Who among us would not like to have in front of his house a neat green lawn? But, as you know, nothing in itself, and that the lawn was neat, it needs to be systematically taken care of. Today, let's talk about how to choose the most important tool for lawn care - a good lawn mower.
Lawn mower - the subtleties of choice
So which lawnmower should I choose? First of all, carefully inspect the site, which we plan to cut. It is from its characteristics, namely - size and topography, and our choice will primarily depend on.
- If the site is large enough and level, without any obstacles, such as alpine hills, bushes and trees, without hesitation we buy a mower based on a four-wheeled cart. Such a mower is ideal for cutting large cultivated areas, but in neglected cases - grass to the waist, many stones, thickets of bushes - will be useless.
- In the case where there are many obstacles on the site and they are close, you will have to buy a manual lawn mower - electric or gasoline. Both electric and gasoline models of lawnmowers have both pluses and minuses, so we'll talk more about them below.
- For soft lawn grass, it is possible to use both models of mowers, in which a knife or a line is used as a cutting element. For running sites, the line will be almost useless, as it will often break off, and the quality of the mowing will not be at an altitude.
How to choose a hand-held lawn mower?
After the evaluation of the site, it turned out that we will buy a manual lawn mower. As you know, they are gasoline and electric, and electrical, in turn, can be divided into wired and rechargeable.
When choosing a gasoline hand mower, consider the following points:
- Gasoline lawn mowers are more powerful and their knives can cope even with young trees;
- It is possible to work with a gasoline mower for a longer time, and practically in any weather conditions;
- for work with gasoline lawn mowers, at least initial physical training is required, since they have a sufficiently high weight;
- Gasoline lawn mowers require more thorough care - control of the level of gasoline and oil.
- electric lawn mowers (trimmers) are not suitable for cutting very neglected areas, since their cutting element - the line can not cope with the thick stems of adult plants;
- It is possible to operate the electric mower for a limited time, after which it is absolutely necessary to let the engine cool down;
- by the rules of electrical safety, you can not cut an electric mower with wet grass or work during rain;
- wire electric mowers require the purchase of an electric extension cable of sufficient length, which is also an additional expense item;
- When cutting a lawn with a wired electric mower, the area of the treated area is limited by the length of the wire.
When choosing an electric hand mower, the following points should be considered:
Proceeding from the above, we can draw the following conclusion: whether to buy an electric hand lawnmower or gasoline depends, first of all, on who plans to use it. If you follow the beauty of the lawn, the woman plans, then it is better to choose the electric hand mower, since it does not require fuss with the topping up of gasoline and oil, and also weighs less.
Which electric lawn mower to choose?
Buying a lawnmower is not at all the case when you can save by buying an unknown company thing. No, it's better to overpay a little, but to buy a device with a name and a guarantee for it. For example, the company "Bosch" has a fairly wide range of wired and cordless electric trimmers, differing in power and overall dimensions.