At that point the indicator showed 25% charge remaining. I quickly cut through the side yard, and then started on the back yard. Mowing through the front yard with ease, I loved the 360º front casters (more on that later). While my grass was on the longer side, it hadn’t rained in a week. I decided to mow in “Eco” mode. To compare, I started off with a single battery (50% on the handle-mounted battery indicator). I was very curious to see if this mower was more powerful than the Black & Decker I mentioned earlier. While there is a single height adjuster for the back two wheels, you have to adjust each of the front wheels separately due to the rotating casters. The mower has 7 height adjustments from 1-1/4″ to 4″. In either mode, I could both feel and hear the lawn mower increasing the power to the blades automatically when cutting through thicker grass. There two different modes you can operate the Worx 56V lawnmower in: “Eco” or “Turbo”. The modes change the RPM of the motor. The single release button conveniently ejects both batteries simultaneously. It saves you from having to open the battery compartment to check. This even works without the lawn mower running. There’s also a battery test button on the mower which will display the battery’s remaining power. The blue LED battery indicator is conveniently placed and very easy to see, even in full sunlight. Two fully charged batteries in the mower will result in the indicator showing 100%. If you choose to only use one battery at a time, don’t be surprised when the battery indicator on the top handle shows only 50% life remaining. The Worx mower will run off either two batteries or one, whichever is easier for you. The batteries do have vents on the front-facing end, and when plugged into the mower, the vents face upward. Even though I completely drained several batteries in the testing phase, I didn’t have this issue once. Often you’re not able to charge batteries immediately after use due to overheating. Each battery has the aforementioned 3-light indicators, and you press the button (hard) to check charge levels. The charger isn’t small, but it isn’t as heavy as I would have expected for a 56V model. This was a tad confusing since the user’s manual indicates 2 hours to fully charge. After I had completely drained a battery, to fully charge it again clocked in at 46.5 minutes. The initial charge time was only 20 minutes, per battery. Several of my batteries came charged around 30% (roughly equal to one indicator light). If you’re more familiar with gas-powered lawnmowers, this will feel like a “real” mower instead of flimsy and cheap. This lawn mower has a steel deck, so it isn’t light (in fact, it weighs almost 60 lbs). You literally just lift it out of the box and charge up the batteries before mowing. ![]() The Worx 56V mower comes completely assembled. This was one area where the Worx 56V cordless mower immediately excelled. If I let the grass grow a little longer than normal, I was using all three batteries! Since only three batteries were available in the total Black & Decker package, using the edger or blower immediately after mowing was impossible. That means you must stop, remove the old battery, replace with it a charged battery, and resume. This was cumbersome to say the least, because unlike the Worx 19” mower, the Black & Decker holds only a single battery at a time. ![]() I was using a minimum of two and a half of the 40V batteries just to mow our small yard. While the mower got the job done, neither the power nor the battery life would cut it (pun intended). My neighbor was kind enough to lend me his Black & Decker M2040 40V Max series to cut our 2700 square foot lawn. The exception was over the last 4 months. Prior to obtaining the Worx PowerShare family, I had almost exclusively used gas mowers. The cost of a cordless mower will exceed the price of many gas mowers, but when you factor in annual fuel costs, that changes dramatically. For me, it’s largely a question of economics and practicality. Manufacturers are also offering ample warranties. Is that enough reason to make the switch? That depends on a lot of factors, but the Worx 56V Power Share family of tools makes a very strong case.Īs cordless outdoor power tools mature, more and more consumers (and even Pros) are looking to see if the time is right to switch. The batteries are powerful enough to do the work, and the price is very comparable to new gas powered tools when you factor in the fuel. Indeed, today battery-powered lawn tools are becoming more and more the standard for the environmentally-conscious. It’s not hard to figure out why.
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