Great price for a Honda HRN216PKU.
As the message on the image says: it's only pick up in store, not for delivery.
There are a few stores in NSW -> https://www.mygyc.com.au/pages/our-stores
More info on the HRN216 series -> https://powerequipment.honda.com.au/models/lawnandgarden/mow…
Classic Bunnings have an extra digit on their part number, not the same product… when it really is
Interesting. I didn’t have any trouble beating the UMK425 brushcutter about a year ago, and I think they had an extra number at the end. Probably depends on the staff you get but most seem pretty relaxed about it.
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The bunnings price match which is impossible to price match
The bunnings price match which is impossible to price match
I remember looking at TVs and finding the models at JB and HN were identical except for one number different. I can only guess that this specifically designed to avoid price matching
I bet that it's a model stock made specifically for Bunnings. So that they can say it's a different model (because of the extra digital at the end of the model number) to try to get out of price matching. When the mower itself really is the same mower.
Bunnings always asks manufacturers to change SKUs for the same product to avoid price matching.
Would be nice if this somehow gets a mention given Bunnings is part of the supermarket senate hearing
They just get a bunch of manufactured stock assigned to them with a changed SKU on the box. So they can claim that it's a different model.
What makes this rotary mower good? Just the reliability of the Honda engine?
Yeah, although unfortunately it's a steel deck and not an alloy deck.
No
Honda's quality is dropping and it's not worth it
20+ year old Briggs and Stratton classic still chugging along 👌 only maintenance it's needed is I pulled the carby apart once and cleaned it and put it back together, I probably wasted the $3 on the rebuild kit as I don't think it really needed it, probably just a clean! I do give it yearly ~ oil changes though.
Do you ever change the blades? clean out/replace the air filter? replace the spark plugs?
Changed the blades yes, cleaned out change the air filter, yes and no don't think I've ever needed to change the plug.
I guess I should have said, no maintenance further than "normal" maintenance.
Efficient, reliable engines. The B&S 625ex lawn mower I snagged for $345 at Masters before it closed has proven well so far. Though I don't use it often anymore. With the ongoing dry spell, I've been forced to shift much of my lawn to lower water-demanding alternatives.
Dry spell? Obviously not a south east Queenslander! :) I reckon these last few years have been the wettest in ages.
Yeah, I've been using it for like 10+ years. I know EV people come and say, need maintaining, but only maintenance that I have done would be changing the oil once and blades lol
i would have snagged this up 10 years ago, i have now switched to all battery and it was the best move i made. ymmv. i won't switch to a tesla though, i can't live without my diesel ute.
Please suggest one in about $500 range. Bunnings Chat declined for a price match since the linked one is on clearance.
Keep your eye on the FB marketplace, lots of people dump them due to swtichin to battary.
Honda use to be the way to go.
IMO, a good battery setup is the way to go nowadays for all personal garden power tool needs. I'm running a full makita setup (mower, whipper snipper, chainsaw, blower) all on the 18v system.
Maintenance is minimal, it's overall hassle free, reliability is extremely high (even higher than my previous Honda petrol setups), Whenever i want to start the gardening I just put in a battery and go, makes me chuckle a bit when i hear a neighbour constantly trying to pull start his things. The extent of maintenance i need to do involves sharpening/replacing blades, replacing whipper snipper wire, chainsaw lube, replacing chainsaw chain.
Battery is not the same, I have battery it take longer to cut. It has low cutting power. Plus battery capacity degrades after 1 or 2 year, then you have to spend $300 for new set. You also need triple set to make sure you have enough to last a medium size yard as well so that $900. With the amount of power mowing consume battery drain real fast.
I pick this up today, and my mowing was done in half the time.
You are only saying battery is the way to go so you feel like you made the right choice. After owing battery i don't think so.
Petrol still has superior performance and longevity.
I have battery it take longer to cut.
I respectfully disagree, this is entirely dependant on the make and model of your mower….if your comparing a high quality petrol with a low quality batterymower, then sure the battery will do a poor job…much like if you compare a low quality petrol mower with a high quality electric mower the petrol would do a poor job….but if you compare a high quality battery mower with a high quality petrol mower, you will find it will cut excellently. I'm currently running a DLM532ZX, and that thing does a phenomenal job, cuts much better than any honda mower i have owned. My mate who mows lawns for a living tried it out and as soon as he did he switched his whole setup to electric. No, battery doesn't take longer to cut, and no it doesn't have low cutting power if you get a good quality one.
Plus battery capacity degrades after 1 or 2 year, then you have to spend $300 for new set.
A statement like this tells me you don't have experience with electric power garden tools….How much are you expecting your batteries to degrade after 2 years? Unless you are a tradie that does multiple charge cycles every day, your batteries should last a LONG LONG TIME. I'm still running 18v Makita batteries that i got when i first jumped into the platform 11 years ago and i would estimate those 4ah batteries i got back then would have more than 80% capacity still. so when you factor in the cost of batteries every 10 years + the cost to recharge them every time you need them, it actually ends up MUCH cheaper than buying petrol. Using my excel calculations i managed to pay off the price of switching to battery in a matter of 3 years (that includes the price of the mowers, charging, and all maintenance).
You also need triple set to make sure you have enough to last a medium size yard as well so that $900
I have a medium to large sized yard. Even with using the self propelled functionality i mow the whole lawn with a pair of 5ah 18v makita batteries, based on some ozbargain deals here, that's $200 worth of batteries. and like i said, i expect those to last me more than 10 years…..How much will you spend on petrol in 10 years?
You are only saying battery is the way to go so you feel like you made the right choice. After owing battery i don't think so.
Likewise, you are only saying Petrol is superior because that's the platform your using. You claim you owned a battery setup, tell me, what brand and model?
No serious contractror uses battery mowers. They might have one for smaller lawns, but the majority of the work will be done with a Honda petrol mower. I have Stihl RMA 510V, it's a garbage mower compared to a quality petrol Honda. Cheaply made (in China) and not very nice to use. And if the grass is long, forget it. Honda commercial machines are a pleasure. Built like a tank, start first pull every time, never any problems and a beautiful cut. I'll stick with petrol for a few years yet.
@nubzy: I wish i had a photo of his setup, but it's actually pretty cool, he has his trailer with a stainless steel box with solar panel on the roof with a bunch of chargers and batteries inside. He's running either a Stihl or AEG setup (not 100% sure, i just remember seeing orange), and I can't say the exact models he's using.
But he seems to be doing pretty well with what he's got. drives around and does lawns all day, comes home and plugs the trailer in to 240 to charge the rest for the next day,….He also has solar panels and a battery setup at home, so from what he tells me he's doing it all electric and the only ongoing costs are things like blades/wire etc….but knowing how much he's using his stuff, his batteries probably won't last 10 years like mine.
But yes, he does mow lawns for a living, and he takes it very seriously.
I would LOVE to see your excel spreadsheet on how you paid off all your electronic garden tools with the savings from doing away with petrol lol… I would estimate I spend maybe $10 to $15 a year on petrol to keep my mower going… And I'm on a 770sqm block.
In fact I'll just so some rough cals right now. I'd estimate I use 200ml of fuel per mow (it's definitely less than this), I'd say I mow once a week during summer and then once a month during winter, so we'll average it all out to once a fortnight, 26 times a year, let's just say 30 times. So 30 X .2 = 6L
6L X $1.85 = $11.10. I'd love to see how you are paying off your electric tools with these sort of savings…
@Binchicken22: Your way off with your figure of 200ml per mow. From my personal experience with my honda petrol, I was averaging about 2-3L per mow for my lot (which I now get done with 2x5aH batteries)
Now let's say my mower was very inefficient, A quick google search shows that the average petrol mower uses 0.5-1 gallon per hour (1.9L-3.8L converted)….so that being the case how long is it taking you to mow your 770sqm block? 5 minutes? Redo your calculations with that in mind.
For me, not including whipper snipper (just mowing), I was looking at 2-3L a week in the summer, then 2-3L a fortnight in winter for my property. So let's average it out and say I use 2.5L every 1.5 weeks all year round (2.5x34=85L in a year). Average petrol price is $2.14 per L, 2.14 x 85, that's $181.9 in fuel a year (a bit more than $11) add on-top of that recommended servicing, oil, air filters if needed, plugs, cleaning out carbs etc…its very fair to say that petrol mower is costing over $200 a year to use, and that's not factoring in the price of the mower itself, if you factor in the price of the petrol mower itself then the electric pays itself off even quicker.
For my electric, no servicing required (except for mower blades which a petrol has aswell), each 5ah battery costs about 5c to charge…so it's costing me about 10c in electricity to mow my entire lawn, but let's say hypothetically after 5 or 10 years I got some dud batteries that have halved in storage capacity (unlikely based on personal experience, but let's do it just encase), that's then going to be costing me 20c a mow
My electric mower, I got it for $600 with 4x5ah batteries. That I easily payed off within 3 years.
But let's say you don't get lucky and you pay full price, let's say like $1000 for a decent electric mower with batteries….your still going to pay it off within 5 years compared to the consumable cost of the petrol, even quicker if you compare it to having bought a petrol
I call massive BS that your mowing 770sqm with 200ml of petrol….but hey, if we are just making up figures then sure yours is more cost effective.
@whitepuma: Oh geez. Your figures are so far off it's like you haven't even tried to come to a legitimate conclusion…
So let's start with this,
https://www.briggsandstratton.com/eu/en_gb/product-catalog/e…
This is the specs for your basic b&s home use mower. Note the fuel tank capacity in particular, 0.8L
Firstly, you really expect me to believe that you used to have to refill your mower from empty to full, 2 to 3 times every mow? I didn't realise you were mowing acerage with a push mower (that you now somehow mow with 1 charge on a battery mower… Yeah right…)
I know that I can easily do 2 mows between refills, so after looking into these figures now, I can confidently say I use somewhere less than 400ml per mow. In fact I'm sure I've even done 3 mows before between refills, but I usually like to not run it dry.
So let's be generous to your argument and just go with 400ml, so that doubles my initial figure of $11.10 per year, to $22.20 per year in fuel… What a blow out… But not even close to your thrown together figures of $182 a year just in fuel! But if we are just making up figures, the electric is a huge saving hey lol.
As for maintenance costs, the oil I use for oil changes is this, https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/653763.
About 10 years worth for $10, so let's add $1 per year onto our $22.10, we are now at $23.10
I also have about 8 left from this pack of 10 air filters, https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/165960787747?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mk….
Let's just add another $1.50 onto the yearly cost for those.
So we are at whopping $24.60 all in, on yearly running costs, on my 20 year old Briggs and Stratton… And this figure is being very generous to your side of the argument, it's probably more like $20~ per year.
I'd like to see where your battery mower is at after 20 years… Most likely not running and if it is, it would be at a minimum, looking at it's 3rd set of batteries by then.
You are absolutely dreaming if you think you have "paid for your electric tools with the savings!"… Sure if you think it's more convenient for you to have electric, great, good for you, but don't bullshit us on the cost.
Firstly, you really expect me to believe that you used to have to refill your mower from empty to full, 2 to 3 times every mow?
Don't care what you choose to believe, but yes for my property that sounds about right. I know that i would refill my 10L Jerry can roughly every 4-5 weeks in the summer. So yes, that adds up.
And yes, on the same property, i'm doing it now with 2x 5AH batteries, but even if it took 4x5AH batteries (it doesn't), it's still less than 5c a charge per battery (would be less if i had solar).
If you can't believe that, then the rest of the math is irrelevant because that's what it's all based off of.
I'd like to see where your battery mower is at after 20 years
I too would like to see this, but this isn't something i can demonstrate right now, remind me in 20 years. What i can say though is the first battery power tools i bought (some makita drills), i got about 11 years ago. I still use them almost weekly. The batteries they came with 2x4ah batteries, i still use with these drills, i havent done a full test on those cells. but i once tried to mow my lawn with those 2x4ah batteries and i got about 70-75% through the lawn before they died, considering 2x5ah gets 100% through the lawn, the degradation on those batteries in minimal. at this rate they will easily make 20 years. even though based on my calculations i already paid it all off. Keep in mind though, as mentioned in previous comments, if you are a tradie that are doing multiple charge cycles per day on these batteries yours will degrade faster than someone like me that may charge once a week in their peak.
@whitepuma: Mate, you are just outright lying, or maybe you had a hole in your fuel tank? Lol
Either way, there is no point going any further than this. The energy density of petrol compared to lithium ion battery's is 119x greater, that's just physics, so your 3L milk jug of fuel you were supposedly going through, which in my estimation is about twice the volume at least of 2x 5ah batteries, contains 240x~ the energy as your batteries.
The electric motor is probably 5x more efficient than a petrol lawn mower, about 80% efficiency vs about 15%~ for a petrol mower, but that still leaves a 48x energy advantage to 3L of fuel compared to your batteries. You could mow for 48x~ as long, assuming everything else is the same on 3L of fuel, as you could with 2 5ah batteries.
This is mathematically and factually correct, you can denie it all you want, but that doesn't change it.
If you want a real life example of this, a Tesla model 3 battery weights about 500kg~, this allows the model 3 to travel around 400kms~.
A Mazda 3 has a 50L fuel tank (with a fuel weight of 37kg) and this allows it to travel about 750kms.
That's 1km travelled for every 1.25kg of "fuel" for the Tesla
And
1km travelled for every 0.049kg of "fuel" for the Mazda.
That's a 25x difference, this is comparing much more technological advanced items than lawn tools however, but the premise is the same.
@Binchicken22: like i said, if you can't believe that i use 2.5L of fuel on every mow, then the rest of the math is irrelevant.
You refuse to believe even this basic detail, I refuse to believe that you use 200ml, 400ml, or anything close to that for each mow.
so….
@whitepuma: Ok so you are just going to stick with the outright lie then.
Good for you.
No one on planet earth is believing that you use 3+ FULL tanks of fuel in your mower, to mow your damn suburban block that you can now apparently easily mow with a battery. It's mathematically not possible, anyone with real life experience knows it's not possible.
Also, whilst i'm here, on the topic of quality…my DLM532ZX i purchased that from a hilco auction, it had been through flood damage and was very clear this thing was submerged for sometime hence why it was at a flood damage auction.
When i got the thing, the only thing i needed to replace was the key ($7), and it's been running and working perfectly since then, so…definitely gotta say these things are built to last.
For this kind of coin you're doing yourself a real disservice not going electric.
Maybe if you are on the standard new block these days of 400sqm with a 50sqm lawn to mow, then yeah the petrol wouldn't even be warm by the time you are done, but if you've got a bigger block then I'd take a petrol any day.
All those new homes are an overgrown mess before long. One of those monstrosities near me, saw the owner struggling with a little battery Ryobi and always leaving it way too long between cuts. Couldn't get it done. Saw a contractor there a few times, and now they have a petrol mower of their own and mowing on a regular basis. Would not bother with electric unless you have a tiny lawn and cut it every 2 weeks religiously. I'll take a nice commercial Honda any day.
I've got the entire EGO battery Metaverse, but when i need a big job done prooerly.
I drag the old (20+ years now i reckon) 2 stroke smoker out from under the trees and some "Start Ya Bastard" in the air intake and she goes first kick.
God its glorious when she fires up.
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