The best self-propelled cordless lawn mowers, compared.
Top pick: Greenworks GD24X2LM46SPK4X bundle Best value: Not awarded – The rule needs at least 1,000 reviews, then the lowest price. No listing in this set reaches 1,000 reviews. About £222.99 has six reviews. Updated October 2026.
A self-propelled cordless lawn mower is a walk-behind rotary mower that drives its own wheels from a lithium-ion battery while you steer and hold the controls. In the UK you buy one when the lawn is large enough, steep enough, or tiring enough that pushing the whole weight is the problem, and it is a poor buy for a small flat lawn you can already push. You tell a real one from a push mower by a drive claim in the title or the bullets, not by a category heading and not by large wheels that merely roll. What separates a sound buy is a speed you can slow down, a charger that fits a UK 13 A socket, one cutting-height range that agrees with itself, and a blade that stops when you let go of the bail. The machine is still heavy to lift onto steps, and a slope sentence with no degree limit is not a measured gradient. The checks, in order, are in the [self-propelled cordless lawn mower buying guide](/hub/lawn-and-garden-equipment/self-propelled-cordless-lawn-mower/sub/self-propelled-cordless-lawn-mower-buying-guide).
A self-propelled cordless lawn mower is a walk-behind rotary mower that drives its own wheels from a lithium-ion battery while you steer and hold the controls.
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What is the hard part of the lawn?
The Greenworks listing is a bundle at about £495.98: the GD24X2LM46SPK4X, two 24V 4Ah batteries, a twin charger, and a 46 cm spare blade. The star line is 4.7 from 3 amazon.co.uk reviews, with no review text in the capture, so praised and criticised points are not available. The bullets describe a 46 cm self-propelled deck, a 55 L bag, mulch, side discharge, a folding handle, and batteries that fit other Greenworks 24V tools. They also say 25–80 mm in seven steps. The attribute table says the maximum cutting height is 80 centimetres, which is kept as a conflict. Weight, dimensions, and drive speed are not stated. The 480 m² line is the listing's claim. The score of 94 is 4.7 times 20. The count is below 500, so the higher star line does not take the top pick.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A buyer who already wants a Greenworks 24V self-propelled 46 cm mower and is paying the bundle price with the height conflict in view.
Less suitable: Anyone using the 4.7 as a test score, or anyone who needs a single agreed cutting height and a stated weight.
Specifications
Common questions
Is this Greenworks self-propelled?
The title says self-propelled, and a bullet says the 25 cm rear wheels turn by themselves. Drive speed is not stated.
What cutting height does the listing give?
The bullets say seven heights from 25 mm to 80 mm. The attribute table says a maximum of 80 centimetres. Those lines conflict, so neither is treated as settled.
What does about £495.98 include?
The title is the GD24X2LM46SPK4X with two 4Ah batteries, a twin charger, and a separate 46 cm blade. The capture has the 4.7 star line from 3 reviews and no review text.
Across 684 amazon.co.uk reviews the Litheli sits at 4.3 and about £249.99, with two 5.0Ah batteries in a 40V self-propelled kit and a 43 cm deck. Reviewers mostly call it light, easy to assemble, and enough for a small lawn, and at least one names the drive as taking the push out of the cut. The height line is consistent at 25–76 mm in six steps. Several reviews put runtime around 25–30 minutes and charge time at over an hour per pack, with one report of about 9.4 hours before a return. The title includes a charger, but more than one buyer says there was no UK plug adapter. One supplied battery arrived dead, and a replacement pack did not click in. Bag capacity, mulch, roller, and warranty are not in the listing. This page treats it as the top pick because it is the only battery kit here with at least 500 reviews. That is a review-count rule, not a lawn trial.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A small or tiring lawn if you want drive in the bullets, two 5.0Ah packs, and can check the charger has a UK plug.
Less suitable: A buyer who needs a stated bag size, a rear roller, or a shared battery platform.
Specifications
Common questions
Does this Litheli come with a charger?
The title says two 5.0Ah batteries and a charger. Several UK reviews say the lead arrived without a UK mains adapter, or that they charged from a phone charger.
What drive speed does the listing state?
The bullet says a stepless wheel drive from 1.4 to 2.9 mph, for uneven ground and gentle slopes. It does not state a degree limit. One review counted three speeds.
What cutting heights are listed?
Six positions from 25 mm to 76 mm. The listing does not state a grass-box capacity, even though reviewers mention emptying a basket.
The woRkologie E20LM02-AK220 is about £222.99 on this capture, at 3.7 from 6 amazon.co.uk reviews, four of which include written comments. The listing is a 43 cm rear-wheel-drive mower with two 20V 5.0Ah batteries, a 50 L bag, a mulch plug, and six heights from 25–75 mm, at a listed 16.2 kg. Reviewers say it cuts at a low price and reaches the edge of its width. They also say it is heavy, has no rear roller, and that the single charger plus a mower that needs both packs means a long wait. The listing says a stepless dial. Reviews describe tortoise and hare. The 500 m² line is the listing's claim. It does not name a shared battery platform or a folding handle. The score of 74 is 3.7 times 20. Six reviews are below 500, so it is not the top pick.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A buyer who wants a stated rear-wheel drive, a 50 L bag, and a mulch plug at about £222.99, and who has read the six-review line.
Less suitable: Anyone who needs a rear roller, a twin charger, or a large review sample.
Specifications
Common questions
Is the woRkologie rear-wheel drive?
The bullet says a stepless rear-wheel drive from 2.2 to 4.7 km/h (1.4–2.9 mph). It claims slopes and does not give a degree limit. Reviews describe tortoise and hare rather than a stepless dial.
Can you run it on one battery?
A UK review says both batteries must be fitted, and that the charger takes one pack at a time, about 2.5 hours each in that review.
Does it have a rear roller?
A UK review says it does not, and that a rear wheel over the lawn edge lets the blade scalp. The listing does not claim a roller.
Scores on this page are the figures already stored for each amazon.co.uk listing on 22 October 2026. Each one is the star rating times 20, so 4.3 becomes 86. No review-count bump was added. Charger disputes, height conflicts and price do not change the number. The top pick is the battery-in-the-box listing with at least 500 reviews and the highest star line in that group. Best value is not awarded: that needs at least 1,000 reviews, then the lowest price, and no listing here reaches 1,000. Three driven cordless kits stayed in. This is not a laboratory test. No sound level and no slope were measured.
Amazon.co.uk star score
100%The published score is the amazon.co.uk star rating multiplied by 20. A 4.3 star line is 86. A 4.7 star line is 94. Review count does not add points. A higher score from three reviews does not outrank a lower score from several hundred, because the top pick requires at least 500 reviews and a battery in the box. Charger disputes, a height line that disagrees with itself, and the price stay in the table and the written assessment. They do not change the number. Price, the charger and the height are not given separate percentage weights. The whole score is the star line.
Confirm the drive, then the charger, the deck and one height range. A small flat lawn rarely needs drive. A slope sentence with no degree limit is not a measured gradient. This page does not rank robots, hovers or push-only mowers.
A self-propelled cordless lawn mower is a walk-behind rotary mower that drives its own wheels from a lithium-ion battery while you steer and hold the controls. In the UK it is the machine you buy when the lawn is large enough, steep enough, or tiring enough that pushing the whole weight is the problem. On a small flat lawn you can already push, the drive is usually wasted money and extra weight. You tell a driven mower from a push mower by a drive claim in the title or the bullets.
A category heading is not a drive. Large wheels that merely roll are not a drive. Read a drive claim in the title or the bullets, and check whether you can slow it down. A fixed speed is awkward around beds.
A 4.7 from three reviews is a higher star line than 4.3 from several hundred. On this page the score is stars times 20, and the top pick still requires at least 500 reviews and a battery in the box. The small sample does not become the top pick.
If one line says 80 mm and another says 80 cm, keep both. Do not average them. A 480 m² or 500 m² bullet is the listing's claim, not a test. A one-bay charger on a mower that needs both packs is a long wait, not a twin charger.
Drive is the first check, and it has to be something you can confirm and slow down. Rear-wheel drive is what UK guides prefer on a bank, because the weight of the mower stays over the driven wheels. Front-wheel drive steers more easily around obstacles and loses grip as that weight shifts back on a climb. All-wheel drive exists and costs more. A variable speed, or a speed you can turn down, is a different feature from a simple drive bar. A fixed speed is awkward around beds.
Battery and charger come next, and they have to agree with a UK socket. Count the packs in the box, check whether both must be fitted before the mower will run, and see whether the charger has one bay or two. A one-bay charger on a mower that needs both packs means a long wait. A 40V or 48V badge is often two packs, not one large pack. A lead with no BS 1363 plug is a UK problem. These listings print no watt-hours, so do not invent a capacity from the voltage badge.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You can still lift the stated weight, and the lawn is steep enough or large enough that pushing is the problem. The Litheli is the top pick at about £249.99: two 5.0Ah batteries, a 43 cm deck, a listed 14.9 kg, and 4.3 from 684 reviews. The bullet says a stepless drive from 1.4 to 2.9 mph and does not state a degree limit. Several reviews say the charger lead had no UK mains adapter, so check the plug. A slope sentence is not a measured gradient.
You want rear-wheel drive, a bag capacity and a mulch plug named on the listing, and you have read how small the review sample is. The woRkologie E20LM02-AK220 is about £222.99, with two 20V 5.0Ah batteries, a 50 L bag, a mulch plug and six heights from 25–75 mm, at a listed 16.2 kg. The star line is 3.7 from 6 reviews. A review says both packs must be fitted and that there is no rear roller. The 500 m² line is a listing claim.
You want a 46 cm deck, a named 55 L bag, mulch, side discharge and a twin charger, and you already use 24V packs. The Greenworks GD24X2LM46SPK4X bundle is about £495.98 with two 4Ah batteries and a spare blade. The star line is 4.7 from 3 reviews, with no review text in the capture. The bullets say 25–80 mm. The attribute table says 80 cm. Keep that conflict. Weight and drive speed are not stated. The 480 m² line is a listing claim.
The top pick is the Litheli 40V 43 cm self-propelled mower at about £249.99. The stored score is 86, which is 4.3 stars times 20 from 684 amazon.co.uk reviews on 22 October 2026. It is the top pick because it has a battery in the box, at least 500 reviews, and the highest star line in that group. Only this listing clears 500 reviews. The height line agrees at 25–76 mm in six steps. Several reviews say the charger lead arrived without a UK mains adapter. No best value is awarded. That needs at least 1,000 reviews, then the lowest price, and no listing here reaches 1,000 reviews. The Greenworks score of 94 is 4.7 times 20 from three reviews, and that higher figure does not take the top pick. This is not a laboratory test.
Not awarded
The rule needs at least 1,000 reviews, then the lowest price. No listing in this set reaches 1,000 reviews. About £222.99 has six reviews.
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Peter F. is the editor for DIY & tools at productscompared.co.uk. Comparisons in this category are checked against amazon.co.uk listings, review evidence and public UK sources.
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