Great States 304-14 14-Inch 5-Blade Push Reel Lawn Mower, Red

I love this mower!!!!!💖💖💖Everything that should be in the box was: parts, instructions, hardware.I took the advice of another reviewer and attached the lower handle onto the mower base first, re: the innerposts. Very easy to assemble the rest of the handle and attach that to the lower or base handle.It is very true though that unless you can bend steel, you will be quite frustrated at attempting to fit the lower handle on to those inner posts!!! On the advice given, I put the mower on its side. Attached one side of the base handle on to the post. Then I tied two heavy straps together and put them around the farthest side of the handle and then pulled it towards myself, until I was able to simply slip the opposite handle onto the opposite post.Easy-peasy! Smooth as butter! Ta-dah!!!The second truth about this blade mower is that it does come to a complete stop when a twig gets taken up.No problem here! Just reach down and flick the twig away!This mower is lightweight, has good maneuverability, great on turns, relatively quiet, ( as opposed to engine mowers, helloo). The big plus for me: I'm getting good exercise!I love that I can hear the birds tweet and twitter while I'm cutting the grass! It puts a smile on my face.😊I also love that I can mow anytime I want! No need to make special trips to get gas/oil, no need to wait for the batteries to recharge. ( our neighbor has a battery mower and.. it's heavy! No wonder he's exhausted after he mows his yard!)I'd give this reel mower 10 stars if I could!By the way, I'm female and 65 years young.

Awesome lawn mower! I am thrilled to go back to basics and get rid of the loud gas mower that is hard to start! This one runs on my calories and is nice and quiet, meaning I can mow any time without worrying about making noise early or late. It is also much easier to move round from front yard to back yard. One time I even carried it through my house for a shortcut! Ha! Yes, it has a hard cutting tall grass but I find that going more slowly, and maybe doing half the blade part on the tall grass and half on the cut grass makes it more doable. It is not heavy but in thick grass going uphill it is a little bit of an effort. It also does not like any form of twigs or clusters of thick grass, and it can't get close to the edges, so you may want to use an edger or weedwacker. I have a small handheld electric trimmer I use for edges. My lawns look so good now, and it will be easier to mow next time as long as I don't let the grass grow too tall again. Assembly of the mower was a little confusing. I could not tell if the handle part was to slant down or up. Drawing in manual was not good. Also, put the lower part of the handle on the wheel part first! That was not easy, but it would have been harder if the rest of the handle was attached to that part. The tricky thing is to get the bottom part of the handle squeezed into place between the wheels. I have arthritis and it was hard to use enough strength to squeeze it so it would snap into place. No screws required there. A few other screws to secure the handle parts, but that was easy. I am super pleased with this mower. It reminds me of my dad mowing with a manual mower like this back in the 70s. Yeah, maybe a little harder but it has so many advantages, too. Sometimes we need to go back to basics. Big, loud,heavy, polluting lawnmowers are gross when you think about it. I see more and more neighbors use these old school mowers. Love it. And you can buy a blade sharpener for this mower, which I plan to do, so we can use it for a loooong time. I think it will last. Great quality. Just avoid running the blades into rocks and branches.

I use it so that I don’t scare the cats and kittens. If you let the grass get to high. You’ll need to go over it a few times. Doesn’t cut the broad leaf grass real well. Does great with regular thin grass. It’s light weight. I probably could have gotten something a little heavier. Nice to use on banks instead of a heavier push mower with motor

OK let’s get a few things straight.This is ‘PUSH’ mower … you have to physically push the mower to get the blade to cut ‘GRASS’ … not twigs and branches!!If you need it cut something other than grass … buy a powered mower rather than leaving a 1 star review for this.Secondly do not assemble it incorrectly and then leave a 1 star review. I see some people are trying to attach the handle bar to the height adjustment screw position. Read the instructions!Lastly! I love it! I have about ¾ acre lawn, mostly I use an electric ride on tractor mower … but I have a few areas that need a more refined cut. This does a great job … plus I always have a smile on my face … takes me back 50 years when as a kid, I would visit Grandma’s house and would help my Great-Grandad cut the lawn with a push mower … he went on to live till he was 104!! I just hope that I will be pushing this thing till something close to this age 😊