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We haven’t owned one since we left NY. Now the husband will be here full-time and will wanna do his own grass. What do you recommend? Small property; fescue grass. Last one we had was a Honda.
Wanna surprise him.
Honestly depending on how small, I'd possibly go electric/rechargeable. I have a cordless rechargeable mower that I like to joke is made by Fisher Price, but it really is convenient to not have to deal with gas, oil changes, etc.
Wouldn't recommend it on thicker warm weather grasses though - should be fine on fescue.
Honda lawn mowers still get the best reviews - and people seem to like them the best. You will pay the price for it though. Toro seems to make a good one also.
One thing about Toro - it used to be that the Toro's you bought at HD or Lowes were not the same as what you would buy at a Toro dealer. Not sure if that's still the case.
If going gas the one feature I'd want is a blade clutch - that's really handy to have.
If you have a small (under 1/4 acre to mow) lot, as m378 mentioned consider a cordless rechargeable 40V+ mower, like the Ryobi.
Depending on the vendor, you can also get "adjacent" tools that use the same battery, such as leaf blowers, weed trimmers, and sometimes chainsaws. The electrics are quieter (yard prep during the cooler, early morning), start instantly, and are very light.
I've had move gas and cordless - as said, depends on the grass and lot size. I'd go gas over corded electric.
It's easy to throw out a recommendation for a battery powered mower or even for a manual mower on a smaller lot. The problem with those choices is that they depend on conditions that you can't control.
They can't handle wet grass. They can't handle overly long grass. They force you to stop and clean the mower unless everything lines up perfectly. I don't have time to mess around with that nonsense.
I mow my own grass. I fit it into my schedule whenever I can. In the heat of summer I prefer to do it earlier in the day, but the grass can be wet at that time. I can't always mow with the same frequency. If I go away for a week in July I come home to a lawn most mowers cannot handle.
I'm on my second Honda (HRX217). The first one, bought for $399, served me for 10 years until we moved and I needed a stronger self propel mechanism. I sold that one for $150 in about 45 seconds on Craigslist.
My neighbor across the street, who works for John Deere, also uses a Honda HRX217.
Just get the Honda and be done with it.
Thanks all! My gut is telling me Honda because he loved it and we got a good dozen years out of it. However, I appreciate all the suggestions and will look into all of them.
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