Eyes will pop and your neighbors will turn green with envy when you bring out your Neuton battery-powered lawn mower. Decked out in bright green with orange accents, it won't go unnoticed.

Neuton, the nation's top selling battery-powered lawn mower company, has added two bigger and more powerful models for 2008.

The battery mower has undergone a complete redesign and is now available in two sizes: a 14-inch cut and 19-inch cut.

Able to be charged on less than 10 cents of electricity and the quietest lawn mower around, the new line is able to cut larger lawns on a single charge. The 19-inch model can tackle up to a third acre while the 14-inch will cover a quarter acre.

Other notable improvements include stronger motors (500 watts, 24 volts, 32 amps in the 14-inch model and 750 watts, 36 volts, 50 amps in the 19-inch model) and heavy-duty steel aero blades. Bagging, mulching and side discharge is standard on both models. The mower housing and user controls have also been ergonomically designed for maximum maneuverability.

You can easily adjust the height of the cut from 1 1/2 inches to 3 inches with a single lever. The mowers also start with a simple push-button and safety bar feature so you can forget throwing your back out with the old pull-cord starters.

The Neuton's removable, rechargeable battery charges in about 10 hours and runs for up to an hour, depending on grass conditions. The drop-in battery can be charged inside or outside of the mower, will last for five years with proper care and is over 95 percent recyclable.

The mowers are lightweight with the smaller model weighing in at 48 pounds, including battery, and the larger a mere 69 pounds.

The Neuton battery-powered lawn mower starts at $400 for the 14-inch model and $500 for the 19-inch model.

Give them a try, you have nothing to lose. In addition to a free six-month trial, the mowers come with a two-year warranty.

For more information, call 800-798-2921 or visit www.neutonmowers.com.

A JIGGY PIGGY

OK, there's whimsical and then there's ... a corker of a porker?

Meet Lil Pig: A real grill in the shape of a big pink pig. Traeger Wood Pellet Grills isn't making an editorial comment about enormous appetites, the company is just having some fun with the great American institution of barbecuing.

Lil Pig is a fully working grill with a 418-square-inch cooking surface, multiposition digital thermostat control and hooves, er, wheels. The grill is powered by wood pellets made of hardwood sawdust; it uses approximately 300 watts of electricity during start-up (about four minutes), then drops to 50 watts an hour for the remaining operating time - which is the equivalent of a standard household light bulb.

The pellets are added automatically through a tube from the pellet hopper to the firepot, so there's no need to get your fingers too close to the fire to add fuel.

Lil Pig retails for $1,700, as does Traeger's Longhorn Steer (orange with "real Texas long horns").

For more information, call 800-872-3437 or visit www.traegergrills.com.

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