Cheap lawn mower for small garden

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Recently bought my first house and need a lawn mower. My garden is not huge, I don't have a huge budget and I need something reliable. What would you recommend?
Also, why do some lawn mowers specify that they are 'collect' lawn mowers? Do some lawn mowers not collect the grass?

Yes. The ones that don’t have a grass box on the back leave the grass cuttings on the lawn for you to rake and pick up yourself. Not too bad of a job with a small lawn.
A small Flymo might be suitable for you? Look on the Argos website maybe?

We recently bought a b&q own brand one (MacAllister?). Happy so far.

I like my push along qualcast. Small and easy to store.

pends how small. I have had okay r3sults with a hand push mower (tiny lawn though when we moved I used it on a big lawn too) usually about £20-30
if you’re buying corded think about where you will plug in, can it reach safely.
worth a look on gumtree/Facebook marketplace for second hand.

Go for Bosch if you want reliable. I have something similar to this that’s still going strong after 12 years. Previous Flymos were useless - always broke after a couple of years.

www.argos.co.uk/product/7442757

Ours takes 5 minutes with a mcallister electric one which collects the grass. I find that easier than rakin* it up. It’s too messy if we leave it, it gets tracked in the house, even though leaving the clippings is probably better for the lawn.

Think about where you are going to store it. Ours is in the wall in the garage so has to be ligh5 enough to lift up. And not too big.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4846428?storeID=415&istCompanyId=a74d8886-5df9-4baa-b776-166b3bf9111c&istFeedId=30f62ea9-9626-4cac-97c8-9ff3921f8558&istItemId=laraaqwpm&istBid=t&utm_custom6=LIA&deeplink=true&&cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59157%7Cacid:804-872-0397%7Ccid:20330964438%7Cagid:%7Ctid:%7Ccrid:%7Cnw:x%7Crnd:9266117854034175475%7Cdvc:t%7Cadp:%7Cmt:%7Cloc:9209427&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=20330964438&utm_term=4846428&utm_content=shopping&utm_custom1=&utm_custom2=804-872-0397&GPDP=true&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD9II9lsjKYi39e2bmJPbHbuMxXTk&gclid=CjwKCAjwn6LABhBSEiwAsNJrjpiVQIxYlsuSP0ml2bM4il94dk0ZNfrJcOoOhzjS-9Chrzw8U8t77xoC1SIQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I bought this last year, pleased with it.

My dad had just got a robot one from Lidl, he said it was very cheap , £199 and does a great job now it's programmed. We have a push one with a grass box from qualcast

I have a small lawn and no interest in spending more time on it than absolutely necessary. I’ve cut it once this year.

Have a corded lawnmower with a collector thing on the back. Absolutely get that, you cba with raking. But the cord pisses me off as I have to faff with an outdoor extension lead and contort myself round all the tools in the shed to get to the socket. If cordless is viable for you I’d get that too.

https://www.toolstation.com/hawksmoor-1200w-32cm-electric-lawnmower/p62767

Reasonable price

If your lawn is reasonably flat, you'll manage quite well with a push cylinder mower e.g. Qualcast. I still have mine from 1990! Alternatively Ryobi make small battery lawnmowers on which the handle folds down so it very easy to store.

We got the cheapest Flymo from B&Q and its still going 15 years later with only 1 new blade in that time.

Mine died this year so I bought this from Argos. Only used it the once and it seems okay. There are cheaper ones of the same make but they required taking off the wheels to adjust the blade heigh but this one has a lever.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4374299?clickPR=plp:11:30

We bought our lawnmower from Aldi and have been really impressed with it.
You can buy similar ones from Lidl and Screwfix not expensive and very good

Anything with a Honda engine. Absolutely mental.

Ours has been going 2 decades now. Stored outside with no cover and thrown in vans and cars regularly. A complete trooper and starts first pull every time.

Have a look on Facebook marketplace or gumtree there's always someone selling one

If you buy a corded mower, make sure you buy an RCD circuit breaker to plug it in to just incase you mow over the cable!

I have a Worx battery mower. It's great not having to use extension leads or worry about tangling the cord or mowing through it.

I have a web cylinder push along 30cm - easy to store - perfect for keeping it short (and getting stripes). . Though if the grass gets long, I find a my rotary is better