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 Useable...I suppose., June 26, 2006
J. A. Connolly (Oak Park, IL USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I purchased this grass catcher to use with my new Scotts Classic 20" reel mower. The mower's great. The catcher isn't. The fit is...well...iffy. It snaps easily enough on the bar above the rear roller assembly, where it awaits the most inopportune moment to detach itself. I've found the best way to counter this is to lift up on the handle when pulling back on the mower, thereby avoiding telescoping the grass catcher (and dumping the cuttings back on your lawn). However, the mower cannot be pushed with the handle raised even slightly or the clippings will spill forward out of the catcher. Also, on every path or so it's necessary to reach down behind the blades and sweep the grass toward the back of the catcher: otherwise there isn't enough room for the next batch.
I guess this thing will have to do, as I have yet to locate a better device. But I'm looking.
 Barely Adequate March 31, 2003
Mark Pickard (Dana Point, ca United States)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
After using this catcher, I'm now looking for an alternative. I bought it with the Scott's mower, and they were clearly not designed to work together. The attachment to the rear bar is not positive, and comes off frequently, and is cumbersome to attach. I long for the old days, and my fathers reel mower with a catcher that lasted for my entire youth. Easy on/off, and cought all the clippings. How hard could this be?
You should leave your grass clippings where they fall anyway June 27, 2003
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
So the silly thing doesn't stay on and besides that I have now learned that it is much better for your lawn if you just let the clippings lay. This means you can't let your lawn get really long or you might end up matting it. But if you are using a reel mower anyway you wouldn't want your lawn to get long. Moral of the story. . . leave the organic matter where it should be and out of the landfills.
 The one for your American or Great States Lawnmower, Oh Well June 14, 2003
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is the grass catcher for your larger American or Great States Lawnmower. (I understand it works, somewhat, on the Scotts brand push mower; all these brands are manufactured by American Lawn Mower Company.)It works adequately to catch the grass, but sure could use improving. Perhaps 2/3 of the grass actually makes it into the catcher, and one must stop occasionally to manually push back the clippings into the rear, so they don't fall out in the gap between mower and catcher. Installing the catcher includes adding hooks on to the back of your mower, which may complicate sliding its lithe little frame into that special slot in your garage. Backing up while the catcher's attached causes problems, solved by pulling on the catcher at the same time you're pulling back on the mower handle. Making turns at the end of a row can leave clippings slipping on to your sidewalk or drive. In sum: It's the one that catches your grass from the wider of the American, Great States, or Scotts push mowers, but expect some hassles and imperfections with the process.
Completely useless June 4, 2003
californiacrockett (Sacramento, CA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Like other reviewers, I bought this with my Scott's mower. They were NOT designed to work together at all. The main problem is that the catcher is designed to work with two mower types--neither of which is the Scott's. The bottom hook meachanism does not work. Second problem is that, even if I did get it hooked on with some duct tape, it's narrower than the cutting part of the mower, so a lot of grass would not even be caught. Select a higher setting on your mower and all the grass would remain on your lawn.
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