How to Select a Lawn Mower
Match mower type, power source, and a few work-changing features to your lawn, storage, and upkeep limits, not to a single best model.
Lawn Mowers & Tractors
Browse comprehensive reviews and buying guides for lawn mowers and tractors. Compare gas, electric, riding, and walk-behind models to keep your yard looking immaculate year-round.
How to Start a Riding Lawn Mower with a Screwdriver
A screwdriver can briefly jump a riding mower’s starter solenoid as a last-resort diagnostic on equipment you own. Learn what it actually bridges, the safety checks that come first, when the test will not work, and what to repair instead of repeating the bypass.
How Long Should Lawn Mower Battery Last?
Lawn mower battery runtime typically ranges from 30 minutes to 2+ hours per charge, while lifespan before replacement is 3-5 years for lithium-ion and 2-3 years for lead-acid batteries. Learn what affects durability and how to extend battery life.
How to Sharpen a Reel Lawn Mower Blade
Isolate power first, then restore reel-to-bedknife shear with adjustment, careful nick filing, and backlapping, not rotary-blade grinding.
How High to Mow Lawn?
Most lawns should be mowed to 2.5-3.5 inches, but the ideal height depends on your grass type and season. Cool-season grasses need 2.5-3.5 inches; warm-season varieties thrive at 1.5-2.5 inches. Mowing at the proper height promotes deeper roots, reduces disease, and improves drought tolerance.
How to Tell If Lawn Mower Blade Is Dull
Learn the lawn, mowing, and blade-edge signs of a dull rotary mower blade, how to inspect it safely, and when damage means replacement instead of sharpening.
How to Start a Briggs Stratton Lawn Mower
Learn the safe outdoor checks, fuel and oil basics, and typical choke, primer, throttle, and starter steps for a walk-behind Briggs & Stratton mower, plus what to recheck if it will not start.
How to Sharpen a Push Mower
Isolate power, remove a rotary push-mower blade, restore both cutting edges evenly, check balance, and reinstall it, or replace the blade if it is bent, cracked, or too worn.
How Long Does Electric Lawn Mower Last?
Electric lawn mowers typically last 10-15 years with proper maintenance, though battery life is shorter at 3-5 years. Learn what affects durability, when to replace components, and how to extend your mower's lifespan.
How to Start a Lawn Mower with a Choke
Set a cold mower’s choke to Closed or Start, open the fuel, set Fast throttle, then start and ease the choke toward Run.