Lawn Mowers > Petrol Lawn Mowers

Becoming A Two-Mower Family By Mistake

Advantages: Easy handling over rougher terrain
Disadvantages: No grass collection. When all said and done, it only cuts like any other rotary mower

...MONDAY 15th May Most people with grass to cut will at least have heard of Flymo - I'm not entirely sure they INVENTED the hover mower, but their name always springs to mind, for fairly obvious reasons. I've got quite a long thin garden, largely give ...

BNibbles 22.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Flymo XL500 Petrol Hover Mower

Horses for Courses

Advantages: Fast and powerful, easy starting
Disadvantages: Height adjustment, Handle attachment, only stores flat, poor on edges

The good news is the simplicity and manoeverability of hover, and the Honda four stroke motor On the other hand the XL500 seems rather expensive, around £300, for what it is, being just a big tough plastic/?fibreglass bowl with a powerful engine on t ...

tranx 14.06.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Flymo XL500 Petrol Hover Mower

Great mower - depending on the price!

Advantages: price (see details in review), quality,
Disadvantages: don't let the flymo name put you off

...I recently shopped around for a petrol hover mower and came to the conclusion I liked the look of the XL500. Having never owned a Flymo before , I took some convincing that it was a quality machine as opposed to their naff plastic smaller machines, but I ...

tomn22 19.08.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Flymo XL500 Petrol Hover Mower

Money well spent :)

Advantages: Easy to use, reliable, lightweight, powerful, fuel efficient, quiet, low effort starting system
Disadvantages: Expensive, though totally worth every penny!

...bought this mower under the Honda Mower Swappage Scheme which ends the week I am writing this (last week of September, 2010) which allows £70 off on a new Honda IZY when you trade in your old Petrol Mower. A fair deal, in my opinion. After having an el ...

aledowen 27.09.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Honda HRG 415C3 SD IZY

Honda HRG 415 CPD lawnmower

Advantages: Reliable, Durable
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

The same line of mower I used everyday working for a busy landscaping buisness. The reliability of these machines is unquestionable, if you look after them properly they will not let you down. They are good for uneven and high quality lawns and easy to op ...

CJCDar 23.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Honda HRG 415C3 SD IZY