Choosing a lawn mower...

The are a number of very different types of lawnmower and when choosing your new lawnmower you will need to consider price, the size of your lawn, how easy it will be to push, the quality of cut you require and much more.

Points to consider:

• How often will you use your Lawnmower?
• What size of lawn do you have?
• Petrol or Electric?
• Do you want stripes on your lawn?
• Brand? – Do you prefer a recognisable brand such as Qualcast or Flymo?
• Portability – Size and Weight
• Ease of Use
• And, of course, Price!

Electric Cylinder or Petrol Cylinder Lawnmowers

Reviews of Cylinder Lawnmowers. You cannot do much better than buy a good cylinder lawn mower as that is the best type of lawn mower to cut your lawn with. A rotary lawnmower just cannot produce the quality of cut grass. With a cylinder lawnmower, as the lawn mower goes forward, either pushed by you or under its own propulsion, a horizontally mounted cylinder rotates with a series of cutting blades on its surface trimming the grass to the desired height. As in most areas of life, you get what you pay for and the main disadvantage of a cylinder lawnmower is the cost. However, you should be able to find a basic electric cylinder mower costing you around £75 and with a bit of work sould give you the stripes on your lawn you have always wanted.

Electric Rotary or Petrol Rotary Lawnmowers

Reviews of Rotary Lawnmowers. A rotary lawnmower cuts the grass using a rotating blade. This blade hacks at the grass and does not produce as good a cut as a cylinder lawnmower. However, a rotary lawn mower will do a good a job and it will do an even better job if it has a roller on the back. Rotary lawn mowers will easily cut your grass at the first cut of the Spring when its a little too long. In terms of price, rotary lawnmowers are considerably cheaper than cylinder lawnmowers, in both petrol and electric models.

Electric Hover or Petrol Hover Lawnmowers

Reviews of Electric Hover Lawnmowers. If you are looking for a very easy to push lawnmower and a very reasonably priced lawnmower, a hover mower could be for you. The cutting method is the same as for a rotary lawn mower. The main difference is in the design of the skirt that surrounds the cutting blade. The rotation of the blades creates a down draft and the escaping air lifts the whole of the lawn mower off the grass surface so that it floats above it. You can mow from side-to-side with a hover lawnmower rather than forward and backwards if you wish.

Ride-on tractors

Reviews of Ride-on Tractor Lawnmowers. You will need to consider a ride-on tractor lawnmower if you are considering cutting larger areas. If you need to cut long grass in paddocks and orchards even in the wet. They can mulch, tow and drive powered accessories.

Robotic Lawnmowers

Reviews of Robotic Lawnmowers. If you don't enjoy mowing your lawn and if your lawn is not too large a robotic lawnmower maybe just for you. Once a device of the future, robotic lawnmowers are now a reality. These battery operated mowers come complete with a docking station, where they automatically recharge.

We always welcome your reviews of all makes and models of lawnmowers including electric lawnmowers and petrol lawnmowers. Our visitors welcome your fair, independent reviews of ride-on lawnmowers and tractors plus reviews of sit-on lawn mowers.When choosing a lawnmower you should understand that there are two main types of cutting mechanisms in use. Rotary lawnmowers have blades that spin horizontally which cuts the lawn by striking the grass at high speed. Reel lawnmowers have a set of spiral-cylindrical blades spinning on a horizontal axis and gives a good grass cutting action even when the lawn mower is moving slowly. Rotary lawnmowers do not cut the grass as cleanly as cylinder-type reel lawn mowers and manual lawn mowers. Many lawn mowers are height adjustable so the lawn mower can be adjusted to control the height of the cut grass..