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Suburban Lawn

You see it everyday, Joe homeowner mowing his postage stamp size lawn with a clunky gas mower. What’s even worse is the homeowner mowing his little lawn with a riding mower! Did you know that the average homeowner lawn is 1/5 of an acre? That is about 8000 square feet or an 80′ X 100′ lawn. Of course, suburban lawns are even smaller than that. So why contribute to the 5% annual pollution contributed to mower engines when such a small lawn can easily be managed with a either a corded or cordless electric mower?

Of course pollution concerns aren’t the only reason to go electric on that suburban lawn. How would you like to mow your lawn at 6am on a Saturday morning without disturbing your neighbors? You can’t do that with a gas mower but you certainly can with an electric. So are you a suburbanite still gas mowing? If so, ditch that loud and obnoxious gas for a quiet and efficient electric.

Even if you aren’t ready to let go of that gas mower and are still using a gas weed eater, then you should at least consider switching over to an electric. The fact is that electric weed eating is just down right better than gas weed eating a small suburban yard.  Everything from starting them to maneuvering them is just easier and more efficient on electrics.  Consider that that average gas trimmer weighs 15-20 pounds, compare that to the less than 5 pounds on the lightest 18 Volt trimmer.