they call that drifting didn't they i said i wouldn't break it i haven't so i'm quite
pleased so earlier this year over in america they released this amazing mower yes it's the ego z6
zero turn we have been waiting for this since it was launched over there and we are one of
the first people in the uk to get our hands on it it is absolutely beautiful it is running on the
ego battery platform that we're all used to with the rest of the ego tools and as if you already
subscribed to our channel you'll know that we are massive ego fans with their streamers chainsaws
rotary lawn mowers a massive range which we've got on our website for sale and this will be coming
onto our website very very soon but today we're going to go through this mower show you what it's
all about and see what it can cut we're here down in our demo garden where we've got some nice lawn
grass we've left it for about three weeks so it's got some good size grass for it and we've also got
a little bit out on our paddock as well because we know there's other people out there who don't just
want to use things for lawns but they also want to do a little bit more with it so we'll see what it
can or can't do we're haze machinery this is our youtube channel please consider subscribing let's
have some fun so the first notable thing about the ego z6 zero turn mower is that it uses the
original ego battery platform so in this one we've got six 10 amp hour batteries running on
this 56 volt system the same as the rest of the ego range not only is this to power the mower
but this also works as a charger where it will charge all six batteries in one go so if you've
already got ego equipment like we have you can then use the batteries from this one or from your
other tools in the mower and take them out and clip them into the machines you've already got
and vice versa you can pop it back in the mower and power the mower with it
so this one's here is fitted with six 10 amp hour batteries it's full largest capacity it will take
and with four 10 amp hour batteries this mower is supposed to be able to cut up to two acres
and with six it's able to cut up to three acres obviously there's lots of variants as with all
battery products of what you're cutting how fast you're going the thickness of cut how wet the
grass is there's lots of variants so it's up to two acres or up to three acres with the batteries
that are available to be able to put in it today we're going to test it through lots of different
grasses see what it does but we haven't got two acres or three acres here to do the full test but
at least we'll be able to see what it can do so according to our american friends the four
10 amp hour batteries will charge in two hours and the six batteries will charge in three hours
and that all happens here through this charging port and it'll be coming with a 1600 watt charger
so it's a rather big charger so i quite believe them that those batteries will charge in two
hours or three hours with the six batteries so as far as zero time mowers go this one looks pretty
similar to other petrol equivalents that are on the market but it's got a couple other features
that are different because it's run on battery and motors compared to engines belts and pulleys and
all of that jazz that you get with a petrol mower we'll run through now all the little bits that are
around the machine it's powered by four brushless motors which is pushing out the equivalent of 22
horsepower so if you've got a 22 horsepower zero ton mower already this would be a very
very similar mower to be able to do the same job as you are doing with your 22 horsepower machine
the motors are here there's one on the decker side one on the deck that side and then on the back
axles in underneath there's another one on each side which gives you the zero turn capabilities
it's got a 42 inch 107 centimeter deck on it which is a twin-bladed system which is set up in the
side discharge function but can also come with a mulching facility to seal off the side of the deck
so you can mulch your grass instead of side to charging so it's got 10 heights of cut on this
so you've got a really nice range to be able to cut your lawn as well as some longer grass as well
so go right down to the bottom down low or all the way back up to the top as much as you lift
up and down when you sat on the seat so comfort is a major part of any ride or mower and ego have not
done this by halves they have won they've put in a really well suspended seat which is nice
and cushiony soft rather than a lot of the harder ones that you find on the market they've also got
adjustable lap bars so they're not just adjustable up and down but they're also adjustable forward
and back so for whatever the user no matter the size of the user you'll be able to make
this mower comfortable and then with the feature be able to put the seat right back for people
with rather long legs like myself or even for the shorter gardener it goes quite far forward to the
really nice range of seating positions and comfort settings which are standard fitted on this mower
so question we get asked quite often is can we use these battery products in different weather
conditions well the answer is yes you can but you know mowing the grass and the wet isn't always the
best option but yes it is ipx4 weather resistant so this is where it will vary slightly from
other zero turns on the market because of those electric motors you've got a lot more control over
your machine than you would have on the standard standard mower so on the right hand side you can
adjust your blade speed so you can have it down on low or up on high so it depends on what you're
cutting it will depend on what speed you need your blades at obviously down low your batteries
will last a lot longer whereas if it's up on the highest setting you won't have as good battery
life as you would if it was down on the lower setting on the left hand side you've got your
travel speed so you can adjust your travel speed up through depending on how you want to use it
so if you're in awkward areas using it down low so you've got a little bit more control
and then on the higher setting if you're on sort of large large open areas you can keep it up on
the faster setting and then you've even got a travel mode on here so if you hold down the hair
you then got a travel sign at the top so you can't mow in the travel mode but if you're going from
area to area throughout your garden you've got a much better travel speed to get to get places
quickly and you've got battery charge indicator here so the batteries those six batteries at
the moment are 96 percent and in the center you've got one two three four five six and that indicates
what batteries you've got in the back then on the bottom you've got control mode so that's sort
of in a sort of more of a creeper gear and then you've got your standard mode which you'd use most
of the time and you've got your sport mode which well just sounds like fun so that's enough of
me waffling on let's do some cutting short grass medium grass long grass let's go where's the choke
listen to the sound of that engine purr's like a dream
break off and we're going
so we've got some nice thick five inch long good devon field grass which which that's pretty much
most of the time what we're dealing with in the uk rather than nice seeded lawn turf but let's see
how it gets on we're gonna cut it at what three inches 75 mil to start with and do one cut down
through and see what it looks like let's fire up and see what happens in power on it's going
let's up the blade speed that's on the lowest setting we've got one two three four let's go
let's lower the height of cup cut it down lower
we're now down to two inches which is what 50 ml from that
i'm going to turn off my engine there's no engine so that is really producing a really nice finish
so that's where we cut it to start with up at that height about three inches
and that's taking it down to two inches that's on a really really nice finish i need to work
on these straight lines as usual you know we all know that i'm not very good at them
but that is pretty cool that's done a really really good job let's go down another level
what i've noticed so far is there's just no lack of torque when you're there cutting so it's just
literally plowing through it but let's put it up one second and we'll put the armrest back down
because that's just comfortable and then we will engage our blades
that's the lowest setting now
that's right we've done three different heights of cut we've got three inches two inches and
what's about an inch i guess but that's taking it right down low probably too low for this garden
but the mower did not falter it plowed on through it but what the
real test is is what it's like on longer grass let's go and try that
so as we all know this is the lawnmower designed for lawns
but everyone sometimes just pushes it a little bit further to see what it can cut
so we're gonna do exactly the same i've heard good things so let's find out in almond blades
down to three inches blade speed up and go
right i'm not going to cut now but we've got a slope we're going to try on the slope
upwards and downwards and then across let's see how we get on with that ready to go
um
that is the easiest stick steer machine i've ever used
on a slope you're so much control and it's not even in the control setting
don't do it again i'm not sure what the goats think of it but i like it
let's try a bit faster
right there's top speed top blade speed let's see what it does
i i killed it i didn't and we're up and running again
let's do another one flat out through here ready go
that's exactly how you shouldn't drive a lawnmower it's not designed to do that but what i wanted to
show you is how powerful this really is it's hard to keep in a straight line at that speed and i
don't know why you want to mow that speed ever but it's still cutter you know this is horrible thick
field grass this isn't like a nice short nice little fescue grass this is just horrible rank
old grass which is well where our goats live here it's only been cut once this year so it's really
thick tufty old stuff but it's done a great job absolutely fantastically pleased with that but
i just want to try it in something a little bit longer just to see what it can do right so i'm
going to try it in some longer grass now we've got some heavies this is up to seed head level on this
grass really thick field grass all coochie and everything in it this hasn't been cut for probably
two and a half three months so it's been quite long grass and the goats have been
nibbling away at it but they don't really eat that much grass so i'm going to cut it on the
highest setting i'm not going to try and put it through too much but i just want to
see how tidy a job it makes on the long grass try that ready fire it up highest
hahaha
hang on we've got a higher speed than that and we hang on travel speed and sport
they call that drifting didn't they
i said i wouldn't break it i haven't so i'm quite pleased so i think we can honestly say how
impressed we are with this mother not only is it a fantastic lawnmower but it can handle longer grass
the longevity of that as well yet to know it is incredible the torque of the motors and on the
blade motors is just excellent yes there's lots of other things going on with this machine so one
thing i didn't mention before is that obviously on a petrol machine when you've got a driven back
axle you can adjust the handlebars on it to be able to get them level and working correctly
on this you can do it on the on-board computer so obviously because it's all sensors and switches
and everything on it you can adjust that within the thing because sometimes with zero turns
when you go forward on your handle sometimes your mower is starting to veering one side to the other
you can actually level that up on the onboard computer which is a really really good feature
because there's nothing more frustrating on the zero turn if it's not going in a straight
line well i can't keep them in straight lines anyway but doesn't matter what machine i'm on
we really like it it's really comfortable it's really compact it's a really nice sized machine
it's going to be a winner here in the uk without a shadow of a doubt you'll be able to buy these
on our website hazemachinery.com well i think there's some more videos of this one to come
but stay tuned please consider subscribing to our channel and we'll see you in the next one