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from Martin contains these words:


My son and my daughter both bought bottom of the range Flymo hover mowers,
mainly because they had tiny lawns. Just outside the guarantee period, both
managed to throw stones through the plastic sides of the hover bit.
Both motors
burnt out in the second year. My son complained to Flymo. Flymo appeared to
believe that a hover mower with a life of a bit over 12 months was
normal. 12
calendar months is only a few months of actual use.

They must have been unlucky. I bought the smallest electric Flymo c
1976; used it for 5 years,
and have very occasionally used it since; it still works fine :-)

Janet.