Which lawnmower?

[TheGreatSoprendo]

It appears that my lawnmower is cream crackered! I was wondering, therefore, if anyone could recommend a good, reasonably priced mower to cover a small lawn (approx 7m x 5m)?

I know the PH answer is to get the most powerful petrol mower in the garden centre, but that would be complete overkill for such a small lawn, plus I need something that's compact enough to store easily in my overcrowded shed, and light enough that the missus can get it in and out without giving herself a hernia.

[Eggle]

I have, and is well rated, a Honda Izy.
Great!

[TheGreatSoprendo]

Eggle said:

I have, and is well rated, a Honda Izy.
Great!

Looks excellent! If I had a bigger garden and a bigger budget, I'd love one of those, but having done some rsearch online, this looks like a very good option: Bosch Rotak 34.

Any thoughts or alternatives?

[7 Sevens]

Assuming you would like petrol and not electric how about a second hand rotary Hayter?

Have you decided between rotary or cylinder?

[Munter]

Do you care what the lawn looks like, or just want it cut?

See if you just want it cut my theory is buy the mower 1 up from the cheapest in the garden center. And expect to throw it away after 2 or 3 years.

[JustinP1]

Why not get a hand mower?

No petrol, no messing around with winding leads up and extension leads.

I got a Qualcast for £38 at the start of the season from Amazon. Nice sharp cylinder mower cut, stripes, and my lawn is half done by the time I would have fired an electric one up...

[toasty]

I went through 2 flymos in 2 years before getting a Honda Izy. Never looked back...

[TheGreatSoprendo]

JustinP1 said:

Why not get a hand mower?

No petrol, no messing around with winding leads up and extension leads.

I got a Qualcast for £38 at the start of the season from Amazon. Nice sharp cylinder mower cut, stripes, and my lawn is half done by the time I would have fired an electric one up...

I did consider the lazy man's version of that, but it gets some pretty crappy reviews.

I think I'm gonna go with the Bosch. It's pretty reasonably priced at £89, gets rave reviews and meets all of my criteria in terms of lightness and ease of storage.

Paddy_n_Murphy said:

Obviously Electric Lawnmowers of any shape or form are Ghey. Fact.

It should make the perfect companion to the MX-5 then, eh?

Thanks to everyone for your input.

[TheGreatSoprendo]

Paddy_n_Murphy said:

mmm, are you having a pop at me or you ?


Edited : Me obviously - as I am sans le Blower !

Edited by Paddy_n_Murphy on Tuesday 9th June 13:47

Me actually! I didn't look at your profile before posting, so didn't know you were a fellow 5er, and certainly didn't know you were also the proud owner of a "Land Rover Gaylander"!

[briSk]

personally i think for a garden that small you could do a LOT worse than just buying the cheapest thing you can find. we had a reasonable sixed garden in our last place and a £35 thing did us fine for 4.5 years!).

as you'll see from the other thread i am now going hard core!