| There is a lot of choice on the market when it | | | | may involve electricity generated by solar panels, and |
| comes to electric lawnmowers. They can help you | | | | an on-board computer that will allow you to set it |
| caring for your lawn without generating as much | | | | and forget it: once your chosen settings programmed |
| pollution as their gas-powered counterparts. | | | | in the mower will trim your lawn at the required |
| Electric Lawnmowers: Quietly Efficient | | | | height without further intervention from you. With |
| The past century has seen an evolution of the | | | | this in mind it is difficult to imagine ever going back to |
| humble lawnmower. In what follow we will be | | | | manual or even gas-powered mowers. |
| particularly looking at how electricity powered | | | | Why Chose An Electric Lawnmower |
| lawnmowers can be both useful and more | | | | Electricity powered mowers have distinct benefits |
| advantageous than their gas-powered counterparts, | | | | over their mechanical and gas-powered counterparts: |
| as they are generally less polluting and noisy. | | | | 1. Less polluting: if you consider that a 2-stroke |
| How The Electric Lawnmower Developed | | | | gas-powered mower can generate as much as 2 or 3 |
| Where manual lawnmowers are a good option for | | | | times the amount of pollution created by a car it is |
| the smaller gardens, mowing a larger area would | | | | no surprise that electrical mowers are the preferred |
| require considerable time and effort. As most people | | | | option in today's pollution-conscious society. |
| do have the luxury of time, mowers powered by | | | | 2. Less noisy: you may be prevented by |
| either electricity were developed. | | | | homeowners associations to operate noisy |
| Indeed, especially in rural areas where homes tend to | | | | gas-powered engines at certain hours due to the |
| benefit from much larger gardens there was a need | | | | amount of noise created. Going electric gives you |
| for a tool to allow people a greater chance to enjoy | | | | greater flexibility to tend to your plot when you are |
| their lawns. | | | | available. |
| Maintaining a healthy and good looking lawn requires | | | | 3. Electric-powered mowers are easier to adapt to |
| regular trimming. Blades over 3 to 4 inches in length | | | | current technological advances such as |
| tend to look unkempt and unsightly. Keeping the lawn | | | | computerization and remote-controlled operation. |
| to a neat looking 2 inch length requires quite a bit of | | | | The Future Is Electric |
| effort, which is where lawnmowers come in. | | | | It is no surprise that these benefits are contributing |
| As electric cabling can prove impractical, lawnmower | | | | to mains and battery powered electric mowers |
| manufacturers came up with automatic cable winding, | | | | taking over from gasoline versions which are being |
| then cordless versions. The current trend is for the | | | | phased out for the smaller backyards. |
| cordless remote-controlled variety. The next step | | | | |