There are a number of reasons for buying a petrol lawn mower over an electric one, despite the price tag. There is no cable to worry about with petrol lawn mowers, allowing greater freedom and eliminating the risk of cutting the cable by accident. They are much harder wearing and a good one should last for a good number of years before needing any intensive maintenance or replacing. They can even be used in the wet, which can be a godsend depending on your local weather. Mainly though is their power. If you have a large lawn to cut, especially if the grass has been left to grow for some time, the extra power makes a potentially irksome task relatively easy.

I grew up on a farm in which it took a day and a half to completely mow our entire property. Although it usually only got mowed once a month or every other weekend, it was a pretty big… well, pain in the butt really. One time our riding lawn mower broke down and my father made me mow the entire front lawn with a push lawn mower. I’m not sure how big the front yard was exactly, maybe a few acres, but it seemed like a pasture to a kid and took me the entire weekend. I vowed then that when I grew up, I was never going to mow my lawn, ever.