No priming bulbs... Just turn the key and it starts... Looking at more of the reviews and talking to the repair place here that does their stuff it's a don't walk but run as far away as you can from them. They are so bad that he said easily half of them are bought back by Cub Cadet or returned to Home Depot.
They are having lots of motor and controller failures basically DOA or within 30 minutes of first use.
Parts are just too pricey and the failure rate is super high. It'll be a while before they are reliable and parts are reasonably priced. For a product that bad they really need a longer warranty so they can work out the bugs instead of being stuck with a $4600 mower that needs a constant diet of $200 motors and $400 controllers.
So the battery is the least of the worries on them. Freezing isn't the issue it's the battery being stored in 100*+ temps for months on end.
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Originally Posted by creeky
I wouldn't worry too much about the batteries. They have come a long way and Lifepo4 in a cubcadet is easy a 10 year battery. Just don't charge them frozen unless the battery has a heater. Which I doubt. You could add a battery blanket of course.
You're going to save a lot of money on two things: gas. repairs. As everyone here probably already realizes, its a great joy in the spring to grab the over wintered mowers and whipper snippers etc and just go. I store my batteries overwinter at 70% dod and always charge warm.
You know last spring I brought the electric mower out at the same time as my neighbor across the street. His "h#nda" nice mower, gave him fits. In the time it took him to turn the mower upside down (draining oil I suspect) I was done my front yard. He got his mower going later that afternoon. Personally, I have better things to do than fight with a recalcitrant motor. And let's not even talk about those stupid priming bulbs.
The silence is also golden.
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