| ommon knowledge that gas powered lawn mowers | | | | decided to start selling them. They have proven to be |
| are serious environmental polluters. It is estimated that 1 | | | | very low maintenance and highly reliable. They do a |
| hour of lawn mower use equals driving an SUV 100 | | | | pretty good job cutting the yard. |
| miles. I have read that lawnmowers contribute up to | | | | Technology has advanced where batteries can now |
| 5% of the nation’s pollution. Even more alarming | | | | power lawn mowers to do an effective job. They can |
| comparisons and statistics can be found on the | | | | mow, go back to the charger by them selves, and go |
| internet. | | | | back out again on a schedule without any help all |
| Even if you are not an environmentalist, the price of | | | | season. |
| gas will definitely make you a conservationist. Gas | | | | My wife and I can now travel freely without the worry |
| prices continue to climb. Personally, going to the gas | | | | of a self-inflicted burglary. We no longer have invited |
| station with my little gas can is not a trip of leisure, it | | | | strangers running around our yard, yet we have a |
| has always been a chore. | | | | nicely cut lawn. |
| Changing the oil, air filter, and regular maintenance is not | | | | Maintenance? Once a year I change the blades. For |
| what I consider an enjoyable event. John Deere | | | | those who live in the north the robotic lawn mower |
| charged me $129 one year to do all that, so it became | | | | needs to be housed in the garage for the winter. Since |
| a semi-annual day of bonding between me and | | | | it is all electric it doesn’t burn any gas or oil. That |
| ol’ JD. | | | | means no pollutants so we can all breathe easier. |
| We hired a lawn service for a year. He did a good job | | | | Robotic lawn mowers are also very quiet. They are |
| but his helpers made us uneasy. They seemed friendly | | | | so quiet that they can be run at night while every one |
| whether they could speak English or not. One of the | | | | is asleep. |
| problems we had was we travel a good deal and we | | | | It costs about $7.00 a year in electricity to mow my |
| just didn’t feel comfortable having strangers | | | | yard. I used to spend more than that in one trip to fill up |
| running around our yard knowing we were gone. | | | | the gas container. |
| There are enough elements of risk out there without | | | | The biggest problem that we have is with our |
| inviting it to our home. | | | | neighbors. My goodness they love to come out and |
| One day on the internet I came across an article for | | | | watch it work. For me the excitement has long gone |
| automatic lawnmowers. We ordered it with a healthy | | | | and I consider it no more of a novelty than the |
| serving of skepticism since our robotic vacuum cleaner | | | | dishwasher. But for some reason our little robotic lawn |
| needed to be replaced more often that our | | | | mower continues to be the neighborhood star |
| landscaper’s hired hands. | | | | attraction day after day. |
| It has exceeded out expectations. So much so we | | | | |