Every October, the outdoor power industry packs into Louisville, Kentucky, for Equip Expo. This year’s show ran October 20 to 23, drew close to 30,000 registrants, and spread across more than a million square feet indoors plus a 30-acre demo yard where mowers run on real grass instead of trade-show carpet.

The show is built for landscapers and dealers. We walked the floor anyway, because the homeowner gear turned out to be the most interesting part. Robot mowers picked up all-wheel drive and camera arrays, STIHL finally put a battery in the snow, and nearly every brand had a one-battery-for-the-whole-yard pitch ready. Here’s what stood out.

STIHL SFA 120 snow thrower

STIHL’s first battery snow thrower is rated to run at -4°F

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STIHL used its 100th anniversary to announce more than 90 products, and the one that drew the biggest crowd was a snow thrower. The SFA 120 is the company’s first battery-powered model, a 22-inch single-stage unit that runs on the new AP 300.0 P pack.…