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 AHHHH the joy of mowing the lawn August 7, 2004
LShack
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
I am so happy with this lawn mower. I just stroll around the lawn with ease. As a household of three women, my two daughters & myself we always argue as to who's turn it is to mow the lawn. Now I don't mind doing it. It's quiet, relaxing and most of all easy to push, and I don't have to start it or add gas! It was also easy to put together & coming from someone who can just about hang a picture that is saying something. This mower is great. It's funny my neighbor laughed & said wow I haven't seen one of those in years. Well he'll see it every weekend & it won't wake up the neighbors. It's great.
Nice mower for nice lawns May 4, 2002
Joseph Kubina (Mentor, Ohio United States)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I purchased this mower last yr. so I gave it a good work out before I wrote this review. My lawn is a mono stand of midnight blue grass. So I bought a reel mower to get a better cut and not to mention the blades stay sharp longer than rotary mowers. Well anyways this mower works perfect I get a perfect cut everytime. The only problem was the handle can be a problem during assembly other than that I have no complaints.
 Five Years of Successful Mowing June 17, 2004
Jason M. Waskiewiczx (Bowman, ND USA)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
I've been using this mower for 5 years now. As others have said, it is quiet and does not smell bad or require gasoline.I am particularly pleased with its easy operation. It is not really much more difficult to use than a gas mower. When sharp, it cuts about as quickly. It also cuts taller grass better than some here would make you think. However, the tall grass can't be too thick. It should be kept sharp. I recently sharpened mine. The time it took to mow my lawn went from three hours to one and a half. Although adequate for mowing my lawn, I do have a few issues: 1. It is difficult to sharpen. The process itself isn't bad: reverse the gears, smear lapping compound on the blade, and walk back and forth on the sidewalk. The difficulty is finding lapping compound and in applying the lapping compound as well as removing the excess after. 2. It does not deal well with sticks. If I don't walk my lawn first and pick them up, any sticks will bring me up short. 3. It got out of adjustment easily in my previous town. The street sweeper there sprayed its metal bristles into my lawn and every time I got one, the blades would hit each other, dulling their cutting surfaces quickly. 4. On an uneven lawn like mine, it will miss the excessively tall blades of grass. If you look at my lawn you will see random tall blades here and there. At the rough spots you will see many tall blades. Overall, it's adequate for its purposes, but it fails to impress.
A REEL WINNER August 5, 2004
Josef H. Buerger III (Houston, Texas USA)
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
I live in a TOWNHOUSE community in HOUSTON, TEXAS where ST. AUGUSTINE turf is one of the few types of GRASS that will survive our summers. This spring I had new SOD laid in front of my TOWNHOUSE. In about [2] weeks it was really starting to look good. The groundskeepers judged that it was ready to MOW and their 600 LB rotary mower KILLED it. New sod was laid on July 13, 2004 and that's when I checked on the various types of mowers available. The American Lawn Mower Company 1815-18 18" Reel Mower had the best rating so that's what I bought. Assembly was a BREEZE. The instructions were clear and complete. The downside was installing the foam rubber handle cover [using HOT SOAPY WATER as a lubricant made the installation possible]. On AUGUST 3, 2004 I had to MOW the grass because it's height was approaching 4". THIS MOWER WORKS FLAWLESSLY. The blades are sharp and the cut [I CROSS-CUT IT] is EVEN! If they were going to make an improvement, I'd suggest increasing the cutting height range to [1" to 3"]from [1/2" to 2-1/4"]
A Fantastic Mower! April 21, 2005
Robert Seaver (Austin, TX USA)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I grew up using a power mower to maintain lawns, but after a few weeks with this mower, I'm not sure I'd go back to using a gas-powered mower. This may be the only purchase I've ever made that went against my wife's wishes, but she seems to have come to terms with my purchase, and even admits that the mower yields good results.
This mower will not give you that perfect, even cut that a typical gas-powered mower will produce, but a friend and I agreed that we both like that the result is not 100% perfect. There's a certain beauty in the minor imperfections.
Other reviewers have stated that twigs and rocks will bring the mower to a grinding halt. They certainly will, but considering that a power mower can turn those objects into potentially dangerous projectiles, I'm quite comfortable with backing up, and removing the obstacle.
Weeds and thicker blades of grass will require an extra pass or two, but my experience has been that they will fall victim to the blades. One effective trick that I recently discovered, is to give the mower a forceful push, and then stop it directly over the stubborn grass or weed, letting the mower blades rotate for a few seconds. The weed/grass will get caught in the rotating blades, and will be cut. For particularly recalcitrant weeds, you'll have to break down and pull them, which is the only way I know (aside from sprays) that will eliminate the weed for good.
I can't speak for all grass types, and do not know that much about grass myself. I know when I first used this mower on our new property, the grass was about four or five inches high, and went down without a fight.
I would recommend this mower to anyone. Your neighbors may look at you a little strangely at first, and generously offer their gas-powered mowers, but you'll be happy you made the purchase. Lawn mowing has become a much less arduous task, and I am quite happy with my purchase.
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