Bought this while looking around for an electric lawn mower (petrol one made a date with hard rubbish pickup today.)
Currently the mower + 2 battery kit (DLM464PT2 ) is $879 at Bunnings; so $499 for just the mower (DLM464Z) seems like a good deal if you already have a bunch of 18V Makita batteries and just need the mower.
Originally found it via this deal so don't forget to register for the sitebox giveaway (see other thread).
Mod Edit 21/4: Now available on back-order. Ships in 1-3 days.
I seriously hate mine.
Give us the low down please
I had one briefly, it would intermittently cut out or just not start. The pull bar to turn on is cable operated and quite stiff. My wife usually mows and struggled to hold it in and her hands would ache after 10 mins. I put a velcro strap on it but it would still intermittently cut out over bumps or for no good reason. Maybe it was a dud or bad batch, when I returned it to bunnings for a full refund there was another one there being returned too.
I originally chose it over the ryobi and others due to the metal deck but I've since swapped it for the dual battery ryobi around the same price point and it's been great. One thing the bunnings employee pointed out is that if there IS any warranty issues with the makita you have to send it back to for servicing which will generally take weeks to sort. Ryobi on the other hand will just give you a brand new mower and battery, no questions asked. I had the spring on the catcher door break on mine when it was about 18 months old. I went in to buy a replacement spring, which surely should be a $1 part but they said they don't sell them and would just give me a whole new mower. They even gave me a $20 refund because they'd come down in price since I originally purchased it - crazy! Yeah Ryobi isn't for everyone but it's perfectly fine for my <400m2 of grass and it's easier to maneuver around trees and lighter to carry up the steps in my yard than the Makita
@Hyena: I reckon you might have got a dud. The bar is stiff to pull initially but once it "cams over" and engages, the tension to keep it engaged is much less. My only complaint about it is the overall weight.
Small split suburban garden.
Absolutely gutless, it can only cut 3 cm at a time before stalling, which means 2–3 passes for me unless I mow every week.
The grass doesn’t fill the bag properly, so you either need to empty it frequently or reach in by hand to pull it out.
When the batteries reach 2 bars (50%), it stalls much more frequently.
It’s heavy. It’s long, so has poor maneuverability… and when mowing, one or more of the plastic hubcaps usually falls off.
It goes through 2 × 6 Ah batteries before I can finish, so mowing all areas takes 3 days, which translates to 3 weeks for me.
Feels cheap and typically ranks last in face-to-face YouTube reviews.
I've sharpened the blade and bought a new one… with just slight improvement.
Previous mower was a corded Ozito, so for the price the Makita is a PoS 20% and the Ozito 50%.
Really wish I had gone with an EGO, bcos their blower is great… but I also upgraded my blower to a petrol Stihl.
@raybies: Agree with all of the above. Absolutely hated having to empty the catcher when it is not even full.
Bought this as I already had Makita tools and batteries. Sold the skin for 200 few months later. Got a Greenworks Pro, not perfect but heaps better than the Makita when it comes to power delivery and torque.
What you don't like about it?
That issue is commonly associated with an inexperienced user.
Same and love mine too. Just works.
my electric mower I got back in 2015 is still working after so many years so they are good. I how ever would me more interested in a automated mower.
I got the DLM464PT2 kit with this mower, dual charger and 2 x 5Ah charger (+ 2 more 5aH batteries by redemption) for $654.48 from Bunnings by price matching Tools Warehouse a few months back. Considering the price of batteries (and I use a few), this felt like getting the mower for free.
Love this mower. Whisper quiet and more than enough grunt on Eco (quiet) mode, and doesn't even use a single bar of charge to do my suburban front & back lawns. To be fair I do not ever let it get long.
Literally my only suggestion for improvement is that I wish the wheels had a small nub in the centre so that the hubs/tires didn't get so grabby against the side of edges that I run it along.
Own this for like 3yr now. It will be good for small font yard on 5ah for light trimming of grass, recommend get higher "ah" the better. anything medium to high grass and property, will require more than 1 set of battery. Battery will cycle very faster than normal use for like power tools. don't like the pull trigger as it you have to keep holding get a strain you are doing it more then 30min.
I 3D printed a clamp that holds the pull trigger :)
Can you link me to the model?
I've struggled to find a good solution to this style of deadman switch, where it has to be open to start the motor, but then needs to be pulled in to run.
Second that! Yes please for link:/ file :)
Agreed, I recently had to mow when the grass was long and wet, using this model. This mower still powered through it, but definitely took 4 batteries (2 sets of 2).
Edit: Took 4 batteries to mow 2 very large suburban lawns.
real men use ozito
That one is like half the price of this one. Why?
there is a metal ozito that is the same price as this, tbh given these are electric I would think they all end up using the same motor.
the one on special in the other thread is a plastic case one.
my metal one has done the job just fine and saves sooooo much time vs the petrol one.
Ozito, Ryobi or Makita?
Just get a battery adaptor maybe?
As usual depends on use case and how often/hard the job is.
Here is the way i look at it ( not specifically mowers)
Ozito low end range price and not using it a lot.
Ryobi better but costs a bit more. Using something a bit more often.
Makita upper mid range when using it often bigger jobs. Sort juuust past the boundary between serious DIY and professional
And then so on into professional territory. Outfits like Makita of course have higher spec professional ranges as well.
So, for me not using it a lot, ozito bargain, mainly on a power cord.
Otherwise Makita as I am already invested in its batteries.
I like mine, we have a small lawn, I get 2-3 mows on a full charge.I also like the fact that I can use the 18v battery's in other Makita stuff I have.
I have the ozito steel deck and makita steel deck, the makita is heavy and hard work on any kind of gradient, its a real pig to use, but has more grunt. And has selectable low or high power modes.
The ozito is so much lighter and a joy to use, but defaults to low power mode and ramps up when you hit thicker patches.
I find myself reaching more for the ozito as its lightness makes it more enjoyable to use, as long as I maintain the schedule.
If the grass gets a bit too long or a bit wet, then I reach for the makita.
Generally a reliable mower, using one since October 2021.
Though the rear wheels are too wide, or perhaps the blade is too small, makes it difficult to push along dense hedges and walls. Also the height adjustment level sticks out too far, I tend to push the mower in a direction so the lever is not on the same side of the hedge. Our previous Honda petrol mover did not have these issues (but it had other issues).
After a couple of years of use, the starter lever worked loose, it didn't engage to start the mower 70% of the time. Fixed it with a cable tie.
Get a spare blade, it's $13 from Sydney Tools. So you can alternate to sharpen it at your leisure.
On my Honda Buffalo I get the hedge issue with the power lever and have to do the same.
I have not even looked at abattery mower because it just keeps working and working. (Almost grizzle). also large buffalo lawn in subtropics.
I have used this, coming from a petrol lawnmower.
It feels unsatisfying compared to a petrol one. It "drives", so there's no pushing to do (but doesn't "reverse"). It is also quiet, no need for ear muffs and won't annoy the neighbours if you do it at night etc.
In the end, lawn is mowed, but you feel so empty, doesn't feel like you did any work.
I felt that switching from a V8 kingswood to a ford laser. LOL. There was joy missing.
Bought this from last deal, https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/866054
Good lawn mower. I would say you can wait for better offer as they popup regularly with redemtion or bonus offers.
I got the Ryobi on this deal
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/889883
Would that be better than your deal or this one?
Dont know which one is better. I was intially looking for offers on this, but could not find any when I waited. So decided to go with makita.
What’s a good whipper snipper to cut knee high tall grass? Petrol or Electric?
Any trimmer will do grass no problem. Even the tiniest electric will do the job it's just that a larger trimmer will do the job faster. Just keep in mind a larger trimmer is heavier so you will fatigue much faster. Especially for petrol.
If it's a really large area you'll probably want a petrol just for the overall mobility and runtime.
Couldn't snag one before it went out of stock, so I looked around and found the newer model DLM480Z retailing for $541 to $609, which is just $100 more.
Wondering if it worth buying the newer model over this
The numbers in the model name indicate cutting width, DLM464 cuts 46cm, DLM480 cuts 480cm.
DLM464 has a quiet mode, auto power adjustment, and a steel deck.
DLM480 is slightly larger with a plastic deck (water resistant desk as marketing calls it), manual power adjustment. Some people like manual, but may use more power unnecessarily. It's also missing battery level indicator on the handle. All in all feels like a cutdown version, but it does 48cm cuts it that's important to you.
Both have brushless motors.
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Great mower - I bought it about a year ago, my first electric mower, love it.