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From: dhc@exodus.UUCP (David H. Copp)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: lawnmowers
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Date: Thu, 10-May-84 09:23:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 10 09:23:31 1984
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If you have (a) a smallish lawn, (b) with significant amount
of ornamentation or landscaping, and (c) you cut it regularly,
you might seriously consider a GOOD hand mower.
I stress GOOD, because there is, in my uncalibrated opinion,
about a factor of two difference in pushing difficulty
between an ordinary hand mower and a good one.

A good hand mower weighs less than an electric,
and is no more difficult to push IF the grass is not
excessively long.  Honest!  I'm not a masochist.

There is a hidden time-saving with the hand mower.
With a power mower, one is reluctant to take chances and cut
really close to hard objects like ornamental rocks,
thus there is a need for a significant amount of trimming.
With the hand mower there is no risk in cutting VERY close.
We don't trim at all after hand-mowing.

Secondary advantages: quiet, safety, freedom from the gas station
and the repair shop.  Oh yes, because of the safety
you can give the job to the kids at an earlier age.
Drawback:  The local teenagers don't believe that it is really
easier, thus cannot be hired to hand-mow the lawn.

A good hand mower is hard to find.  I am using a second-hand
Silent Scott.  I also have a three broken Clement mowers
(out-of-print for many years) that were even better than the
Scott.  Can anybody else suggest other top-quality brands?
-- 
				David H. Copp