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I have a corded electric mower from Sears, I remember when buying it that it looked awfully similar to the B&D model next to it on the aisle.

It runs a treat. 10 years on, I reckon it's overdue for a blade sharpening.

One thing I've noticed is that my two main lawn care workers (teen sons) are perfectly willing to let go of the deadman switch at the drop of a hat, then start back up again. I've tried to train them out of it, but they keep doing it. I'm 98% certain that's why I've had to replace the switch guts twice, and I know why they do it, too:

They've never used a gas mower. Once you've had to pull the damned engine to life more than twice on one lawn, you learn to do all the branch picking, and dog shoving, and rock shifting before starting the engine.