Review: Makita Cordless Lawn Mower and Strimmer
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- We purchased two cordless Makita garden tools, the DLM431 lawn mower and DUR181Z strimmer, to help us maintain our manicured garden. We're not fans of petrol motors, and given the distance from the nearest power socket to area we need to maintain, we opted for battery operated tools.
You learn quite quickly with battery-operated tools that there is a definite balance between convenience, efficiency and performance.
Convenience is important - you don't need lengthy extension cords to reach distance points of your garden, and you're not spewing CO2 into the atmosphere from a petrol engine. Convenience, however, is hampered by a decrease in power and you have a certain amount of time for how long the battery will last, especially when using the lawn mower.
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This is what I call a proper test. Your lawn actually needed mowing. Great video.
Thanks for your positive feedback Miklos. Greatly appreciated.
Really helpful to see how the mower managed genuinely long grass. Will copy your idea of toad bowls, as I have toads as well and no pond. I also never realised I could just turn the strimmer over to make it a vertical cutter, so thanks for that too, as I already have the strimmer, (hence looking for a matching mower due to existing batteries).
I'm glad you found the video helpful. Toad bowls are a creative way to provide a habitat for toads if you don't have a pond. They can be a valuable addition to your garden, helping to control pests and promote a healthy ecosystem.
Turning your strimmer into a vertical cutter is a handy trick that makes gardening tasks more versatile. It's great that you already have the strimmer and batteries, making it a cost-effective solution for maintaining your lawn. What brand do you have?
Happy gardening!
Svako dobro, puno sreće u daljem radu... 👍
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Thanks for the video. I've purchased it and your test helped me a lot. :)
That’s awesome. Thanks for letting us know. We’ve been using ours for over a year now, and it’s still performing well.
Hi Cricri. Just to let you know, we've just reviewed another cordless mower from Toro, which you might find interesting: ua-cam.com/video/sGkSTYPyavw/v-deo.html
Great Video! you should consider using 5.0ah batteries on all OPE (garden) equipment. 3.0ah batteries will not last. also the charger makes the noise you here because it has a fan circulating cold air across the battery cells enabling the batteries to charge faster. I work for Makita South Africa
Thanks for the explanation on the charger noise Fred - that makes a lot of sense.
I'll look into the 5.0ah batteries as suggested - that's a great tip.
@@MyHomeFarm enjoy your Makita
Do these batteries work wi5 other Makita products? E.g. impact drills etc. Or are the specifically for the mower and strimmers?
They are interchangeable - they work on our chainsaw too, and I would image they’ll fit an impact driver.
@@MyHomeFarm 9.0ah would be better for a mower
Great video 👍
Thanks for the feedback and happy to hear you liked the video.
You should look into the EGO Power Tools. Recently I exchanged my petrol powered lawn mower against the biggest model of their battery powered models. And I can work on one battery charge around 800 square meters. It is more powerful with its 56V 7.5Ah battery. Most importantly was that the machine is self propelled because sometimes I need to go uphill. All in all a worthy purchase… and it is much lighter than my old mower with around 26kg. And storing is also no problem just set it on its back after folding it. There are no liquids that could spill out
Makita themselves recommend using the 6ah battery packs and not 3ah battery packs. They also state this is only good for small to medium gardens and your lawn was badly in need of a mow. You are asking too much of it to do this job. Consider upgrading the battery. The noise the battery charger makes is the fan. The fast charging mode produces a lot of heat and the fan is needed to cool the mosfet in the charger. The cheaper slow chargers don't have the fan if your worried about noise. But as they charge in less than 18-30minutes it's not a big issue.
Thanks
You're welcome.
grate video very informative
You’re welcome - glad you found it helpful.
Good Video…….i like your cats and frogs
Thank you. Your comments are massively appreciated.
that grass mower needs a pair of 5ah batteries. it will give it more runtime and more torque. i own a 36 volt chainsaw and a 36 volt shrub trimmer from makita and own both 3ah and 5ah.
if you do more than minor grass cutting then go for 5ah. 3ah is good for impact drivers. that double charger is also great
right now i'm contemplating going for dlm 431/432 or dlm 460. the dlm 460 is a beast but is also double the price of
Thanks for the great advice. I’ll look into the 5 amp batteries. Never considered this to be an option, and they’ll double up for our chainsaw too. Thank again.
@@MyHomeFarm you are welcome. I also learned from some UA-cam guys and still learn.
in my experience 5ah is best buy. 4ah and 6ah are crazy expensive. 3ah is good but too little for high drain stuff. Just pulled the trigger and ordered the dlm 432. Using the batteries for chainsaw, shrub trimmer, impact screwdriver I justified getting 3 pairs of 5ah and 1 pair of 3ah.
@@hhcosminnet I think 5Ah is the best bang for the buck. I know someone that sells carpenter stuff, so I got my 6Ah for almost half the price from him. As a side note, since I'm a bit of battery nerd.. you will get a bit more than 50% extra run time on 6Ah compared to 4Ah. The bigger the battery the less each indivdual cell is strained during use = the battery can discharge longer/deeper before reaching low voltage cut off. I did some measurements and found that my bruscutter stops at a cell voltage of 2,8V on the 6Ah battery and 3,1V on the 4Ah battery. I dont have any 5Ah batteries som I cannot test them, but they should be inbetween. As a second side note: the charger stops at 4,1V per cell = about 90% of maximum charge = perfect compromise between long battery life time and useage of available capacity. As a thrid side note: the Makita charger is balancing the cells which is important for long life time. My Bosch 18V does not balance during charging which will kill the cells prematurely (best case) or burn down the house (worst case) imo.
15 min on 5.0 amp but that was long grass not even grass more like straw allot more torque at play, normal grass say 6 inc max bats will last longer im sure as you be moving much faster. great vid, i just got same model £75 off my tool man, i thought he turn up in wrong lorry when i see it in back, its normally car mechanic stuff he sells and i buy lol
Thanks for the feedback Top Banana, and glad you enjoyed the video. The battery lawn mowers are extremely convenient. £75 is a good price. Well done.
The battery used is a 3.0 Ah. 1:05 video :)
It was only 3.0 Ah batteries in the video. Makita top battery is 6.0Ah now
Where do you get them at that price?
@@MyHomeFarm if you're got a link to share for that price, please do
Have you considered an Ambrogio robotic mowers? Keep our 3/4 acre garden in perfect shape and running costs are very low compared to electric or petrol mowers.
We have looked at robotic mowers - we're holding out for a GPS model.
@@MyHomeFarm the Ambrogio is GPS enabled but you will always need a boundary wire. The wire was laid underground for us a a reasonable price. There’s a machine that does this with minimal ground disturbance. Our lawn it maintained every day (micro trimmed). It cost just less than £2 a month to charge even less when our solar pv is installed. The initial outlay is just less than a ride on and there is a need for a winter service and blade change. Once in a while it will snag on a fallen twig and need to be reset but is otherwise hasssle free. Frees up so much time to do other projects in the garden etc.
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Nope this helps.
I’m intrigued. Will look into robotic mowers next year. Stiga have an interesting GPS model coming out too.
Is your model good in slightly undulating land with holes and bumps or does it need an even lawn?
@@MyHomeFarm it can cope with inclines to an extent. It doesn’t like bumps , exposed tree roots and hollows so I spent a bit of time filling holes and flattening bumps but we still have lots of undulations s which it copes with. The Ambrogio elite series which is the most robust.
Sadly no stripes but you wake up to a just cut lawn every day.
I do the strumming every 2 weeks which takes an hour.
Might we worth levelling out your lawn a bit over winter / spring if you decide it’s for you. I had to do this behind our garage last spring because it had got overgrown with ivy.
Good review on mower
Ut that was not a toad it was a frog
Toads very rarely jump they prefer to walk
Thanks John. Glad you found the review helpful. A few years on, we can now ID and differentiate frogs from their bufo bufo compatriots that we have a tonne off at the pond.
Is this video about a mower or toad?🙈
Both actually. When we mow the lawn and do garden maintenance, it’s about doing it sustainably and being environmentally-conscious.Toad rescues are part of the process for us.
U still like it ????? Recomend
Yes, we still recommend for small lawns. The mower is still going strong.
3:50 frog
Otherwise, great review. 👍🏽
Thank you. 👊
Nerazumem čemu muzika, pusti da se čuje kako radi kosačica pod opterećenjem...
This was one of our first reviews, and we now show the noise of the mower in new videos. Thanks for the comment.
Hi nice video do you still rate it ?
Yes, we’re still using both, but we’ve upgraded our equipment with bigger and more robust lawn mowers and strimmers (also battery). We’ve got loads of reviews on our channel, but if you like I can send you direct links to our current favourites. Let us know.
Hi, yes can you send it please 🙏 thanks
Here we go. I’ll post them as separate comments.
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That lawn needed double cutting high Hight first
surprise surprise, a domestic battery lawn mower isn't suitable for a field PMSL
Thanks for the comment - we didn't try to use this Makita on the field - we used it on our small lawn in the walled backed garden. There are also domestic battery operated lawn mowers that can tackle fields, like this one from Toro: ua-cam.com/video/sGkSTYPyavw/v-deo.html