven’t used it for bagging so I don’t know how well it does with that.

I have the. Egoi have the ego. For 6 years. Now. Battery's. Are still working. No problem!! Bought it. On sale. For. $250.00. Have the weed eater and blower to. Best. Investment.

So the two most expensive ones win?

It's a nice lineup but it's a real shame that you didn't test the bagging ability. I found that these electric lawn mowers pale in comparison to gas mowers when it comes to its ability to pick up clippings

Need to test it out on grass that bigger

What about cut quality and mulching leaves?

Thumb fatigue 😂😂😂. If you're getting thumb fatigue, hire a mowing service. Manual labor is not meant for your thumb. My favorite thing about the Milwaukee mower is the thumb control, and that you can drive it without the blades engaged. I don't know how that is with other battery-powered mowers. I'm not 100% sold on the Milwaukee for the price, but very happy with it so far.

Anyone know how dewalt stacks? I am invested in those batteries.

Should’ve done stihl instead of cat, didn’t even know they made mowers.. good video overall though

Why isn't Atlas being tested with these??

I’ll keep waiting. Battery technology has not quite met the demand just yet.

If you go by the charts the Ryobi matched and in some beat your top two I’m confused

If you buy the lm2167sp Ego will not replace it if it DOA like mine was or has failed. They will instead give you the lm2156sp kit plus get to keep the 12 ah battery or a refund. So be wary of buying the lm2167sp.

Should've used the Toro 60V Super Recycler instead of the Stripe!

Which one of these has a 1 button height adjustment instead of each tire difficult adjustment?

Now every gardner needs solar panels on their gardening trailer 😮

I have the milwakee and in my opion the others dont compare. It will automatically increase the blade speed if needed and mine rarly does. The battery life is insane. The lights are very bright and the side shooters are very handy. The lights have came in use many times for me. The power is crazy you really can fire it up in tall grass it just doesnt care.

I have really thick St. Augustine grass. 10,000 square feet. I mow highest (4-5") setting once a week. With a gas self-propelled, it takes 1 hour, 30 minutes to mow cleanly. What mower is going to last that long with one set of batteries cutting that type of grass?

I think you should have put the toro super recycler instead of the stripe it is a better comparison

Why would you use the stripe to represent toro and not the super recycler

Can you test the STIHL battery mowers

so, what happens when you don't mow dead grass?

No AEG 58V? It's apparently a beast.

Let’s find the thinnest lawn to test these on lol. Weak I’m not sold Get on some well kept St Ag

No dewalt?

A mower with a runtime of 45-60 minutes is *not* a commercial mower, expected to be available all day long. You'd really have to have plenty of recharge time between jobs. I want the Milwaukee for my home, but likely would not spend the additional $500 for a spare set of 12 aH batteries. (Hopefully a landscaper would.) The rest of these have similar kinds of "backup" costs, too.

Can you pull any of those lawnmowers backwards?

I had an Ego. It spent more time in the shop then with me. I gave it away and went back to my gas mower.

You forgot toro commercial e hd 21 and exmark v series

Why no Makita?

Ryobi the self propelled stopped working within 2 years. Can't get it fixed.

Are there by front wheel drive battery motors? My older dad can't push a rwd mower.

why no B and D?

A composite mower should be an automatic "no", unless you have a perfectly smooth lawn with level edges and no bumps. I was really satisfied with my Ryobi until I checked the blades and found that they had gouged the insed of the mower deck and actually cut through the front of the inside deck. Ryobi refused to do anything about this and said I was obviously abusing the mower. (Note 78 year old man with limited mobility because of an accident 10 years ago)

Wish he said which one was the wrost

Why can't any lawn mower maker make a 30" wide battery lawn mower like the Timemaster except with pneumatic tires on the rear and swivels on the front? Heck, 12" on the rear and 10" on the front wheels would work great. Then, add a 3.5" height selection and a 1gal tank and it would be great.

The EGO LM2160SP is discontinued. I’m so sad!

Knew it would be a two horse race before even watching, between Milwaukee and Ego. I’m torn between the two, I have fully invested into the Milwaukee world but dang Ego makes some good stuff!

Sadly I'm still going to buy a gas unit due to cost. Even with all these units out competing. A cheap Walmart basic gas brand unit is still a better buy.

Just bought the Honda HRX with the hydrostatic and blade brake clutch. It’ll last 30 years. I use Mobil 1 and change the oil every other year. Ethanol free gas with a stabilizer = No fuel issues.

Honestly what probably is a huge factor that wasn’t addressed is that I can use my Milwaukee mower batteries in all my Milwaukee tools. The Ego cannot say the same thing-yes there is some crossover with their products but let’s face it a company like Milwaukee or Dewalt has a huge choice of tools that use their batteries and ego doesn’t

Where’s Makita?

I feel this review would have been helpful if shown on an average yard instead of a burnt out mess

Just like an electric car, how much does it cost to charge the battery. Growing up, I had a lawnboy gas mower. It took a licking and just kept ticking. I would love to have it back. I'm not sold on the cost of the mower among other things.

What happened to Makita 40 v

would like to see some weighted score. U picked EGO, but it is the most expensive-why? Toro rated very high and comperable in other catagories. I have a Toro. It is great and the battery also can be used with the snowblower; Toro knows mowers and snowblowers. I will take them any day. I own Milwaukee lawn and hand tools also. They are the best also.

Phasing out batteries already!? Im good on the battery mower. I did switch my weed eater and blower to battery only because the price wasnt crazy. But these mowers aint cheap!

Toro Makes a commercial 21" Heavy Duty lawn mower for $1900: model 22282.

😆 🤣 😂 for a few dollars more I'm sitting down and burning fuel.

You missed one Stihl lawn mower

And Makita?

what a sparse lawn to test these on. How do they do on a plush lawn after a week of rain?