Law Mower

Review by N. Hartley "Stryder" : Slippery Handles

An old BMX biking trick for putting handles on easily and making them stick is to spray them down with hair spray before slipping them on. They go on real easy when wet and are stuck tight when dry.

Review by Floyd A. Reed : Nice looking lawn, great exercise

Great way to stay on top of your exercise program as well as have a nice looking lawn. The mower is truly easier to push than a conventional rotary with an engine. The relativly quite whiring of the reel against the bed knife is a more soothing sound to both you and your neighbors. Mow often, when you are removing 1/3 of the grass blade or less and your lawn will thank you by displaying it's true beauty. Mowing less frequently may require repeating the job perpendicular to the first course to slice off missed blades (because of their length). Works well with St. Augustine and Centipede, both Southern creeping grasses. I am anxious to try it out on my winter rye coming around Christmastime here in Tampa Bay. My friend said I was nuts to give up using my self-propelled Lawn Boy... then I let him mow a couple of swaths. Now he wants to buy the 20" model. Nuts, huh?

Review by Steven Carter "Steven" : A Safe & Healthy Way to Cut Grass

I've used one of these lawnmowers for years in Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, and now Minnesota. Unless you've got a very large yard (in which case I'd recommend you plant something more interesting than grass!) or let your grass grow very tall, these work well. They are far safer than gasoline and electric lawnmowers. If you hit a stick or rock with this type, the blades just stop! Neighborhood kids will be so surprised to see one of these that they often offer to cut part of the yard just to try it out. I'll never go back to a huge, noisy, stinkin' gas mower. When I'm done cutting the grass, I just hang the mower on a hook on the garage wall. No plugs, no oil, no gas. It doesn't get better than this.12/07/11 Update: Actually, it does get better than this! I purchased a Fiskars 6201 18-Inch 5-Blade Momentum/Stay Sharp Push Reel Lawn Mower from Amazon and have entered a new realm of grass cutting. It cost a lot more but the technology is far more advanced. Fiskars has cleverly placed the wheels behind the cutting blades instead of to the sides and cuts the grass by trapping it between sharp blades rather than having the blades hit a striker plate. There are many more improvements that you can see in the videos for the Fiskar lawnmower. Sure, the Fiskars model cost a lot more but it's worth it.

Review by a sci-fi reader "a sci-fi reader" : Excellent product

This is the fourth reel lawn mower that I have owned in the past 30 years. It took about ten minutes to read the instructions and assemble it. I then immediately cut my lawn and had excellent results. My lawn is about 50% grass and 50% weeds with a lot of sticks and branches scattered about. This mower performed the best of all the mowers that I have used.I must comment on many other reviewers who noted either as an observation or a complaint that that this mower will not cut sticks or branches. This is absolutely true. But none of my previous push reel mowers could either. This situation is normal for a push reel mower. So if you are used to a power mower and have decided to go "natural", then be advised that cutting with a push mower means more physical work.Another point that I must make. I have never owned a power mower. The primary reason is safety. It is almost impossible to cut off fingers or toes with a push mower. I assume it could be done but I have not figured out how. Many people who have criticized or commented negatively about why I would want such an old fashioned device have little retort when I point out that I know of no one who has lost a finger or toe with a push mower. Whereas I personally know of several people who have with power mowers. This machine has fulfilled all expectations and I have no problem recommending this mower to anyone who likes a little exercise.