Re: EV lawnmower

[Justin Scott <bug-ev@IMPAKT.NET>]

On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, David Roden wrote:

> There's a solar lawnmower that works all by itself.
>
> You define the perimeter of your yard with a buried wire.  Then you plop
> the thing down in the grass and turn it on.  It wanders around cutting the
> grass and bouncing off the boundary.
>
> It comes with an alarm, which it needs because it's numbingly expensive.
> Real Goods used to sell it, I think.  Cool toy.

I think I saw it featured on NextStep not too long ago, actually.  Pretty
cool.  I'll have to get one some day, when I have a couple grand extra
laying around to throw at lawn maintenance.

> I have something similar, but it doesn't cut the grass as evenly as I
> like, so I use it only to get very tall grass down to manageable level.
> It mulches beautifully and it's even self-fueling.  And it costs a lot
> less than the solar mower.  I do have to tether or fence it, though.  It's
> called a sheep. <g>

Yeah, I thought about that, my parents tried the cheaper model when I was
younger.  The only difference with it was that it would mow whatever it
felt like, including lawn furnature, hoses, petunias, etc.  I think it was
called a goat. :)  Either way, that manufacturer really needs to get a
handle on the emissions issues that I have with their products. :)

Justin

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