I bet he does look good! I've been tring to to talk dh into getting one...to no avail
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I asked my dh for one before he left so I could mow without
A. waking the kids if they are napping
B. can hear them if they wake up or are out there with me
C. not lose my hearing
D. not worry about gas & other maintence (other than blade sharpening)
I'm sure there are a million other reasons (other than environmental...I'm just being selfish here)
I think I'll go buy one in the coming weeks!!
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I love ours. It is a Scotts brand, I think I paid around $100 last summer for it. My only beef is it doesn't cut quite short enough for my taste, so you really have to keep after it. (Wouldn't be a big problem if you didn't have a huge yard and grass that grows insanely fast) Oh, and it doesn't cut tough weeds very well, like dandelions. They go right through. But I don't give a crap if I have a weedy lawn.
We bought it at Home Depot. They have two brands, a little grim grey one, and this beautiful green one. It cost $129, a hundred less than the cheapest gas mower. The grey one cost less than one hundred dollars. DH just liked the way the green one looked, I think.
And yes!!!! it is so quiet, we didn't even know he was out cutting the grass until he was halfway through.
The blades can be raised or lowered. We hadn't cut the lawn since we moved in, and there were some ferocious weeds. So he went over the area once at a high level, and then dropped the blades.
Oh- the blades aren't sharp- it works by pushing the grass against a metal scoop, which cuts it sort of like a papercutter. So it's a safe machine around curious small children.
Dh had to mow the lawn growing up, and he says this is the same amount of sweat and effort as a gas machine, but with no noise, and no fumes, and so he likes it more.
Ari, I was just coming to say I had seen a Home Depot ad last night and it had the exact same mower we have for $129. So we must have the same one! For anyone looking to buy one, I know mine was less than $100, I got it at a locally owned hardware store on sale. So you might want to check around.
ooooh, I think I am going to bug DH to get one of these. Our yard is pretty big compared to what we have had before, but since DH is working construction, I am pretty sure I will be the one in charge of mowing.
Thanks! I'll look around town. Even if dh ends up hating using it, spending around $100 will be worth it since I'd use it when I mow.
Also, I'd trust my 10 year old daughter to mow with a push mower and she's been begging to mow the yard.
Anyone have any proof of the amount of exhaust that a gas mower puts out? I want to "build my case" before I take the idea to my dh. (who I think is looking forward to a new "toy" aka gas mower with a bag for us to easily pick up leaves in the fall)
We're starting a natural organic lawn care company that includes mowing with reel mowers!!!
Can't wait until we get up to VT to get it going!
They are terrific - I read an article about a lawn care company in Canada that switched over and they found that it didn't take any longer than the motor ones!!
Yes,
a push reel mower is what they are actually called
My husband has been in the greens/lawn business for over 17 years....
We hope to get into the "true" green market" by providing no impact lawn care...
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