WORX WG743E.1 40V PowerShare Cordless Lawnmower 40cm 500m²

I have had a large petrol mover with self propelled control for 20 years. Therefore its was a big deal for me to change to a battery mover, after looking at many factors such as - Adjustable height, size of blades, Battery life, weight of the mower, Size of collection box , detachable collection box, size of the mower for storage, ease of cleaning . I have a large lawn circa 600 sq meters. The battery’s 2x20 w did the area with ease. When cutting on level 50 mm only used 1 of the 4 charging levels on the battery indicator . A week latter I did a cut on the low level 1 = 25mm it still managed to do the area with battery left. The mower is also on the which mag best buy as well as other consumer web sites as a best buy . I did previously try another well known make prior to this but sent it back due to the poor battery life . Great machine with plenty of power and lightweight. It also leaves the lines on the grass great buy. Absolutely no regrets. 5 Star product.

Amazing battery power, lasts ages. We have quite a large lawn & it’s never run out of power yet. Also have the strimmer & use the batteries first on that the pop in the mower. Great value, light, folds and easy to use

had arrived damaged at first but amazon were good with sorting a replacement bought this for my mum who strugles starting petrol power. She loves it, so easy for her to start and light to manoeuvre. comes with a couple of batteries and she manages to cut quite a large garden with it before having to charge back up. Good cut too.

I chose this mower after some research, taking into account run time, power, weight & recharge time, and I made a good choice. It was easy to assemble, and the two batteries take about 2 hours to fully charge. Being easy to carry, I took it round to the front garden for a test drive, and it gave good results straight away. The lawn is about 20' x 30'. With plenty of oomph in the battery, so I took it round to the back garden, and set it on the turbo setting, as the grass was quite long. This lawn is about 60' x 32'. It chomped through the grass with ease, leaving nice stripes behind it, thanks to the integral roller. Having finished mowing the lawn, there was just enough juice left in the batteries to enable me to use the Worx strimmer around the edges and trees. Pleasantly surprised to be able to mow both lawns and strim on one charge. The mower is powerful, especially in Turbo mode, (but this will obviously reduce the run time), fairly quiet and easy to use. Highly recommended.

Great mower! Battery lasts well providing it’s not really tall grass. It’ll still do tall grass but you’ll loose battery life much faster. Hight adjusting so makes keeping your lawn the right length simple! Would recommend if looking for a battery operated mower at a reasonable price!

I previously used a heavy Hayter (48 cm cut) Petrol Lawnmower - they cut well but weigh a ton! So I decided to try a rechargeable electric mower, and although I was somewhat sceptical I bought the Worx model. Assembly was pretty straightforward (you might need a second pair of hands for the grass box assembly which is fiddly). Having used it all Summer so far, the beauty of it is that it is incredibly light and manoeuvrable, whilst still having a decent 40cm wide cut. On low power (for grass not too long or too wet) it easily cuts a lawn about 1000 sq metres with battery to spare (it uses about 50-60%) - and it has an accurate & visible battery guage. Once charged the two batteries seem to hold their charge for several weeks until needed. The grass box is not huge but works fine - and remember because it is light it has no drive, you have to push it yourself. The only (very minor) drawback is that one or too longer and tougher stems of grass need going over twice - and this works best mowing like a vacuum cleaner going back and forth over it a couple of times. But overall very pleased to say goodbye to the old petrol mower. Rating 9/10 - highly recommended.

2 weeks in and is doing a great job! Only rubbish thing I’m finding and is why not 5*’s is that it doesn’t throw the grass cutting into the back of the bag very well, so sometimes stays near the entrance and when removing the bag you find yourself leaving a pile on the floor even though the bags not even half full. Not really a fault just annoying! Overall so far very happy and easy to use along with being very light weight. 5/11/23: Mower still doesn’t pick up the grass well.. seems to be an issue with the lip from where the grass is cut and trying to get into the bag.. there’s a 2inch lip it has to get up and over and just sits there blocking entrance to bag.. bad design sadly! If you keep your grass very short and cut regularly it’s not as bad but still happens. Positive I can still cut front and back lawn on 1 charge on high power setting.

TL;dr - a decent new gen battery mower for the price. If you've got reasonably sized, light duty lawns then this should do the trick in a more eco friendly, cleaner, modern way. Also swap the batteries with other Worx product. Make sure you register (easy online) for 3 year warranty. Edit: second cut, much tougher with longer grass and slightly damp. Batteries lasted 4 bars nearly across same 4 lawns. Biggest headache was the fact that the power wasn't enough to compact the cuttings in the grass bin so constantly taking it off and packing it. Still happy with mower... Just. Bit of context. After 20 years of loving the smell of 2 stroke in the morning, I decided to give the new gen of battery powered tools a go. I had a small garden maintenance business for some years, so petrol powered tools were the only realistic option for years. But now I've just got around 4 smallish lawns to cover, and they're mostly moss and clover, so the 6HP B&S self-driven 22" aluminium deck LawnKing I've relied on for over a decade was probably a bit heavy duty. Plus, to be honest, I like the idea of at least trying to go a bit more eco friendly. Doing the research, it was clear the likes of Stihl, whilst obviously having a very good name, were beyond the budget for the requirements. On the other hand, something like a Ryobi seemed a bit too low priced to be good (don't know, never had one). Worx stood out as a lower-mid price , and I've used a Worx battery drill for a few years with no issues at all, and as all their batteries are interchangeable, I decided to give it a go. This model (WG743E.1) comes with a 39cm deck, 45lt bin and, more importantly by far, 2 x 4a 20v batteries. I'll come to that in a bit. Getting it out of the box, it was immediately clear that we are not talking heavy clunking ironwork here. Every major component apart from blade, handles, axles and bolts is plastic - deck, wheels and all. Obviously this is not exactly a surprise. Plastic = not just cheaper but lightweight, which probably wouldn't particularly save battery life in a self propelled mower, but does make it incredibly easy to swing about and carry over low walls for instance. And whilst the deck is plastic, it's not flimsy in any way, so I'm expecting a few years out of it (probably wouldn't want to hit too many stones though) However, I can see an issue quickly developing with the wing nuts / bolts that hold the handle. Overtightening them will quickly cause a stripped thread, and it's worth adding a couple of washers to the assembly if you've got some kicking around. Probably worth a bit of caution with the drive bar too as it looks and feels a bit flimsy. Assembly is quick and easy. Just put the grass bin together, secure the handles to the mower frame, charge the batteries fully and you're good to go. As you can see from the photos, my lawns are not exactly Wimbledon standard. Bit up and down, mostly weeds, tight spots. The mower coped easily. In fact, probably better than I did, as I missed the throb of the B&S engine and the rattle of the LawnKing so much that I often didn't realise it was actually running. If you normally use a cord powered mower you might not notice any difference other than not having to constantly lasso the lead out of the way, a big bonus. Other than getting used to a self propelled mower after all these years, and probably twice as many bin empties, I would go so far as to say it was an absolute breeze to spin through 4 bumpy lawns. The setting used was 2 as I didn't want it to dig in too much (seems like it would), but will try 1 next time for a closer cut. Battery use after around 20 minutes was 1 bar. That's where those 4ah batteries come in; in addition to the mower, I've also got hold of a Worx strimmer, which came with dual 2ah batteries. On a full charge, I got down to 2 bars on these after no more than 10 minutes use with the strimmer. But that's another story. Safe to say, getting the 4ah packs for the mower is pretty much a no brainer. All in all, after one cut I'm still happy with the purchase. It feels ridiculously flimsy to me, but is arguably a more modern solution, so I'll give it the rest of the season to really put it through its paces, but so far so good. Although, the first cut next spring might still go to the LawnKing...