Comparing lawn mowers: cordless, electric, robot and manual

You choose a lawn mower mainly based on the size of your lawn and the way you want to mow. On this page you can compare manual cylinder mowers, electric lawn mowers with a cord, cordless lawn mowers, robot lawn mowers and scarifiers from, among others, Gardena, Makita, Bosch, Einhell and Husqvarna. With the filters, you can choose by type, drive, voltage and cutting width.

Which lawn mower suits your lawn?

• Cylinder mower: pushed without a motor or cord, quiet and light. Suitable for a small, flat lawn that you mow often.
• Electric with cord: affordable and always ready for use, as long as there is a socket nearby.
• Cordless (battery): no cord and little noise. Running time depends on the voltage and battery capacity; for larger lawns, many models work with two batteries at once.
• Robot lawn mower: mows by itself within a boundary and drives back to its charging station. You mow more often but briefly, which makes the grass thicker.

Cutting width and collection box

The cutting width determines how many passes you need. For a small lawn, a cutting width of around 30 to 35 cm is enough, for a medium-sized lawn around 37 to 43 cm, and for a large lawn 46 cm or more. Also pay attention to the capacity of the collection box and whether the mower can mulch: that way, finely cut grass stays on the lawn as feed. A scarifier is not a mower, but removes moss and thatch from the grass so it grows better. That is why it is also included in this category.

Combining

Brands

Here you can compare, among others, cordless lawn mowers from Gardena, Makita, Bosch and Einhell, robot lawn mowers from Husqvarna, Gardena and Einhell, and cylinder mowers from Fiskars, Gardena and Wolf-Garten. On each brand page, you can see all the machines from that brand together.

A mower cannot reach everywhere along edges and paths. A grass trimmer finishes off the edges. If you use a cordless mower, check whether the battery also fits your hedge trimmer or leaf blower. You can find all types of garden tools at garden tools.