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So my trusty 15 year + Mountfield is on it's way out....
With the size of the gardens I don't really need a petrol mower - but this one was given too me by a mate who emigrated - so it doesn't owe me anything.
What are the STW-massive using to keep their lawns in check for those all important bike photos?
Don't mind if it's a corded or cordless one tbh.
Not looking to spend a fortune - garden is probably about 50sqm of grass at the most.
I did think robo-mower but the dog would probably keep attacking it.....
Entirely based on what I have, a corded Bosch Rotak 34R. They are about the £110 mark. It is relatively lightweight and efficient. Our garden is a bit larger that 50sq m and my dad bought the narrower version 32R which are £80 ish which he finds great apart from the cut height mechanism adjustment is a bit more of a faff than on the bigger version.
If you've been used to petrol one going to a corded one will be a pain. Get a cordless one.
I have a makita one probably out of your budget as it was for me. But seeing as I have many blue tools it made sense, I keep telling myself 😄
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I wanted cordless specifically. cant be bothered with fuel, and cables are irritating.
After much Umming and ahing i went with the Erbauer 18V one.
I wanted a metal deck, i wanted to be able to mulch and i didnt want to spend the megabucks of a Hayter or Dewalt
Its got plenty of grunt, and can take on meadow length grass as long as you hit it in a couple of passes.
A bit plasticy perhaps but does the job. im pleased with it for the price point.
Not much stock of anything right now so hard to get stuff to match whatever batteries you may already have.
So I got a Einhell 36v cordless from my local toolstation. It's been surprisingly good. Gets 200sqm done using 2/3rds charge. Nice and quiet too.
If you have a dog then you definitely don't want a robo mower as one day there will be a dog-egg in the grass that you didn't see and the mower will plough through !!!
considering that environmental groups are encouraging less mowing we wouldn't buy another petrol mower, we'd just have a flymo if ours died or something else major. Petrols are also bad for the environment obv and take up a silly amount of space
We've gone full retrogrouch and when our Flymo died we bought a Bosch AHM rotary (manual) mower. I honestly don't find it significantly more work than the Flymo, no cables to worry about and doesn't use any 'leccy!
My one criticism would be that it doesn't do the worlds best job at collecting the clippings so often a run around with a rake is required afterwards. Otherwise a squirt of oil every now and again and it works great.
50 square metres, you say? In that case, I'd say stick with analogue. I have one of these
Fiskars Staysharps and about 40sq.m of lawn which I cut 3 times a week. Back when I had a 'leccy mower it would take almost as much time to sort out the cable as it now takes to cut the grass.
50 square metres, you say? In that case, I'd say stick with analogue. I have one of these
Fiskars Staysharps and about 40sq.m of lawn which I cut 3 times a week. Back when I had a 'leccy mower it would take almost as much time to sort out the cable as it now takes to cut the grass.
ETA: Cut a little-and-often and you don't need to collect the clippings. Just let the worms deal with them, and the grass is effectively self-fertilising.
^ good point. At 50sqm a rotary push mower is fine as long as you cut regularly. They won't get through meadow height stuff if you leave it.
If you’ve been used to petrol one going to a corded one will be a pain. Get a cordless one.
This. I hate any corded tool with a passion.
Similar position here, my Mountfield is on it's last legs, bought in 2005, garden about 140sqm, cordless seems the way to go.
Our 16 year old hayter petrol self propelled roller mower packed up last month so I bought a cobra self propelled roller mower to replace it, one of these
https://cobragarden.co.uk/RM46SPC_Lawnmower.html
Its decent, works well, and gives good stripes.
I looked at battery powered cordless ones, but there didnt seem to be any with rollers & self propelled with wide cutting blades at a reasonable price.
Entirely based on what I have, a corded Bosch Rotak 34R. They are about the £110 mark. It is relatively lightweight and efficient. Our garden is a bit larger that 50sq m and my dad bought the narrower version 32R which are £80 ish which he finds great apart from the cut height mechanism adjustment is a bit more of a faff than on the bigger version.
+1 I have the same for a smaller lawn. Simple, reliable and works.
You need a ride on mate, this should suffice:
Another Bosch Rotack owner.
No issues, works very well.
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we have a bosch wired 34 something
you don't realise what a monumental pain a wire is until you try cordless
got an Aldi cordless, what a revelation until it died, sent back for refund
Now got a powerbase 38 from homebase, better built than the aldi and bigger so fewer back n forths. also got their strimmer which is fab too.
I asked this a few months ago - ended up with a Makita 460Z which is a 36V cordless which is great for my 200 sqm but overkill for 50sqm as it’s metal bodied and quite hefty. The problem with some of the smaller cordless jobs is they feel like they’d blow away in a strong gust.
Never seen the huge problem with the cord myself. And the mower is lighter and simpler.
Bosch Rotak 34 corded. I had one years ago, moved to a bigger garden, so gave it to one of my tenants 15 years ago. It's been outside in the corner of that garden for 15 years now, through four tenants, sun, rain and flood and still works without a hitch
I’d go cordless or petrol - having a cord is a pain in the arse. I think we’ve got 90 sqm and I’ve had a petrol mower for 3 or 4 years now - I’ve changed the spark plug and air filter once - I’ve got the oil to change but haven’t done it yet. Pretty sure it’s a Lawnflite with a Briggs and Stratton engine - I wanted one with a rear roller for striping.
I think when this dies I’ll go cordless to save on noise / fuel and servicing faff / hopefully be a bit lighter to get in and out of the shed.
I’d also like a cylinder mower rather than rotary - I think they cut the grass better and we have a bit of a bumpy lawn.
I’ll never understand how people can’t cope with a cable. Plug in and mow away from the cable, easy. No batteries to wear out, more powerful, less issues.
Anyway, I used to sell all sorts of mowers and the Bosch ones were the ones we never had returned faulty. I bought a Bosch Rotak and it does ok stripes and gets through anything.
If you want proper stripes you need to put a lot more effort into your lawn and have it super even and use a proper cylinder mower.
One day I hope to have a lawn nice enough to warrant an Allett. https://allett.co.uk/collections/homeowner-mowers
I’ll never understand how people can’t cope with a cable
Some people have an issue with spatial awareness, I'd imagine that could be a problem.
Some people have different shaped gardens to you. Obstacles, trees, separate lawn areas. Yes it can be done with a cord but it's so much easier cordless
I’ll never understand how people can’t cope with a cable
Neither did I until I caved to my wife's protestations (she is use to a petrol mower, wheres I'd only ever known wired).
Now I'm converted. It's so much better, makes it much quicker and way less faff. It's one of those pointless products you never knew you needed.