Outdoor power equipment · costs, decoded
What yard power equipment actually costs.
The real number for a mower, snow blower, chainsaw, or generator: purchase, fuel, and upkeep, before you walk into the store. We price the machines; we don't sell them.
- 16 machine types priced
- Dated & sourced prices
- $0 paid for a placement
What are you pricing?
Price it before you buy
Each range is the honest low-to-high for a homeowner, with the per-tier breakdown on the page.
Machine types, priced by tier
Mowers, snow blowers, chainsaws, generators, blowers, trimmers, and more, each broken down by type before brand.
Prices sourced and dated
Figures are checked against manufacturer and major-retailer listings and dated on the page, with the sources cited.
Cost of ownership, not the sticker
We add the fuel, oil, blades, batteries, and install the tag leaves out, so the budget you set is the one you'll actually need.
Nobody pays to rank here
No sponsored placements. Some links are affiliate links, which never decide what we cover or which type we recommend.
We price it. We don't sell it.
The retailer wants the sale
Store pages push the models in stock this week, not the one that fits your yard.
The brand pushes the premium
Marketing leads with the flagship. You rarely need the top tier for a quarter-acre.
We give the size-tier and the total
What each class costs, plus the fuel and maintenance the tag never shows.
What we price
Four families of yard power equipment, from the $80 reel mower to the $20,000 whole-home standby.
The price on the tag isn't the price you pay
A gas mower burns fuel and needs oil, blades, and spark plugs. A standby generator needs a pad, a transfer switch, and a licensed install. A cheap chainsaw with a dull chain costs more in ruined afternoons than a good one. Our cost pages add up the total cost of ownership, not just the sticker, so the budget you set is the budget you actually need.
How we price it →Start with the number
Know what it costs before you're in the aisle.
Pick the machine, get the honest range by type, and the total cost to own it.
Image credits
- Lawn mower: Ivan Radic via Flickr, CC BY 2.0
- Zero-turn mower: Doctor747 via Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0
- Snow blower: jronaldlee & EaglebrookSchool via Flickr, CC BY 2.0
- Chainsaw: freestocks.org via Wikimedia (CC0); Shixart1985 via Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0
- Generators: QuietHut & bcpaulos via Flickr, CC BY 2.0; Wxao Zexw via Wikimedia, CC0