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Originally Posted by HardDrive
I had a plug in Toro and I loved it. You do have to think through the best pattern to avoid constantly dealing with the cord. But I didn't find it to be a big deal. Although I must admit, I started one summer with a 100ft cord, and ended it with two, a 87ft and a handy 13ft : D
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Originally Posted by johnco
when I was a kid my father thought it was a bright idea to buy an electric lawnmower. he insisted... forced... me to cut grass early morning when dew was still on the grass. this resulted in a couple weeks of electroshock therapy for me as wet hands and shoes always found any cut or bad insulation in the old cord I had to use and a few new cuts from blade hits didn't help. after a couple weeks of this I coiled the cord into a nice little pile and "accidently" ran the mower over it. cord was cut into too many pieces to repair and electric lawnmower was retired..the fried motor from the garden hose rinsing might have had something to do with it also. hated that damn lawnmower
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Pretty much.
Having to deal with the cord sucks.
My father also seemed to go through more cords when he made my brother or I do the lawn.
