Had a recent bad experience with dragging my corded electric mower across the yard, see my other thread on the matter. Now I am attempting to understand mowers a bit better in order to optimize my lawn mowing. I am thinking something in the range of a 26 inch self propelled might be what I need, again see my other thread on the matter. Given that I am 50 I am going to need a bit more help from the mower with the task, much more help then when I was twenty.