80 March/April 2022
The
(^11) Test
// BY ROY BERENDSOHN AND BRADLEY FORD //
PHOTOGRAPHY BY LAKOTA GABMILL
C
ORDLESS WALK MOWERS HAVE NEVER PERFORMED
as well as they do right now—and according to our test-
ing, they’ve reached parity with gas mowers in many
cases. While we rate cut quality, ease of use, and other
features, one of the most important data points in our
testing is cut area. Running out of battery life in the
middle of mowing is one of the biggest concerns people
express to us about cordless mowers. (This is also known in the
electric vehicle world as “range anxiety.”) So for each model we
test, we determine exactly how much lawn you can really cut on
a single charge. We also looked at a typical yard to figure out how
much grass, on average, you actually need to mow, so you can be
sure a dead battery won’t prevent you from finishing the job.Plotting the
Lot: Which
Cordless Lawn
Mowers Cut
the Most Grass