NEW MILWAUKEE M18 MOWER PUT TO THE TEST! EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW!

Today, we're putting the Milwaukee Fuel M18 21" Self-Propelled Walk Behind Mower to the test in some thick green grass and various other situations.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Would you rather have a gas or battery push mower? Would you most often mow with the rear side discharge, bag the clippings, or as a mulcher?

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TIMECODES:
0:00 Intro to the Milwaukee Push Mower.
0:32 All the features on the mower.
3:30 MIlwaukee Mower cut quality.
7:20 Mower LED Lights demonstrated.
8:55 Milwaukee Mower on hills.
9:51 Shortest mowing height test.
10:48 Cleaning the M18 Mower.
11:31 Would you choose gas or battery?

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[CatterlinRanch]

Thanks for the review. I have always preferred gas but I bought a M18 blower and string trimmer about a year ago. Wow they are very impressive tools and its so nice to not have to mess with gunked up carburetors, gas and 2 stroke oils. Time to upgrade the mower!

[charliesmith]

Great video. Especially love how you mowed over the top of your camera and when you put the camera in the bag!

[davidperry]

I have all M18 Fuel outdoor power equipment. The M18 Fuel dual battery leaf blower is adequate for blowing the leaves and grass clippings in an average suburban lawn, the M18 Fuel quik lock string trimmer is a space saver and I can convert it to an edger in a snap because I do have that quiklok accessory and it really makes quick work around the edges and the flower bed, and the M18 Fuel Lawnmower is workhorse and plows through the toughest overgrown lawn. Doing yard work with no gas headaches is awesome. Overall, it's real nass like.

[T-Hogie]

Just got one. It arrived today. Got it put together and made sure it works. It was raining so we'll get a chance to use it soon enough. It's replacing a Toro Personal Pace gas mower that died. Really looking forward to using it even more now after seeing your review. TNX

[GeorgetteMiller]

Love it. Bought the entire M18 lawn tools after purchasing the mower.

[timraber]

Great video Mark. Since I retired 5 years ago, Ive been mowing between 5 to 10 yards each week. About half of them needs pushing. I timed them a few weeks ago. They require about 75 minutes of pushing time. I am using a Toro rear wheel drive with the variable spreed control. It’s 5 years old. I keep all of my equipment inside. I use a 5 by 10 ft open trailer to transport the equipment. I don’t always get to mow in perfect weather conditions here in Kentucky. I have got drenched in a sudden afternoon thunder storm. The lack of water proofing would be a problem for me on any of these electric mowers. The batteries would be a second problem. I do like the cut quality, the height adjustment looks very easy. (The Toro height adjustment sucks.) I have been looking at the Ryobi line as I do bleed green. Lastly, I do prefer the gas over electric. This Milwaukee is very interesting. I will check the pricing at Home Depot. In another 10 years it will be electric mowers or Billy Goats. And the goats will generate methane. Opps, i should not say that…….. I can see Mark demoing goat herding……. :-) Again, great video.

[Dirtyharry]

Gas- Honda 22” 5hp variable drive, bought it in’98. Stepped up to a used wide cut 33” 9hp, in 2005 and kept Honda for leaf bagging.

[narutofanz]

Camera view inside was awesome. 1st time I've seen that, pretty cool. Great video

[jaysiclec]

My lawn is ornamental, KGB full sun longer cut out front and about an 1/2 inch shorter KGB under a maple in the back. I have used a TroyBilt 160cc push ~2014 MTD unit / Honda engine for about 9 years and have been spoiled with tremendous and consistent vacuum and cut quality. I bought an M18 on a Monday, main reasons 1" height of cut, and self propel for the front slope. I returned the M18 for a refund Saturday after the second use. Some of the reason is kind of sort of shown in this video. ~10:27 when you look back and see all of the detritus left behind, along with pronounced wheel marks and uneven cut EVEN at the 1" mode shown here - which should have a vacuum. This mirrors what I saw when I used it at 1-1/2" and 2". Very uneven cut quality on dry turf, - I bought the high lift blades thinking this might correct it. These were installed prior to second cut on the Saturday. The high lift blades did not correct it. When the cut is complete the M18 looks like someone rode a dirt bike over the turf, there were many stragglers and it was very uneven pass to pass. When thick and healthy - the lawn should look like a just vacuumed carpet when you just finish cutting it. The M18 is 85lb and the TroyBilt is 64lb, and I found the M18 cut quality also suffered on slopes/grades, and the +33% weight of the M18 is far more difficult to move at the ends of a run. You might read / watch others say that this mower is light. Often those reviewers are used to a 144lb Toro TimeMaster or 240lb Toro GreensMaster reel mower. So in that context, yes - the M18 is light. Everything is relative - and I was able to clean up the cut quality by running over the front lawn with the TroyBilt, just before taking the M18 back.

[billycan]

I am done with Gas . I am hoping to get this mower soon . Thanks for a great review.

[avincris]

What a great review! I just got the newer version of Milwaukee Mower and used it for the very first time today. Thanks for covering up the Mulch Plug! Great work. :)

[KevinPGA]

Great video, I really enjoyed the "action" shots. I went with the Toro 60V battery system last fall, and I am loving it. Had I waited until this year, it would have been a tough choice between the Toro and Milwaukee. I hope you enjoy your new mower!

[ronmatthews]

I bought my Milwaukee a week ago and have cut around 45 lawns and it works great.
I also have Makita commercial 4 batteries mowers and Ego .
Milwaukee is now the best.
Milwaukee build a 30" push mower.

[electricianron_New_Jersey]

About a week ago 5 of them showed up at our Home Depot. Today they had one out on display and I couldn't help myself from pushing it around in the store. I'm sure I'm going to break down and "just buy it" even though I dont need it and my current lawn mower works just fine. The (2) 12ah batteries come in handy and that's how I'll probably justify this purchase.

[Charlotte-wfrl]

I purchased a Toro 60volt recycler two years ago. I purchased 2 additional batteries because my grass is very thick Bermuda. The batteries get drained even at a normal pace with deck fairly high. I love the fact that you can increase the blade speed on the Milwaukee. I like the ease of deck height selection too. I believe I am going to ditch the Toro and invest in the Milwaukee equipment even though I’m normally a Stihl person. Thanks so much for the info.

[jenkarmstrong]

Thank you for this video. I got the mower yesterday at a Milwaukee event and this gave me a quick run down on how it all works.

[Mrhphs]

There are some spots in my yard that my zero turn just isn't good for due to tight spacing or too steep of a pitch. Just ordered one today. Thanks for a great review

[kipzilisch]

Great video Mark. All the info I was looking for.

[ODMJ]

Battery. And this is my first battery mower purchase. I like Milwaukee product line and didn’t even hesitate with buying it.
My lawn isn’t huge but I felt like I had to fill up gas every other mow. The first cut still had two bars left on my battery running it mostly on a 3 sometimes 4 with the hills.

[pwisc]

Hey Mark,
What a high-level review video that you made with this tool. 👏🏼.
Cheers from Wisconsin