Toro's FIRST BATTERY Powered Ride-On Mower | 1st Impressions Review 

UPDATE: Since making this video, we have needed to fix this mower twice due to the controller driver failing (electrical faults). The retailer has promptly fixed all work under warranty, but you should know this if you are considering buying one based on my review. We still use this mower all the time but mainly for towing/carting things around the property, however, mowing/cutting it is only used as a backup or to mow areas where my larger rideons can't fit. Honestly, would I buy another electric Toro? Probably not. || G'day, Everyone, I just wanted to give another local small business shout-out to Sunshine Coast Mowers. They are now my go-to for all my mower and Hanza chipper services, etc. Also, thank you for your continued support and remember to visit my website selfsufficientme.com/ Get into it! Cheers, Mark :)

I love how she laughs and laughs as she's driving away from that last little bit. Too funny!!

9:55 what a delightful laugh. 🥰 Always lovely to see Nina, to whatever extent she feels comfortable appearing on camera.

G'day Mark. You riding on the Toro with your umbrella was priceless. Thank you for the much needed chuckle. Love your videos!

The leg situation reminds me of a kid who outgrew his tricycle.

"well, it's winter" in shorts with the oranges on the trees in the background. That subtropical climate looks nice.

my first experience with an electric mower was back in 71 after I purchased my first house. Oh yes I did have to purchase a 100 foot cord as it had no battery. I was in a Walgreen drugstore and saw the Black and Decker mower at a $49 cost. I sharpened the blade a couple times a year and it till 1985 when it burned up, melting the cover to the motor. I cried all day as I lost my trusty mower. I would buy another except for the fact that the lawn is now mowed for everyone. No stinking gasoline sitting around is a blessing.

Mark, my sweet hubby brought home for me (Im the lawn maintenance boss lol) a Ryobi 48V Brushless 38 in. 100 Ah Battery Electric Rear Engine Riding Lawn Mower in 2019. I LOVE IT! 2 hour run time, or 2 acre. Charges quickly, came with baggers, but we just set it to mulch. I have a small place so I can mow front, back and sides in about 30 minutes. He brought it home and said, “Happy birthday, Merry Christmas, happy anniversary, and happy valentines!” No kidding these are pricey but SO worth it. Now when my push mower dies, all electric for me baby. Having solar power now, charging will be nearly free compared to using fuel. I might add, that on my Ryobi, my emergency break controller is on the foot board next to the regular break, which is super handy! And it has a constant reverse override which is neat if you have to do a lot of backing up. The headlights are huge and legit bright!

Mobility scooter had me laughing out loud in front of my home. The passers by with their dogs officially believe me a nut now. Lol thanks for that mark. Enjoying from ontario canada

at least you have a sense of humor with all the chaos in your area.God bless you

I’ve been using the whole line of EGO electric yard tools including mower and chainsaw and they kick ass. I’ll NEVER go back to gas/oil.

Oh I had to watch your show twice. Ohh, ah, wonderful!. I just got myself a Milwaukee battery operated chainsaw and I love it, certainly like it more than the electric or gas chainsaw i have. Our old riding mower has been repaired so many times, it's so loud, now I know what I'll purchase in the near future. Your wife's laugh is lovely. Best wishes to you and all you hold dear. Thank you for this uplifting video.

Hilarious w the umbrella!! That shot was PERFECT!!! 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 Thank You for making me laugh!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

That’ll suit my wife and I’s place PERFECTLY! And now she is looking on the internet for one…

Oh my gosh Mark, you're such a dork 😂 I LOVE it! You have the best sense of humour. Makes your videos shine, such a bonus to the informative side

I can see you finding a way to build a cover on this and installing a solar panel. You could keep it charged while using it.

I have a petrol ride-on for the big stuff, although I recently picked up an EGO electric mower and whipper snipper. JUST AMAZING.

I went cordless electric self propelled walk behind 5 years ago. I’ll never go back to a gas mower. (I have several videos of it) thanks from Orlando Florida. 👍👍

He is the definition of a warrior in a garden

That umbrella shot made me laugh out loud! Love your channel.

Loved having Nina in this video.. she's a blast! 😁

You both are so hilarious!! Love how you make your video interesting! I watched from start to finish without skipping ahead.

Not tried a battery ride-on mower but after owning a grass trimmer, push mower, and a blower that are battery operated I will NEVER go back to a gas engine. Easy to use, light, no irritating gas/oil/spark plugs to deal with, no frustration trying to get it started, etc. etc. Depending on one's needs I definitely recommend having a backup battery if your work will be longer than the battery charge. Beyond that it is a quiet, pleasant experience and I actually enjoy yardwork again, haha.

Loved the opening and mobility scooter gag, you're such a funny guy...thanks alot mate. Big electro thumbs up.

We love watching your channel! I always learn something and you are a fun and honest man. Cheers!

Might be on my Christmas Wish List. Will wait for the next review perhaps. Then I can help with the bigger chores and it could save my back for mulching and moving plants or dirt. Thanks for the preview.

Lol! I thought it looked a little small for Mark at first, but then I did love the mobility scooter bit! Well done from Wisconsin USA😀

Just for how happy you guys look while driving it makes me want one.

Love seeing Nina and the boys using it, too!! It's so nice and quiet when it's not mowing!!

Our family always enjoys your videos...its like comfort to the soul & eyes

Nice ride... we replaced most of our grass with veggie garden space, so a Ride-ON Mower would be overkill for us, Haha. Thanks for the review.

Been looking at a ride on lately, so good timing on this video!

If you contact the right people you could get a whole shed of machinery considering Ben from lawn tips just got a huge amount of John deer kit to tidy up his $2mil acreage with around only 100k subs.

I burst out laughing right at the start when you were top speeding that thing across the lawn. 😂

When Nina was on the mower and drove away cackling after the battery chirped I couldn’t help but laugh along with her 🤓

Hi Mark, love the mower and the 'Driver' You gave me a great idea, I want to use my Mobility to cut our lawns, just need to make a hitch so we can tow a mower behind it. Brian & Essjay

I love the concept of a battery ride on mower. I am glad Nina is having fun mowing. I do the mowing at home and at our farm on my Cub Cadet ride on. I will watch your reviews with interest. Thanks for sharing cause life is rather boring in lockdown Victoria. Thumbs up.

I used to use a Battery Powered Sit on Floor Cleaner, years ago at work, it was more fun than work, it was like Riding Dodgems! WHEEEEEE!

10:00 That witches cackle as she drives away leaving a small piece of lawn unmowed was classic. Got me good.

It's got a cup holder, so I'd happily buy one. We have an electric Ryobi 36v push mower which we charge with the camping solar and inverter setup. Good to see electric mowers advancing .

Good first days review! I look forward to the annual update. I DO LOVE a good gadget!!! And w all that multitasking, how could you say no?!!

At my old house I had a 1 acre field which needed a petrol ride on to keep on top of it, but when we downsized, I decided to invest in a small battery lawnmower. It was a twin pack, so two 24v batteries and a battery strimmer. So long as the grass isn't too long I can cut all the lawns on one battery. But what I also do is I have a portable solar panel from the caravan, so use that to charge a car battery, then through an inverter, charges the mowers batteries. Basically free mowing. Admittedly the biggest gripe I have with the lawnmower is that the cutting width is not great so does take a while to cut, but Marks one with a 30" width would be small when compared to petrol ones, so you have to accept some compromises when using battery based tools.

lmao , i was a welder for Greenfield mowers back in 2010 and i made a suggestion to the management to build an electric ride-on mower . I was laughed at n told it would never happen, it could have saved the company from going bust.

What a beauty! Great how it doubles as a yard cart and it's got some pace on it too! Petrol is a rip-off EVs are quiet, clean and cheap or free to charge and most of all, that instant torque is fun fun fun

Great honest review. Have watched this a few times now over the last year or so and it just keeps on giving.

Love your work, thanks for the smiles :)

Well it seems like it would be a good little all purpose machine for a homestead. It looks simple enough to operate too. Mark, would you please do another one of those reviews were you show everyone the crappy tools and equipment to stay away from? Aside from being insightful, I thought the one you did was very funny. Sometimes I still go back and watch it when I need a laugh.

that was fun to see you come riding toward the camera on the lawn mower and looking like a kid in a candy shop as you were going along and that was worth the fact that you didn't get a deal on the mower itself

Just spray some silicone spray under the deck to help from the grass sticking under the deck. I use a graphic spray which last a long time under my mowers then when I wash under the deck it helps the grass sticking come off easier.

I've owned a ryobi battery powered push mower for 5-6 years now and never had any problems with it. The cost might seem bad, but long term out ways fuel and maintenance.

Keep those blades sharp Mark, and balanced too, so that the motor does not have to draw too many amps to cut the grass. Neat go-buggy, good luck with it. Great video, thumbs up.

I love it! I think my favourite things are no petrol and not much noise. The two main things I don't like about ordinary ride ons.

That handle in the front for lifting it is great.

If you’re under five foot tall it fits.My cousin has a five foot couch so he feels tall laying on it. Cheers from sunny Alberta!

Some amazing camera work and editing as always!! Keep up the awesome work!

I’m waiting for the ego ride on coming Early 2022. I just got there multi tool with tiller and extended chain saw and the tiller is AMAZING! (Yet to use my extended pole saw yet) There new ride on is fully hot swap-able lithium batteries with there other tools so fully interchangeable. Swap in and swap out, no technician required as it’s an open plug and play slot :) No led acid battery that can be fault like what has been seen in the ryobi lead acid. The ego also a 360 mower. Can’t wait!

Nina laughing about the little bit of un-mown grass had me laughing out loud! Great review Mark!

Mark: I love your channel! I live in a VERY different climate (northern Minnesota, USA) and your reviews of products are wonderful. Love your quick grow tips too! Keep it up, and See it thru Her eyes.

That's a nice ride! The free blower will come in handy for sure, nice choice!🥰

It is SO COOL that you featured something like this!

What a fun ride!! We have an electric push mower. We've had ours a few years now and it works very well for our sized yard. However, mamma did just get her a gas powered push mower for my birthday last month. Electric has its limits and I like a gas mower as it lasts a whole lot longer! Fun video!

That looks do fun and effective 😀. All the best. Peace and good fortune and good health to you and your family. 😃

Great to see the family enjoying themselves.

Good morning Mark! I love the fact that this is a very quiet riding lawnmower, and that you don't suffer from excessive machine vibrations!(not meant to sound naughty here!) I have a gas powered push mower that would leave my hands numb after use,so this sounds like an excellent asset to have in the mower arsenal! Cheers!👍

9:17 Lead acid batteries are highly recyclable and are recycled at that level right now, I think close to 97%. This is apposed to the Lithium batteries that have a potential to be recycled effectively but are not. This makes Lead acid a far more eco friendly technology.

G'day Mark. My wife is not going to have good things to say about you. 🤣 I've been driving her nuts about freeze dyers and now she's going to cop a week of how good this is. 🤣 Just editing my list of... "what I get if I win the lottery". 👍 Oh and the mobility scooter bit. Great stuff! 😁 Thanks for the good look at it and all the best. Daz.

I just bought a electric self propelled push mower. I love it. It's quiet , it does everything a gas mower does but theirs no gas, oil, carburetor, air filters to bother with. It's perfect for my needs. I would love an electric riding mower.

love your videos. even if it’s just you telling us about a awesome new toy you got for the patch 👍

"Bloody handbrake!" - guessing that in the final analysis, that's at least a one point deduction!

Australia is crazy right now. Stay safe!

Looks at first glance to be made incredibly cheap, will be interested to see how it holds up.

I knew I wasn't gonna be interested in the mower. Not in my rented terrace house in the UK. But I knew watching this video would be great just for Mark's personality. I was not disappointed 😂

😂😂😂 you’re such a dad mark! You remind me of mine to a T! That little mobility scooter sketch had me laughing!!! Keep up the vids and the dad jokes! Love it!!

Look like your wife was having a good time👍🏿

Perfect timing, thanks

Happy to support you Sir during this very difficult time down under.

We bought the gas one of the same size runs great but the 2 biggest issues are the steering and no traction control. The steering is cheap crap because at the bottom of the shaft is a gear and toothed flat bar connected to the wheels that are loose and don't always mesh up tight it slips and pops off or gets stuck during turns and the mower will still go strait all because once it looses traction on one wheel it eather stops moving (back wheels) or shoots you off into the bushes (front wheels). I've found that these smaller width mowers are a complette waist of money and very dangerous even on the smallest of hills and stop constantly on uneven ground you might as well be mowing a nice flat parking lot. 👈🤓👍

I've found that cup holders on riding mowers are absolutely useless. My lawns are bumpy, so half of my beer sloshes out or the can bounces out onto the lawn. 🤣

10:00 this moment felt like pure distilled Australia. Knew this one would be full of goofball humour and I was not disappointed.

Had many Honda mowers and they last forever, but times change as there are issues with oil, gas, filters, plugs, etc. Not so with EV's and as an author with now seven food books worldwide my wife of 54+ years traveled the world. We spent a month in all the Baltic States and into Russia, (not going there again after what they did to Ukraine), then down Marks way a month pre-covid, just coming out then and thousands of Chinese tourist in Australia and New Zealand, scary times and mask wearing times too! I have lawn care for about nine months a year on our Alabama Appalachian mountain, sub-tropical much like parts of Australia. We have Bermuda grass, soft plush like carpet and own over 1,300 feet down the mountain and that is rocky and cut via trimmers, but the front is smaller at a little over 7,500 square feet perfect for most EV mowers. Mark's place has some very high grass, some looked like well over a foot to 18 inches and even our Honda gas would have choked at times with those issues. It seems the Toro did well on most things, fast, small, only issue may be lead acid compared to Lithium, which are lighter and preferred by most lawn mower companies. Both have their good things and bad things. Much to consider. I only want this type of mower for the flat front area mentioned and it and Ryobi, Hart, Cub Cadet, Troy Built, John Deer, Makita, and very popular EGO and Green Works too! As Alabama gets a lot of rain from the Gulf stream, (being on the Gulf of Mexico), and we are 85% tree cover, we get a hell of a lot of leaves and this is what I will use the next purchase for as my lawn care service is not active for those nasty billions of leaves January-March, and bagging as opposed to racking will be a nice change. We now have several friends in Australia and while 90% of Australians live only on the small strip of land around the huge island/continent in the Oceania part of the world, we also have one couple living in the most dry dessert Outback, so-to-speak! Wonderful people and we always love seeing them. P.S. I just found out in my research in America you can't deduct lawn care off your taxes, but buying a self-propelled and/or driving lawn mower is considered a "capital purchase" and you can deduct it off your taxes. So, if you need a tax deduction in America, a $3,000 to $7,000 tax break sounds like a winner as you have fun driving like Mark and his wife with a smile on your face. Not sure about tax laws down under, but worth Googling it, as Mark may need a tax break too!

4 and a half big ones - I think I might hold off :)

Lol you look so happy, like a kid with a go cart. Good on ya! 😄

I’ve been on one in France, pleaded my ex’s mum to mow her lawn with the farmers’ mower and felt like a knight of the long lawn for 10 minutes (that was until that shouted ‘stop, too fast!’)

@ 12:12 Bruh couldn't resist the chance to flex and workout🤣 ...hopefully Toro sees this as a chance to promote and get an edge on the market.

Nice video your farm is very beautiful.

I would love to know how it performs on slopes. What kind of angle is it safe to use on? Great to see Nina whizzing around on it.

Good to see scooter moving around in the back there

I’ve gone to Ryobi 40v outdoor tools for around the place. I don’t have much to mow, so no mower. But I do use the leaf blower, string trimmer, and various attachments for the trimmer powerhead (pole saw, tiller, etc.) I just bought their 40v post hole auger for my big fencing project. I still have a Husqvarna Rancher, but my next chainsaw will be electric. IF I ever buy a new mower, it will be too. I use 20v dewalt for everything inside the home & shop, and 40v Ryobi for everything outside.

Always excellent vids.

Mark, not that I am keen for lots of sponsored content but if you want a deal, prob best to speak to the marketing department. There are channels smaller than yours who get free use of whole tractors.

Great video! Thank you. Would love to know how it copes picking up/mulching leaves.

Let’s get into it!

This is a great idea. I can't stand the noise and react badly to fuel fumes. Nice to be able to use it to pull a cart.

I just about coughed up a lung at marks scooter joke 🤣

I'm glad to see this application of battery and electric motor technology applied to maintaining our gardens. Thanks for your honest review. I'm now just waiting for someone to come out with a decent electric wood chipper. I've tried two and they don't even come close to the gas-powered ones. Wish we could get the Bosch one that they have in Europe and AUS - not available in N. America AFAIK.

Hey Mark. I put a ceramic coating on the deck of my mower which protects it but also helps a lot with grass not sticking to it.

Looks good, not too big either! It’s been so wet here in south Gippsland, it’s almost impossible to mow the lawns! Wish I had a big enough space to get one, looks fun .

Thanks so much Mark, for the review. I've been thinking of getting a battery Powered ride on. This video has helped.

hello mark i have been watching your youtube for last 2 months great to watch. i never subscribed ever last week i did to your site. i tell your are a crack up (mobility scooter) keep it up.

lmfaoooo your wife cackling at 9:55 made me lose my shit hahahahahahaha she seems like a proper legend