Please recommend a lawnmower for a total beginner....

[fryalot]

Have managed to blow one up and break the blades on another since Sunday.

I need to buy a lawnmower.

The garden is probably about 20 ft long, by 8 ft wide, reasonably flat but with some bobbles in it... Blew up the mower with the big metal spin aroundy blade (but it was about 20 years old) and broke all the blades on the very very cheap plasticcy blade lawnmower that I bought yesterday.

What kind of lawnmower do I need? Have checked out t'internet and there are so many!!!

Don't want to just buy the cheapest again.... please help me......

tia

pleeeeeeeeeeease?

we got ours from e bay shop, reconditioned ones...(probably from tescos!!) very good value though and guareented...

No idea but interested in this myself. We have a little Flymo Mini thing and it is on it's last legs. DH wants to buy a petrol mower but we have a postage sized piece of grass and it seems a bit overkill.

Am thinking of this one but would really appreciate some advice first...

nice smallish flymo with a metal blade. a collection thing if you don't want to keep picking up grass.
like this?

Exactly like that, SEA, but.... a helluva lot cheaper

this one?

or this?

flymo are good and reliable (ime!) but check out offers at homebase/argos type places where they have cheaper deals sometimes

I second the grass collection thingy, I'm definately looking for one of those on my next mower.

I think I may go for this one Wasn't that bothered about grass collection, but have just looked out of the window at my attempt to rake the lawn, and have changed my mind

the children always manage to walk the grass in for days otherwise.

So Squonk... how on earth did you manage to break the blades on the other one?

Hope you get a nice new one soon. We have a concrete garden (delightful, the joys of London) so no experience of mowers.

BigEggLittleEgg - you haven't changed back from your Easter name....

The blades I broke were plasticcy ones, which just snapped. The mower came with three attached (which I didn't know about when I was telling the story of me forgetting to attach them) and 18 spare.

Have broken or lost them all

ROFL. So they give 18 spare as they know how easy they are to break? Have you reeeeeally broken all 21 now? That is quite impressive. Think perhaps you need to do a product review of this wonderful mower so nobody else buys them.

Yes, need to change name, really dont want old one any more than this one. It's very tricky.

one pushed by someone else.

oh, stitch, if only.....

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so everyone is recommending the grass collector thingummyjig?

Have bought this one thank you everyone, particularly SEA who recommended it.