Flymo Hover Compact 300 Electric Hover Mower
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| Price: | £57.99 |
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Dispatched from and sold by Economy Gardening
Product Description
# Power Type: Electric # Motor/Engine Power: 1400W # Weight (packed): 10.6 kg # Weight (unpacked): 7.6 kg # Carton Dimensions: 800x440x425 mm # Cutting System: Metal Blade # Cutting Width: 30 cm # Cutting Heights: 4 (10-30) mm # Collection Capacity: 20L # Cable length: 12m
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #23254 in Home Improvement
- Brand: Flymo
- Model: 963303101
Features
- Floats on a cushion of air and cuts easily in any direction
- Grass box full indicator
- Easy to empty grassbox
Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer's Description
Flymo hover Compact 300 Electric Lawnmower
Customer Reviews
Simply the worst .....don't bover with this hover....
I needed a light, easy to carry and store, grass-collecting lawnmower for my two small lawns. The Flymo range, and specifically the Compact 300 seemed to comfortably cover all aspects. Out of the box, you are immediately aware that the flimsy plastic casing is unlikely to be tolerant of anything other than the flattest of lawns. It is light, and easy to carry - but its grass cutting and collection ability is poor. About half of what is cut is "blown" and "strewn" around the lawn, covering flower-beds, patios and planters. New flowers close to the lawn-edge are decimated by the "hover" action (not the cutting-blade). For small to medium gardens (the market this product is targetting) the Compact 300 is little better than useless as the clearing up needed after it has "mowed" the lawn more than doubles the time required. Due to its design, grass collection only takes place if the mower is going forward, so no collection occurs during any sideways or backwards motion - which means the cut grass has only one place to go. The orange casing seems to heavily attract these wayward grass-cuttings requiring the machine to be thouroughly cleaned before transporting through a house.... not allowing for pick-up-and-go..
I really like it!
I was a bit shocked when I saw all the 1 star reviews for this, as I've had it a year or so and am 100% pleased with it so far.
We have an average suburban sized lawn, and this mower keeps it neat and tidy with no fuss and very little effort. Once the motor is going it's really easy to move about, but the lack of wheels may make it bad for someone with a bad back/old folks when trying to move it when switched off. The grass box holds enough to do most of the lawn before having to be emptied and the cable is more than long enough.
The only down side is that if it's really dry out, as soon as the grass box fills up you get a blast of dust and grass stright up your nose! Also, you can't adjust the cutting height so if you've left your lawn to get really long you may need to cut it twice to get it to a proper level.
A word to the wise - you can get this much cheaper from high street stores.
Next to useless
This lawnmower is quite simply awful if you have anything other than a small, level lawn. I imagine if you did have a lawn like that it would be adequate, but for some reason I have struggled for years with one of these because I assumed an uneven lawn with slopes would be need a hover mower. I have had enough and will be buying a Bosch Rotak (28 five star reviews - I hope it lives up to it!) Either way, nothing can be as difficult to use and as tiring as one of these. Grass blown everywhere, no chance of cutting up to the borders without scalping, sooo heavy to push once it is half full and for those early/late damp cuts it is pure torture. Flimsy, poorly built and a terrible hacking of the grass even when blades are sharpened. If you have any lawn with mossy areas it becomes virtually impossible to push, so you end up dragging it. I really don't like it!!



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