Victa 82V 21" Wide Cut Mower

The Briggs and Stratton electric motor is performs better than any of of the 4-stroke mower versions that I have used in the past. It will cut grass, and it is easy to maneuver on the showroom floor.
However;
the long nose at the front of the mower digs into the grass making difficult to push when mowing buffalo grass or grass that has horizontal shoots, and it is no good in corners.
The blade is too small for the frame and the wheels are wider than the frame, so it cannot cut close to edges
The height adjustment on the handle is not designed ...

Initially I loved this mower as it was light with a steel chassis. After 8 months the battery wouldn't fully charge. It would charge to 3 blue lights on the battery indicator only giving me 5 minutes mowing time. A replacement battery costs between $250-$370 according to whether you go the 2 or 4 amp version which I was not willing to risk spending more money and getting the same problem so I took it back to Bunnings and swapped it for a petrol lawn mower.

I've had my 82 Volt mower for a couple of months, and I think it's great, very light weight, batteries last a long time, I mow my grass on the 3rd setting as I like to keep my grass thicker during the summer months, it mulches very well too. It's extremely quiet too. The only thing is it does not cut as finely as my old mower, but it had a quad cut blade system, so you have to expect a bit of difference there I suppose. Overall I'm very happy with it, we will have to see how it goes for the long term.

Its now just a "Vic"...because the "ta" fell off.
Runs well enough but doesn't pick up the grass and bogs down easily.
We live in Nth QLD, it was great in winter when the grass grew slowly but now in summer it can't get through the lawn, even on a high cut setting, I hade to break out my 23 year old Honda to get the job done so its a "winter only" Mower.
Disappointing from a Aussie product, but when you see the "made in China" stickers on the mower itself you understand why its cheap and rubbish.
Should have bought a Stihl :(

Update..
Within six months of purchase the batteries were useless, wouldn't run the mower for more than 5 minutes. Returned it to Bunnings for a refund and I bought another Honda.

The complaints about the skirt dragging on the ground/grass on the lowest 2 settings are valid and they make the mower heavy to push at those settings especially if the grass is 'spongy'. It doesn't happen if you don't cut the grass short but it would affect most people at the height they mow a nice lawn. I fixed it by altering the blade mount to induce a slight bend in the blade to lower the blade tips by about 1/2". This isn't good for the public to do because of possible safety risk of messing with blade mount.
Other than that its a fantasti...

Owned my new Victa battery powered lawnmower 21'' for under a week. Got off to a bad start, literally speaking, because one of the batteries was a complete dud that not even Bunnings could get to charge. Bunnings replaced it.

Mower seems to have power in abundance especially compared to my Victa enviromower. But I found the mower heavy especially with a heavier longer-charge battery so it means using the lighter shorter-charge battery on the hilly bits.

Big catcher. Battery re-charge time seems under 30 mins (haven't calculated) which gives ...

Had high hope for this mower but was greatly disappointed. The positives are plenty of power, light weight, good battery run time. The negatives are the lowest setting the mower drags on the ground making pushing very demanding. The next setting the cut is to high. The worst of all is the refusal to pick up clippings even when very dry, just leaves it behind like with a mulching plug in. You would think the manufacturer would have done a bit more field research before releasing a dud. No way I be tempted to buy another electric mower again

Because of stage 4 lockdowns my gardener hadn't been able to come & mow my lawns. Being a widow i needed something that was easy to use. After extensive research & lawn getting worse i decided on the Victa 82V, 21" wide cut. Bought it from bunnings which inc 2 2AH batteries & charger for $929.00. From opening the box to assembly, to completely mowing the backyard lawn it took me 2.5 hrs. Being unfamiliar within this area, as my partner mowed while i gardened, the Manual for assembly could've been more detailed but otherwise i highly recommended this product. Am now looking at buying the Victa whipper snipper.

Setup was a breeze. Cuts well. I like the metal deck, the quality is good. Battery charges fast and so far it lasts well enough. I won’t be going back to petrol after this.

We've had ours about 2 years. The missus loves the fact that she doesn't have to be a 2 stroke whisperer to get it started. Mows our tough Queensland lawn pretty well. Will do about 120m2 before it conks out. That's most of our lawn. Have a cold drink and finish it off later. We'll invest in the whipper snipper one day, but the batteries are expensive. Batteries + electric motor are definitely the future. They'll only get better.

I bought the 18" cutting area so the battery wouldn't be overloaded trying to cut too much grass in one run. I use a 50% overlap of the previous mowed area. The engine definitely picks up pace when the going gets heavy and then reverts to a slower pace when not required, very clever! The metal cutting rim is much better than the previous plastic rim of the old mower, cut grass doesn't stick to it as much. I have very large grassed areas so need to do a recharge to finish. Recharging is very fast and only needs an hour before I can do the second...

Replaced an old Enviromower, which required two batteries to get around the lawn, this does front & back (about 350sq,m) on one charge. We mulch always so catcher not used ever. No probs with cutting height but we do use the lowest. Noisier than the old one, but more powerful and maybe 30% wider cut? so faster. Build quality is average, handle flexes a bit but doesn't really affect it in use.

Love the concept and the battery life. Does a good mow but I find it hard to push through lush buffalo that is fairly short. Also the height adjustment seemed to be reversed so there was little adjustment at the lower end with multiples at the top end. I had to file a notch for the preferred height. All in all good exercise.

I have been thinking about purchasing the 21inch 82v Victa mower over the past 18months as I have the hedger, blower and line timmer which I like. But I have good 21 inch petrol mower and so have been hesitant about buying it. Any way the day before I bought it, I had mowed all of my lawn, impulse buy. But after getting it home I still wanted to test it as some of the reviews stated that the mower did not mow lower enough and I also wanted to see how much of my lawn I could mow on one battery. Putting the mower together did not take much and as...

This replaced my Victa Enviromower, which is no longer available. This has a very similar chassis, handle, wheels, height adjustment to most petrol mowers. It is rated at 82 volts. The standard batteries are 2 amp/hour and I usually get my modest (130 square meters) lawn done on one or two batteries. It has all of the usual safety features . Separate key, battery needs to be locked in, dead mans type control. The catcher looks flimsy, so have never used it, but it works well as a mulching mower. The blades are floating, not fixed, so that redu...