460mm cutting width
7-stage (25-80mm) cutting height
60L grass catcher
Includes 2 x 20V, 8.0Ah batteries and 2 x chargers
Weight: 23kgˇ
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$700 plus for 'name brands'.
Ferrex 2 x 20V Brushless Steel Deck Electric Lawn Mower $399 @ ALDI
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Aldi: 2 x 20V, 8.0Ah batteries and 2 x chargers
Ryobi: 1 x 4.0Ah battery and 1.7A chargerIt's not clear if these batteries are wired up in series to run at 40V. Also, this is max voltage, it will likely run at 18V. I expect the 8Ah battery, will be based on 20V and not 40V, so the battery from the two brands will actually have essentially the same capacity. The key difference being a 40V battery (or 36V in Ryobi) will run at a lower current to get the same job done, so will likely not run as hot, last longer etc. This will be why Aldi has such a crap warranty on the battery.
Series or parallel it doesn't matter as long as the motor is appropriately matched.
More critical is that the aldi batteries store 20x2x8=320Wh of power (nominally) vs. 36x4=144Wh of power stored by the Ryobi battery. Even if you assume the Aldi batteries run mostly at 18V that's still ~288Wh stored, double the Ryobi.
Lot more stored power available to run the Aldi offering for a longer time than the Ryobi, as long as the aldi one isn't super inefficient it should last longer at full charge.
Yeah, I didn't think I'd need to point out all of the differences when I said "reasonably". I was pointing out that there is a "reasonably comparable" option at $499 rather than OP's $700 plus "name brand" options. There's also a lot more differences than you've listed - as well as pros and cons of each depending on your own circumstances i.e. whether you already have tools that utilise the same battery/charger configuration.
How long will this thing run for? It takes me approx 80 mins to mow my yard. Will one charge be enough?
not likely, i havent seen any electric mower last that long. On the upside, aldi batteries are inexpensive, grab some spares
Yeah stick to petrol for now if you need it for that long even the best electric will be a pain for you.
So how long can a petrol run on a full tank ? Same time as a 4Ah battery I would have thought.
A petrol mower would run longer than a single 4Ah battery
@Barmel: The battery mowers quote 25 - 50 mins of run time. When I cut my lawn, it takes about 30 - 45 mins and uses 2/3 to a 1/2 of the fuel in the tank so I would guess that it will run longer.
80 mins? Get a tractor
Depends on the thickness and height of your lawn. If you leave it for weeks like me and it struggles to cut, 15 mins at best. If you keep it trimmed, maybe 40-50 mins
The other way around, but anyhow… most'll understand!
??? So you go through a battery quicker when you are cutting very short lawn?
I hope you don’t have an EV and do really short trips to work, battery may only last a few trips :)
5 year warranty for mower
12 months for batteries and chargerWhat do you call an electric mower without a functioning battery? Landfill
I know claim ACL and all that it's just at face value comes across as a hostile and headache inducing warranty
The batteries are the Aldi X-finity plus type, so long as they keep producing them you can buy new. (Not as easily as Ozito, Aldi should really have them as a standard item if they really want to sell their tools)
And you always have the option to rebuild a worn out battery, or buy one rebuilt with new cells.
Can this mover be returned and refunded if satisfaction is not met?
Yes ,within 60 days I believe
One sold in about a week, from a stack of >10 at my local mini-Aldi.
If you need one, wait for the price to be made more realistic. $399 for the Ozito steel was hardly cheap, and why their plastic versions (great for the nearest landfill) are so much more popular.
For an unsupported special, the price point for this is really $299. Someone is raking it in.
$299 > $399 might be the extra $100 in batteries going from 4ah ($50/each) > 8ah ($100/each). $299 would be a good deal!
Depends what you think a standard 4AH is worth :-). $50 is generous in my book. It won't even have Korean cells.
A fit for purpose mower at $200, or $280 inc batteries, is worth a look. But at $300, an extra $20 for steel deck?
Yea, $20… no more! Not $399, nah.
I would avoid Aldi mower gear big time. I had one as a gift (not this model), absolutely awful quality control. The Ozito steel deck series electric mowers when in stock at bunnings are however brilliant value.
Please change the description..Nobody is going to compare a mower from Aldi with a $700 brand name version.
A $500 Ryobi mower is a safer bet than this given the longer warranty on the batteries fact that you will still be able to buy the same battery if needed after the warranty expires.
Previous deal on Aldi Electric mower with steel deck last Feb had 39 votes. Plenty positive reviews on that deal. The negative reviews were from non owners and Ozito shillers.
Purchased this yesterday. Mowed 450sqm lawn buffalo (back, front and 80% of nature strip) on the single charge.
Only bogged down once on some 30cm grass that was missed last mow.
Weight ~21kg. Was easy enough to push.
The warranty and inability to swap out is my major concern and would purchase promotional ozito (if available) for that reason and other tool compatibility. Still may return due to this.
That's a pretty heavy lawn mower to push around. My petrol lawn mower bought from eBay 3 years ago with a plastic deck only weighs around 12 kg and still runs well. I would happily buy Aldi's if it weighs 15 kg or less.
A typical good quality brand name 18” petrol mower weighs 26-30kg. This is 21-23kg thus very light weight for a steel deck mower compared to petrol alternatives.
Mower is 19kg + 0.9kg * 2 batteries.
I'm sure polymer deck would be 1-3kg lighter for similiar size.It's a steel deck, the weight is deliberate.
People wanting lightweight will get a plastic instead.I bought the cordless 15inch ferrix 2 x 20V 4AH mower from Aldi in early this year for $229. Its easy to push and i can mowe narrow part as well. Only thing the charge works only upto an hour and i can do front yard fully and half of backyard(as i need to reorganise pot plants when mowing). I thiough of get extra couple of infinity battery(same as came with ALdi) and in ebay each cost for $90, so its not worth. I though of get extra spare 2 batteries as when charge finish while mowing half of backyard, then i can swap batteries and confinut use it. I have Honday HRU196 commercial mower, its very heavy to push its 45kg weight.
My Aldi green colour 4 stroke petrol mower bought for $149 in 2015 lasted till last year, only problem was it suddenly stopped and i use it very heavily for that last 6yrs for the money i spent for.
ANyone think if i can use 18v x 2 batteries for the aldi mower? the battery shape for all same rite? ANy opinions..
Have you tried replacing the spark plug in the petrol mower?
@teardrops21: Cheap 4 strokes are bad news, and tbf any petrol device that sits for months at a time is going to have trouble sooner or later. That's why electric makes sense for some people more than others- my chainsaw only gets used once in a blue moon, if it were petrol I'd have to drain it, and lay it up properly to have confidence it will run next time.
Mowers are usually used more often though, so its more about whether you want a quieter device, less pollution as you mow, and look after your batteries (e.g. store them in a cool dry place, only charge them before you use them, and not before you put them away)
Sounds like a good buy?
Do I need a mower like this for a small lawn (10-20m2 ish) or a line trimmer/edger can probably manage?
Potentially borrow one from a a friend and see if it works out for you. There is a ozito $250 brushless motor mower from Bunnings that's 10kg that would be alot easier to push around than this.
Edit:spelling
You can buy a small 20v mower, bunnings has plenty of them.
General question. Assuming money is not the issue (yeah right) what's the best model battery mower you can buy today with the most power for dealing with a wild overgrown corner block , is durable and will last year's and years , and has a long runtime on the batteries. Wether it runs one battery at a time or two. My two stroke is on its last legs and I need to upgrade. What's the most powerful durable battery mower out there that matches a two stroke petrol.
May be Ego?
certainly ego
Victa 82v is great 👍 If it's wild and overgrown though, you'll need to mow when it's fairly dry - the one thing electric mowers don't really like is cutting long wet grass.
I've tried looking for those but apparently they're discontinued.
Try Yard Force 60v 4Ah at Mitre 10
Definitely Ego. Works great, nice and quiet and high quality. Trimmer and blower awesome too
I have a victa lawn mower from 1973 that still starts first pull every time. It turns 50 in Feb. I wonder how many battery powered mowers and batteries one would need every 50 years.
Yep, love the old Victas. The plastic carbs can be a pain though.
They don’t sell that one anymore.
The Victa I had suffered from brittle plastic bits and eventual rust.
Lasted 10+ years, so not a disaster, but this isn’t apples to apples.
I bought a second hand rover to replace it, similar issues, so I think it is just the quality these days.FWIW, we got a steel deck ozito a year ago and it is powerful, quiet, light and easy to use. I won’t buy another petrol tool for home use.
Wonder how bad for the environment 50 years of burning smoke into the air is
50 years with no equipment replacement? No new metal and plastic parts required to be produced? No batteries? I'd confidently wager that this scenario is much less deleterious to the natural environment than most other 50 year old lawn mower alternative.
I agree with this - so many people (especially politicians) jump on the "green" electric bandwagon without considering the total environmental cost of the production process, shipping & disposal associated with Lithium battery items (especially if they are replacing a perfectly good fuel-based item so that disposal of the old item adds to the equation).
I'd say zero
I think that’s probably an exception rather than the rule.
Still using my dad's two stroke from 1972. He's long gone but the mower still works.
Dads rover 4 stroke finally carked it after 38 years.
I thought that was amazing but 50 years is god tier.
better off waiting for the ozito steel deck brushless for this price.
Ozito steels are like Jesus. Doesn't matter if it comes now, it's too late.
If it was to come, it would have been and gone by now. Boonghettos only have a bound-to-fail self-propelled now.
Late Oct I have heard they are coming. Although unsure if they are self-propelled (10+ kg heavier) or normal mowers.
This also has 2 x 8ah batteries vs 2 x 4ah. Which is extra $100 of value.
Wonder why they don't sell the 120v (2 x 60v) mower like last time, it's hard to even find a spare charger. The mower is solid though.
Costco have the Greenworks for $699.99 - $200 off till the 25th sept.
Any info you can share on this deal?
Greenworks 80v lawnmower kit with 40 ah battery & charger
Ringwood Costco
I was eyeing this off before I bought Ego. If the $200 came up I would have got on board. They have deals on the trimmer and blower etc every now and then too
i bought a Greenworks 82v battery from Costco as a spare for my Victa 82v blower. Works really well. Same manufacturer in China just different branding.
Ok Bunnings bring on the steel deck Ozito brushless bundles now
Ozito only sells the self propelled steel decks now. It sucks up too much of the battery and weights 12kg more.
Only great if you have a dead flat square yard. A lot of people returned theirs after the last ozbargain run.
I managed to get the last of the non propelled ones, its brilliant
Yea, I saw the Feb 2022 Ozito deal, had 139 votes and people quickly snapped them up. Than from page 3 comments, people started commenting at how heavy and cumbersome it was being over 30kg and plenty folks just returned it.
This or the Ozito 2x18v PCX at $369.00. Aldi has a bigger blade and 8ah batteries but warranty on Ozito batteries is longer and I have a couple of Ozito tools. Blower, recip saw. Are the Ozito mower batteries compatible with their other skins ?
Bunnings are currently not selling steel deck mowers only the telescopic plastic ones which feel like it will get brittle in time.
Yes the batteries will work with any PXC tools
Are you saying the Ozito batteries will work with Ferrex Mowers from Aldi without an adaptor?
Nope, thought the question was all about Ozito tools
@flipfire: Yep - question was if the Ozito mower batteries work with other Ozito cordless tools - that would be a reason to get Ozito since I don't have any Aldi tools but a few Ozito ones. I've already got Ryobi but the battery for the 36V Ryobi looks different to their 18V battery. I didn't want to get stuck with mower batteries that don't work in any other tools for that brand. For Ryobi it sort of defeats the whole "one" in the Ryobi One concept. Ironically listening to U2's "One" while posting this.
Any views on other aldi equipment using same battery…specially trimmer
They do come up every few weeks during spring and summer so keep an eye out. They are all basically Ozito level quality, some say Aldi is slightly better built but from my exp, both brands are very similar home DIY level quality.
Aldi Carnegie (Melbourne) had this marked down to $299. Just purchased one. There were still 2 left on the floor.
Hopefully it can last long.
Thanks for the update. Keep us updated after the 1st mow. Most are happy with it.
Tried using the mower today. It's so much better than my Ryobi 18v 33cm mower. It just plowed through with ease. 19kg of weight wasn't really noticeable for me, and it's still easily manoeuvrable.
For $299, I'm very happy with the purchase. Having said that, I also wonder how to buy replacement blade for it. I didn't see Aldi selling any spare parts.
@curik can you share the item number? trying to locate any left over stock but no luck
There is a website and phone number for serviceable parts on the box. I managed to get one on special at $299 at the Canterbury NSW store. There is 1 left at that price if someone is interested.
Does anyone know ITEM Number? Trying to locate stock
Well, because you screamed it so politely, here's a photo of the discount tag
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/24621/98948/img_202210…Apologies, and thank you 🙏
I was mostly joking. Good luck
It's quite a deal. You take the batteries and chargers out of the equation, and it's basically $50 for a 40v steel mower.
Cra-zyWhat area of Melbourne are you in? I'm in the SE
@randomdude14: Hugs and high fives. Best region of the city to live from my limited experience
I managed to get a unit too from one of the stores near frankston. Wasn't planning to, but hard to walk past. Been looking at electric mowers, but I tried a corded one once and the small size and frailty put me off. Was considering making my own by taking a petrol motor and swapping in a 48v ebike motor or something similar, then I wouldn't be at the mercy of commercial power limitations, but at this price.. hard not to give it a go.
I'm very curious to know how many amps these things draw. The switch to dual 8amp batteries with 21700 cells means this mower could collectively be drawing more than 1kw of power
@outlander: Share your thoughts after the first mow. I haven't been able to take mine out due to all the rain, bought it yesterday on special too at $299.
If you are in NSW, Canterbury Aldi has 1 left on special at $299.
Thank you @dreamscene
You managed to grab it?
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Ryobi 36V $499 @ Bunnings looks reasonably comparable. Wonder if Bunnings will reduce its price to $399….
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-36v-46cm-4-0ah-brushless-c…