A mower, string trimmer, extendable cutter hedge trimmer.

I finally took the leap because I need to trim our overgrown hedges, and it made sense to get a system. I looked at the battery mowers at Lowe's and the only one that looked like it would last more than a couple of years was the Husqvarna.

The mower and 2 batteries and a 250W charger was $800 on sale. Since the bare batteries list at about $320 each, it was like they were almost throwing in the mower for free. ;-)

The mower has a steel deck (I couldn't see spending $500 more for their version with an aluminum deck). It's light enough that I can almost push it myself through the whole front yard (1/4 acre lot), but I let the batteries do the work. I'm pretty happy with it. I cut the grass in the front 2x (about 2.5 weeks apart) on charging the batteries once (both are loaded in the mower at the same time). It bags well, even on the "sense" mode.

The string trimmer works well, even for the overgrown edges that I let get away from me, but did gobble up the small battery that came with it. The larger capacity (and heavier) mower batteries work fine with it. Upkeep should be less battery intensive.

I haven't used the hedge trimmer yet. Soon!

Cheers,
Scott.