I suspect I'm opening a bit of a can of worms here...
Having had a new turf lawn laid in August its quadrupled our grassed area and I now realise that the crappy old mower that we inherited with this house two years ago is actually not up to the job.
The garden isn't large but I do want a grasscutter that will collect the cuttings as I go and Im not overly keen on having a petrol engine. So its electric, cordless, via battery or even a push jobbie.
Ive looked at a few on t'internet and they all look a bit plastic and flimsy.
So, good people, what are you using to cut your bushy lawns?
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I do not exaggerate (well maybe a bit) when I say it’s built like a tank!
I’ve abused it for the last three years at my place - it’s been pushed over tree stumps, rocks shit 70’s crazy paving has eaten stones rocks and twigs as well as mowing the bumpy lawn but keeps going. I’d have totalled a plastic Argos job every year I’m convinced.
It weighs a tonne as well do you get a bit of a workout!
That said, if you have smallish nice flat lawn with little obstacles I’m sure you probably don’t need something quite as robust.
I use a strimmer.
Peteol push along with a wheel at each corner....
Remove mower from shed, pull start, mow, put it away, I never did a thing to it except add fuel..lasted four years (£35 a year, plus fuel), gift it to the repair shop (for parts) when it dies..repeat.....
I can mow the lawn with a petrol quicker than sorting the electric leads.....
the ‘Bentley’ of pushed cylinder mowers.
Works best on a truly flat turf with fine grasses, but they have a good roller and make fine stripes. It would be a bit of a work out on a larger area though
For a larger lawn, I’d reconsider a petrol mower, but either way, a cylinder cutter works best
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
have a mountfield petrol, 140cc. Hassle free mowing. Before that, electric, Bosch Rotrack, which was alright, but had to replace or repair the cable so many times, as I kept cutting it. The petrol is a lot easier to use too. And more to the point, you can rev it, and it smells good, and puts out great gouts of smoke when you haven't used it for a while.
The smell of a petrol mower and fresh cut grass is the whiff of spring/summer
(Except its all year round this far South!)
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Cost per year is low. That’s the reason contract gardeners use them.