Victa Corvette 18V

The Corvette Battery gives you all the convenience of cordless power without the compromises that made early battery mowers pretty ordinary – this 36 V system (two 18 V batteries working together) actually has enough grunt to handle proper residential lawns. You get 1200W of power driving dual swing-back blades at 3200 RPM, which translates to a genuine cut rather than just bashing the grass down like cheaper battery units do. The 460 mm steel deck is the same quality you get on petrol models, and with 10 cutting positions from 11-70 mm, you’re not sacrificing adjustability for the sake of battery power. Runtime hits around 40 minutes with the included batteries, which covers most residential blocks up to 1000 m² if you’re not letting the grass get ridiculously long between cuts. The 42 L hard plastic catcher means you’re making fewer trips to the compost, and the washport actually works – just connect a hose and flush out the clippings without pulling your back apart tilting the mower. What really sells it is the lack of maintenance – no oil changes, no fuel going stale over winter, no spark plugs to gap, just charge and go. It’s genuinely quiet too, so you can mow at 7am on a Saturday without starting a neighborhood war, which is worth something when you’ve got a young family or shift work.