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My wife was complaining about the gas smell from our gas mower, and she has a hard time with the pull cord. She and I cut the grass about 50/50, so when she mow's I come down from my office and pull the cord for her. So we ordered this mower. It came in well packaged up and took just a couple of minutes to put together. Our yard is relatively large for an in-town yard. It is composed of two town lots with one never being built on so it is all grass and beds. It normally takes a full take of gas to mow. We had to charge the battery first, this mower did not come with the battery. The battery and charger was ordered separately. These new chargers are nice they come with a cooling fan that runs while they charge. So the next day ( it got delivered at night ) we took it out for a mow. Just pop the battery in the top push a button and grab the safety release and it kicks on - very quiet, noisy enough from the spinning blade, but WAY less then gas and of course you do not have to deal with a cord, I was never going to buy a corded mower. Lighter weight then the gas mower, so my wife can walk a bit faster, it usually took her twice as long as it does me because of the weight of the gas mower. The battery has three lights on it and they blink out one by one as you use up the battery. There are two speeds, when you hit high grass or leaves or whatever, it kicks in to a higher speed - saves battery power. So, I mowed up the whole yard at 2inches ( the raising and lowering of the mower bed is SO much easier then all my prior mowers ) and when I was finished it still had one light left so I could have mowed another third of a yard. In fact I have never used up the battery. Another great thing is when I move from on side of the yard to another over patios and walkways and through gates I just stop the mower and just press the button again. Did not do that with the gas mower, too much trouble to pull the cord. This is a mulching mower with a bag attachment. On the gas mower we would mow up the leaves in the yard ( a number of big trees ) and dump the bag in the mulch bin. I was worried that this mower may not work well at this, but it does, pretty much like the gas mower. It kicks in at the higher speed when you hit a batch of leaves - my wife will rake out leaves from the beds and I suck them up with the mower, emptying the bag in the bin. All in all we are very pleased with the mower - had it for 8 months now with no probs, of course a number of those months were winter, this will be the first full summer.