urban

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Folks,

I need a new mower, and have been looking at electric rotary mowers in B&Q.

Seen this one

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/produc...67&paintCatId=

Any ideas, the gardens aren't huge by the way.

Thanks,

Shaun

prodriva

Real men have petrol mowers

Seriously though a petrol mower is the way forward. No messing with a poxy cable and no matter how long the grass it will blast its way through. I got one of these last year (see link below) and its been fantastic. A tank of fuel lasts for ages aswell. If you decised on a petrol one get one with a Briggs and Stratton engine as they are very very reliable. A few drops of Castrol R in the fuel makes mowing the lawn a more pleasant experience

http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/invt/125118

T4molie

While I agree with Prodriva in that Petrol mower is the way to go, I think it depends on the size of your garden.

I only have a small amount of grass so personally went for an electric one. Yip they're not 'quite' as good as a petrol and you have to make sure you don't slice the cable up but when I've only got about 8ft wide by about 15 ft long it's done in about 2 mins flat anyway

EDITED TO ADD: I've got this one.....

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/produc...66&paintCatId=

And it does a good job. Cheap and cheerful but very basic

OllyK

If you want the wimbledon stripes you need a cylinder mower!

CrisPDuk

That looks like the one we've got, and the stepbrat seems to have no problem with it

Mick

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Go on - get a petrol one!

You know you want to...

That smell of freshly cut grass and petrol mower fumes... Aaaaahhhh Blisss
Mick

@ Prodriva - that looks EXACTLY like mine - bough it a couple of summers ago ~ £120 at local mower specialist - 'cept mine is 46cm version and 375HP (well... at least it says 375 on top of the B&S motor )

gsm1

Petrol mowers are good but as said if you have a small area to mow probably not worth it. Plus electric ones need less maintenance and are quieter!
Get an electric mower and a cheap strimmer.

urban

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OK,

Don't need a petrol mower - the front & back garden's are not that big.

Maybe I'll just go for the B&Q one that I mentioned.

Thanks,

Shaun

mart360

and our survey says..

uhhhhh ohhhhhhh

wrong...!!!!!

mountfield do rotary mowers with rollers... wimbo stripes with rotary ease and bigger cut

mountfield empress.. stripes my lawn a treat...


Mart

Mick

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Oh yes... So do Flymo...

iain atkins

I'm with Mart on this one. Had both cylinder and rotary mowers. Cylinder will cut lower and cleaner, but i now use my old mountfield empress (the one with the proper sturdy Briggs motor lol).

Its about 15 years old now (used to be my parents), and its very reliable, makes perfect stripes and is quite easy on fuel (3.5hp version). Dosen't use a drop of oil, and now runs on the leftovers of my Motul 300v LOL.

Cheers


Iain

ALi-B

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I wouldn't dismiss the tecumseh engined mowers either. Never had a problem with ours, still even on the original spark plug and starts 1st time every time. The only exception was when I got water in the petrol (hardly the mowers fault).

Only problem is most petrol mowers use steel a chassis, which rusts, and it's more likely that will fall apart long before the engine lets go. Thus a clean a repaint every season is called for if you want it to last....unless you pay the extra and get a galvanised or die-cast one (honda, hayter etc.)

brickboy

Is fuel surge an issue with petrol mowers? How much NF should I use per tank? Would a Scoob have it in the twisties?

I knackered our old hover mower and got a Bosch rotary jobbie on wheels for 50 notes. It is SO much easier to handle and use ... I can now do our front & back lawn in one hour without breaking sweat, whereas with the hover it used to take nearly 2 hours.

Vinesh

I would recommend Efco with mulching kit.

They use honda engines (4.5hp)

Scooby-Doo

Toro recycle is very good.. No grass cuttings

gsm1

Honda engines are much better than Briggs & Stratton, IMO, and far more economical.

J4CKO

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Bought a cheapo from Homebase to replace my other cheap one which was rusting through in places but the Briggs engine was still sweet after ten hard years and zero maintenance, gave it to a girl at work, bought a wider one, wait for the Hombase 10% off days, mine should have been 160 quid but was reduced to 130 and then an extra 10 percent, 117 quid. Had a Hayter (Posh) Harrier self propelled for a while and it fell to bits, no better than the cheapies unless you buy there top end rather than the rebranded generic stuff they do at the cheaper end of the market.