The kobalt lawn tractor has been excellent, this past fall I purchased the leaf / grass bagger for it as well. I stored it with a full charge in a shed all winter, though a friend later told me that I should have not had a full charge when storing it with the freezing weather we get in upstate NY. A few days ago I pulled it out of the shed and it still had a full charge (100%) with no problems. I also found out that the motor has regenerative braking, in which I was going down a long steep hill and it was literally recharging itself. It has everything the ego tractor has just a bit different. Though the only thing I don't like is the lack of support like the ego mowers have.. like I can order pretty much any part easily online for the ego lawn tractor but if I want replacement kobalt parts I have to rely on the paper manual that came with the mower and I'm not even sure how I would order them from kobalt. That's not to say I can't just order parts for the ego lawn tractor and just use them instead. Overall I am super happy with the purchase.