Honda Lawnmower HRX217HZA-Awesome!!

[Wolfepack88]

Just went to the Honda site and looked at all the negative reviews (which I always do on Amazon first before I buy something but didn't this time since it was a Honda) and yep similar stories so there is a bigger problem. Fittingly they are getting out of the lawnmower business. Very sad.

 

[Wolfepack88]

For 1/2 acre you are probably fine with a no frills push mower without power drive. My Troybuilt is 7hp and light as a feather to push. I tried one experiment once with a power drive and it broke within 3 years. On the other end you could get an entry level riding mower for about what you paid for that Honda.

Gonna look that up for the weight, curious how heavy.

 

[Newdude]

Life hack:

 

[phonedave]

During COVID, I decided to start mowing my lawn again instead of using a service. Ended up with a Toro electric mower, which uses the same steel housing and blade as their gas model. Absolutely love it! And while I’m glad to contribute to cleaner air, that really wasn’t my motivation for going with electric. It was eliminating trips to the gas station with a gas container that I also had to store in the garage. And no more oil changes. Kinda like replacing liquid chlorine with a SWCG. Bonus: the handle folds up and I can store it on end since it doesn’t contain any liquids, which allows me to store it against the wall with plenty of room to park my car.

I bought a Toro gas mower about 3 years ago and I have to say I am very impressed with it. Extremely easy start and it sips gas. I only use it for places I cannot get my lawn tractor into, but it is still a great mower.

Before the Toro I had a Craftsman that I had for close to 25 years. It still ran great, the issue was, there was nothing left of the deck. I had patched that deck multiple times as it began to rust. Finally there was almost nothing left to weld patches to, then it began to rust around the motor mounts, and the blade started to tilt. At that point I figured I had gotten my money's worth out of it.

 

[Homebrewale]

I have the EGO zero turn rider. I don't know how many years it will last but it is a blast to drive.

 

[Wolfepack88]

I just looked this up. Are you saying you paid $1k for a push mower?

Yep. Now that they identified a faulty cam and are sending out repair kits for all the mowers that were impacted. This mower should last the rest of my life. I'm assuming you think its crazy, but an ego self propelled cost $699 and I know it can't mow my entire lawn even on 3 batteries as I have had one for the last 7 years and it take 3 full 7.5amp batteries to mow a little less than half an acre. The batteries just don't last as long after a year or two.

 

[AUSpool]

Yep. Now that they identified a faulty cam and are sending out repair kits for all the mowers that were impacted. This mower should last the rest of my life. I'm assuming you think its crazy, but an ego self propelled cost $699 and I know it can't mow my entire lawn even on 3 batteries as I have had one for the last 7 years and it take 3 full 7.5amp batteries to mow a little less than half an acre. The batteries just don't last as long after a year or two.

I hope they fit that repair kit for you. There’s a service guy that works around our area that’s gone full electric. Solar panels on his truck with all the gear. Some commercial brand, but I guess he still has to limit himself to small yards.

I picked up a basic Makita about 15 years ago, its still starts first go. I had problems turning it off when it was new. Very basic, throttle on or off is all I have, I had to cover the air inlet to turn it off in the beginning.