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My old Mountfield mower carb decided to start leaking just before I went off on hols. A friendly neighbour cuts my two smallish lawns for me when I'm away, so I needed to get something sorted promptly. I treated myself to a Makita DLM382 mower, takes 2x18V batteries. It does the two small lawns 4 or 5 times on fully charged 5Ah batteries, it's quiet, light, well built and it works.
I definitely wouldn't try to cut long or wet grass with it, but if you have a reasonable proper lawn then they'll do the job fine. So much less hassle than dealing with a petrol jobbie as long as you don't expect it to tackle tough stuff.
I also treated myself to a 2x18V Makita DUB362 blower to use when I can't be bothered to fire up the Stihl blower. Again, it's not the same calibre as the Stihl but for small leaf/grass clipping blowing jobs it's just so easy to use (a breeze even!).