Mower Review

- push mower?
During the summer I'm looking for alternatives to my gas mower. How much are push mowers and are they really that much difficult to use. With a gas mower it takes me about an hour to mow my lawn any ideas how long it would take with a gas mower? A push mower as in the ones that use elbow grease and no gas

A A good one is about $150 - $175 where I am. Could be cheaper or more expensive depending on where you live. If you cut frequently it shouldn't take you much longer to mow than with a power mower.

- Push-mower?
Hello everyone. Well, I want to convince my family to get a lawn mower you have to push yourself rather than our gasoline-powered one. However, my family is not very environmentally friendly.... it took them forever to let me make a recycle box for paper (which I started up last week, woo hoo!)... My parents are all about convenience!! What are some ways to make them more earth friendly without using a lot of effort? and don't even get me started on their Ford SUV... which they REFUSE to give up! =/ By the way, I know it may sound frustrating, and it definitely is for me too, but please try to keep the comments down and the ideas up!

A Reel Mower Disadvantages Okay, so it isn't all wine and roses! Everything has pros and cons, and reel mowers are no exception. Here's a list of some of the disadvantages that you should keep in mind. 1. Reel mowers don't mow tall willowy weeds well. Because of the design, they tend to just roll over them without cutting, leaving them to pop right back up after the reel rolls over them. This includes tall weeds that are more than six inches, and things like dandelions and buckhorn. So if you have the kind of lawn that looks like a vacant lot, where you have more weeds than actual grass, then save your money and don't buy a manual mower. Reel mowers are designed to cut grass, not weeds. 2. If you let the grass get too tall, a reel lawn mower will be harder to push and won't work as well. As long as you are mowing on a weekly basis, using a reel mower will be a piece of cake. But if you go on vacation for three weeks and come back to eight inch grass, you're going to have a lot of work cut out for you. You'll probably have to mow the same row more than once (going in both directions over the same row) to cut all the grass. You'll probably also have to push a lot harder, because when the grass is really overgrown, a manual mower will bog down or bind up and skid, which can be frustrating. In this situation, you should either just accept that it's going to be tough and consider it a workout, or just borrow a neighbor's gas mower or pay a neighbor kid to do it and get it back under control that way. You can also move your mower settings up to your maximum cutting height to make things a bit easier. 3. It takes a bit longer to mow with a reel mower than with a power mower. If it typically takes you 45 minutes to mow with a power mower, then you might expect it to take 60 to 70 minutes with a manual lawnmower. But hey, you don't get the noise and smoke and dust, so it's a much better experience and you probably won't notice the extra time because you'll be enjoying yourself. 4. A reel mower is best suited for 8,000 square feet of grass or less. If you live on a half acre lot or smaller, then a manual reel mower is a very reasonable choice. But if you have much more grass than that, then it's going to be too time consuming for the average person. As enjoyable as it is to use a reel mower, it gets old mowing for three hours. If you want to cut the grass every week spend your own money and buy a reel mower. You probably could find one used.