r/ryobi

I have an older Ryobi mower, RY40109, that still works great. I’ve been using it for some trim work only so it doesn’t get a lot of long session work. My property is a bit larger than 2 acres and I mow mostly with a zero turn. Anyway, one of my 5ah batteries has failed and I’m pretty sure the other will soon. I ordered the 6ah batteries that are sold now but I’m pretty sure when they arrive next week they won’t fit it. So my options are to get some non-Ryobi 5ah batteries on eBay that should fit or to invest in another mower. Again, this is not my main mower and I hate to spend the $ on a new one if I don’t have to. But if the eBay batteries are crap…

Also, I read that the newer self-propelled mowers don’t really have a slower walk behind speed. This would be a problem for me as I’m 73 and really not up to sprinting behind the mower and I use the self propelled function to walk the mower out to the outer parts of my property to do stuff like trim around the mailbox, etc.

Your thoughts welcome!

I'm paralyzed by the many options.

I currently have the Rigid Power-spin snake. It's great and it's not great. To power it, you attach a drill to the back of the drum and that replaces the hand crank. To feed it forward, you hold a "forward vertical grip and you pull this plastic lever like a trigger. When you do that, the little feeding wheel things make contact with the cable and the angle of the wheel makes the cable slowly inch forward.

Since you are holding this grip with one hand, trying not to get hand cramps while tightly squeezeing the handle/trigger, but also with the other hand holding your drill, it becomes extremely awkward and gives you instant full body arthritis.

Even if I don't use it very often, it works, but it kills me every time. Feeding the cable means either pushing the cable into the drain with your hand, or letting the cable rotate and inch forward. it's so slow with the hand cranking that you eventually reach for the drill.,

It's so unergonomic.

I had considered the Harbor Frieght one, but hey, I have a bunch of one+ batteries.

There are a few choices from Ryobi ... which ones are good, or rather ... which should I stay away from?

It would be to snake drains down to the main line, so the small lithium one with the 4 foot cable would not be helpful, plus for 4 feet, the Rigid manual will do fine.

Thanks, fellow Ryobites!

Currently using a classic push mower, need something that can bag now and prefer battery over gas. As much as I like the old school, it’s time for an upgrade and I’m having a hard time deciding between the two… $100 price difference. 2ah battery difference and a 1inch deck difference.

For reference my pus mower is 20 inches and I have no issues.

What do you guys recommend?

Model: RY40HPLM05K

Model: RY401170VNM

Hello, does anyone have a 3D CAD model of a 40V battery?