Hello all,
I recently closed on my first home after years of living in an apartment and will need to purchase my first lawnmower. My lawn (not including the house) is about 15,000 sqft and has been sodded with bermuda grass. My location is in southeast Virginia zone 7b. It is mostly flat and only has two ornamental/decorative small trees in the front yard. There are no big trees that overhang my lot so I don't anticipate a huge amount of pine cones and leaves like I experienced at my parents' house growing up. I don't plan on bagging my clippings ever.
My soft max budget would be $600. One note is that I am a very small man ... 5'5" at best so I won't be able to whip around monster mowers. I like the idea of electric mowers since I won't have to deal with gas but I'm not sure how practical the battery situation will be given the size of my lawn. I'm also not sure how an EGO does with bermuda grass. Pure-Gas.org doesn't show any ethanol free gas stations near me. I see a Scott's 20" reel mower for $15 on Craigslist, but I don't think I'd enjoy pushing it in a lawn this size.
My ever-changing list of options include:
Honda HRX217VKA
Honda HRR216VKA
Toro Recycler
EGO
I'll also be picking up a string trimmer at the same time (not including in the $600 mower budget). If I went gas I think I will get an Echo, and if I went electric I'd get EGO to increase the battery supply.
Any thoughts and recommendations would be appreciated!
I recently closed on my first home after years of living in an apartment and will need to purchase my first lawnmower. My lawn (not including the house) is about 15,000 sqft and has been sodded with bermuda grass. My location is in southeast Virginia zone 7b. It is mostly flat and only has two ornamental/decorative small trees in the front yard. There are no big trees that overhang my lot so I don't anticipate a huge amount of pine cones and leaves like I experienced at my parents' house growing up. I don't plan on bagging my clippings ever.
My soft max budget would be $600. One note is that I am a very small man ... 5'5" at best so I won't be able to whip around monster mowers. I like the idea of electric mowers since I won't have to deal with gas but I'm not sure how practical the battery situation will be given the size of my lawn. I'm also not sure how an EGO does with bermuda grass. Pure-Gas.org doesn't show any ethanol free gas stations near me. I see a Scott's 20" reel mower for $15 on Craigslist, but I don't think I'd enjoy pushing it in a lawn this size.
My ever-changing list of options include:
Honda HRX217VKA
Honda HRR216VKA
Toro Recycler
EGO
I'll also be picking up a string trimmer at the same time (not including in the $600 mower budget). If I went gas I think I will get an Echo, and if I went electric I'd get EGO to increase the battery supply.
Any thoughts and recommendations would be appreciated!