My place has never looked so good. Women love mowing with it. If something happened to mine like a tree fell on it, and my ins. co. wrote a fat check for it. I would NOT got mower shopping, I would be in fact VERY stressed until I found an exact replacement even if I had to have it shipped from somewhere or drive to get it.
The Ryobi website had numerous reviews on it for this mower. Many other people have had the same issues with battery degradation as I have, but all those reviews (both good and bad) have been removed. I purchased this mower in September of 2019. Initially the mower was great for my .75 acre yard. I was able to mow the yard and have about 50% battery remaining. I've always kept the mower parked in my 3 car garage, always plugged in when not in use. Starting around July of 2020 I started not being able to mow my yard on a single charge. I reached out to Ryobi and was told to clean under the deck. I did this and was again able to mow on a single charge, but just barely. Around Jan of 2021 it became increasingly difficult to mow my grass. It now takes 3 charges to get through my .75 acre yard. After filling out my last review, Ryobi reached out, asked when I had bought my mower, and then informed me that because it was more than a year old they could not help me, but they have ordered more batteries, they'd be arriving in August or September. But until then I'm out of luck. I believe that when I initially called and reported a problem, (which there is plenty of history of other users reporting) I should have been covered under the warranty. I believe Ryobi purposely tried to delay dealing with my issue until the mower was out of warranty. I cannot advise you strongly enough to avoid this mower. I now have a $4000 mower, that can't mow my yard, and can't get batteries for to fix. Its also very shady that my previous negative review along with everyone else’s reviews are now missing from the Ryobi website.
All battery powered tools are like this. I replace the drills and impact drivers in the shop due to battery issues, not because the tool failed. The batteries cost too much to replace, or they've been discontinued, so new tools it is. I hate disposable tools and would never want a disposable lawnmower.
I'm not sure if you are aware of this or not and I'm not saying this is the core issue. However just like your cell phone if you leave it on the charger after its fully charged that will slowly degrade the battery and considering you say you keep it plugged up all the time that's probably part of the issue.
@@ryanlocklear14 different kind of battery. These are deep cycle AGM. It’s well known these need to stay topped off. Very different from lithium ions (as in cellphones). Ryobi is very clear that these are to remain plugged in. It’s in the manual, it’s even placarded right on the charge port.
I have the ego zero turn mower and love it. I actually bought and returned the ryobi zero turn last year. Nothing wrong with the mower just seen ego was coming out with one and i own alot of ego products and batteries. Nice mower.
yep and the Ego comes with (4) 10amh batteries and you can put up to 6 batteries in the mower at one time. It only needs a total of 15amh of batteries to run. So the advantage of the Ego over the Ryobi, the Greenworks, and the Cub Cadet battery zero turns are if you run out of power mid cut you can pop in more batteries and keep mowing the others you have to go and recharge as the batteries don't come out of the other mowers. That is why I will go with the Ego after my John Deere gas zero turn dies. Hopefully by then the price will either come down some or they will bundle (6) 10amh batteries at the same price.
I owned this mower for about 8 months.... of which 4 months it was in the shop. It could not handle the humid FL weather / thick St. Augustine grass. I guess the humidity made the grass collect around the motors and they kept burning up. I wasn't cutting super long grass. Nor was it wet. I ended up sending it back and got a Club Cadet zero turn gas that plows through it like nothing. I really wanted this Ryobi to work out for me as all my other lawn equipment is electric, but so be it. I give Home Depot an A+ for customer service on this issue.
Thanks for sharing, though this is a brand new model and hasn't been out for 8 months. I'm guessing it was a different model then, but sorry to hear of those issues.
I've been using the EGO lawnmower for a few years now, it's a self propelled push mower and I love it, silent, light weight, and plenty powerful, I have 5 acres now, I don't mow all 5 , but what I do mow ,it takes 2 batteries to finish, its great, I still have a gas mower but never use it, I still keep it running good though because that's just the kind of guy I am
I had a ryobe electric painter that I payed $500 for and the batteries were junk after a year and one use. Same with a weed eater I bought for a couple hundred dollars. This mower looks nice bit so did them other things.
I've got the 42" .... been in loved with it since day one , about nine months of use. Had I known of the 54" was coming I would have waited. Love using it for pulling my small trailer around my 2 acres. I used it to pull a 400 lb stump across the yard on a skid plate and it had no problems. "Plug and play" couldn't be more true.
I REALLY APPRECIATE the video quality of the review. Most other reviews are done by "not so professional videographers" and they don't write a script, so they JUST RAMBLE, ON, AND ON, ON, AND ON, ON, AND ON, You get my drift. Keep up the great work. Love the channel.
@@pineappleboi27 He didn't say that at all. He said he likes to cut the lawn at 1 1/2" or 1 3/4". Never have I done a scalp cut and my lawn is green as soon as the frost stops and stays green until it starts again. Good review of a great mower, though.
Your information to everyone on “other commercial mowers” is 100% accurate…if they don’t bother to actually look up your statements to see most are misleading lol
I bought the 100Ah 42" in the spring of 2019. Got it on sale for $3650 or so. LOVE it and will never buy another gas mower. Starting my 3rd season and I never drop below 40%. Most of the time it's around 50% when I'm done. The zero turn really makes it nice. I get done so much faster than I did with a regular lawn tractor.
I've got one and so far more than happy with it. Got about two acres of grass and it does this supper quick and easily in one charge. Best thing is it's quite, only bad thing is the tires need more grip does spin with so much power (son found out he could drift it on wettish grass).
Uh oh. Lol. My impression is that some of those homes had so much lawn and nothing else. I bought a weed torch a week ago. I highly recommend them. I have a gravel driveway and am going scorched earth this year.
the tires are very slippery... but its not due to the amount of power the machine has its how the weight of the thing is distributed and how it uses its power. I assume you have probably already researched this but you can get ATV tires or AG tires in the stock size to improve traction.
These are powered by batteries that requires the mower to always be plugged in when not in use. After one year of owning this, a ten minutes of use, you can go from having a full battery indicator brought down to half. This seems to be a common occurrence reported in the community forum for newly purchased mowers. I can honestly say I wouldn't recommend this to anyone at this time until they fix some issues.
Have you reached out to Home Depot or Ryobi? I'm pretty sure it still has a warranty. Additionally, what's wrong with leaving it plugged in? It consumes maybe a dollar a week in trickle mode.
@@Robiam85 Out of Warranty. People forget that these batteries are deep cycled batteries and must always be plugged in and charge. It will break if you do not charge them. It is not like a car.
Yep everything battery powered I've bought from this company requires a replacement battery every year. This mower looks nice but we just don't have the battery technology yet to be charging 5k for something like this.
Always have to wonder about the batteries lasting. That's the ONLY thing that would hold me back about electric anything. LOVE the idea of electric mowers and vehicles.
AuthenTech - Ben Schmanke.. That thing is just what I need. I am disabled and can't cut my grass because I can't walk that much. But this zero turn rider would allow me to cut the grass instead of my wife having to do it.. I already have the Ryobi 40v weed eater with the edger attachment and their 40v blower and absolutely love them. I also have a lot of their 18v tools and love them too. They are all a lot better than I ever expected them to be.. It would be nice to give this mower try.. Thanks for sharing it with us..
Our kubota cuts at 19mph but it's diesel :) It's nickname is marshmallow and it rides like it. We are commercial so time is money. I would love a battery mower for my own yard tho.
How long does the battery last, Price of new battery? How long to fully recharge, because i have to use it twice to cut the yard How does it cut in hillsides
Hey, I appreciate this review. I wouldn't go all out and get the 54"... but this is making me consider the 42" for my business so I can still fit through gates
The fact that it’s electric is awesome but 7 mph isn’t that fast my John Deere 54 inch tops out at 10 mph and it’s a entry level commercial that’s 6 years old! Great video!
@@2003lightning1 Amen. Just sold a 12 year old Z425. Ran fine, just switched to a commercial JD walk. If I spent $5k on a machine today, it would probably be on a new 5 series or add a little money and go to a 7 series. Not sure about all this battery-powered stuff. I know what to expect from gas.
I doubt that! Entry level ZT's usually go 6mph. I have a Toro that does 7mph, it was $2600. I had a $5k JD ZT that went 8mph and only the commercial mowers go over 10 and up to 15mph or so.
Ben! I am buying one of these and can't believe who I see in this awesome review. Hope you're doing well. When did you become a RU-vid star? haha! Great video. All the best!
I'm sure this thing will be great for some people. I can't imagine it ever being cost effective for people like me. It costs almost two thousand dollars more than my current mower (John Deere LA175) did 11 years ago, and the only things I've had to do to mine are routine maintenance, battery and blade replacements and I had to replace a PTO switch (all totaling less than $300 over the life of the mower so far). (I had originally put something here about batteries being hard to obtain in the future, as maybe they were proprietary, but it doesn't look like that's the case. But I still couldn't easily find replacements or their cost.) Mine can do my entire mowable area (about 3.5 acres) on one tank of fuel, and if it runs out, I just add more and keep going. There's no way this Ryobi would get my property done on one charge, as he said he used 70% of the battery to mow 3/4 of an acre, which to me looked like it was already mowed. LOL What do I do with this thing if it stops out by the road (about 500 ft. from the house), do I just leave it out there? Tow it back with the gas mower, maybe? LOL
At 3.5 gal/mow, for 15 cuttings a year for 11 years - at $2.50/gal for gas, you've spent $1500 on fuel. Not even accounting for the cost of your time to do the maintenance that doesn't apply to electric, and the fact that you're comparing your non-zero-turn to this, the cost argument just isn't valid.
@@markleyg Good point. That's the best I could do based on my experience. I just priced a John Deere S180 (the closest new mower to mine) and it's around $200 more than I paid for my LA175 (at the same store). So... this thing is still not cost effective for me.
I had the lawn tractor version for 2 years. Used it on 2 lawns, both with their rough spots (grading). It felt like it was going to snap in half. I’m a 2XL guy (for sizing) and have no issues on the normal lawn tractors and even have a 52” Ariens Ikon X ZT. The Ryobi RM480E I had (sold it) did not like taller grass. It didn’t like mixed grass (weeds, fescue, Bermuda, whatever fell into the soil and grew). If I didn’t jump on the tractor and mow at the right time (height of grass), it would take forever. I had to go way slower to prevent the blades from slowing to a halt. This is with the side discharge wide open. Mulching worked well but, again, you had to mow more frequently to use that feature without extending your mow times. Yards mowed were 1.0 acre and 0.75 acre. Fun to drive, loved how quiet and loved the almost zero maintenance aspect but nothing competes with gas power. If you have a well manicured lawn that started life as sod in a planned neighborhood- these are awesome mowers. Otherwise, stick with gas powered engines.
this is what I said in my review of one but I think your wording is way better. they suck unless your ground is perfectly flat and the grass is thin. I have about 50 hours in on one on a 3 acre Maine lawn and its not good.
Great video! I love my Ryobi riding mower. I want to get the zero turn but it won't fit in my shed and I can't justify it with my small yard. But my cost of operation is $0 since all my batteries for my 40V yard equipment as well as my riding mower and golf cart are all charged with solar panels on the shed!!
8/5/21, 2each his own, I have a (gas) Gravely ztx42; since I don't have a garage & my shed is already full, what I have is a patio w/awning where I store the machine w/a tarp (amzn/$40) made just for that, quite similar to a motorcycle tarp.
@@prestonweitersjr.9460 That's a nice mower. The only reason why I have mine is I got it for almost half price with 30 hrs on it. My son has asthma and smoke/exhaust is his main trigger. This was a huge motivation to transition from gas to electric with toys and lawn care. The fact that it is all solar powered and $0 operation cost now is icing on the cake.
What a joke - cutting low grass on a level surface?? That's like showing how well a circular saw can cut through butter! I have 2 acres of bumpy terrain with grass several inches taller than this well-manicured crew-cut lawn. How about a real world demonstration? Can it handle 3-5 inch grass on uneven terrain? Or is only a pretty-boy toy for a Ken and Barbie house?
If your planning on using this for an acre or less, or you just need a residential mower, this is amazing. If your buying this for a commercial sized lawn, then you should go for a gas mower.
Awesome at first, but the biggest problem with this is battery life in how many charges before they need replacing. Grass never stops growing just like batteries never stop dying.
Ryobi definitely needs to put at least a 5-year warranty on both the machine and the batteries to make it worthwhile. I understand that battery operated mowers are quieter however a gas mower can cost you anywhere from 2500 to $6,000 depending on what you get with an average of 4,000 for a decent gas zero turn and it can last you 20 years plus and you don't have to worry about spending a ton of money and replacing batteries as long as you take care of the motor.
$4599 is just too much. I can get a 54”zero turn mower for $2770. I’m not denying that this is definitely going to be the future of mowers but the price is just not easy to justify yet. It’s like an electric car it’s definitely going to be the future but the price really needs to come down.
Nice video. I was going to buy the 48" Ryobi Zero turn, but ended up getting the 100 Amp Hour R480e as I needed cruise control. Cutting speed makes a huge difference on battery life, so slow down a lot and it will last a lot longer. Using a bagger seems to increase battery life too, as I am guessing it is not churning the grass up, but lifting it directly away (I just wish the bagger filled on both sides equally, instead of the the left and then spilling over to the right side.) I can cut my 3/4 acres (2.5" height) for about 12 cents of electric.
My uncle Max had an electric Craftsman riding mower in the 1980’s. He had 4 acres on the edge of Cuyahoga state park. He built his house from a Sears kit. You can bet that we he sold it he got a nice price. Down went the house and up went a swanky subdivision. Ps. Don’t cut so short. He’s cutting bermuda grass so that’s probably fine.
Good video, not a Ryobi fan but pretty cool. I definitely see a growing market segment for electric mowers. I literally saw a basic Craftsman Lawn tractor at Lowe’s for just under $3k. That’s 3x what I paid for my first little lawn tractor brand new...It’s a sad day when you have to have a payment plan for a non-commercial lawn mower, but I digress. It would be cool to know what the difference in your Electric Bill??? I bought a Dewalt 60v trimmer, did a review, and love it...I caught myself on autopilot reaching to prime and pull the string walking back to the garage having missed a spot...then I was like...oh yeah, it’s cordless and electric... Great video! Jon@SBYD!
I've owned a Ryobi mower for the past year. Fact the batteries worked fantastic for the first few months, I have an acre of land to mow, I'd get done with 40-50% -- Today it's down to about 20% after only a year. Think about your cell phone and how well it worked when you first got it, and after a year or two the battery just doesn't last as long. Electric mowers are the same -- at this rate I'll be buying new batteries for mine at $200 per battery within the next year or so just to continue to mow my lawn. Gas powered mower -- The last one I owned lasted over 10 years with minor maintenance to the engine. This is a fantastic mower but realize the cost is going to be significantly more than Gas.
This will be great in the future Once They figure out a better Battery package that works well I just bought a 0 turned Cub cadet And already spent close to a $Eighty on fuel and don't have 11 hours on it yet
We need to see the test after a few years. Is the battery holding a full charge, motors still good ?, when new, I would expect great performance. Time will tell. Triple the cost of my JD gas mower.
Don't forget $1200+ to replace the batteries every 3-5 years or so. They're nice but very expensive. (plus monthly charging costs on your electric bill).
This looks so much better than the Ego 42 inch. Coming from an Ego fanboy like myself, I'd spend $5,000 on this with a larger deck than the lawn limo Ego sells
I remember the schools zero turns they got some big engines they zip across 5 acres of lawn in minutes. They were going at least 10 mph they were bouncing like crazy
The EGO batteries degrade way more than a Tesla as well, and those 10ah batteries are around $450 each. My EGO batteries loose about 30-50% in the course of two years. The EGO idea is great, but they need a better battery or management system. At least with the Ryobi, you can get your batteries at any golf cart dealer, and those batteries have proven themselves over and over again. The biggest concern with the EGO and Ryobi are servicing, if needed.
Weight is a good thing in a riding mower. The more weight, the more traction and smoother ride. A light mower will spin out easy on a slope. Plus if you mount a snow blade on the front, weight is once again your best friend. You need at least an 800lb machine to push a 48" blade in 6 inches of snow. If you are only mowing on a flat yard, nothing more then sure lightweight is fine. If you want to do anything beyond just mowing, the heavier the better.
@@jeremydavis2595 Heavy mowers leave ruts in lawns and damage irrigation systems. I have the Ego and I am not spinning out at all. Works great, and I can use the batteries in my other tools. Nobody is putting a snowblade on a Zero turn, lol :p
@@ViewlessSquid 5K F-that! Plus people with bigger yards are going to be killing the batteries a lot more often then a small residential yard. I'm sure the batteries are stupid expensive too. For 5k there are a ton of gas zero turn mowers that are better then this electric mower.
My concern is durability. I bought a Husky 54" ZTR about 10 years ago, and at about 3 years old the deck started coming apart. Our lawn can be a bit rough in places, roots sticking up on trees, occasional rocks, bumpy areas. Since 3 years, I've got the deck off welding cracked parts, welding back on bits that fell off, etc once a year at least. I also wind up replacing at least one spindle a year too (I just keep a spare in the garage) because after I hit 3 or 4 things solidly the mounting tabs shear off. I probably should have bought a commercial unit but they were 2x the money.
The new cub cadet electric at Home Depot in Alabama is $4999.Although I have a gas powered CC,and it’s a piece of shit,I would not recommend anything CubCadet.
Sorry but my hustler SD costs $1000 less and will last longer...heavier duty deck, deck mounts, deck spindles, blades. When those machines get down around $3k, then I could see them being worth it for some home owners. Basically any $3k gas zero turn would give you all the benefits you mentioned...just with a bit more noise and some fumes. The idea of no belts to replace...or oil changes is nice, but not worth an extra $2k.
I have the 48" version for two years and 10 acres of grass, it's everything they say it is and fun to operate. Be careful loading and unloading onto a trailer it can tip over on itself and using the break disables steering making it difficult with narrow ramps. Mine has the mulching plug and has an optional rear bag.
The sad part is that Ryobi still doesn't go with a lithium battery. That keeps the cost down some but lead acid batteries don't last as long and are heavier. The Cub Cadet 42" has a lithium battery but I don't think they make a 54" mower which would be a lot nicer for my situation.
Ryobi is only taking about 30% charge off the batteries, when the fuel gage shows empty, the batteries are only discharged to about 70% SOC. That's why this mower has 115 amp/hr capacity and the cub cadet only has 60 amp/hr. These are sealed AGM batteries, running them down only 30% the cycle life should be around 1,700-2,000 which is better than lithium. The added weight helps with traction and stability.
@@jaymoeco You're straight up wrong. IDK if its true that Ryobi doesnt drain the batterys when it says 0%, but I'd wager its close. These batterys need to be bigger because the more power you pull from an SLA battery, the lower its capacity will be. IE the less power you will get out of them. So for something like these big mowers you will only be getting about 70AH from these batterys.
@@silvy7394 the reason you're not getting full capacity out of them is because the BMS doesn't let you run the batteries all the way down. I haven't checked the discharged voltage but I can tell you that from 100 to 5% on the fuel gauge I don't notice any drop in performance. The mower blades run at the same speed when I put it away as they do when I start with a fully charged battery. On my older electrics I had a steady decline as the voltage dropped so this is a welcome improvement. I can mow about 2 hours on a charge unless the grass is really tall. I can tell you the manufactured steel deck on the 54" (10 ga) is way more solid than the stamped steel deck on the cadet (13 ga). (The 48" ztr is also a stamped steel deck)
@@jaymoeco Thats some really stupid logic, although I wouldnt expect much more from you. Why does my electric mower output the same amount of power on a fully charged and discharged battery? Simple answer, just like an EV. Because the motor controller is designed to pull X amount of watts. When the battery voltage lowers it simply pulls more current to keep the same amount of power until X voltage is exceeded. Whereas something like your power tools are really dumb tools only draws, say, 10A, so as the voltage lowers so does the power output. Not to count that the voltage difference between a full charge and discharge on these mowers is only about 6-8 volts, so you wouldn't notice much of a difference between dead and charged.
thats awesome, how many charges will the battery last, though? as you can have a gas mower for 10-30 years same engine working great if you maintain it. Will this battery be able to hold a charge 10 years down the road without having to replace? if you did have to replace what would that cost be? would that be less expensive in the long run? love it it though looks like a great machine.
Great review Ben. Thanks! I'm looking hard at the smaller RY48ZTR and I'd love to have a similar review. I'm especially interested in how it holds up over time.
Really appreciate the review and detail! Though it looks like you’re mostly mowing dirt in this video. Longer grass would keep the ground a bit wetter/greener and stop the loss of topsoil…
@@tannerbeverley26 the advertised 3.5 acre run time was probably achieved in optimal conditions. Flat ground, slow speed/blade setting, light weight rider, just nipping the grass blades and the wind at your back the whole time.
The lead acid batteries in this are really what is holding it back. Not only because of the added weight over similar Amp hours of Lion, you will have to factor in battery replacements in about 3-5 years.
@@urbanplanner7200 About the same as the 5 or so lithium batteries I have for cordless tools and the 40+ gallons of gasoline I have in my cars and other power equipment. What is your concern?
Man, 5k for that mower. I understand the going green incentive, but jeez. Most people would rather spend the 3k on the gas variant and just live with it. It would take a while before you would break even in the savings. I would like to see if be a little more competitive with its dirty cousins. Thanks for the review though. I’ve been eyeing these for the last two years.
For 3k you're going to get a 42 inch deck, a 18-22 hp engine that will bog a lot easier than electric, the maintenance of a gas engine, and a 11-12 gauge deck. For the money, this is a great deal. The only thing I wish it had is a roll bar, I can live without a bagger.
@@Go-Getter ok, so i waited a few days to respond to this because i could've been wrong, but within the last few days and a few stops at home depot, lowes, and tractor supply, i have seen club cadets, toros, ariens, and craftsmans with kohler, kawasaki, and briggs motors all around 3-3200 dollars all at 50 or 54in decks and 23-25hp motors. i get the bogging aspect, but that shouldn't happen if you're maintaining your lawn, and i don't care what lawn mower you throw at unmaintained lawn, they will all bog. as far as maintenance, i would estimate and this is being on the more aggressive end, it would cost about 250 a year to maintain your lawn mower. it would take years to break even before you could really see the savings of having electric. the only thing that i would save the electric wins automatically is the noise factor. i won't even argue it.
@@ViewlessSquid that's just not true. Being that I've purchased 3 different mowers in the last 3 years, I'm very familiar with mower specs. You absolutely will not find a 50 inch Briggs mower with 23hp for $3200. And, bogging isn't a maintenance issue, it's a hp issue. If the grass is too thick or too wet and your engine isn't powerful enough to turn the blades to cut through it without struggling, it'll bog. Electric mowers don't have that concept. The only thing it knows is cut or don't cut. If the grass is too thick to cut, it won't bog it'll just turn the engines off. However, since it has electric motors, it's tolerances for thicker grass is more than your standard gas mower. Savings isn't a real factor in buying an electric mower. Power, maintenance, fumes, and noise are.
Not as crazy as the Terrafirminator from Gnomeo and Juliet (which I watched a couple days ago), but definitely more practical. Seems to me a more usable lawnmower than whatever John Deere is selling. If I had a huge lawn, this and perhaps the gas-powered competition would be under consideration. My house doesn't have a lawn so I won't have any use for one of these. Still a pretty neat video although I get the feeling this review was done less for the sake of reviewing and more because you really needed a new lawnmower, lol. Thanks for the vid!
Remember he said Bermuda grass. If he was cutting Fescue, or something similar I would agree with you. Cutting Bermuda short encourages the roots to grow sideways; choking out everything else.
@@gsfinatic That's not really too bad. I suppose some Chinese company will make replacement batteries for cheaper although they won't be as good like they do for tool batteries.
You call that thick grass, thats funny. I'd like to see it used down south on really rough yards ,and how would you clean it unless its water proof near the motors.
Very cool ! I would like to see how it does with longer wet grass. I've been using a gasser 17hp JD tractor mower for years to cut 2 acres, but would consider electric once it's time to purchase a replacement
well I have used the bigger 80v hp model for a while now and I am not impressed with its ability to cut anything really. in my 50 hours of running it in Maine I have been able to cut thin wispy grass, thick wet tall grass and everything in-between. these things will never give the high quality cut of a gas mower or even a 90s lawnmower on its last leg. if your going to replace your john deere I would recommend getting a john deere x series garden tractor because its going to run you back about the same 7 grand this will.
Curious, does it matter? This isn't designed for commercial jobs, so it is unlikely to be used for a week or so between mows. If you are mowing so much that you need more than a full charge, you need a bigger mower Either way, max charge rate would be 1440 watts/HR (12a continuous on 120v). So roughly 30ah on a 48v pack.
@@mike93lx the charger is only 500 watts, so it takes all night. Sometimes, if I've been mowing into the evening, it will still be charging in the morning. Not great if you require more than one charge to finish the lawn, but the low rate of charge is good for battery longevity.
@@jaymoeco how does it take that long to charge 2240 watt hours of batteries when you are charging at 500 watts? I get the charger ramps down as it nears full charge, but you should be materially done charging by morning. What am I missing?
@@mike93lx nothing, unfortunately the ryobi system gives you very little insight (literally none) into the charging system or process. There is one green led on the charger which comes on if it's plugged in and working, off if unplugged or dead. Then there is one led on the charger port. That one blinks fast when the charger is connected but not powered on, it blinks slowly while charging and comes on solid when fully charged. So when you walk up to it and it's still blinking, you don't know if you have 20 minutes left or 4 hours. It charges at 500 watts, but it's a 48 volt system, so you're only charging at a hair over 10 amps, that's a slow charge for one deep cycle or automotive battery, let alone 4. Granted if it's been going all night and is still blinking you can assume the bulk charging is completed and it is just equalizing the batteries but I'd just as soon let it finish. It's not that big of a deal.
I have the 100mah 48 inch deck version. I ran it pretty hard for the last 3+ years (as you can see in my videos) and love it. I am just now starting to see a reduction battery longevity. We will see if it makes it through this season and how much new batteries are during this time of supply shortages. Fingers crossed 🤞
@@Methodical2 due to world wide supply line issues and shortages, the batteries are around $300 US. Should get back down to a more reasonable price once things get back to normal world wide.
@@ResslerMania Is that high for a mower? Curious. I just cut my grass with a 50" Toro. Man, I love that ZT mower. Just makes cutting grass so much fun. I'd be all day cutting with one of those lawn tractors cutting in a circle or square pattern. I never like those lawn tractors and their cut quality.
Watching this even though I have a monster john deere ztrak in my shed lol Sweet mower. I have the ryobi 40v string trimmer and I swear by it. So so so much better than messing with gas trimmers
"commercial" big box store mowers, aka residential mowers (2k-4k), go around 6 - 7 mph, but they aren't built for anything close to an actual commercial workload. Some light-duty commercial mowers/ estate/prosumer mowers (5k-10k) go around 8mph - 10mph, while higher-end actual commercial mowers (10k - 19k) go 10-16 mph. This thing is for sure residential. The deck looks prosumer, but the real determining factor is Longetivy of the parts, and the repair costs . The deck looks good enough. But will it die at 400 hours or go 2-3k hours? And if the battery does die, how easy is it to swap out? Longevity, repairability, parts availability and cost, cost per acre, durability, total CTO/yr are all additional factors in the classification of a mower.
How about cutting in the rain? As we in the grass cutting field do and often. And how does it do when it hits something with the blades that isn't grass? For now I'll stick with gas this is something home owners with small yards may like. And let's see a durability test over a few years.
The spec say's it should be able to charge at least 1700 times. So if you cut grass once a week, that should last you 32 years. If you cut it twice a week then it's still 16 years. LOL! This is if you had less then 3 acre.
@@Moe7133 lets say you're right and the battery is supposed to last 32yrs so why wouldn't the manufacturer warranty them for at least a quarter, (8yrs) of the time they say it should last? My point is electrics now a days are made to break. They don't last 20yrs like old appliances used to. You are lucky if something now a days lasts 5yrs without needing some repairs.
Although this review is great i live on 3.5 acres and the terrain is far rougher than yours, I really want this bit not sure how long it can last being ran for two to three hours straight one time a week and sometimes two
It wouldn't. As you can see it's pretty cheaply made. It would work fine for small yards, 1acre or less, but would have a short life on 3.5 acres. And for 5k... nah.. I'll pass. LOL
