Hand Push Lawnmower Guide and Review

Why should you consider a hand push lawnmower over a gas or electric mower? Well there are quite a few reasons:

• A hand push lawnmower is more environmentally friendly that a gas or electric model. It just uses human power!
• You can get some exercise while you mow the lawn! While these mowers aren't particularly difficult to use, they do offer more resistance than a gas or electric mower. 
• A push mower has safety advantages over using gas or electric outdoors. We can mow our lawn while our kids are playing in another part of the garden and easily keep an eye on them. 
• A push mower is much quieter than a noisy mower with a motor. Your neighbors will thank you!
• Push mowers are usually very compact and don't take much space to store. 
• Push mowers are often cheaper that models that have a motor. And they are cheaper to fun because they don't need fuel. 
• Push mowers are low maintenance with few moving parts. They should last for years. 
• Push mowers are easy to use so you won't put off mowing the lawn because it feels like a major chore. 
• A lot of people find that push mowers cut the grass more cleanly whereas gas and electric mowers tear the grass. We're certainly happy with how our push mower cuts the grass. 

Push reel lawnmovers come in a variety of widths from narrower 14 inch models through to wider 20 inch models. 

The smaller models are lighter, cheaper and easier to maneuver, but they take longer to cover the same area. If you have a large lawn then you'll find the wider blades are worth the trade-off of a larger turning circle each time you need to turn around. 

If you're in the UK like us, then I can recommend the Qualcast Panther Hand Powered Cylinder Lawnmower. It's the one we have and we're very pleased with it.

It comes in 30cm and 38cm sizes - you'll cover your lawn more quickly with the larger one, but it's heavier and more expensive. This mower comes with a grassbox which catches most of the grass.

We find that on a downward slope some of it escapes. So you might want to use a rake afterwards. It does collect most of the grass though.

You do need to pick up any sticks from the lawn before you mow as they will stop the mower and you'll have to stop to remove them. 

My partner did replace the bolts on the handle with some better ones and they included ones were getting shaken loose with the vibration. Overall the mower has been an excellent buy. We much prefer it to an electric mower. 

See: Qualcast Panther Hand Powered Cylinder Lawnmower - UK