Greenworks 2 in 1 Lawn Mower

Edit 2023: Still have the mower. The 2ah battery died after 9 years of use. No harm, no foul there. I used it to death. I purchased a new 5ah battery for the mower. Powers up the mower for a second then it powers off. Called support and they mailed me out a new battery. The new battery does the same thing.The new batteries work in all my other Greenworks GMAX equipment that I've tested them in. Chainsaw, line trimmer, blower, hedge trimmer... they just do not work in this lawn mower despite the mower being pictured as compatible. Called Greenworks support and they told me that this lawnmower is generation 1 and the new batteries are known to not support the product.Greenworks has abandoned a product they still sell. Once these batteries fail you in 5-10 years you have essentially ewaste. The mower works great as long as the batteries work, but you can't get replacements. This is not the first time Greenworks has abandoned their products. Before the 40v Gmax series there was a prior 40v battery series of tools that were replaced by Gmax. Now they've essentially segmented a series of tools that should all run on the same battery. This is something that is easy to engineer around. Ryobi has done this for decades with their 18v tools. Old blue ryobi tools that came with the NiMh batteries will run on the 18vone+ lithium batteries. They've done this for decades and Greenworks hasn't made one decade yet.If you're in the market for a lawn mower or other power equipment I'd skip Greenworks. They've segmented their batteries way too much (24v, 40v, 40v gmax, 40v max, 48v, 60v, and 80v) instead of focusing one maybe three (24v for tools, 40v for residential, 80v for professional) as their competitors do. For similar pricing I'd suggest Ryobi's 40v line, or spend the extra and go with Ego. They're 56v battery platform is oddball, but they've only got the one battery so no tools segmentation.Early on Greenworks was doing well, but by segmenting the market as they have they've essentially set up a market where early adopters are screwed as no innovation is occurring at the 40v line, and while the 60v and 80v lines are getting loved wait 10 years and you'll essentially watch as your investment in tools and batteries are made obsolete.Original 5 star review from 2014: I recently moved into a home after a few years of apartment living. As such I didn't have an existing mower. After pricing out a service I decided I'd rather get the exercise and mow the lawn myself. I was already aware of Greenworks after getting their 207334; electric snow thrower this last winter. After a positive experience there I decided to give this unit a try.First off I found it to be priced competitively with gas mowers as this is the equivalent of a unit with an automatic (non pull string) starter. Also review videos showed that this unit is quite light allowing me to store it without taking up floor space in my garage. The unit arrived quickly in a large box that I was able to move to my garage easily. After 20 minutes I had a assembled mower.Now the packaging is the only beef I have with Greenworks. First off while the unit is well packed any paperwork is just thrown into the box. I found the manual loose under the mower. The manual is my second issue with them. All of their products come with a small brown paper manual printed in what I assume is soy ink. As such it's almost illegible. I understand their brand is as a green company, but printing an illegible manual just causes me to go to their website, download the PDF, and print that on fresh paper. As such it's rather wasteful. Please improve here guys!The range of the mower is stated as functional for yards up to half an acre. While my land is stated by my city as 0.5 acre, I have an egress basement and a drainage ditch. As such my actual linear space is a little over 0.7 acre. I find that on a day that I have dry grass that is a normal "long" length I can easily hit 80% of my yard. I take a two hour break to charge the mowers batteries and cool off myself then finish the rest. I do enjoy that the light weight of the mower makes it easy to handle on the hills of my yard. The large 4ah battery gives me great bang for my buck. The 2ah battery is... pitiful. Greenworks should have just supplied two 4ah batteries with the mower. I am planning on buying either the blower or a trimmer with a 4ah pack and second charger then just swap out the batteries. This would probably let me get my entire lawn done in one shot.Now if your lawn is wet or exceedingly long and you're trying to cut down to your normal length in one pass you will be charging your batteries 4 or 5 times over the same lawn. After a steady week of rain I finally had a dry day. Between the shoot clogging up every pass and the thickness of the grass I had to stop 4 times. I can't fault the mower for this as my neighbor's gas pull string had the same issue requiring a fill up halfway through his lawn.Let me be clear, I'm in a neighborhood where lawns are on the tipping point for either riding mowers or push units. I purchased this unit because I needed a mower right then and couldn't afford a riding mower yet. I have found this unit to surpass my expectations of a battery powered mower and has convinced me to buy more Greenworks branded tools. I believe this is a great mower especially if you have a urban home with a postage stamp lawn. Not having a gas can in the garage and having to deal with tune ups or stale gas make this unit worth it.