EGO Power+ LM2102SP-A 21-Inch 56-Volt Lithium-ion Self-Propelled Cordless Lawn Mower, (2) 4.0Ah Battery and Rapid Charger Included

This mower is fantastic! It was simple to put together and is very straight forward to operate. I am mowing 2.5 acres of rough, uneven, hilly ground that we call our yard. After my husband's passing I found I can't start either of our two recoil start mowers, including the one with the "Easy Start" logo right next to the handle for the recoil starter. It didn't take long to realize that the closest neighbor was going to get real tired of me asking him to start the thing every time I had to put more fuel in the tank!Our son has an EGO mower that he has used for several years now. He thinks a lot of his, so I didn't spend a lot of time looking at other makes and models. This model seemed to be a good fit for me. Since it came with the rapid charger and two batteries, i figured I wouldn't have a whole lot of down time waiting for a battery to recharge so I could keep mowing. Just because the weather is good right now, it doesn't mean it's going to be good in an hour or so as I waited for the battery to recharge. At least, that was the logic I was using.I watched the grass growing as I awaited the arrival of my new machine. And I worried if it was getting to be more than I should ask any mower to chew through. A lot of our grass is "thread and needle" which sends up many tough seed stalks on each clump of grass. When the mower arrived, I was thrilled by how easy it was to put together. Most of it was pre-assembled. I put one of the batteries into the charger and found both were at 75% so almost fully charged right out of the box. Adjusting the handle bar was easy and the mower deck height was even easier with it's simple one and done lever right on top of the mowing deck!Then came the moment of truth. Push in the start button and pull the bale back and presto! Starting was a breeze. I was immediately impressed with how quiet this machine runs. Yes, it does make some sound, but you could carry on a conversation if somebody wanted to walk along! Wow! What a difference! I was also impressed that mowing with this mower in mulch mode isn't as dirty a job as it is with any other mower I've used. This EGO keeps everything pretty well contained where all the chewing is taking place rather than scattering it everywhere. NICE!I started out in a section of yard that is relatively level and not as rough as a lot of what I had to cut and I found this mower to be nimble and easy to navigate. It pushes very lightly in most circumstances. I discovered that, even when you have to back up to work your way around something, it's easy to handle. A tip I'd read in the operator's manual said that if it pulls backward hard, just push it forward a little and then pull it backward. I'm no engineer, so why that works I can't say. I can attest to the fact that it does work beautifully. Backing the mower up is just as easy as going forward.Now let me tell you about it's self propelled feature. It's more than happy to assist you on the grades. Simply engage the trigger on the right and away you go! Use the lever on the left to adjust it to your walking speed. When that required me to do longer uphill climbs, I found I don't walk as fast as I do on the level, but it's easy to adjust on the move as the need arises. Most of the time I didn't use the self propulsion and that's probably because 1. this mower pushes easily and, 2. I've never had it before. I had to remind myself to let the EGO do the heavy lifting!With the dual batteries and the rapid charger I found that I had plenty of power for the job. When the red light indicated my battery was getting tired, I'd pop that one out and the charger had already put a full charge on the battery it was working on. Trade the batteries out and keep right on mowing! It's the perfect set up!I now understand why our son is so crazy about his EGO Power+ LM2102SP-A and I'm very glad I had sense enough to listen to him and get the exact same mower. It's a wonderful machine.

I've only had this mower for 10 days, but I LOVE it! I've been wanting to try a battery powered mower, but the price made me reluctant and I had a working mower. Once my gas powered mower quit, I decided to try it, since it was comparable in price to a gas powered mower similar to my previous one. It came with 2 batteries and the charger. I charged both batteries immediately, and read the manual! My yard is less than 1/2 acre. My son tried it in the back yard to see how well it cuts and was impressed with the power of a battery powered lawn mower. It is easy to use (self propelled) and when I mowed the whole yard it only used one battery charge. The 21 inch cut is even, even on the lowest setting. The self propel has a speed setting so it can go turtle slow, or fast walking speed! I would recommend this to people with small yards who want to get away from using gas and oil.

Read instructions. Very strong. Way better than Ryobi. Super fast self propulsion. Rather quiet. Easy to maneuver and I can even mow in the dark thanks to the headlights. (Which I have, no complaints from neighbors because it’s quiet) really space saving because it folds. It’s great for tall people as well. Comes with replacement blades!!!

This first paragraph is for context on our use case and situation. I have the mower that arrived with two 4Ah batteries. We live on about 1/3rd acre with our house centered, a paved driveway, patio, deck, and a shed. Grass grows on most of our lawn, some areas very thick and fast, other areas almost none at all. We do have trees and shrubs trimming the house. The mower replaced a 6.5hp gas-powered yamaha.Overall I really like the EGO. I purchased it last year and wanted to give it a full 1 year of seasons to better gauge how it works. In fact, I liked it enough that I also bought an EGO weed eater and hedge trimmer. However I still only have the two 4Ah batteries. This spring I was able to weed eat and trim the hedges for my whole yard, and mow the full back yard and about 1/3rd of the front yard on the first battery. The second battery only lost one bar finishing the front yard. So for our purposes, the two batteries work really well.I use the self-propelled function almost exclusively on the mower. It pushes fine within the self-propelled wheels, but I like the ease. That said, I have noticed the mower consumes a noticeable amount more power with the wheels engaged than without. That isn't necessarily bad or unexepected, just noticeable. I also noticed that when the battery is nearly fully empty, the mower did seem to lose power. I would not have noticed; however when swapping to the fully charged battery I noticed how much power it seemed to lose with the battery drain.The other notable item to me is that the nearly drained battery was about 75% charged in the time it took me to complete mowing the front yard. For us, two 4Ah batteries are sufficient and I am glad with that choice.My one pain point this spring is that the thicker patches of grass did cause the mower to stop a couple times. To be fair, I was mowing at the second to lowest height setting and I mulch the cut grass so there is no discharge. Comparably, my gass mower was only used as a discharge and struggled through spring mowing much worse. I will likely stick with the mulching setup, but will definitely be raising the mower blade to a higher setting which sould help in those thick patches.Overall I am sticking with a four star review as I did expect the power boost setting to kick in more in the really thick grass sections. In my front yard, these spots are more of a straight shot and is a gradual shift from thinner to thicker grass. The power boost works well in this space. The back yard has more flash cutovers from low to thick and long grass sections which seems to give the power boost a challenge.