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My father's gas lawnmower is ~40 years old and never had an issue. Snowblower is 50+ years old but has had 1 engine replacement.
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
My father's gas lawnmower is ~40 years old and never had an issue. Snowblower is 50+ years old but has had 1 engine replacement.
- WheatMillington 2y agoTo be fair, the only gasoline engines with this kind of lifespan have had significant maintenance over their lifetimes. Regular oil changes, spark plugs and air filters and other servicing. The idea that gasoline engines are inherently more reliable than electric just doesn't match the data.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y agoMy father doesn't do any maintenance.
- giraffe_lady 2y agoWhen electric lawnmowers have been around for 50 years we'll have the same anecdotes about them.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y agohttps://oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/forum/history-and-technical/mower-history/60-years-battery-power https://oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/forum/history-and-technical/m...
- cj 2y agoFor what it’s worth, I bought a new gas mower at Lowe’s last summer, and had to buy a new one this summer because I couldn’t get the old one started. Granted, I probably could have spent a few days figuring out how to repair the old gas powered mower from last year, but it was oozing oil everywhere and I would have just been following YouTube tutorials and endless trips to the hardware store or waiting on parts from Amazon. (Just sharing this anecdote since neither gas nor electric are perfect!)
- vel0city 2y agoAnecdotes everywhere. A friend of mine spends an hour or two rebuilding or cleaning his gas lawnmower every year. Another friend had a brand new one fail the first time he fired it up. Meanwhile my Ego has gone several years with literally zero maintenance other than five minute blade sharpening. My dad's gas trimmer was constantly unreliable and never easy to start. My Ego trimmer once again has been fine for several years without any maintenance other than winding the string.