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from "aj" contains these words:

i have had it with cables!
what petrol mowers do you all use,are the own brand ones from focus/B&Q any
good or should i splash the cash.
my lawns front & back are just average size.
thanks.

I'd really recommend you to not buy from a Shed; go to a local
machinery supplier with a service workshop. You'll get far better
advice about what machine is suitable for you (lawn size is NOT the only
consideration) and he will almost certainly offer to fuel up a machine
and let you try starting and manoevring it. IME. dealers and sheds carry
a similar range of price options. But servicing dealers who are starting
up a longterm customer relationship, tend not to sell badly
designed/fragile machines.

Other considerations to discuss with him are; your physical height
and strength, whether you want the grass collected or not, and whether
you need a powered machine or one that just cuts. A machine you have to
push can be used at the speed that suits you; a powered one decides your
walking speed for you and is less easy around corners and dead-ends.

Janet.