We sell electric (power cord), battery as well as gas powered lawn mowers.
They all have their upsides and downsides.
Gas powered are heavy (which is why many of them have powered rear wheels), and require maintenance - like draining excess gas before the winter, replacing the oil, etc.
Battery powered are super light, but the battery only gets you so far - so they're not really an option for larger lawns. Also the batteries might eventually lose their capacity, and - a few years in - a new battery costs like 50% as much as a new mower. Also - the higher the grass, the tougher it is to cut, the faster the battery will drain during your mowing session.
Electric mowers combine the lightness of battery powered with the 'stamina' of a gas powered mower, but you might be bothered by the cord (even though, it's pretty easy to mow in such a pattern where the cord isn't a real issue)
I didn't even know those were a thing. I wonder if something like that would be able to handle a yard as big as my parents have though. They currently hire people to move the lawn every now and again and I was thinking one of those automatic mowers might be cheaper in the long run.
The main issue with robo mowers is the fact that they mostly follow a random pattern. By mowing for a few hours every day, chances are it'll eventually have covered like 99% of the lawn area.
They aren't that well suited for larger lawns or lawns with a big amount of 'sub-sections', connected by narrow paths or something, because the mower might just never make it there.
For these kind of 'divided lawns', theres robot mowers where you'll bury a conductive cord underneath the edges of your lawn, and you'll teach the mower to use them as a guidance to reach these kinds of sections, where their random mowing pattern would never lead them.
It sounds super complicated, but it's pretty easy to set up. But those 'intelligent' mowers start at like 700$+ - ... and they're still bad for huge lawns.
I have an electric mower! Wall of text here we go:
For what you described, 10 minutes worth of lawn mowing, I think even an electric mower would be overkill. You might want to consider those manual mowers, the ones that are like 2 wheels with blades in-between? Honestly for just 10 minutes of mowing, unless you have like a physical condition (arthritis, back pain, etc) then the blade type should be fine.
the issue with these reel mowers is that those that do have a bag (to catch the grass) are rather heavy, while the ones that do not have one require you to mow the lawn very frequently, so you'll always just cut the 'tips' of the grass. Mowing the lawn in such a way that the cut grass just drops to the ground is called "mulching" - which can be really healthy for your lawn, because it returns nutrients to the grass and prevents the grass from drying out as quickly.
