I have one of these for a few months, awesome mower. Definitely a metal blade you drongo. I sharpened mine , last I heard sparks don't come from plastic.
I just picked up this mower kit for $250 in May 2021 and am very happy after the first cut. If it survives cutting wet soggy heavy winter grass, then the old 2 stroke is going to be retired. Less noise, no smell, no pollution - I'm loving it!
that's a bargain. I made the mistake once of buying a cheaper 4 stroke mower after having 2 stroke. I hated that thing with a passion. Just no guts. I was glad when it died. my current one is also a 4 but a better quality. For a while though I thought I'd never run anything but a 2 stroke. So I know what you're saying. baby steps :)
@@TheSydguy30 yeah Bunnings, think it must have been the last one in store of that model or something similar. $400 would have made me hesitate but even if I'd paid full price, I'd be happy with performance (longevity will only become clear over years of ownership)
Just picked one of these up a few days ago after my petrol mower wouldn't start. I have just about everything else Ozito in my shed so I figured why not get one of these. Man I have been amazed how good they really are.
haha. my petrol mower broke its throttle control cable. so i replaced it. it broke again. so now I use a aluminum pie tray jammed into the throttle to get it started, then move it and reshape it to keep it running . So I feel your pain. Craig keeps telling me how happy he is with it, so it might be my next mower. I cant in good conscience though, give up a 'working' mower even though it gives me grief every time. I do like a challenge. Also thanks for posting your experience. I don't ever want viewers to think my reviews are anything but honest. so its good when other post up their experience and it's similar to mine or craigs in this case. I accept that's not always going to be the case . so thanks for taking the time
I've got the little 18V one which is great for smaller lawns and cuts high grass (10cm+) great. Easy to put in my car, too. Sheez, a plastic blade? Surely you could put a metal one on? The 18V has a good metal blade, which seems interchangeable with my Ryobi. I also wonder about the wheel longevity. How do the wheels stay on? My early Ryobi mower had the wheels fall off, so I drilled holes in the shaft and put split pins in.
Just found this, great info as always thanks mate, got a shed full of the PXC hand tools & love them... Never had an issue with replacing batteries or tools when they die..
My backyard and rear nature strip is covered in rocks, broken brick pieces and loads of sticks from gumtrees... I just plow straight over the top of it all and never had an issues with the blade.
No worries Joe, I'll set him up a roster with your name on top. Pre warned, hes a good worker but has attitudinal problems, so you may need to keep him in check. He is highly food motivated though, so the occasional choccie biccie should keep him moving.
Was tossing up between the ozito battery mower and the Husqvana. And End up getting the ozito because of the steel chassis and prize!! Had it now for 14 months without drama.
I think you’ll find that the reason for the plastic blade is not price. It’s probably something to do with the electric motor overcoming the inertia of the blade. Metal would be too heavy. It’s probably made out of ABS plastic which is pretty tough and cheap and easy to replace when required. Great review and for the price worth taking a look at. Cheers.
You sure it's a plastic blade? Never heard of a plastic blade, and my mower is the same as this one (and it has a metal blade) although this year they put out a self propelled version (everything else is exactly the same) with an added $67 to the price tag ($465) Sounds like they really made some concessions from their $399 Telescopic model just to get a "steel" top on it, where the rear is full plastic (where you'd want the protection arguably if the blade came loose. The catcher is worse than the $399 Telescopic model EASILY. The handle is worse (the Telescopic model is really ergo friendly). And the battery cover is more flimsy etc. So yeah seems like a fair bit of concessions were made in other areas to get the "steel deck" and the steel is SO thin as well!
Nice mower, might look at one down the track as I only have a about half a cricket pitch at the most where I live at the moment. I'm using a rotary push mower from Bunnings and works a charm and at $99 it was hard to not go down that track. Great to see the dynamic duo together again and the little teaser at the very end was good too.
I brought this this, have been flogging it! And it's holding up.my only two criticisms are. Handle is not completely foldable. Wheels are too plasticky.
I'll have to check in on Craig and see how his is going. He hasn't complained about it, so I guess all is good. I think he actually went out and picked up something else Ozito from the same line but I can't recall what it was.Might have been the whipper snipper, so he must be happy with it.
That's it David. I'm keen to see how it goes. My mower lives under the house when not in use. I'm wondering if these can be treated the same and survive. Craig looks after his stuff though, so it will have every chance for a long life. We'll see
The Ozito part number to ask for at Bunnings special orders is 300049101926. Currently out of stock at the warehouse until the end of January. Don't know the price yet.
Ozito now has blades in stock at their warehouse. The price from Bunnings special orders is $35.74 for the blade and bolt set (it's advised to replace the bolt when you replace the blade).
I've got one and I've hit longer grass. Just be ready for the batteries to drain faster though if you make it chew through hard work. But Bunnings warranty is gold brick so any issues take it back!
Hey Kai, I just spoke to Craig to ask him how it was going because there's a few questions on it . He said all is going good and he's still loving it. he also picked up the edger and the blower. so all is good.
good video, does anyone know how many centimeters (cms) in gap tehre is from the blade to the FRONT of the chassis ? i.e. how much grass will be unmowed if you need to nose the mower up to a wall
I wish my my ryobi 240v one had a plastic blade some one not me mowed the lawn and a lump of wood left by there kid in the grass and then the motor developed a bad wobble. Yep stuffed it right up, became a throw away mower, I suspect a plastic blade would break or bend b4 wrecking the motor shaft and a petrol mower shaft would probably survive the same lump of wood.
Sorry mate, no idea. Is assume Bunnings but shoot ozito an email and I'm sure they'll let you know. If you don't get a reply let me know and I'll reach out for you
These Ozito mowers are 1st Rate, I bought one about 6 months ago but mine has the 4 x 18V batteries.....it can run on 1 x bank of 2 x 18C or 2 x banks of 18V batteries for a much greater run time.....they work a treat...The 36V leaf blower is insanely powerful! lol
I've inherited on of these ,it was my dad's mower but received moved into a retirement village so no longer needs it ,mine was running fine untill today 24/09/2018, when I press in the big red button ,then pull up the lever it run for a couple minutes then slowly loose revs and stops, sometimes it won't even start doing this, I thought battery's may been stuffed as mower had been in storage for approx 2 yrs ,so bought 2 new 5 ah battery's ,still doing same,has any one else had this issues if so how did you fix it
The 18" Ozito PXC 36V (2 x 18V) 460mm Self-Propelled is available on order at Bunnings for $599 as a kit with 2 x 4.0 ah batteries & a dual fast charger included of mid 2024. This is still very good value. The killer feature of all Ozito cordless equipment is the very much lower cost of their batteries compared to all other brands. Their batteries are good quality. Next lowest cost is Skil. Next after that is Metabo. All the other big name brand's batteries are outrageously over priced.
its like when they sell you a computer printer with 1/4 ink in it and then charge you 2 times as much for one ink as you paid for the printer. The only ozito failure ive had to date has been the 36v whipper snipper where the cable carrier snapped. everything else is still working as is
I just bought one and put it together and it won't start? Have bought extra batteries as have a big yard, charged them all ready to use but 'nothing' ! Not sure what I am doing wrong... help please!
@@DENMONKEY Yes, I had, but think the arms were not contacting properly, as finally got it going OK. also with 2nd set of batteries following. Think it is 'just adequate' in performance though. The handle comes off the grass catcher each time it's lifted and wheels work like a tonka truck toy. Not sure how long they will last with use? They don't have ease of action over the grass or if pushed uphil. For the money, think they could have done a more sturdy construction? But am glad not to have motor to worry about.
Thanks denmonkey...the price of blades is a factor for sure, probably 1 blade a year if you it a rock or stick or two. Have Ozito products no issues. Not a fan of their blade type whipper snipper though its just to LIGHT DUTY.
@@DENMONKEY Are you talking about the plastic blades? I got that one (that can convert from line trimmer to edge trimmer) and they last SO much longer than the lines with the whipper snippers. I always spent more time changing the damn cabling than actually doing the work as they kept breaking. LOVING the new method. HOWEVER on the bunnings website the replacements seem to be garbage (unsure what Ozito has done there) vs the ones that come with the device itself, so once they run out a lot of people recommended either eBay ones (as they are just as crap but FAR FAR cheaper) or the Bosch (Amazon for example) ones that are a direct replacement but last a long longer and better quality. I would never go back to a traditional whipper snipper now.
There are not in stock in many places. Last year, here in Victoria, I tried to find one and asked via their Facebook page if they would be stocking more and was told there were no plans to continue this model. It was a promotional kit.
I have one of these for a few months, awesome mower.
Definitely a metal blade you drongo.
I sharpened mine , last I heard sparks don't come from plastic.
cheers Steg. yeah we figured that one. Very light though. glad they arent plastic.
I just picked up this mower kit for $250 in May 2021 and am very happy after the first cut. If it survives cutting wet soggy heavy winter grass, then the old 2 stroke is going to be retired. Less noise, no smell, no pollution - I'm loving it!
that's a bargain. I made the mistake once of buying a cheaper 4 stroke mower after having 2 stroke. I hated that thing with a passion. Just no guts. I was glad when it died. my current one is also a 4 but a better quality. For a while though I thought I'd never run anything but a 2 stroke. So I know what you're saying. baby steps :)
Wow $250 is a bargin, where did you get that from? Bunnings? $148 off the price tag is crazy good.
@@TheSydguy30 yeah Bunnings, think it must have been the last one in store of that model or something similar. $400 would have made me hesitate but even if I'd paid full price, I'd be happy with performance (longevity will only become clear over years of ownership)
Any tips on storage? The handles don’t seem to fold over 🤔
Can you please make a video for the installation/assembly of this lawn mower . Thanks
Just picked one of these up a few days ago after my petrol mower wouldn't start. I have just about everything else Ozito in my shed so I figured why not get one of these. Man I have been amazed how good they really are.
haha. my petrol mower broke its throttle control cable. so i replaced it. it broke again. so now I use a aluminum pie tray jammed into the throttle to get it started, then move it and reshape it to keep it running . So I feel your pain. Craig keeps telling me how happy he is with it, so it might be my next mower. I cant in good conscience though, give up a 'working' mower even though it gives me grief every time. I do like a challenge. Also thanks for posting your experience. I don't ever want viewers to think my reviews are anything but honest. so its good when other post up their experience and it's similar to mine or craigs in this case. I accept that's not always going to be the case . so thanks for taking the time
I've got the little 18V one which is great for smaller lawns and cuts high grass (10cm+) great. Easy to put in my car, too. Sheez, a plastic blade? Surely you could put a metal one on? The 18V has a good metal blade, which seems interchangeable with my Ryobi. I also wonder about the wheel longevity. How do the wheels stay on? My early Ryobi mower had the wheels fall off, so I drilled holes in the shaft and put split pins in.
Just found this, great info as always thanks mate, got a shed full of the PXC hand tools & love them... Never had an issue with replacing batteries or tools when they die..
Cheers Graeme. I'm still using them regularly, no issues
My backyard and rear nature strip is covered in rocks, broken brick pieces and loads of sticks from gumtrees... I just plow straight over the top of it all and never had an issues with the blade.
Thanks Ken. We've since realised the blade is actually metal. as posted by another viewer. I could have sworn it was plastic. glad its not though
Have you tried to use it without the catcher? Can it work like mulching? I know it does not have mulching plug.
I cut grass for a living, using an Ozito 36volt lawn mower.
Bonza mower mate!
I picked up one myself recently 😁
Can u buy new blades for these??
Den ..let Craige know he can mow my lawn anytime..👍
No worries Joe, I'll set him up a roster with your name on top. Pre warned, hes a good worker but has attitudinal problems, so you may need to keep him in check. He is highly food motivated though, so the occasional choccie biccie should keep him moving.
Is the blade replaceable ? and batteries change fast ?
Was tossing up between the ozito battery mower and the Husqvana.
And End up getting the ozito because of the steel chassis and prize!! Had it now for 14 months without drama.
That's good new. Craig will be happy. I know he's still liking it very much
I think you’ll find that the reason for the plastic blade is not price. It’s probably something to do with the electric motor overcoming the inertia of the blade. Metal would be too heavy. It’s probably made out of ABS plastic which is pretty tough and cheap and easy to replace when required. Great review and for the price worth taking a look at. Cheers.
Cheers David, yes we had that exact conversation as well about the blades? They did a surprisingly good job.
The blade is metal, what are you talking about..
You sure it's a plastic blade? Never heard of a plastic blade, and my mower is the same as this one (and it has a metal blade) although this year they put out a self propelled version (everything else is exactly the same) with an added $67 to the price tag ($465) Sounds like they really made some concessions from their $399 Telescopic model just to get a "steel" top on it, where the rear is full plastic (where you'd want the protection arguably if the blade came loose. The catcher is worse than the $399 Telescopic model EASILY. The handle is worse (the Telescopic model is really ergo friendly). And the battery cover is more flimsy etc.
So yeah seems like a fair bit of concessions were made in other areas to get the "steel deck" and the steel is SO thin as well!
Nice mower, might look at one down the track as I only have a about half a cricket pitch at the most where I live at the moment. I'm using a rotary push mower from Bunnings and works a charm and at $99 it was hard to not go down that track.
Great to see the dynamic duo together again and the little teaser at the very end was good too.
was good to put the old boy to work. he did well. Most he's ever spoken on camera. hope all is well.
I brought this this, have been flogging it! And it's holding up.my only two criticisms are. Handle is not completely foldable. Wheels are too plasticky.
I'll have to check in on Craig and see how his is going. He hasn't complained about it, so I guess all is good. I think he actually went out and picked up something else Ozito from the same line but I can't recall what it was.Might have been the whipper snipper, so he must be happy with it.
Excellent price for an electric mower. Longevity will be interesting. It should if looked after last for a very long time. 👍🍺
That's it David. I'm keen to see how it goes. My mower lives under the house when not in use. I'm wondering if these can be treated the same and survive. Craig looks after his stuff though, so it will have every chance for a long life. We'll see
The blade isn't plastic. The manual says it's metal and I just stuck a magnet to my blade. Definitely metal.
Oooh. I'm gonna have to check now. I'll get Craig to have a look and report back
Yes I just checked it is metal , sorry I’m used to chunky petrol mower blades
@@craigvk2paw17 bum steer. I fell for it too. I did like the idea that it was a bit different though. I guess that's a good thing
The Ozito part number to ask for at Bunnings special orders is 300049101926. Currently out of stock at the warehouse until the end of January. Don't know the price yet.
Ozito now has blades in stock at their warehouse. The price from Bunnings special orders is $35.74 for the blade and bolt set (it's advised to replace the bolt when you replace the blade).
Thank you guys
welcome Kev
Wow, I was going to buy an ego brand but why? The blades would be easy to replace.
I might just go with the steel Ozito I reckon?
I've got one and I've hit longer grass. Just be ready for the batteries to drain faster though if you make it chew through hard work. But Bunnings warranty is gold brick so any issues take it back!
Hey Kai, I just spoke to Craig to ask him how it was going because there's a few questions on it . He said all is going good and he's still loving it. he also picked up the edger and the blower. so all is good.
good video, does anyone know how many centimeters (cms) in gap tehre is from the blade to the FRONT of the chassis ? i.e. how much grass will be unmowed if you need to nose the mower up to a wall
Sorry mate I don't off the top of my head but it's not worse than my petrol power if that helps
I wish my my ryobi 240v one had a plastic blade some one not me mowed the lawn and a lump of wood left by there kid in the grass and then the motor developed a bad wobble. Yep stuffed it right up, became a throw away mower, I suspect a plastic blade would break or bend b4 wrecking the motor shaft and a petrol mower shaft would probably survive the same lump of wood.
Does it fold down well for storage?
Yes
I bought a 460mm one but bunnings don't have a spare blade, any idea where I can get one?
Sorry mate, no idea. Is assume Bunnings but shoot ozito an email and I'm sure they'll let you know. If you don't get a reply let me know and I'll reach out for you
These Ozito mowers are 1st Rate, I bought one about 6 months ago but mine has the 4 x 18V batteries.....it can run on 1 x bank of 2 x 18C or 2 x banks of 18V batteries for a much greater run time.....they work a treat...The 36V leaf blower is insanely powerful! lol
Cheers for the info. I hadn't seen the model you have. Sounds very interesting. Does it Weigh a bit with all those batteries on board?
Haven’t seen them either. Sounds like the Makita set up not Ozito.
I've inherited on of these ,it was my dad's mower but received moved into a retirement village so no longer needs it ,mine was running fine untill today 24/09/2018, when I press in the big red button ,then pull up the lever it run for a couple minutes then slowly loose revs and stops, sometimes it won't even start doing this, I thought battery's may been stuffed as mower had been in storage for approx 2 yrs ,so bought 2 new 5 ah battery's ,still doing same,has any one else had this issues if so how did you fix it
Interesting indeed. Noticed you've lost the top of your dual band antenna mate. Cheers Steve
nah, that's my bush driving antenna. just hadn't swapped it back since a couple of days ago
what are you doing up at this hour of the morning hahaha good job on the video I am rather iffy about buying an electric mower but it looks the goods
That's when I do my best work Les 😁. It's good Craig ginea pigged this one with his wallet.
Does the mower have a mulching function at all?
No Max. it does not. but it was cutting the grass very fine
How wide is the cut
The 18" Ozito PXC 36V (2 x 18V) 460mm Self-Propelled is available on order at Bunnings for $599 as
a kit with 2 x 4.0 ah batteries & a dual fast charger included of mid 2024. This is still very good value.
The killer feature of all Ozito cordless equipment is the very much lower cost of their batteries compared to all other brands. Their batteries are good quality.
Next lowest cost is Skil.
Next after that is Metabo.
All the other big name brand's batteries are outrageously over priced.
its like when they sell you a computer printer with 1/4 ink in it and then charge you 2 times as much for one ink as you paid for the printer. The only ozito failure ive had to date has been the 36v whipper snipper where the cable carrier snapped. everything else is still working as is
I just bought one and put it together and it won't start? Have bought extra batteries as have a big yard, charged them all ready to use but 'nothing' ! Not sure what I am doing wrong... help please!
Did you put the key in?
@@DENMONKEY Yes, I had, but think the arms were not contacting properly, as finally got it going OK. also with 2nd set of batteries following. Think it is 'just adequate' in performance though. The handle comes off the grass catcher each time it's lifted and wheels work like a tonka truck toy. Not sure how long they will last with use? They don't have ease of action over the grass or if pushed uphil. For the money, think they could have done a more sturdy construction? But am glad not to have motor to worry about.
Needs a cover on the under side of the motor when washing underneath. Otherwise it looks ok.
I don't think he has washed it yet. Craig has a habit of breaking things so we'll see if it still works 😁
Thanks denmonkey...the price of blades is a factor for sure, probably 1 blade a year if you it a rock or stick or two. Have Ozito products no issues. Not a fan of their blade type whipper snipper though its just to LIGHT DUTY.
I was going go grab one of those whipper snippers but those blades put me off too. seen a review and they just kept breaking. not a good idea at all
@@DENMONKEY Are you talking about the plastic blades? I got that one (that can convert from line trimmer to edge trimmer) and they last SO much longer than the lines with the whipper snippers. I always spent more time changing the damn cabling than actually doing the work as they kept breaking. LOVING the new method. HOWEVER on the bunnings website the replacements seem to be garbage (unsure what Ozito has done there) vs the ones that come with the device itself, so once they run out a lot of people recommended either eBay ones (as they are just as crap but FAR FAR cheaper) or the Bosch (Amazon for example) ones that are a direct replacement but last a long longer and better quality.
I would never go back to a traditional whipper snipper now.
You can’t hose down cordless mowers
Shame there is not link to the lawn mower....
Not sure where or if you can buy them online but they're in all Bunnings stores. That's where they're sold
There are not in stock in many places. Last year, here in Victoria, I tried to find one and asked via their Facebook page if they would be stocking more and was told there were no plans to continue this model. It was a promotional kit.
His lawn is fairly short and really doesn't need
The blade is metal
Metal blade!! 😬