Hour Meter Recommendation

[TARider]

Picked up a new mower this weekend and want to add an hour meter to keep up with maintenance better than guessing how many hours I've run it.
Any recommendations or just go with the cheap amazon units with non replaceable batteries?

 

[rodney eppes]

Good idea, but I do wonder how much you have to spend to get a reliable one. Like on Heavy Equipment. My John Deer of 1990, came with an hour meter. Somewhere around 400-500 hours, it quit. Bought a new one, but don't remember where. This year at Service time, I noticed it too has stopped. I just try to do a full service, once a year, & be done with it.

 

[C.Berry]

Best plan for most equipment is routine maintenance once a year I do it in the fall so it's ready for spring time!

 

[justjeepin86]

I bought one of the cheap ones from Advance auto years back when I rebuild the Kohler in my lawn tractor. It had a wire that you wrap around a spark plug wire that counted time when it sensed spark. It worked good for several years until I sold it. That's all the help I have.

Actually, it was this one.

Amazon.com : Briggs & Stratton Maintenance Minder Hour Meter 5081K : Lawn Mower Tune Up Kits : Patio, Lawn & Garden

 

[TARider]

Thanks all. I'm sure the annual servicing will be where I wind up as I'll be under the hours for servicing each year (using a lower level commercial machine in a homeowner environment).
I went ahead and ordered one similar to the above out of curiosity though.