Just a push mower? Brushless? Should I avoid cordless?

@arichtman They're fine. I bought a cheap one back in the day and it was a bit underpowered. If you have a small enough space and can get a corded one I'd personally do that, because then it will probably outlast you. But I don't know if they're really a thing any more.

@ash yea my general hunch is to avoid battery power stuff since a) usually less actual.power used and b) replacement batteries are often not guaranteed to be available and are often proprietary. Same thing that makes me skittish about an e bike.
That said - known power tool brands offering stuff that matches their existing battery system is reassuring.

@arichtman Yeah that's the thing. My dad has an Aldi one that's 600 years old and he can only do half the lawn now, and there's no way to get a new battery 😭