The summer of 2008, I purchased a lawn mover, edger and hand edger. This lawn mower is perfect for a woman. I don't have upper body strength to pull on a starter, however I can plug in a cord and turn on a switch. This is the second electric lawnmower I owned. The first was in 1987 when I owned a home, used it for 4 years, later sold it when the house was sold. I have used this one for 2 summers and I'm going to have it sharpened in the spring and look forward to many summers to come. The edgers worked wonderfully, can't say enough good things about them too. It's November in a week and I'm going to call and ask if they have a snowblower. I had one in 1987 and it was light and electric. Couldn't used it well in deep snow but if you keep up with the snow and shovel every 2 or 3 inches it's very effective.