Mountfield v Honda lawnmowers
Off to my local B+Q to buy a petrol lawnmover. Want one that will add
strips. Two options a Honda for £299 or the Mountfield for £349. This has a roller, the Honda a "stripping rubber strip". The Honda has a smaller cutting width. Which one would people recommend ? i could not recommend a mountfield, as i have yet to come across one with a metal deck. the honda (i presume) would have a metal deck; if not, then avoid. the plastic decks as used by mountfield seem to have the habit of distorting, splitting etc. my advice would be: buy a hayter ;-) i've been up though the field, from £200 'bargain' rigs to my present hayter harrier 48, which cost the thick end of £700. only thing i can say is - i wish i'd spent that £700 a long time back, and saved all the grief in between. i also use a honda ride-on, a relatively old 2213: honda seem to make quality gear. although i realise it's all subjective. HTH |
Mountfield v Honda lawnmowers
"Stewart Devereux" wrote in message ... Off to my local B+Q to buy a petrol lawnmover. Want one that will add strips. Two options a Honda for £299 or the Mountfield for £349. This has a roller, the Honda a "stripping rubber strip". The Honda has a smaller cutting width. Which one would people recommend ? -- Regards, Stu Devereux. Fax no. 08701339568 (Outside UK fax 448701339568) E-mail. I've had a Mountfield with steel deck for the last 8 years. Starts first or second time every time, even after the winter. However I noticed on the weekend that there is a small hole that's rusted through. So unless you clean and dry the machine after each use you might want to consider an aluminium alloy deck My neighbour brought a Honda a couple of years ago and has had all sorts of problems. But having said that, I can't believe Honda would still be in the lawnmower business if all of their machines had the same level of problems. As Atwifa said, if you can afford it go for a Hayter - it's what most of the professionals use. Although I'm not sure what he meant about not having seen a Mountfield with a metal deck - I've not seen one that doesn't have a steel deck. Although I agree with avoiding plastic decks on all mowers. Have a look at this site I stumbled across yesterday - http://www.mower-magic.co.uk/index.html (no I'm not affliated with them), going through their mower advisor might give you a better idea of the differences between the available machines. HTH Nick http://www.ukgardening.co.uk |
Mountfield v Honda lawnmowers
Nick Gray wrote:
As Atwifa said, if you can afford it go for a Hayter - it's what most of the professionals use. Not where I work. We have one Hayter, and it *is* good (pulls powerfully, cuts nicely), but it is expensive, weighs half a ton, and the bar that connects the rear wheels to the front ones (part of the cutting-height adjustment) is always bending, causing the mower to be low on one side. If I needed versatility and the ability to cope with hard use, I'd go for an Australian-made two-stroke Victa. They will cut a neat lawn or an overgrown jungle. That engine is amazingly torquey, and is considerably lighter than four-stroke engines. |
Mountfield v Honda lawnmowers
As Atwifa said, if you can afford it go for a Hayter - it's what most of
the professionals use. Although I'm not sure what he meant about not having seen a Mountfield with a metal deck - I've not seen one that doesn't have a steel deck. sorry: was going on an empirical experience of precisely one machine ... and assumed thereafter that all mountfields were plastic-decked. this is obviously not the case. would like to use the aussie machine mentioned by later poster ... a two-stroke motor with *torque* - now there's a prospect ;-) |
Mountfield v Honda lawnmowers
"atwifa" wrote in message ... As Atwifa said, if you can afford it go for a Hayter - it's what most of the professionals use. Although I'm not sure what he meant about not having seen a Mountfield with a metal deck - I've not seen one that doesn't have a steel deck. sorry: was going on an empirical experience of precisely one machine ... and assumed thereafter that all mountfields were plastic-decked. this is obviously not the case. would like to use the aussie machine mentioned by later poster ... a two-stroke motor with *torque* - now there's a prospect ;-) Yeah the Oz machine sounds good. My brother is living in Australia now so maybe he can post me one :-). Actually his name is Steve - it's not you is it Bro? Nick http://www.ukgardening.co.uk |
Mountfield v Honda lawnmowers
maybe he can post me one :-). Actually his name is Steve - it's not you is
it Bro? uh-uh: i'm another nick. based in east yorkshire here. long way from oz .... although i was there on the se coast last winter for a month or so. |
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