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Kobalt 40 Volt Cordless Electric Lawn Mower
So you thought Kobalt only made tools. In fact, they have a line up of various lawn mowers. Here we are covering the 40V double battery lawn mower. When you buy this lawn mower you get a 4.0 ah and a 2 ah battery. So if you are mowing and you run out of juice, you don’t need to wait around. You can do a quick charge or better yet have one ready. If you read the rest of our mowers from mower week, you might see a similarity in this mower and the Greenworks mower. That is because they are made by the same company.
Now this didn’t win our top battery mower but it does have a lot to brag about. The mower is plenty enough powerful for the average homeowner. While I am not impressed by the quality of the handle, I am impressed by the power management system. When you start the lawn mower up you can hear it really rev up. While the mower is quiet, it will get even quieter in about 5 seconds. You will be able to hear the mower power down. In fact, we thought one of the batteries was low, but we were wrong. As the mower needs power, it will rev back up to help cut the deeper grass. This is a cool way to manage the batteries and make sure they get even longer run time for your mowing experience. If you are looking for a battery operated mower and don’t mind waiting 60 minutes for a fully charged battery or mind a cheaper handle, this is a good buy. As for the quality of the mower, it seems to be pretty good. The twin blade system is pretty cool. One thing to note, which I am sure I am wrong, I know this is advertised as a 20″ cut, but it doesn’t seem like you get a true 20″ cut. However when the grass starts growing in Chicago, we will surely find out.
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| Battery Voltage | 40-volt max |
| Cut Width (Inches) | 20.0 |
| Transmission Type | Push |
| Battery Type | Lithium ion (Li-ion) |
| Removable Battery | Yes |
| Height Adjustment | Single-lever |
| Mulching Capability | Yes |
| Number of Cutting Positions | 6.0 |
| Discharge Location | Rear |
| Charge Time (Hours) | 2.0 |
| Front Wheel Size | 7 |
| Rear Wheel Size | 10 |
| Deck Material | Poly |
| Bagger Included | Yes |
| Handle | Soft foam cushion grip handle with integrated safety switch, quick lock fold over handle for easy storage |
| Number of Batteries Included | 2.0 |
| Color/Finish | Black and Kobalt blue |
| Rear Turf Wheels | No |
| UL Safety Listing | No |
| CSA Safety Listing | Yes |
| ETL Safety Listing | No |
| Series Name | N/A |
| Lowe’s Exclusive | Yes |
| Warranty | 5-year |
Kobalt 40-Volt Brushless Lithium Ion 20-in Cordless Electric Lawn Mower (Battery Included)
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Details: Say goodbye to the fumes, the mess, and the hassle, and start enjoying the cordless freedom you deserve. Every 40V Max tool works off the same rechargeable, interchangeable battery platform, so you can pop in a new one and keep going as long as it takes. Plus, with Kobalt’s state-of-the-art lithium-ion technology, you get more torque and more speed with fewer recharges.
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Kobalt’s 40V Electric Lawn Mower is 199, more in today’s Green Deals
Lowe’s offers the Kobalt 40V Electric 19-inch Cordless Lawn Mower for 199 shipped. As a comparison, it typically goes for 250 with today’s deal being the best we’ve tracked to date. This model offers a 19-inch cutting width and ships with a 4Ah battery, along with a wall charger. It’s ideal for smaller yards totaling around an acre. The 7-position design makes it easy to get just the right cut. Rated 4.5/5 stars.
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Ego LM2150SP Cordless Lawn Mower
Several features allowed the Ego to clinch Best Overall, no small achievement in our mower tests. First is its outstanding cut quality. Healthy grass looks like velvet after it has been mowed with the EGO. Even when the mower is used in mulching mode, we did not find clumps of accumulated clippings after the mower was finished (it’s important to specify here that these tests were performed on dry grass). We attribute that cut quality to the X-shaped blade (a design developed decades ago on Honda’s gas engine mowers) and to the smooth and unobstructed deck surface surrounding the blade.
This mower is also an excellent bagger, gathering pounds more grass per square foot of test area than most mowers. You have to be aware of that when operating this mower. Its bag will fill more quickly than you might think. Although we spend most of our time testing mowers in mulch mode, we recognize that bagging is particularly important to people who have a lot of foot traffic in parts of the yard and want to prevent grass clippings from getting dragged into the house, garage or onto patios. If that’s you, the Ego is probably a good fit for you.
Like many battery mowers today, the Ego is equipped with an all-plastic deck that will never rust, and a tilt-forward handle that also telescopically adjusts to suit the user’s height. To make it even easier to use, it has single-lever deck height adjustment with a large T-shaped handle. The combination of the spring-loaded adjustment and one of the better speed-control mechanisms we’ve seen–a simple dial that you rotate forward and back.
Since this model is sold without a battery and charger, it’s up to you how much battery to put in it. The brand recommends a battery with a minimum of 7.5 Ah of capacity, and that’s what we used to arrive at the cut area you see below. You can easily do better than that with a larger battery such as the company’s 10-Ah, a whopper of a power pack. Given that the Ego’s motor and drive system are both quite efficient, enabling it to accomplish nearly 1500 square feet of mowed surface per amp hour of battery capacity, that would translate to nearly 15,000 square feet of mowed surface with such a large battery. That’s a lot of lawn. With a 10-Ah battery, the manufacturer estimates run time as 75 minutes. That strikes us as plausible, particularly on level ground, in mulching mode.
With decades of mower testing behind us, we’ve seen just about every type of drive control imaginable. It’s difficult for us to assess these, since what one person finds comfortable someone else may not. We found the Ego’s dial-adjusted speed control (the company calls it Touch Drive) to be simple and intuitive. Move the dial forward with your left or right thumb to increase speed. Move it back to decrease. The slowest speed is a leisurely pace (.9 mph), the top speed requires a comfortably-fast walk.