Petrol and push lawn mower reviews

03.Product profiles

Petrol mowers

Honda Buffalo Buck HRU 19R

Price $729

Good Points

• Excellent cutting performance on tall grass.
• Very comfortable handle.
• Very easy to start.

Bad Points

• Nothing in particular.

 

Rover Regal 35692

Price $569

Good points

• Excellent cutting performance on tall grass.
• Very comfortable handle.
• Very good cutting height adjustment.
• Very good catcher.

Bad points

• Nothing in particular.

 

Masport Series 18 500AL

Price $650

Good Points

• Excellent cutting performance on tall grass.
• Excellent handle comfort.
• Very easy to start.

Bad Points

• Equal worst in the test for handle vibration.

Victa Tornado Classic TCS484

Price $460

Good Points

• Very easy to push/manoeuvre.
• Very comfortable handle.
• Very good cutting height adjustment.
• Very good catcher.

Bad points

• Equal worst for handle vibration.

Masport Series 18 450AL

Price $599

Good points

• Excellent handle control.

Bad points

• Nothing in particular.
• Control has a stiff action.

 

GMC RL504

Price $299

Good points

• Deadman’s handle.
• Least noisy.
• Very little handle vibration.
• Very easy to push/manoeuvre.
• Excellent cutting height adjustment.
• One of the cheapest models in the test.

Bad points

• Borderline cutting performance only on tall grass.
• Uncomfortable handle.
• Not very easy to start.

Rover 460 11024

Price $299

Good points

• Very easy to push/manoeuvre.
• Very comfortable handle.
• One of the cheapest models in the test.

Bad points

• Not particularly easy to start.

 

Victa Pace by Victa PCS464

Price $319

Good points

• Very easy to push/manoeuvre.
• Very good controls.
• One of the cheapest models in the test.  

Bad points

• Uncomfortable handle.  

 

Yardman Self Starter 409S

Price $559

Good points

• Deadman’s handle.
• Excellent to start by squeezing deadman’s handle.
• Excellent cutting performance on tall grass.
• No controls to use as the motor controls the speed.  

Bad points

• Tiring to push/manoeuvre.
• Very uncomfortable handle.  

 

Supaswift Lawncruiser 767QC

Price $599

Good points

• Very easy to push/manoeuvre.

Bad points

• Borderline cutting performance only on tall grass.
• Uncomfortable handle.
• The controls are stiff.  

 

Talon Condor AM3070

Price $699

Good points

• Excellent key start.
• Very comfortable handle.  

Bad points

• Worst for ease of use.
• Heaviest model.
• Borderline cutting performance only on tall grass.
• Very tiring to push/manoeuvre.
• The controls are clunky and vague.
• Poor cutting height adjustment.
•  Very poor and heavy catcher.  

Push mowers

Flymo H40

Price $122

Good Points

• Best score overall.
• Easiest to use.
• Very easy to push/manoeuvre.
• Excellent cutting height adjustment.
• Very easy to adjust the cutting blade.

Bad Points

• No catcher.

 

McCulloch Easy Cut 350

Price $98

Good Points

• Very easy to adjust the cutting blade.
• Very easy to attach/remove the catcher.

Bad Points

• Handle wobbles and may be too short for some people.
• Cutting height adjustment is only OK.  

 

Ozito Hand Mower LMP-301

Price $75

Good points

• Good handle.
• OK cutting height adjustment.  

Bad points

• No catcher.
• Narrow cut by comparison - 30 cm.
• Fiddly to adjust the cutting blade.  

 

Morrison Hand Mower 552462

Price $99

Good points

• Very easy to attach/remove the catcher.
• OK cutting height adjustment.  

Bad points

• Handle may be too short for some and wobbles a lot.
• Not particularly easy to adjust the cutting blade. 
   

Gardener's Choice Hand Mower GC 029

Price $80

Good points

• Nothing in particular

Bad points

• Narrow cut by comparison - 30 cm.
• Handle may be too short for some and wobbles a lot.
• Borderline cutting height adjustment.
• Not easy to adjust the cutting blade.
• Catcher looses some grass clippings when removing it.

 

Talon Push Reel Mower AM201816C

Price $99

Good points

• Nothing in particular  

Bad points

• Worst overall.
• Worst for ease of use.
• Heaviest mower in the test.
• Handle may be too short for some and can’t be lowered far enough.
• Borderline cutting height adjustment.
• Cutting blade is difficult to adjust.
• Poor catcher; very fiddly to install/remove.