Benefits
- Lighter, more manoeuvrable lawnmower
- Total freedom, no cable, a real Mäherlebnis
- In dry grass with weekly mowing cutting height 35mm (ie rather short) extends a battery for about 140 square meters of completely (battery still shows after about 20-25% remaining charge of)
- Rapid charging (- good dimensional receptacle lawn
- Significant time savings compared to earlier electric lawnmower: With us from about 35 minutes earlier to now about 25 min
Disadvantages
- Against good brand electric lawn mowers or gasoline slightly unequal smoother mowing; fared significantly worse than the best lawn mowers even in 'Test' Stiftung Warentest; the average of the individual blades is 'cut off' by the very nature easily 'abschlagend' with slightly frayed cut edge rather than completely clean
- A lot of plastic, makes me the impression of a rather cheap processing, particularly the grass collection container; but so far no problems
- Mowing goes in wet, tall grass drastically down, the battery may be at the end for 10-15 min to be
Conclusion: Would buy him at once, he is preparing a whole new Mäherlebnis against both electric mowers (no Kabel'gefummel ', much more mobile) as well as compared to gasoline mowers (much lighter and more maneuverable, quieter, no fiddling with petrol, no smell of petrol in the Garage). But I recommend from 80-100 sqm lawn a second battery, because the Kapazizät the Li-battery can over 1-2 years to clear what you indeed also for example in mobile phones as a problem. Because of the many plastic and the slightly uneven cutting result only 4 points - for mowing in dry grass would have to actually separately can give 6 points!
Note June 2010: The manufacturer Bosch currently offers to the end of July a replacement action for a second battery for about one-third of the usual price. Vouchers in stores.