Battery powered lawn mowers are easy to start and light weight, two things very important to my Mom who was looking for a new mower so she could take back control of her own lawn maintenance and dump the weekly lawn service commitment. Her first and most important concern was finding a mower that was easy to start and did not require a pull cord to operate. That leaves two options, Electric start gas mowers and electric mowers corded and battery powered. Lithium ion batters have given us the power needed to finally have a good mowing experience whit battery powered lawn mowers.
My Mom obviously has chosen to buy a Battery powered RYOBI 20 Inch 40 volt electric lawn mower review and test RY401012 RY401012VNM.
In this video I unbox, review and test the lawn mower as well as show my Mother and my 7 year old daughter using this mower for the first time. It has proven to be easy to operate with a quick learning curve.

Timestamps
0:00 Ryobi Unboxing
1:12 Ryobi Overview and Quick Start guide
10:10 Ryobi Bagging mower review
11:29 Ryobi Self Propelled Review
12:00 My Mom tries the Ryobi mower for the first time
12:33 7 Year old tries Ryobi the mower for the first time
14:42 My Mom's Review of the Ryobi cordless mower
16:17 Don't take the Home Depot Website reviews at face value

My name is Ben Huttash and I am addicted to projects.

Brushless Motor delivers "GAS-LIKE POWER"
Self-Propelled technology with rear wheel drive for user convenience
7-position single point height adjustment
40V 6.0 ah Battery
Up to 1/2 Acre
5 year tool warranty and 3 year battery warranty
Compatible with all Ryobi 40V tools and chargers
$399.00 from The Home Depot

This Is not Paid content. This is a review of a mower my mother bought with her own hard earned money.

-Other Review To consider before purchasing:
"The Ryobi 40V Self-Propelled Lawn Mower starts with an excellent physical design that adjusts and stores easily. There’s enough power in the motor to handle weekly maintenance cuts, but lawns that go much more than a week will give it a run for its money both in the ability to cut full swaths and complete the cut on one charge. There’s plenty of drive speed to the point that I never even bump it up to the halfway point.
The only downsides are relatively minor for most users. You can bag or mulch, but there’s no side discharge. It’s also possible to bump the speed control without much effort and kick yourself into a higher speed. Aside from that, the limitations are really based on how tall you let the grass grow and how wet it is when you cut it."
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I'm not seeing many written reviews of the new body style of Ryobi lawn mowers model numbers RY401012 RY401012VNM. Most of the reviews on the internet are written about the other body style Model: Ryobi RY40190. I'm not sure of the differences in these but from what I can tell they use the same batteries and chargers, so probably the same motor and controls. The fold ability and all the other claims seems to be the same also so maybe its just a cosmetic difference. Hopefully they didn't change the body for cost savings reasons alone, hopefully it was some piratical improvements to our user experiences as well.