Been thinking of getting a battery mower to keep the front and directly by our terrace at the back tidy. Often it is Sunday when I have time so can’t start the petrol mower. Also if I’m tired much easier and lighter. I was all excited on Friday in Lidl and ready to put one in my trolley when I spotted it is corded which I don’t want. Any thoughts, advice, recommendations? Budget is cheap as I can but with OK and replaceable battery!
Thanks in advance.
I saw the 35 euro one at Lidl, it was very cheap.
You are probably looking at 100 euro for a battery one so it will cost quite a bit more.
If you have any cordless tools you could see if that manufacturer makes a cordless mower that you can buy without batteries which works out much cheaper - I did this with a Makita mower.
To be honest Mat after spending 50€ + on filling jerry cans on Friday 100€ is fine ! I’d rather have my own batteries as no doubt I’ll forget to charge them just as the man shape needs his drill or whatever 
Can you use electric tools on a Sunday? They are “power tools” and still make a nasty noise….
We have a couple of battery tools, and the strimmer only lasts 20 minutes between charges. (Which is actually fine for me! I like doing short bursts…)
It’s an interesting one. Not having to buy a battery with each tool is a good thing, but having to use the same battery with each device is a form of “lock in”. I’ve been using De Walt (the “professional” product line of B&D) for over twenty years so I’ve actually a surplus of their batteries because some tools came with two. Now they’ve changed the battery 
on new devices. I think they’ve an adpater though 
Very much depends on the battery, big difference between a little strimmer and a double battery 40+ volt mower.
Yes I bought an adapter for some of my kit.
I have gone all in with Makita so batteries are not an issue - the tools without a battery are cheap and very good quality:
And this is only some of them… Don’t tell my wife!
I don’t tend to but our battery mower is very quiet and i doubt you could even hear it outside of our garden.
Makita are a very good brand. You’ll be feeding back into the grid next 
It would be fine here, we aren’t in town, just a hamlet and all on 4-8,000m2. My neighbour has one and it is soooo quiet!
So is that what I need to check, that it is at least 40v?
I’ll have a look how much their mowers are. I know we already have at least a couple of their tools!
My neighbour bought a little ride on mower. We’re restanque‘d and the soil, stones and rocks (ideal for vines) make a lawn a laughable dream, but he wanted his little tractor. Bless.
Perhaps it’s a regional/ departmental decision but everything I’ve ever read said that anything electrical was exempt from any restrictions. The noise may be as loud, but I guess the thinking is there is, generally, a significant difference in the sort of noise between a big old petrol engine and the humming of a hover mower or such. I’m not sure if I agree, but I imagine that’s the rationale. But as I say, maybe that is only here.
I have adapter from Metabo to Makita as well. That lets me run some Makita kit.
This may seem like an odd question, but are you not allowed to use mowers and other ‘power tools’ on a Sunday? Or is it a rule about making noise?
Jealous, I’ve only got 5 
Its a noise thing, after midday on Sundays. I’ve got no neighbours…
