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Recommended Mower
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At the moment i have a qualcast hover mower - Quite a cheap model, with the most useless invention ever - plastic blades. I'm about to move to a house with a 100ft+ lawn, so will need a bigger device, whats recommended? I dont think I want to go petrol, but could be swayed if the reason was good... Rgds, Dan |
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"Connor T" wrote in message ... Hi, At the moment i have a qualcast hover mower - Quite a cheap model, with the most useless invention ever - plastic blades. I'm about to move to a house with a 100ft+ lawn, so will need a bigger device, whats recommended? I dont think I want to go petrol, but could be swayed if the reason was good... Rgds, Dan I was recently faced with a similar situation. For many years I've used an electric Flymo. No major problems other than having to avoid the cable. I once had a petrol powered rotovator and had considerable problems starting it at times. Now, I suspect that was partly because I'm not mechanically gifted and partly because it was 2nd hand. I also suspect things have moved on in 15 years. However, that made me rather wary of buying a petrol mower so I bought one of these: http://www.enviromower.co.uk/. I've only had it a couple of weeks but so far I'm quite impressed. I also bought one of the strimmer attachment things and that's been quite useful (I didn't have a strimmer). The battery life seems to be about an hour whatever I use it for. It can be used with metal or plastic cutting equipment. So far I've only used the metal blade which has performed effectively (I'm not a "stripes" person, I just want to keep the grass under control and neat). However, it's taught me something else. With the Flymo I had to adopt certain "strategies" to avoid running over the cable. With this (and by definition petrol) there is no cable. You can go round and round, if you want, in ever decreasing circles. Not having to manhandle the mower down to an edge, turn it round and then up to the next edge, turn, back etc. And, apart from my mechanical malaise that was one of the other reasons why I turned against petrol; I failed to understand the freedom from cable bit and assumed my mowing pattern would be the same and that trying to turn around a heavy petrol mower was going to be a pain. I'm quite happy with the decision I made but at least one of my reasons for not buying petrol turned out to be a non reason. One last thing. When looking at petrol mowers, I was advised more than once to buy one with a roller. Not because of stripes but the arguement went that when cutting along a border it provides more stability. A 4 wheel mowever (which the enviromower is) will tend to drop into the flower bed; the roller helps you to keep it on an even keel. That's probably true, but, with the lighter (but not light) enviromower, I don't find it an issue. |
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Graham Harrison wrote:
[...] this (and by definition petrol) there is no cable. You can go round and round, if you want, in ever decreasing circles. Not having to manhandle the mower down to an edge, turn it round and then up to the next edge, turn, back etc. And, apart from my mechanical malaise that was one of the other reasons why I turned against petrol; I failed to understand the freedom from cable bit and assumed my mowing pattern would be the same and that trying to turn around a heavy petrol mower was going to be a pain. I'm quite happy with the decision I made but at least one of my reasons for not buying petrol turned out to be a non reason. [...] A note on this. I, too, mow round in "bouts", farmer-style. But it may be a good idea to alternate the direction and vary the starting point: I found that if I went clockwise every time it established an uneven pattern, which showed. This may not arise for everybody, of course. -- Mike. |
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However, that made me rather wary of buying a petrol mower so I bought one of these: http://www.enviromower.co.uk/. I've only had it a couple of weeks but so far I'm quite impressed. I also bought one of the strimmer attachment things and that's been quite useful (I didn't have a strimmer). The battery life seems to be about an hour whatever I use it for. It can be used with metal or plastic cutting equipment. So far I've only used the metal blade which has performed effectively (I'm not a "stripes" person, I just want to keep the grass under control and neat). Looks good - One of my concerns with a petrol machine is the polution caused by the hopelessly inefficient engines they usually have.. However, i dont fancy a battery powered one - At the end of the day the battery will wear out, leaving you with the cost of a replacement, not something i really trust at the moment - im sure time may prove me wrong tho. Another question is cutting width? what to go for?? Rgds, Dan |
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"Connor T" wrote in message ... However, that made me rather wary of buying a petrol mower so I bought one of these: http://www.enviromower.co.uk/. I've only had it a couple of weeks but so far I'm quite impressed. I also bought one of the strimmer attachment things and that's been quite useful (I didn't have a strimmer). The battery life seems to be about an hour whatever I use it for. It can be used with metal or plastic cutting equipment. So far I've only used the metal blade which has performed effectively (I'm not a "stripes" person, I just want to keep the grass under control and neat). Looks good - One of my concerns with a petrol machine is the polution caused by the hopelessly inefficient engines they usually have.. However, i dont fancy a battery powered one - At the end of the day the battery will wear out, leaving you with the cost of a replacement, not something i really trust at the moment - im sure time may prove me wrong tho. Another question is cutting width? what to go for?? Rgds, Dan Have you considered a petrol ride-on ? I use one weekly - lawn cutting is now a pleasure ! I have not noticed any inefficiency from the Briggs and Stratton 8hp engine. Pete www.thecanalshop.com |
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Have you considered a petrol ride-on ? I use one weekly - lawn cutting is now a pleasure ! I have not noticed any inefficiency from the Briggs and Stratton 8hp engine. Ah, whoops i didnt mean inefficient for the job, i meant inefficient for the amount of petrol they use and pollution they create.. But no, dont want a ride-on, it would be ott for this lawn, even tho it is pretty big. |
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