Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35212 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Flymo
• Model: 5011759014595

Manufacturer's description
Powerful 1400 watt motor with belt drive system for cutting in tough conditions. Flow Vision Compact 330 has a 30cm (12") cutting width with 4 cutting heights and 30 litre grass box.
Light and easy to use with ’Vision’ grass box viewing window and unique ’Easi Reel’-offers tangle free solution.
It has a unique easy to empty pop-up central glass box, quick and easy cutting height adjustment, EasiReel tangle free cable storage with 15cm cable built into the lid and fold down handles for easy storage.
The powerful grass cutting and collection system compacts for fewer empties.

Customer Reviews

Flymo
The Flymo 330/350 does exactly what it says on the tin - cuts, collects and compacts. It looks great and is clearly built to last, but despite this, I can't say that I'm too impressed.

When I first fired it up, I was pleasantly surprised, although the mower isn't the lightest of products it did 'hover', that's until the grass starts to be collected. Once the collection box becomes half full, it was seriously like trying to drag a dead labrador around the garden. Maybe that's its downfall, it's just too good at collecting the grass - I found that I needed to empty the basket regularly to allow the mower to do what it was supposed to do - hover. If it hovers, it's fine, but the weight of the thing after a serious grass cutting session gives a perfect excuse to waste your gym membership on buying the 330/350 instead. I thought gardening was supposed to be relaxing, but after spending an hour pulling this around I'm sure the neighbours could hear me cursing .... and I ended up with blisters - just from cutting the grass. Nice.

The box boasts a 'viewing window', which is about as useful as a fart in an astronaut's suit, the window appears to be the first thing that collects the grass - it should have a wiper fitted as standard. The 'Easy-Reel' system is handy and is a welcome addition but when I bought this I didn't expect that you had to unwind the whole cable before you could plug it in.

The mower comes with 4 cutting heights and this can be altered without any real effort. Once cutting, Flymo has perfected the noise levels to a minimum.

Very average
Bought this to replace a previous, wheeled Flymo (Venturer 320) which had fallen apart. Was impressed by the advertised cable storage and hover ability but in practice neither are up to much. The cable has to be unwound all the way and then plugged into the mower, and then a loop put over a hook. Why not provide a permanent connection to the mower? The hover ability worsens as the grass box fills and then the mower is heavy and awkward to manoeuvre. The worst 'feature' though, is the way it sprays grass everywhere. My previous Flymo had a much smaller collection box but at least it collected almost all the grass it cut, provided the box was emptied regularly. The 330 sprays grass cuttings from under its body, even when the box is completely empty. This seems to be made worse when the grass is lush - then the cut grass compacts and sticks to the underside of the cutting area, severely reducing the space from which grass is collected and transported by the vortex to the box. When you've finished cutting the grass, there is then a lot of cleaning to do, including the area below the grass box which has lots of nooks and crannies that collect grass. When that's all done, the paths need sweeping to clear the cuttings thzat the mower has deposited. In short, I believe this to be a very poorly designed product which takes several steps backward from the previously owned model. I certainly won't be recommending it!

Flymo Vision Compact 330
Positives
Quite good at collecting / cutting grass

Negatives
Belt only lasts 2 years of moderate use

Motor lasts 3 years of moderate use
It is heavy once partially full

Not that good on sloping lawns