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for Flymo Microlite Hover Mower

Rating Summary based on 9 reviews

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  • 3 Stars
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  • 61 of 61 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    tange

    5 Stars Flymo to the moon....... 07/04/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Compact and easy to use. Two cutting heights. Light and foldable.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not suitable for larger gardens.

    ….and let me play among the stars! Now spring is here, it’s time to start thinking about clearing up the winter debris in the garden. My most hated job is cutting the grass, but it’s a task that must be done if you want to see outside past the forest of blades! I usually try and nag my husband until he relents and does it (or smile sweetly at my dad!). We only have a small lawn, but it is quite awkward and uneven, making it difficult to cut. Last year we invested in a new mower; after a rather disastrous encounter with a JMB one, which had to be returned, we purchased a Flymo hover mower ... more
  • 33 of 33 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 BNibbles

    Member since 08/10/2000

    Reviews written: 564

    4 Stars Any Colour You Like As Long As It's Orange 06/04/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lightweight, very manoeuvrable, cheap. Blades easy to change.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not a precision cutter by a long way! Blades easy to damage!

    Question: What have a small electric hover mower and a land-speed record attempt in common? Answer: “Fodding”, i.e. the search for, and removal of FOREIGN OBJECTS that might cause any DAMAGE before the activity in question. Like most owners of a suburban “semi”, I have two gardens, one at the front and one at the back. The rear one is long enough, at nearly 200 feet (say 60 metres) to justify a petrol mower, also a Flymo hover job as it happens, but the front, despite being the widest garden in the street (we live on the inside of a curve in the road) isn’t that big. It certainly doesn’t ... more
  • 13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    GraingerN

    5 Stars No bovver wiv an hover 08/03/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages light weight for ease of mowing, easy to clean

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    Although when I moved to my present house a simple lawn mower wouldn’t suffice (more like a couple of cows, looking at the state of it) my family and I soon knocked it into shape as we decided the only thing to do was to completely dig the entire garden over, level it out and lay new turf. So after several months of hard labour, broken nails and empty purses and wallets all-round my garden looked a pure delight and my new turf was ready for nurturing. As turf these days is heavily soaked in manure and all the rest of it, it wasn’t long at all before it started sprouting shoots here ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dave27

    4 Stars That time of year again 07/05/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Very easy to use

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None so far

    Yes, its that time of year again… I recently managed to pluck up the resolve and willpower to turn a jaundiced eye on my back garden and more exactly my lawn. (Or should that be unkempt patch of misshapen lumps and bumps and hummocks of grass?) The nagging mistress of the house finally got her way and persuaded me that it was time for the DREADED FIRST CUT OF THE YEAR. All protestations that “It’s still too wet, you’ll make it into a mud bath were exhausted. The harridan was not to be countermanded and the bony finger of fate jabbed into my neck: “Cut the grass ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    andycharger

    2 Stars So light that it does not cut 31/07/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Safe, light

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Bad cutting

    No matter how small you piece of grass at home, a little mower makes no difference than a big mower. Its all about the cut quality you get. Sure, if you have 20 Sq ft of grass in your back garden, a huge 7 gang Tractor driven unit is not going to benefit you. But buying this, miniscule mower will be about the same value to you. Reason being? Its just too darn small to do anything. If you have more than 20 sq ft of grass, you will be there forever. It has no grass collection facility. Leaves what it does cut on the floor. It has plastic blades that snap, fall off and generally dont cut a thing ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 kathboo

    Member since 16/05/2011

    Reviews written: 147

    4 Stars Flymo mMicrolite - lite by name light by nature 09/07/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Light, small, easy to use

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Perhaps hard work for long grass/large gardens

    As a lone lady with a lawn, the Flymo Microlite is absoluely ideal for me. Childhood memories of seeing my dad dripping with sweat as he laboriously pushed a massive mower round the lawn left me with the impression that cutting the grass was a difficult job! However, since purchasing the Microlite I would say, from a strenuity point of view, it's on a par with vaccing, but with the added bonus of that lovely cut grass smell. I was immediately surprised and impressed with the weight of the appliance. It is so light it can easily be lifted with one hand which - without wanting to sound like I ... more
  • 1 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    BessieBadger

    4 Stars The smallest mower 12/07/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Light and easy to use

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not suitable for a large lawn

    I needed to buy a mower for my Mother's tiny lawn when her old one gave up the ghost, but had no idea which one to buy. I looked round all the DIY shops and as she was soon to be moving to a flat, I didn't want to spend too much. Eventually I decided on a Flymo Microlite. It was relatively easy to assemble, with two cutting levels and plastic cutting blades. They didn't look strong enough to cut her lawn which was now about 3 inches high, but to my surprise it plouged into it with gusto. The mower is light to manoevre and glides effortlessly across a small lawn although I wouldn't recommend it ... more
  • 11 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Gwyna

    5 Stars Trigger Happy! 22/02/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Light and easy to use; Triggers in the correct place;

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Only useful for small gardens; Assembly quite difficult.

    I was looking forward to using my new compact lawnmower. But I was in for a disappointment. When I got it home and opened it up it was in lots of bits. There is a booklet with detailed instructions but you needed to be very nimble fingered to do the job. It took me 2 hours to assemble it. Phew!! It would be better if it came already assembled. Now I still had to mow the lawn. This is when I was pleasantly surprised. The triggers were in the exact right place for me to use. There are 2 of them one in each side of the main handle. Other mowers I have used there has been one trigger in an awkward ... more
  • 0 of 5 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    zak100

    1 Star A waste of money 07/08/2006
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages lightweight,cheap to buy,easy to store

    Disadvantages Disadvantages trying to cut grass is a pain,does not hover enough

    I wanted a small mower that would mulch the grass and be easy to store by hanging up on the wall in the garage.With a name like Flymo which I have found ok in the past,I decided to buy the microlight.Putting it together was easy,I then realised the cable could not be detached,if there was a problen in use you would want to disconnect the supply quickly,so not a safe point to start with. However when I tried to cut grass I was very dissapointed,the machine uses plastic "blades"that would only cut at the edges,so you are attempting to cut hollow circles in the grass,however it just hardly cuts ... more
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