Due to urban sprawl, many
homes, especially in more
affluent suburban areas, have large lawns and most people use gasoline
powered lawn mowers to cut their grass. This results in a huge amount
of pollution each year.
You can do your part to
help lower CO2 emissions
and reduce your carbon footprint by purchasing a more eco-friendly
electric lawn mower, or you can take the extra step and produce a 100%
emission free solar lawn mower. There have been quite a
few prototype
solar powered lawn mowers developed in recent years, unfortunately very
few of them have ever made it to the market.
Currently there is only
one major company selling a solar lawn mower, the Husqvarna Automower,
and it has an extremely large price tag. However, there are many
electric, battery powered lawn mowers available on the market that
produce only a fraction of the emissions of their gasoline powered
counterparts, and this is merely due to the fact that they use
traditional electricity to charge their batteries.
Although you have
the ability to purchase a separate solar
battery charger which can be
used to recharge your electric lawn mower’s battery which results in
free energy and zero emissions. If you are considering purchasing a
solar powered lawn mower or an electric lawn mower, then you need to do
fair amount of research before deciding on which model to purchase,
especially given the large investment you will have to make.
Luckily we
have already done some of the work for you. Below you will
find honest
reviews and information on the Husqvarna Automower solar lawn mower, as
well as a few battery powered lawn mowers that can be converted to run
entirely off of solar power. We will tell you the pros and cons of each
type of mower so you can make an informed purchase.
Husqvarna Automower Solar
Lawn Mower
The Husqvarna
Automower is
actually a solar hybrid
mower, which
contains solar panels on the surface of the mower and also a base
station which uses traditional electricity to help recharge the
battery.
Nonetheless, you can
always purchase a solar battery charger
to replace the base station which can turn the Automower into a truly
100% solar powered lawn mower.
This is quite a unique
product that is
actually a lawn mowing robot which trims your grass on its own by
following a set path. It then returns itself to its base station to be
recharged after it finishes mowing your lawn.
Overall it seems like
quite a good product, but unfortunately the extremely high price tag
ensures that this product will only be feasible for a small number of
homes: the Husqvarna
Automower Solar Hybrid has a
suggested retail price of
$2,347.
Electric,
Battery Powered Lawn Mowers |
There are quite a few
battery powered lawnmowers that can be found
either at online retailers or in home and garden or hardware stores.
These products run entirely off a battery and come with a traditional
battery charger which needs to be plugged into a power outlet.
Again,
it is possible to purchase a solar
battery charger which can replace
the traditional one, turning your electric mower into a solar powered
lawn mower instantly. Below are a few of the most popular brands of
electric mowers. You can find a number of other decent products for
sale, just make sure that the product you purchase is a cordless,
battery powered mower as these are the only ones that can be converted
to run entirely off of solar energy.
Black and Decker Cordless
Electric Mowers
Black and Decker is
a very
trusted brand of tools and garden equipment,
and they produce a large line of electric mowers. The majority of their
mowers are corded models which need to be plugged directly into a power
outlet, however they do have a smaller line of cordless mowers with
removable batteries. and because the battery is easily removable, these
mowers can quickly be converted to solar energy with a solar battery
charger.
The Black
& Decker SPCM1936
is a 36 inch,
battery powered, self propelled
mower that is one of Black and Decker’s most popular mowers and has a
removable battery so charging it with solar power is a breeze. It
retails for around $450 which is a decent price for a mower with these
capabilities.
Recharge Mowers
RechargeMower is a smaller
company that produces a line of three
different 36 volt battery powered lawnmowers that can be converted to
solar lawnmowers. They produce one push mower and two different models
of riding lawnmower.
The Recharge
Mower PMLI-14
is a small
push mower that is one of
the lightest mowers on the market today, and yet also one of the most
efficient and has long lasting batteries. You can normally purchase it
for around $450, which makes it a little more expensive that some of
the larger Black and Decker models. However, this mower is extremely
portable and well-built, and is also one of the quietest lawnmowers on
the market.
The riding mowers are much
more expensive, although they
are still a bargain when compared with gasoline powered riding
lawnmowers. The only drawback to the riding lawnmowers is that you will
probably need multiple batteries to finish mowing a whole lawn.
Nonetheless, Recharge Mowers are still very good products and can be
recommended to anyone looking for a slightly higher quality electric
mower.
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