[daveaiello]

My family and I moved to a house with 3/4 acre of land in late 2020. I knew I needed a chainsaw, so I bought a Makita 36V 16-inch saw with four 18V lithium ion batteries.

When I am not using the chainsaw, those batteries power 9 or 10 other tools that are necessary around my house and perform very well. The charger I got with the chainsaw package charges two 18V batteries as fast as they can be safely charged.

Around this same time, I bought a Honda gasoline-powered mower. The reason I went with a gasoline-powered mower and lithium ion power tools for other purposes was running time.

At the time, the gasoline powered mower was the only one available that would run for the time I need to cut the entire lawn.

Now, most of the lithium ion-powered tool brands have 40V/80V systems that are more powerful than their 18V/36V product line. If I needed to replace the Honda gas-powered mower, I'd probably consider an 80V lithium ion mower.

But most of the tools I already own couldn't use the 40V batteries, so I'd want to consider buying at least one other tool that powerful in order to capture greater value in the new battery and charger investment.

[xxs]

>Around this same time, I bought a Honda gasoline-powered mower.

Get a robot, it trashes pretty much any other mowing equipment if the terrain allows it. Extremely low maintenance (time), virtually no noise whatsover. You also get perfectly even lawn at all times.

Based on personal experience having: a gas mower, gas a brushcutter, a battery strimmer, and the robot. Since the property is not that large, you would not need a riding mower or a zero-turnaround.