Remington Cordless Lawnmower
by rd @ 9:03 am 9 comments »
Studies show that running a gasoline-powered lawn mower for an hour can produce about the same pollution as driving a car 100 miles. Well, Remington, an outfit best known for its electric shavers, has now come out with the Remington Cordless PowerMower, a rechargeable electric lawn mower that runs for about an hour on a charge, with no emissions.
some features:
- cordless operation
- removable 60 Volt Battery
- up to 1 Hour of runtime on a charge
- 17” cutting blade diameter
- plug-in mode power approximates gas mower power
- lighter in weight than comparable battery mowers
- no need for an external charging adapter
Just don’t use this baby on that beard.
$499 @ amazon.com
Related: Worx Cordless Electric Grass Trimmer (5.17.08)
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You can see the company website for this at http://www.remingtonpowertools.com. I’ve seen the early production models and it’s a nice design. It cuts well, too.
Now if we can just convince them to make a larger version that fits two adults and a posse of pets…I’d buy one and take my family on road trips!
Called Remingtons customer service 800 number and asked these questions; Where are the lawn mowers made? Where would I take it to get serviced? Where would I buy parts for it?
The gal could not answer any of these questions and did not say she would find out and call me back later. She is just an order taker at and order taking business.
When she could not answer my questions, she still asked me if I wanted to order the lawn mower.
The Remington web site says Ace Hardware sales them. My local Ace Hardware did not know anything about the Remington lawn mower. When he did look it up he found out you could order from Ace Hardware.
He did say the only why his store would have one is if someone ordered it.
You can get extra parts fot it after warranty at http://www.peoplepoweredmachines.com and you can also buy them at McClendon’s Hardware, they don’t have them at Home Depot or Lowe’s unfortunately, but you can also order it online at Amazon and get free shipping. All you have to do is spend like five minutes searching online and you can find all of the information you could ever need, including reviews for this product (which are all stellar and it seems to be the only cordless or corded mower that delivers the same quality in cutting as a gas powered). Happy Green Mowing!
Sara - I’m reading reviews trying to find the best cordless electric mower. I really want to like the Remington mainly because of the light weight, changeable battery and corded option. But I have only found 1 good review. Where are the sites with the good reviews that you have found?
Up to an hour hmmmm…. Try 22 minutes.
If you’re looking at this in terms of eco-friendliness, the big question is “How long does the battery last?”.
I purchased one of these Remington mowers. The battery appears to have lasted one summer. I bought it in May and it’s now dead in August.
Anyone else had experience with this?
Before this, I used a smaller B&D mower. Those batteries lasted about two years.
I also bought one in May. Also got a spare battery just in case. End of August and BOTH bateries are DEAD. Also the handle saftey bale and Key stoped working so I had to install an ON/OFF switch just to use it.
Setting the mode swith to Charge is an intermitant failure also. Soon I expect a wheel or two to just fall off this peice of junk.
I loved this machine and talked it up to family and freinds for the first couple of months. Then it started falling apart. Do not buy this poorly engineered machine or you will regret it.
I just bought the top rated rechargeable, Black and Decker CMM1200. It is heavier but I hope it is more dependable and that the batteries do last about two years as is reported.
I’ve owned one of these mowers for one summer, and it works as advertised. I mow my front, back, side and alley on one charge; it takes a good hour, and I’ve never ran the battery completely dry. I also tested the corded option, and it’s more powerful (although it won’t work on a GFI circuit). It’s now close to winter, so I need to remember to take out the battery and keep it in the basement so it won’t freeze. I’ve read reports about poor quality and undependability, but maybe the company has solved those problems by now. Anyway, so far I still love it.