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- #67,786 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
- #122 in Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers
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Chelsea
Reviewed in Canada on June 26, 2024
Great tool! If you want no engine noise this is your tool.
Tim
Reviewed in Canada on May 22, 2023
I’m so happy with itIt was simple instructions to set upIt cuts perfectly have a small yard so don’t need a big oneIf you cut the grass once a week you will be fineIf it’s longer you need more effort and may take a few passes
Elizabeth
Reviewed in Mexico on March 29, 2023
Lo recomiendo, la podadora manual con la bolsa ( es muy util ) de 20 pulgadas, el pasto lo deja bonito, no lo estresa, como si lo hace una desbrosadora que he observado que lo quema.Compren la podadora con la bolsa es sumamente útil, Se vaN ahorrar tiempo en levantar el pasto cortado, una amiga la uso y se va a comprar una de 16 pulgadas.Saludos desde la CDMX.
Juan José López Vidal
Reviewed in Mexico on February 18, 2022
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Michael Dowd
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2021
LOVED this mower when i started using it. Assembled the handle, topped off the battery, no issues - easy stuff. Mowed my back yard at lowest setting for scalp and things worked great. Having dreams about using a reel in the heat of summer on my bermuda. It just gets too hot here to use a manual reel - i have an office job, i can only do so much when it's over 100 deg until dark, :D. Bagging the dead clippings wasn't perfect, had some grassy feet & legs but the bag caught most of it. The back wall of the grass catcher could be a little bit higher to catch more. The cut was nice, no washboarding. If you've used a manual reel on thick grass, you know what I mean. Seemed like plenty of battery left after cutting 1600 sq ft.The problem was when i cut the strip of bermuda at the front sidewalk, the ground is a bit more rough with an odd arch to it. Still no problems... until I hit one spot where it seemed to bottom out. After that, there was a horrible grinding sound with the motor running; metal on metal. The bed knife and one of the reel blades got bent. To give you an idea, I've run my American manual reel over this spot for a few years and has caused no problems. The ground is not rocky at all and the blades were nowhere near the sidewalk. Tried to make some minor adjustments but one of the blades hit the bed knife on each turn. I might just have to grind that spot down and adjust as best as possible for the other blades.Overall, if your lawn is flat enough, I think this could be a decent mower but still too new to really tell. Lots of plastic around a barely adequate metal frame so it seems like it could go either way. My first concern was during assembly about the plastic pieces that connect the handle to the mower; definitely a spot for improvement. Very narrow cutting width and there seems to be too much space between the wheels and the blades so you're going to do some more walking. It only took one hit to throw it out of whack so, treat the blades and bed knife like 'Old Glory' and don't let 'em touch the ground.UPDATE: Was able to file part of the one blade that jammed against the bed knife and, after a re-adjustment, it's working pretty well again. One of the other blades doesn't cut paper in the middle now but, all the other blades (except where I filed) cut paper all the way across. Guess the bed knife wasn't bent or a very minor bend. Lots of battery left after mowing the back yard yesterday. Gotta say, I'm pretty happy with this mower again.
nic
Reviewed in Canada on July 31, 2018
I really like this mower. It is well built from quality materials.Pros:Environmentally friendlyQuality materials so you don’t have to fight with the mechanisms.Easy to assembleThe clipping bag works wellCons:Does require effort but nothing too strenuousNow this is not like a powered mower. It does not have motorized wheels to pull it along. It does require some effort to use but I like using it and I hated mowing my lawn before.I am also a 5’4” average-strength woman. I find this mower easy to use.I have a 40’ by 30’ back yard with a little bit of grass on the sides of the house and it takes maybe 30-45 minutes by the time I wrestle it out of my over-packed shed, mow and put it back. My lawn is 5 years old in a new neighbourhood so my landscaping is new and smooth with the appropriate drainage sloping required by the city. It mows the slopes (15 degrees max.) pretty good.It does an ok job along the fence however I still need to use the weed-whacker to trim up the areas along the fence, deck and garden. More than with my old gas powered mower.It does an ok job at mowing over dandelions hower with the thicker stalked weeds you do need to go ever the area a few times or just pull them out by hand.The grass clipping basket works better than I thought it would. I was impressed with how much grass it caught and I do use it more than I thought I would.This mower was a little harder to use when I first purchased it however after about 3 uses it broke in nicely and is easier to push.It stopped working the second time I used it however a little clump or hard dirt got jammed between the blades and the guard on the back so I put on some leather gloves, spun the blade the other way and it came out. It worked perfect after that.It works pretty good on grass that is 4” tall. I have it set to the lowest setting. Sometime if there is too mch grass clipping on top of the reel it will not properly cut the lawn but I brush it off and it works good. Be careful though, the blades are sharp.I really like this mower. I have used it for two months now (June and July). And I do recommend it.
DEP
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2017
I was worried to buy this product because there was a lot of bad reviews about this. My review maybe little premature since I just got this unit and only used it once. And I will update if I change my mind later but this thing works as expected and accomplishes a good job for small grass yard I have. Assembly is easy enough and mowing process is fairly simple. However it does require some power behind pushing especially at the initial push of each time. I would say this will be a good, light workout. Once it goes, It goes fairly well from one end to the other. While you cannot really turn it well to go different direction. Also when you are an uneven ground or if ground is slippery, the wheel might not catch on very well. On those spots, you just have to go back little bit and start their like you would with the mud or snow when driving. At the end of the day, this is manual push unit and you should not expect this to behave like motorized one. Only thing I'm not super happy about is the fact the grass flies around everywhere during cutting process and it does not really fall in the bag. What's the product video on this and you will see it's flying around and that's exactly what you got. There are times when Wheels get stuck. I had it one stop by little cable ties That was laying on the ground. The other time it was just a ball of mud. So you just reverse the blade little bit and shake the machine for mud to fall off then you go ahead again. Most of negative stuff I mentioned here are things that I expected from manual mowing unit and I think those are reasonable, expected downside, that's why I give this a full five star.
Nolan
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2015
(20150428) When I was growing up in the 1960s, we owned these types of lawn mowers. I remember my grandfather fixing one when he came to the USA for the first time in about 40 years. My mother was frantic that she was out of cooking oil. Anyway, they worked extremely well in the environment that I live in and am using this Sun Joe Mow Joe MJ501M in. That's why I purchased this type of lawn mower. I liked the idea of no gas, oil, or pull ropes breaking. Absolutely beautiful looking machine; very easy to assemble; very easy to use; extremely easy to follow instruction book... BUT this lawn mower, to my utter surprise, does not cut grass! I was able to use one of these just fine at the age of five, but not this one in my 50s! The blades roll like there's no tomorrow, and yet it only flattens down the grass. I did the paper cut test, and it passed with flying colors. I checked to see if the blades were too loose or too tight; no adjustment needed. I adjusted the height of the cut; no change. It won't cut high grass; it won't cut low grass; it won't cut anything but loose foxtails that fall off the stem just by blowing them with my mouth. Awaiting advice from customer service. I have videos, but no pictures. If anyone has any advice on how to get this thing to cut grass "PLEASE!!!" let me know.(20150430) Spoke to Sun Joe's customer service, and they are making an even exchange, even paying for return shipping. Very impressed with the company. Hopefully, this was just a single defective product. We'll see when I get the new one.(20150507) Received 20-Inch MRM (MJ502M instead of MJ501M). It works better in that it cuts grass... some, but still not what I remember when manual lawn mower handles were higher than the top of my five year old head. I still give this only one star because if the handles reached above my head five decades ago and cut this type of grass which was as high as my ankles back then, more modern versions should be able to cut just as well if not better.
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