lawn mower reviews
lawn mower reviews
At an half hours forty times a year, you will spend more than fifty hours a year in command of your lawn mower. It is therefore useful to take a few tens of minutes to choose in stores.
MANUAL
Up to 100 m2 of lawn (or twice if you like exercise), a push mower is sufficient in a residence (not necessarily in a second home, because the helical blades will be ineffective against the high grass that has flourished in your absence). The manual mower is simple, light and inexpensive design. It leaves the ears to rest and virtually maintenance free.
ELECTRIC
ELECTRIC
THERMAL
Beyond 1000 m2 of land, despite its drawbacks, the heat becomes almost essential. This is the most powerful and effective. From 3000 m2, it is even necessary to move towards a riding lawn mower is to say a small tractor. The two-stroke engines have disappeared from the market. Now they are four-stroke and run on unleaded fuel.
Propelled OR NOT?
Most thermal lawn lawn mowers are, you will not have to ask the question. The function may exist on power. It is very useful on sloping land. On flat ground, propelled the method is not used much, unless your lawn mower is exceptionally heavy. In general, electric lawn mowers are lighter than the heat, but be careful, their weight is very variable (6-25 kg).
MOWERS ELECTRIC AIR CUSHION
Still marginal on the market. Their autonomy is limited (26 min and 11 min for both models tested in Que Choisir No. 481), but can be as powerful as lawn mowers on sector. They do not necessarily cost a lot more expensive to buy. However, attention to the price of the batteries. Must be changed after a certain number of cycles (a few hundred, depending on the manufacturer)
DETAILS THAT COUNT
Adjustable handlebars to the user's size is a necessity. Just as easy to remove tray, empty and hang up: we spend so much time to this task than cutting grass. Maneuvers to be tested in stores, before deciding for one of the models on display. A push bar on the handle (and below the handlebar) is more comfortable than the one we pull (placed above). Try, your fingers will confirm this. Check the setting mode of the cutting height. Prefer the central adjustment (by a lever, for example) to the setting wheel by wheel, more tedious.
CUTTING WIDTH
It is 30 cm for manual and 60 cm for the most powerful heat. This is an important selection criterion on large plot, but quite secondary on small surfaces.
FUNCTION "MULCHING"
The "mulching" is to cut the grass into fine particles applied to land on the lawn. It is not necessary to pick up the cut grass, transformed into natural fertilizer. This is a plus, but not a revolution. You get almost the same result by mowing your lawn frequently (without the tray, of course) and leaving the product of cutting the lawn. Do not do this if the grass is already high: it will clump together in large packages that smother your lawn.
THE ROBOTS
The robot lawn mowers work for you, even in your absence. Useless, in addition, to collect the grass waste are small and compost on site. Disadvantages: the system can be tedious (although define the scope and program the robot) and the deterrent prices. Expensive to buy, they are also in use (blade change every year, sharpening is not possible). These mowers work on the same principle as robot vacuums, but with better results. According to our measurements with fully charged batteries, robots cover 65 m2 to 150 m2, it must then wait 50 to 120 minutes for the battery is charging. Thus, for a surface of 400 m2, it will take at least 8 hours to complete mowing. According to the surface of their land, some owners buy several robot mowers. And make them work 24/24, to the chagrin of the neighborhood ...
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