I have old push lawn mower and it cuts the best,its costs nothing to run and just a bit of oil in spring .It gives that plesent sound to mowing not that high whine of electric.Green as anything for the enviroment cause it out live you.
I bought a qualcast panther on Amazon for £30 to look after a small patch of grass outside my sons flat, i couldn't be bother wheeling my petrol mover around, and I would have had to plug in 2 extn leads for an electric. Used it once on the flat and was sold, I now use it for my home lawns as well, it is so quick, my grass also looks better this year than it ever has (apparently this is because the grass gets a better cut with a hand cylinder, I tend to go out on a evening 15 mins and both lawns are cut. If you want a petrol mower mine will be going on Ebay this weekend, as longer required.
I just bought a hand push cylinder mower because my 10yr old wanted to be in charge of mowing the grass. Got a cheap one from argos.....Best £32 I've spent in a long time! Easy to use, cuts well, and safe enough for my kids to earn their pocket money. No extra electricity or fuel costs and no emissions so good for the environment. Result!
It comes in a small box and it is fairly easy to assemble. The Grass box is a bit flimsy and tends to fall off if you tip the machine forward.
My first run was rubbish and so was the second and third. The reason I have discovered is two fold. Firstly my grass was slightly damp so the machine tended to skid. Secondly its too long.
After I had cut the grass with my petrol mower I found it fine to use and gave nice stripes. The problem is who wants to cut grass that is already cut!
I brought this machine to cut the small rows between my veg patch. I am going to have to get it cut very short with a spare flymo I have, (petrol mower won't fit) and then hopefully it should work fine on a little and often basis.
With regard the grass box, you probably won't need it as the grass will already be quite short when you cut it. I guess its really designed for ornamental fine lawns.
I'll try and report back in a few weeks and see how I am progressing.
I have a number of push mowers - but they all seem to flatten the grass not cut - I have sharpended them etc - there must be something I am doing wrong - any ideas
I too am looking at buying a push mower after being fed-up with cumbersome cables! Does anyone have recent experience with the Handy Hand push mower? If not, has anyone got any advice? I don't really want to spend more that £60.
The problem with most seems to be that the blade is not as wide as the wheels, so you cannot cut the lawn edges. Which seems a bit useless, I hope I am wrong.
I have the Webb H12R. I cannot fault it! Cutting your grass with a cylinder mower is like cutting it with scissors, a very clean cut. This is unlike a rotary mower that chops the grass down. If you want to leave your grass for a couple of weeks before cutting it or you want to cut it when it's wet then a hand cylinder mower probably isn't for you. Also if your lawn isn't reasonably flat and level you will have problems. However, if your lawn is flat and level and you have the time and the inclination to mow a couple of times a week and only ever cut a third of the grasses length you will be rewarded with a lovely lawn.
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I have old push lawn mower and it cuts the best,its costs nothing to run and just a bit of oil in spring .It gives that plesent sound to mowing not that high whine of electric.Green as anything for the enviroment cause it out live you.
Have one but the screws holding top handle keep loosening -any remedy
I bought a qualcast panther on Amazon for £30 to look after a small patch of grass outside my sons flat, i couldn't be bother wheeling my petrol mover around, and I would have had to plug in 2 extn leads for an electric. Used it once on the flat and was sold, I now use it for my home lawns as well, it is so quick, my grass also looks better this year than it ever has (apparently this is because the grass gets a better cut with a hand cylinder, I tend to go out on a evening 15 mins and both lawns are cut. If you want a petrol mower mine will be going on Ebay this weekend, as longer required.
I just bought a hand push cylinder mower because my 10yr old wanted to be in charge of mowing the grass. Got a cheap one from argos.....Best £32 I've spent in a long time! Easy to use, cuts well, and safe enough for my kids to earn their pocket money. No extra electricity or fuel costs and no emissions so good for the environment. Result!
Well my Webb H12R just arrived.
It comes in a small box and it is fairly easy to assemble. The Grass box is a bit flimsy and tends to fall off if you tip the machine forward.
My first run was rubbish and so was the second and third. The reason I have discovered is two fold. Firstly my grass was slightly damp so the machine tended to skid. Secondly its too long.
After I had cut the grass with my petrol mower I found it fine to use and gave nice stripes. The problem is who wants to cut grass that is already cut!
I brought this machine to cut the small rows between my veg patch. I am going to have to get it cut very short with a spare flymo I have, (petrol mower won't fit) and then hopefully it should work fine on a little and often basis.
With regard the grass box, you probably won't need it as the grass will already be quite short when you cut it. I guess its really designed for ornamental fine lawns.
I'll try and report back in a few weeks and see how I am progressing.
I have a number of push mowers - but they all seem to flatten the grass not cut - I have sharpended them etc - there must be something I am doing wrong - any ideas
I too am looking at buying a push mower after being fed-up with cumbersome cables! Does anyone have recent experience with the Handy Hand push mower? If not, has anyone got any advice? I don't really want to spend more that £60.
Thanks in advance!
The problem with most seems to be that the blade is not as wide as the wheels, so you cannot cut the lawn edges. Which seems a bit useless, I hope I am wrong.
I have the Webb H12R. I cannot fault it! Cutting your grass with a cylinder mower is like cutting it with scissors, a very clean cut. This is unlike a rotary mower that chops the grass down. If you want to leave your grass for a couple of weeks before cutting it or you want to cut it when it's wet then a hand cylinder mower probably isn't for you. Also if your lawn isn't reasonably flat and level you will have problems. However, if your lawn is flat and level and you have the time and the inclination to mow a couple of times a week and only ever cut a third of the grasses length you will be rewarded with a lovely lawn.
My lawn is like the surface of the moon, so I have to use a noisy electric rotary