You have got to be kidding me how well the Worx mower—3-in-1, 56-volt cordless lawn mower—functions. It’s not just good. It’s better than that.
No sales pitch here friends. I know this thing is on TV, but that’s not how we roll when it comes to reviews. I’m literally almost upset this mower works as well as it does.
And I’m not talking about some dodgy, specific set of circumstances where it works well—like a bone dry lawn in August I’m not telling you about. No, the Worx mower mowed like a boss on my healthy, Spring time, full-on turf, haircutting at least 2-inches off the plant. Wait, there’s more…
Each of the Worx mower’s 28-volt lithium batteries takes about 2-hrs to charge (so in between mows, you’ve got to get both batteries on the charger) and they deliver long and strong. I mowed my yard twice on a single charge, 60-75-minutes of mow and go run time.
After whacking out a few mows with this thing, you start to see some of the positive downstream effects of battery power that make life good. Namely, it’s quiet. Mercifully quiet. Like mow while baby is napping quiet. Like its fan-noise might be the next recording on your white noise machine. You can listen for yourself in this video. And it just feels cleaner. I’m a mower and engine guy. I like oil and gas and rpm. But I could mow early in the morning without disturbing my neighbors or myself with the Worx mower.
Also, the no gasoline thing. My blower and string trimmer are gasoline-powered. But now my trips with the gas can to the filling station are cut down by however many gallons I’m not pouring into a gasoline mower engine. Sure, I have to charge the batteries and it’ll be a chafe when I forget to get the second one in there some week, but that still takes waaaaaaay less time than wrangling the cans and going to the gas station. And no, I’m not going to whine that spilled gas is the end of civilization. But time is valuable.
The 19-inch wide cut is a few inches shy of some mowers, but I actually like it. It fits more easily through gates and gets in the nooks and grass crannies around my HVAC unit, play set, trash cans, grill platform and the like better than slightly bigger mowers. And it takes exactly zero seconds longer to mow than using a unit with a slightly wider swath.
The caster-style front-wheels on the Worx 3-in-1 lawn mower look like a gimmick. They are not. See for yourself. Not to be creepy (now there is no way NOT to be creepy), but I’m mowing with one hand doing this. Where other industrial designers have failed to make this feature function, the Worx mower crushes it. Well done. And if you want them to stay locked, lock ’em. That works too.
Batteries go in fast and eject easily. The unit even folds up and stores vertically. Absolutely freaking awesome for crowded sheds and garages. The manual is even a good read. Nice information about blade sharpening (including blade balancing after the sharpening process) and how to make the most of this mower.
In use, I found that there is a metal-on-metal ‘chirp’ somewhere. I haven’t found the squeak yet, but I will and just a quick snug-up with a wrench or sprtiz of lubricant will solve it.
Is it a total substitute for gasoline-power? Not yet. In a modest yard like mine, it could easily take over. But if you’re push mowing 1/2 acre or more, you’re getting to the outside edge of its design and will probably want to gas up. However, as an auxiliary mower on a large yard—you can’t really drive the lawn tractor through the swing set and through every garden path effectively even though trying to is fun—it’ll get the job done.
Durability-wise, I have fewer concerns than I want to. Seriously, I want to trash this thing and win one for my old-school mowers. But I can’t in good faith. There is some flex in the mower deck. Because I am a tool dweeb, I saw it, but I do not think it is a problem unless you’ve got a seriously banged up property and beat the crap out of this mower. And like any mower, the quality of the cut improved (if you can even see it…I’m a dweeb, remember) when I swapped out mulching for side discharging. In fact, the debris that came out the shoot was mulchably small and it was easier for the mower to process clippings. In other words, even with the chute on, it was still mulching.
Worx mower, I am impressed.
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