I'm shopping for an electric riding mower including the RYOBI 80V. Without ever owning a riding mower, I'm gathering information before even speaking to a salesperson. Your video is very helpful to me. Thank you!
I have the 42” and I love it. No issues at all and no maintenance. I plug it into my wall 110 wall outlet. I’ve been using this thing since early spring and my electric bill has not budged 🤷🏽♂️. Simple and easy to use. Like he said, after maybe the first 2-3 cuts you really get the hang of the controls and it’s smooth sailing after that
One handed driving leaves another extremity for beerage! And at 3:50 I visually confirmed beerage holders on the left. Unfortunately for me, my yard is tiny (yard size is indirectly proportional to junk size) and I ain't got no $$$$$$$$$$. BUT...I am loving battery powered mowing with my Makita 36v self propelled walk behind mower. No stink, no gas, no 2 cycle oil, NO NOISE! I am embracing the future and not looking back!! Thanks for this entertaining video Clint! HAPPY LABOR DAY TO ALL!!!!
It’s the future! Works great - I got the 42” and for a good deal! Keeping Gas and oil far away from farms, lawns and gardens is healthy and very 2024. 🚜
Around 5:35. Weather and conditions also affect gas powered mowers. You'll have to use more gas on tall wet grass. You'll have to use more charge on tall wet grass. And, instead of having to run to the gas station for more gas (and oil), with electric, you just recharge right where you are at. Very convenient. Just like the 70% less maintenance. And, when Spring comes, you charge the batteries and slap them in and off you go. No Spring tuneup needed.
I have a Country Clipper Charger gas zero turn with joystick operation.. its a monster, like a riding a brush hog with a lazyboy on top, 10 acres in 2 hours, zero fatigue and while it will absolutely destroy brush, it leaves a beautiful cut in grass.. I have no idea why they aren't the talk of the world
Glad you addressed the warranty. 5 years sounds cool until you look at the price. The batteries should have a 10 year with up to 80% capacity type of warranty. Or number of full cycles. They are the biggest cost.
5yrs is pretty generous. If you’re smart, you’ll nurse them year 1-3, then absolutely abuse them, within warrantable usage of course ;-), to ensure they all fail within the next two years well before the 5 years is up. THEN, this deal makes good economic sense because you got a few more good years worth of batteries out of it.
With lawnmower, batteries (for mower and charging), solar panels will be around 10k or more. Should recoup the savings on gas and oil cost in only 50 years.
@@eosjoe565 Gas mower will run circles around these and are magnitude's cheaper in the long run, plus far more environmentally friendly. These people have absolutely no common sense or understanding of how any of this works out! Gas mowers use only $150-$300 a year in gas and every other year $80 tune up. Gas is the clear winner here and will outlast those batteries by decades!
@ToolReviewZone for sure. I think the charging system and or batteries were off. I returned it and bought a Ferris 60 inch ISX800. The Ferris has a 27 hp and I would say the electric kept up with it Nad provided a nice cut even when my grass was way over grown. The Ryobi also did just as good if not better for traction, although it was on a dryer day. The sound on the Ferris is so much more.
Same with my local store in SC. I’m thinking that the warranty is no longer valid from being stored outside in the weather for months . Manual clearly states to store inside and avoid getting it wet. I wonder what Ryobi and Home Depot have to say about that.
I think these are fantastic and appreciate your hands-on feedback. Like others say, though, I just can't justify the price, even of the smaller ones. I may look for someone's depleted lead acid 30 or 42" and pick it up cheap and perform a Lithium swap next year. Considering the JD I bought for $300 still runs like a top, I cannot justify $5k for a mower, even if it's this cool. This is one of my favorite videos from you, though. Thanks for the details and looking forward to the Bluetti review!
So close to pulling the trigger on this, well the 42" version. It's now $3999 and can get 10% off. I mean kinda tough to beat that! So sick of my old rider, belts snapping, having to go fill up my gas cans, changing the oil, filters, winterizing it, Hot, loud as hell etc..On top of that, it's a rider and have to make a million 3 point turns on the thing.
@@NickWindham Bought a 48" Ariens icon instead. Didn't like the joystick feel, when I sat on one on home depot and heard they have an issue in the heat and I live in Southern SC.
@@micker9830 Just Googled that one, NICE! Looks cool and should last you several years. I’m sure after you’re done with it, EV mowers will offer exponentially more bang for the buck than they do today.
My 42" is coming... 05/22/2024. Have yet to unload it and put it together. Like an 8-Year-old on Christmas Eve. I used to love mowing the grass until I injured my right foot in 2017. Since then it's been just a pain in the foot. I've been looking into zero-turn, joystick, mowers for years.
Are you kidding? $8,000.00 Mower, $ 2,000.00 Ecoflow, $2,000.00 Bluetti, and battery replacements of another $10,000 in a year or so!!!! I bought a John Deere riding mower in 2011 and paid $2,200 out the door. Filters and oil every 2 seasons plus gasoline , and I am still way under $3,000. Just not worth it my friend, and I really wanted to buy one of the Ego brand zero turns but I just don't see it. Small battery operated lawn care tools are great, but those mower prices are ridiculous.
Most products are priced higher earlier in the life cycle. Let’s hope that holds, as it seems whether we like it or not electric is where we’re heading.
Currently using Ego push mower and other lawn equipment and when those start to die probably jumping over to Ryobi as I am all in on the 18v tools and really like them. Neighbor has one of these (not sure of the exact model) but it has the joystick like this. He let me use it several times and I must say it seems really nice but that joystick is not much fun to use. I simply couldn't ever hold it steady. My yard is not on a slope and not very bumpy at all. But my arm was always moving around causing me to move the stick. Not concerned about lines in my grass but it really looked like I had few beers in me while cutting as the cut lines were all over! lol I've never used a zero turn with the dual handles so can't really compare it much. But at least having a free hand let me wave to everybody driving by!
Cliff, I truly appreciate your efforts in explaining the pros and cons of not only this particular lawn tractor but with so many other tools and equipment from different manufacturers in very simple to understand jargon and funny euphemisms. I don't have a need for this machine but am interested in the smaller 30 inch rider by Ryobi. I also like the push mower, but want caster wheels up front. I currently have a 30 inch cub cadet self-propelled push mower that I am pretty happy with.
Seems legit. Basically just a giant downward facing cordless drill attached to a mower deck. Corrosion/moisture infiltration would be my only long-term worry and/or some kind of odd software glitch. Best of all is that it's quiet, which is great for owner and the neighbors. I would wait a couple more years to let to price drop, as well, but the concept is sound.
I wanted one before they came out. I have 3 mowers that will crank up after sitting 3 years. They all have bad decks , and I have to weld a new one on. The bottom line for me is the deck quality and long-term availability 🤔
I have a 3 1/2 year old Ryobi electric zero turn. Less than a year into ownership it would not charge. Took it to Ryobi Authorized Service Center. They said they had no room for it and just left it outside. It was there for almost three months. They didn’t know anything about them our how to work on them, so they just threw parts at it until it worked. That’s fine for warranty work, but not on my dime. Next time it quit I took it to a different Ryobi Authorized Service Center. Same issue, they “thought” it might be a rear wheel drive motor, but not sure. Would cost about $450 to replace (out of warranty not). I took it home, bought the motor online and repaired it myself. It’s a great mower when it works, but they don’t know how to repair them. Just figure it’s junk after warranty runs out. And plan on waiting a long while if it goes to repair shop.
You say no maintenance? So there are no grease zerks anywhere? That generally indicates the spindles get replaced as an entire expensive unit, rather than greasing the bearings then just replacing bearings when needed. Or is it even more expensive and the spindles are direct drive electric motors as opposed to belt driven from a single motor? Lack of maintenance is cheap the first season, but maintenance gets exponentially more expensive as things eventually do need fixed.
Sorry for being so abrupt but I can't find anything on how the 30 inch bagger works on the new Ryobi iDrive. Can you shed some light on the subject? I want to thank you for your awesome in-depth review of the 46 inch Ryobi iDrive! It's nice to finally see that somebody's using a rubber for this grass chute:-)
Have 30". Cuts well. 1.5 hour time at 15¢ /charge. Easy use & care. I prefer this over gas, but what issues will I meet, only question. I'm having trouble going down hill and it breaking away, sure would like help figuring that out. Price and support unstable, please figure this out to stabilize using battery. Thanks for video, your yard looks like mine, wonder how your hills perform
It’s pretty cool, you say no maintenance, but what happens when a spindle goes out or something because on a gas mower you can replace the spindle for like $30 this one probably is a motor so to replace I would think would be expensive.
Sooo... what you are saying is that you spent at least $2500 (EcoFlow + solar panels) so that you would have $0 charging costs. That seems like a pretty big charging cost. Assuming you cut grass 7 months out of the year that is $357/mo to charge (granted it's only one year). For $2500 I could purchase 728 gallons of gasoline which, using about 30 gallons per season to cut my lawn equates to around 25 years worth of gasoline. It is almost a certainty that in 25 years you will have had to at least replace your set of 80V and 40V batteries a couple times at a cost of over $4000 (3 x $900 + 4 x $400).
@@T_gaming28It's a bit larger. It's a 25HP John Deere garden tractor with a 48-inch deck and weighs about the same (~700 lb). I also use it to pull 500 lb. loads in a lawn cart and a 900 lb. lawn roller.
I live in a rural area of Wisconsin where people have acres of grass! I have yet to see a battery powered lawn tractor or zero turn mower in use. I saw one at Home Depot and the price was the deterrent. I could buy a lot of cans of gas before I would ever reach the $3000 or more price for an electric one.
It’s not just the cans of gas. You’re going to save 2x the amount you spend on gas over the course of 3 years. Plus you have to maintain and de-winterize your gas mowers…something you don’t have to worry about with electric.
@@BasketballBeastWiam No you're not. Gas is considerably cheaper to maintain, will run circles around that Ryobi, and last far longer! Your batteries have only a 3 year limited warranty and you'll be lucky to get a couple years out of them. At $2700 for a set of the 80v and $1440 for the set of 40v. You're nuts!!
What about winter storage in an unheated garage? The manual says take out all batteries if temp. below 50F and store in temp. controlled space. Anyone having problems, since Fall is here.
If your garage is attached to the house then it may not get cold enough in your garage to matter. Usually a little bit of heat escapes from the house into the garage.
Glad that you’re happy with it. Those high prices does not bring joy to me, just😢. You’re talking about loose bolts, if that was assembled by a HD employe that explains not having tightened bolts. Any one buying a mower that’s preassembled from there better tighten every nut & bolt before first use. You said that you haven’t had any expenses operating the mower, so was the power bank given to you, if so great. Not everyone of your viewers have wads of cash that they can throw around
I've generally been against these 80v mowers (and other brands cordless) because there just not economical. There is such a price premium that almost nobody would break even in a reasonable time, if at all, especially if batteries need to be replaced. The Spring Black Friday deal finally made the ZTs price competitive with a comparable gas machine, but there's still the question of battery longevity. Well, today I named to snag one of the 30" ZT on the close out deals they're running, for $799. At that price is worth a shot, even if the batteries need to be replaced in a couple years. Fingers crossed...
@@ToolReviewZone Lol! I commented on your first vid about having some “less than ideal” yard available for endurance testing! Was kind of in jest…kind of….😁
Start saving as soon as you can for when it is time to replace all of those batteries. I love my walk behind battery mower, but man replacing those will be expensive to say the least.
Well they have over 5+yrs to save, because they are warrantied for that long, and the gas savings alone, would probably pay for them. In 5+ years, a new battery will be like $400 maybe less. Lithium is getting very cheap.
they should have a notch in the joystick for all the way locks u in forward and back a bit allows u to turn u dont really want to be turning at full speed anyways
This mower is on sale this week for like 2K. I might consider getting this next year. How long and wide is it? I'm going to need to build a shed to keep it in lol.
I have a gf that works at TTI. That’s the parent company. These mowers are NOT selling, production has stopped, they are having to take days off. Soon there will most likely be a huge layoff.
My old clunker served me well but it's on the last few cuts. A 30" should work for me. I went to the HD website and there were quite a few reviews regarding (customers receiving) damaged, used or missing parts units. Anyone had an issues with the quality of the unit?
Hi Clint! Matthew in Hudson, OH. Toolgirl’s hubby. I just bought the 42” version of this. How do you clean under the deck? Im guessing power washer is a non-starter! Wondered what you do - especially after mowing wet grass. Thanks!!
So I just threw out my back replacing the carb, starter and switch for my lawnmower. Also lost half a tank of gas as it turns out the gas tank is leaking... im tired of my lawn mower and so i think im going to go to the bank and get this bad boy
What about storing the mower in a shed or garage with no climate control? Won't the weather changes throughout the year from hot to cold ruin the batteries? I accidentally kept one of my 40v ryobi batteries in my barn through the winter and its dead. So i keep all batteries 18v and 40v inside the house.
There’s no grease zeros on the front pivot wheels? Seems like there should be, everybody sooner or later. Breaks a blade spindle. Wonder what these are like..
Call me fussy, but the joy stick is not for me. Also, how does it do for scalping the grass? With the joy stick and the deck raising handle on the same side, you can't raise rhe deck while mowing. The deck for my Exmark zero turn is lifted with my right foot making it easy to avoid scalping. Also, my Exmark is 20 years old and running like a champ. I wonder where that Ryobi will be in 20 years.
Look like great machines, but that price... can still buy a lot of gas, and Tylenol for the common gas powered headaches. Ryobi could probably sell a lot more if the price was comparable to a gasser, not twice the cost.
I have craftsman zeroturn I'm running it until it breaks these look nice but just cost to much i jave hadn mine over 5 yrs literally no issues but changing blades when needed people are too obsessed with technology and gadgets
The big question I have is PARTS and SERVICE. I have a lot of Ryobi tools and like them but Ryobi does not have a good reputation when it comes to warranty and service. If you need a part where are you going to get it? I tried searching for availability for a deck motor and came up blank.
I go to the homeless despot all the time and I’ve yet to see one of these in person. I’m 5’22” and 300ish lbs because I’m a maaan, will this mower fit someone my size?
6k for the 42in and 5k for the 30in. Way too expensive. The new Ego Tractor is $3,999 and Greenworks has a new 60v 30inch Zturn coming out for $3999 as well and a regular 30in 60v tractor for $3500. Ryobi best price check or we’ll see another fire sale on these like they did with the RM480 when Home Depot sold them for $500.
Unfortunately, my Ryobi has been a pile of shit. It's only one year old and just had its 2nd motor controller explode with three-inch flames shooting out of it. At over 300.00 bucks a pop, I'd be better off with a gas mower, which I will return to after selling this pile of junk. After looking online, I see that it's a common issue that Ryobi has with these mowers, but don't worry; they always have over 300 of them in stock, but it will take a month to have them shipped to you. I really wanted to like the Ryobi, but it's dead to me now. The new controllers are identical, so the issue isn't even fixed. However, it does work really nice, like when it's not on fire. 🤣
I don’t trust any battery powered equipment bigger than a drill. Not really into having my garage burn down due to incompetence within the education/engineering field these days. The older the tools the better in my opinion.
Because gasoline in contact with a hot mower isn't flammable????? Walk behind battery mowers use batteries the same size as in a drill. Plus...only an fool leaves the batteries in the mower when not in use.
LOL i remember ... sort of... in the loooong distant past... cutting grass.. can you imagine anything more wasteful?... well gotta go, got yard work to do... hah no i dont.. SFMF
I just got one brand new for 900, and I am in the 20th special forces group. I’m not sure how more manly I could be. I don’t think my stingray corvette will mind this quiet and electric mower sitting next to it in my 3 stall garage.
Did not spend ONE PENNY mowing this year? Really?? Did you get the power to charge the battery from the neighbor using an extension cord? If you charged the batteries, you did spend more than a penny. LOL
Not one cent except the 4 thousand dollars on the mower. Twice the cost of a gas model. 2,000 bucks is a lot of gas bruh. And that’s just for new stuff. The second hand market for these doesn’t exist.
@@micker9830 a 54” deer is 3700. A 54” craftsman is 3200. So…. Do some math. How long does it take you to spend 1300 in gas on a mower? There is no way it will ever make financial sense for the average person. Please take special note of the word “average”. There are certainly use cases where it can make financial sense. Please also note I am not “knocking” electric mowers. Simply pulling on the “not one cent” metric that implies there is an average net cost savings. There isn’t. Generally.
@@Tinker3504 Its not just about gas. Its zero maintenance, no oil, air/fuel filters to clean or replace , gas to go buy, belts snapping off mid mow and having to wait several days for a new one, then have to put it on. No worrying about winterizing it. It's very quite and no exhaust smell or heat coming off it in the summer. That's worth extra to me. The 42" is the same price as the gas powered ones.
@@micker9830 right. You listed all the other things. Things that cost very little in both time and money. So again, it doesn’t make financial sense, but I understand why someone would buy one. Especially if they can’t/don’t want to turn a wrench here and there. I was only addressing the “not costing a single cent” comment. Nothing more and nothing less. It cost him at least 120,000 more single cents lol
Complete waste of money and all but useless on anything other than a perfect lawn. Just one of those 80v 10AH batteries is $900 and there are 3. Add in the 4 x 40v 12AH batteries and those are $359 each! I have gone through half a dozen of the 40v 3 and 4AH batteries for my Ryobi weed eater and have had major headaches with failed batteries and returns. You'd be 1000 times better off buying something like a Bad Boy gas mower!! Lithium ion batteries are not environmentally friendly and are far worse than just running a standard gasoline engine!! BTW.. None of those batteries (3 year limited warranty) are stocked at your local Home Depot and you're responsible for all shipping fees if there is no Ryobi service center close by. It's also only about $80 and an hour of time to do a tune up on a gas zero turn mower every other year or so. I'd love to be able to enjoy using one of these, but they're just nowhere near as cost effective as a good gas mower!
