My old petrol lawnmower is coming to the end of its life and I'm also in the market for an edge trimmer. Is this a good deal to get? welcome suggestion.thx
Kit includes:
You can get it at bunnings for $449
https://www.bunnings.co.nz/ryobi-18v-one-3-piece-garden-care…
Id be tempted to go for the 36V kits that use two batteries such as
https://www.bunnings.co.nz/ryobi-36v-46cm-brushless-lawn-mow… for $398.20.
I think this would be a better mower
But as the previous poster said, depends on your lawn.
The 36V uses a single 36V battery not two 18V batteries.
I have it and a small lawn and wouldn't want to be using the 18V one….
I have an 18v Ryobi electric mower, and love it. Will never go back to a petrol mower.
In saying that, I have a relatively small lawn (maybe 80-100 square meters?) and I can generally mow it all on 2 batteries
But it doesn’t handle very well if the grass gets a little long, have to mow at the highest level, then go around again on a lower level - maybe a higher powered one would avoid this?
Second these sentiments. I bought the previous model of this kit for myself and my dad. Been so good no longer having to drag around a heavy mower and have a smelly petrol can around. Also the warrenty is awesome and Bunnings have been a pleasure to deal with on the 3x mowers that have developed faults! No questions replacements.
Price in title would help heaps.
Have a medium sized lawn and grass strip along the drive way. My 37cm Ryobi struggled.
Ime their line trimmers are fiddly and a pain cant comment on thr blower because i've never used one.
I've just upgraded to a 2nd hand 40cm Ryobi with a mulcher and it's honestly a game changer.
If you are cutting a relatively small piece of grass this will be fine but for medium to bigger lawns itnwill be painful.
Personally i would invest in just a lawnmower with a mulcher and a bigger cutting width.
I had an 18V battery lawnmower, awful.
The higher the voltage, the faster you mow because the blades are wider, spin faster and the torque is higher so you can push through faster.
Mine CONSTANTLY bogged down unless I was mowing every week and walking at a snails pace.
Need at least a 36V (two batteries).
I didn't upgrade to 36V, though. I switched to a 2200W (240V AC) corded mower.
Super wide blade that could be completely blunt and still smash through long lawns on the lowest setting, never ran out, infinite torque, super safe and dirt cheap to buy but the hassle of a cord.
For me, the tradeoff was well worth it.
As a point of comparison vs the 2200W corded mower.
Assuming the draw is what, 8C? (Higher than that and it will be damaging the batteries, which are themselves expensive, which is another bonus for corded, keep your expensive batteries for low draw devices like pruners and drills).
Then 18V with 4Ah of capacity at 8C would be a max of 580W.
100% agree
Been using an 18v mower for about 2 year have just changed ti a 2nd hand double battery and the difference is night and day.
My Ryobi 36V mower died 1 months ago after the warranty expired. It had light use and stored in garage, so I am a bit concerned that if I should buy another Ryobi.
How old when it died? 3 years? 5 years? CGA could cover it even if it has only 1 year retailer warranty
3 years, I didn't know that I need to register for extended warranty.
You could potentially use the existence of the extended warranty as a basis for a CGA claim.
No need to register, just bring up CGA with retailer, stating a lawnmower should have reasonable lifespan of 3 to 5 years. I did that when my cheap Dell tablet died at 2 years 6 months. NL replaced it with a new one.
I just bought one of the new 36V ones, and it says it has a 6 year warranty. As much as I like my tech to last forever, I'd be happy with that lifetime on it.
you need to register within 1 month
Going to be highly dependant on how big your lawn is and how often you mow. They are pretty much all the lowest end Ryobi models you can get
Edit: 33cm cut width is really small, so you're going to be making a lot of passes. I used a Ryobi 18V brushed mower for about 5 years before it gave up. I think even that was 35cm cut width. Have moved to using a Greenworks 40V and it has 46cm cut width which makes it get done faster. If you want to stick with Ryobi 18V at least go for one of the brushless models, unless you really have a postage stamp size lawn.