Hi lads,
After some struggle with a corded Mountfield I decided its time to be a real man 😀
I have a small lawn, around 75-80sqm. Main issue with the corded one was I have post lights and a fountain which makes doing about 1/3 of the lawn a bit hard as the cable likes to get stuck on these. Also, when grass is wet this one`s not collecting it properly.
Would you say it makes sense to buy a petrol mower - been eyeing a Honda HRG 466 SKEP but suddenly got slapped by a thought - isn`t a large 46-50cm self propelled mower not going to create other problems in a smaller garden? Or be Clarkson and get all the power & pistons & smoke 😀
After some struggle with a corded Mountfield I decided its time to be a real man 😀
I have a small lawn, around 75-80sqm. Main issue with the corded one was I have post lights and a fountain which makes doing about 1/3 of the lawn a bit hard as the cable likes to get stuck on these. Also, when grass is wet this one`s not collecting it properly.
Would you say it makes sense to buy a petrol mower - been eyeing a Honda HRG 466 SKEP but suddenly got slapped by a thought - isn`t a large 46-50cm self propelled mower not going to create other problems in a smaller garden? Or be Clarkson and get all the power & pistons & smoke 😀
Petrol mowers are manly. No doubt. No problem. 😎
I've had mine since 1983. Still fires up at first pull.
I like bio-cutting, (I don't collect the grass), so I'd buy the Honda HRS 536 VK.
I've had mine since 1983. Still fires up at first pull.
I like bio-cutting, (I don't collect the grass), so I'd buy the Honda HRS 536 VK.
Small lawn, I have an ego battery electric, had it 2 years now and it works great. I am sure there are others in this class that are also good. Bought a spare battery because of charge paranoia. Never had to use it to finish the yard.
As a boy, I estimated I spent two weeks of my eight weeks summer holidays pushing a manual cylinder mower around the family's large expanse of grass!
I bought a battery operated mower last season. No petrol storage, no electric cable to get in the way - wish I'd had one years ago!
ICE lawn tools are a curse and a nuisance. Any man who values his ears (and others) will use electric.
He's only cutting 75-80sqm🙄 Do you have battery powered legs to push your battery powered mower? 🙂
That's only about one third of the playing area of a tennis court!
P.S. Would you like me to cut your Southend grass - I don't 'charge' much for the legwork!
P.S. Would you like me to cut your Southend grass - I don't 'charge' much for the legwork!
Thank you for your offer, I'm sorry but I don't own any Southend grass. Watts your going rate?
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I’ve used a manual mower my whole life. Quiet, safer, no smell, no charging, v little maintenance. Sure, it takes time but I find that the trick is to approach as a pleasure, a job to be well done and by hand. Perhaps its a lost art, folk today with garages full of power tools rushing around whilst trying to minimize the effort, then paying money and spending time to go to a gym in order to get the exercise they’ve been avoiding. I saw the insanity of it all a very long time ago.
Some yrs ago the grass of our then holiday home was pretty high. At that time I had some problems with my back but nevertheless did it the classical way with a scythe. After this job was done not only the grass was low - but my back-ache had gone! Obviously this kind of spinning movement had some healing effect. 🙂
We have about 2/3rd of a tennis court's worth of grass and a Greenworks cordless lawn mower powered by a 60V 5Ah Li Ion battery, even with foot tall wet grass we can cut the entire lawn on a single charge. Sure beats the ICE and corded mowers we had at various times over the past 17 years.
LOL. Almost. I talked him into buying a gasoline powered mower. It had a 2 stroke engine and a magnesium frame. It was light weight, but very hard to start. Sure wish electric had been an option back then.
Sounds like a law boy, they were great till they put a plastic carb on them. Light weight and easy to start, and then they went to hell. Had one till I could not justify trying to find parts to keep it running. Just everything was worn out. I serviced all manor of outdoor equip in the 70’s.