"Paul" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of buying a petrol mower & don't really want to pay more
than £300.

Am I right in thinking that without the "roto-stop" or "auto-brake"
feature (which only seems to appear on models of £450+) then whenever
I stop to empty the grass box the engine will need re-starting?

Thanks for any advice

Paul

A bit late in to the answer with this one, due to being at BBC GW NEC. But
yes you are right, 95% of all mowers have the deadmans handle stop the
engine system on them.

So yes, you will need to restart the engine each time you stop to empty the
grassbag. You're either going to have to pay more than you want to or accept
this situation.

My advice would be to either purchase a Honda IZY or Hayter Motif (which has
the Honda engine) that has the Honda engine which incorporates a
decompression system which has a cam that lifts the valves from closing on
pullover and makes the engine an easy start system, unlike lots of the
machines that say easy start and are anything but easy start.