Scotts Push Mower: No Gas To Cut Your Grass!

I did it---I paid over $4 for gas ($4.03, to be exact) AND I purchased a manual push mower from Home Depot, all on the same day.  Hopefully my move will help offset the pain of high gas prices a bit. 

This spring I only got one and a half cuts out of my gas-powered push mower before it stopped working.  The mower was leaking gasoline, it stunk up the shed and it wouldn't start.  My lawn was rapidly rising to the skies and I couldn't get any lawn mower repair shops to return my calls.  In desperation, I borrowed my neighbor's riding mower to mow down my lawn.  Not wanting to repeat this act again, I immediately looked into a greener option---my first instinct was to look at an electric mower.  While this seemed like an attractive choice at first, the prospects of trying to mow around a cord (for the lower-cost option) or paying $400+ for a rechargeable electric mower considerably soured my enthusiasm.

Then I had an epiphany (I had always wanted to have one of those)!  I decided to search for a manual push mower---they still make those, right?  Well, I found one for sale at Home Depot and I was there in a flash to snatch it up!  My Scotts 20 Inch Green Classic Reel Mower is simply wonderful!  It cuts moderate-length grass beautifully and it actually "cuts" the grass, instead of tearing the grass like traditional mowers do.  This is great because there's not all of this wet "green blood" all over the lawn and on my shoes. Also, weighing in at only 30 pounds, this mower is easy to push and does not take any longer to cut my rather large lawn than it did with a traditional gas-powered push mower.  In addition, my mower also makes a merry little whirring noise as it cuts the blades of grass, which is a vast improvement over the ear-drum shattering roar of my old gas-powered mower.  Perhaps best of all, there's no crank to pull, no gas to fill and no oil to check!  That means that there's no annual tune up to pay for!  Barring any major accident, the most maintenance I'll have to get for my push mower is a blade sharpening every 3-4 years.  This mower cannot, however, cut bendable weeds such as the stalks of dandelions, nor will it cut extra long grass.  If you try to mow these, you'll discover that they simply get bent over and then spring back up.  Unless you're willing to go back and forth numerous times to try to cut these down, you'd be better off using a weed whacker or some garden shears. 

All in all, I would recommend Scotts 20 inch Green Classic Reel Mower to anyone who wants to do away with their traditional mower---it's good exercise and it's great for the environment!  Now that's one green sexy product!      

Comments

[RubyShooZ]

Yay for you! Yay for the environment! Even a Yay! for Scotts for having a plain ol mower like from the "olden" days!

I'm proud of you and so glad to hear of a good old fashioned mower being available these days. I thought they'd quit making them actually.

Thanks for posting this, truly. It did my heart good this morning and I really do appreciate it - and you. Thanks for being here.

Peace, love and understanding.

[Dave Thompson]

I love my mower - I use it to cut cricket wickets on a local football pitch here in England - but I'm obsessed see my blog!