Lawnmower recommendations

frames1_uk

I went to cut my grass today, for the first time this year, only to find the cable split in two :mad:

So.. as this is the first place I look before I search around online, does anyone have any fab recommendations for lawnmowers, ie the best one for the cheapest price.

Mid sized lawn, full of weeds! Feeble female only use.

Thanks :beer:

Yorkie1

I have just bought a Flymo hover mower from Argos, it was reduced from £90 to £60 (don't know when that offer ends, sometime this week I think).

It's my first ever mower and I've got a mid-large sized garden with uneven and slight slope.

TBH I was aching quite a lot after using it, but I don't know whether an electric rotary mower would have been any more easy to use in my circumstances.

And I'm a feeble female too :-)

Edit: Homebase have a 10% off deal this weekend, in case that's worth taking into consideration with any comparisons you make.

frames1_uk

Thank you. I've been doing a bit of looking around, seems the Flymo's in general, get a terrible write up! I've found a Bosch Rotal 32 for £55.98 in B&Q that gets a great write up and is cheap! It looks very similar to what I have now, says it's very lightweight and effective. Now just looking to see how I can get it as cheap as possible (vouchers, codes, cashback) etc etc hehe!

wallbash

Its Rotak not Rotal , but if you are googling , you would have found that out by now

I bought the slightly larger model two years ago .
Works fine. Small niggel , cable is attached , pain to put away with out cable tying itself in knots.


I cut cable , its joined , when I use it

frames1_uk

I meant to type Rotak! Found it cheapest so far at Homebase, £54.

OddjobKIA

get a hover mower..as they float on a cushion of air and are able to be moved easily..also if you get one with a grass collection box on it makes your work easier...

Anything around the £50 mark will do the job just fine...

as for cable getting into knots try spraying it with a little non stick cooking oil and wiping with rag...also put the cable away propelry each time!!

frames1_uk

sorry but I've seen nothing but bad reviews for flymos of that price, people even saying they couldn't believe they got through the test phase before production. I had one once years ago, have had a rotary ever since.

cookie_monster

Got a Flymo myself and will not got another one, does not cut the grass very well. Have you tried getting a replacement cable or trying to fix cable.
I managed to repair the cable on my flymo trimmer when I cut through it last year by re-joining the broken part to the trimmer which shortened the cable length.

AlwaysSomething

I bought a Rotak 34 last summer, and am very happy with it. It clears a lot of grass in one pass, and the grass-box holds a lot before you have to stop and empty it. Also has a pair of hooks where you can wind up the flex.

frames1_uk

cookie_monster wrote: »

Got a Flymo myself and will not got another one, does not cut the grass very well. Have you tried getting a replacement cable or trying to fix cable.
I managed to repair the cable on my flymo trimmer when I cut through it last year by re-joining the broken part to the trimmer which shortened the cable length.

I wouldn't know how to fix the cable myself and if I took it to the repair shop, plus get the blade sharpened, I would imagine it wouldn't be much less than the new Bosch, which I bought today at Homebase for £54.

My daughter is now cutting the grass (for money, of course, she wouldn't do it for love).... seems to be going good right now,

frames1_uk

AlwaysSomething wrote: »

I bought a Rotak 34 last summer, and am very happy with it. It clears a lot of grass in one pass, and the grass-box holds a lot before you have to stop and empty it. Also has a pair of hooks where you can wind up the flex.

no hooks for winding on this one, but I think there is one on the old mower, so I could take it apart and put it on the new one