Mowers Direct has
Toro Recycler 22" SmartStow 60V Self-Propelled Lawn Mower w/ 6.0Ah Battery & Charger (21466) on sale for
$359.40.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member
DrewLin1228 for sharing this deal.
About this Item:
- Enjoy the additional run time with Toro's 6Ah L324 battery
- Cuts up to 1/3 of acre in 40 minutes or less on a full charge
- Personal Pace Self-Propel Drive System automatically senses and adapts to your walking speed
- Brushless DC Motor w/ RunStart optimizes RPMs and torque in real-time
- 22-Inch Recycler Steel Cutting Deck designed to re-process or "recycle" clippings for the finest mulch
- Includes:
- L324 60-Volt, 6Ah Lithium-Ion battery
- Toro Flex-Force 60-Volt battery charger
- 2-Year Mower Warranty & 3-Year Battery Warranty
Top Comments
The era of purchasing a residential mower and it lasting with minimal care for 20 years is ending leaving you locked into more frequent purchase cycles with changing battery chemistries and unique battery form factors. Open up those wallets boys.
I am now voiding the warranty on a $99 Cub Cadet battery to get it to fit, but even before then, I had found that buying more lightweight factory blades instead of universal gas blades just really wasn't an option, and I picked up a pair for a different mower that were 1" smaller. Since it's been used so delicately and I can sharpen, I think those three blades should last whatever life it has left, but MTD/SBD/whatever Inc. is now moving to an "S-shaped" spindle specifically just to screw you - as if playing games with the plastic tab on the battery wasn't enough.
$50/yr, 16 gallons / 32 weeks in gas is my good faith estimate for this particular use - so I may have saved some money over those 4 years, but again, this mower is treated as delicately as possible, because my wife doesn't like pull cords, and the whole thing will end up in a landfill sooner rather than later. I can't imagine getting a spot welder for 0.2" tabs to rebuild battery packs as a wise decision, even if I had some faith in the circuit boards. I'm currently waiting on a $30 RC charger just to see if I can charge the one 20V series that's out of balance, but the voltage/cell math doesn't work in my favor.
Meanwhile, assuming the supply of roadside mowers in my area has quickly dropped off with gentrification and my lack of roaming the roadsides in a pickup truck, I saw this a while back, and if I was still using cheap mowers to clear brush, I'd be tempted by the sub-$200 collection:
https://joesfactoryoutl
Anyhow, while my specific problem is with whatever multinational corporation owned the Craftsman brand name at whatever point in time and decided to predestine their new line of blade-and-razor products for the landfill, is there a different multinational corporation that is going to forget about "inflation" being the solution to their "profit recession" for the last two years and start making something that you can actually service and keep running ... or are the landfills not full enough yet? I suppose I will wind up with whatever 80V Greenworks seasonal sale bundle a few more years from now, but I have zero faith. We haven't even started putting DRM chips into batteries yet.
55 Comments
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank mrey1672
https://www.masssave.co
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank connordog
The era of purchasing a residential mower and it lasting with minimal care for 20 years is ending leaving you locked into more frequent purchase cycles with changing battery chemistries and unique battery form factors. Open up those wallets boys.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank sleepybubba
https://www.masssave.co
The era of purchasing a residential mower and it lasting with minimal care for 20 years is ending leaving you locked into more frequent purchase cycles with changing battery chemistries and unique battery form factors. Open up those wallets boys.
I am now voiding the warranty on a $99 Cub Cadet battery to get it to fit, but even before then, I had found that buying more lightweight factory blades instead of universal gas blades just really wasn't an option, and I picked up a pair for a different mower that were 1" smaller. Since it's been used so delicately and I can sharpen, I think those three blades should last whatever life it has left, but MTD/SBD/whatever Inc. is now moving to an "S-shaped" spindle specifically just to screw you - as if playing games with the plastic tab on the battery wasn't enough.
$50/yr, 16 gallons / 32 weeks in gas is my good faith estimate for this particular use - so I may have saved some money over those 4 years, but again, this mower is treated as delicately as possible, because my wife doesn't like pull cords, and the whole thing will end up in a landfill sooner rather than later. I can't imagine getting a spot welder for 0.2" tabs to rebuild battery packs as a wise decision, even if I had some faith in the circuit boards. I'm currently waiting on a $30 RC charger just to see if I can charge the one 20V series that's out of balance, but the voltage/cell math doesn't work in my favor.
Meanwhile, assuming the supply of roadside mowers in my area has quickly dropped off with gentrification and my lack of roaming the roadsides in a pickup truck, I saw this a while back, and if I was still using cheap mowers to clear brush, I'd be tempted by the sub-$200 collection:
https://joesfactoryoutl
Anyhow, while my specific problem is with whatever multinational corporation owned the Craftsman brand name at whatever point in time and decided to predestine their new line of blade-and-razor products for the landfill, is there a different multinational corporation that is going to forget about "inflation" being the solution to their "profit recession" for the last two years and start making something that you can actually service and keep running ... or are the landfills not full enough yet? I suppose I will wind up with whatever 80V Greenworks seasonal sale bundle a few more years from now, but I have zero faith. We haven't even started putting DRM chips into batteries yet.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank timngobbles
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank nightanole
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.
I am now voiding the warranty on a $99 Cub Cadet battery to get it to fit, but even before then, I had found that buying more lightweight factory blades instead of universal gas blades just really wasn't an option, and I picked up a pair for a different mower that were 1" smaller. Since it's been used so delicately and I can sharpen, I think those three blades should last whatever life it has left, but MTD/SBD/whatever Inc. is now moving to an "S-shaped" spindle specifically just to screw you - as if playing games with the plastic tab on the battery wasn't enough.
$50/yr, 16 gallons / 32 weeks in gas is my good faith estimate for this particular use - so I may have saved some money over those 4 years, but again, this mower is treated as delicately as possible, because my wife doesn't like pull cords, and the whole thing will end up in a landfill sooner rather than later. I can't imagine getting a spot welder for 0.2" tabs to rebuild battery packs as a wise decision, even if I had some faith in the circuit boards. I'm currently waiting on a $30 RC charger just to see if I can charge the one 20V series that's out of balance, but the voltage/cell math doesn't work in my favor.
Meanwhile, assuming the supply of roadside mowers in my area has quickly dropped off with gentrification and my lack of roaming the roadsides in a pickup truck, I saw this a while back, and if I was still using cheap mowers to clear brush, I'd be tempted by the sub-$200 collection:
https://joesfactoryoutlet.com/col...n-mowers-1 [joesfactoryoutlet.com]
Anyhow, while my specific problem is with whatever multinational corporation owned the Craftsman brand name at whatever point in time and decided to predestine their new line of blade-and-razor products for the landfill, is there a different multinational corporation that is going to forget about "inflation" being the solution to their "profit recession" for the last two years and start making something that you can actually service and keep running ... or are the landfills not full enough yet? I suppose I will wind up with whatever 80V Greenworks seasonal sale bundle a few more years from now, but I have zero faith. We haven't even started putting DRM chips into batteries yet.
The era of purchasing a residential mower and it lasting with minimal care for 20 years is ending leaving you locked into more frequent purchase cycles with changing battery chemistries and unique battery form factors. Open up those wallets boys.
Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank KonnichiWTF
Ultimately I returned it and bought an Ego dual blade and am shocked with how nearly perfect it is. If I had payed $360 for my Toro I might have felt differently, but it will still leave you with a crap cut regardless of how little you pay.
Because of the electric start and smooth Personal Pace, my non-mowing wife liked this much better than the old self-powered ICE Honda.
Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.