Showing posts with label Lawn Mowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lawn Mowers. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2009

Lawn Boy 10641 Gas Powered Lawn Mower Review

Hello Readers,

Well, it’s time we explore one of the lower end lawn mowers. That’s no to say the Lawn Boy 10641 Gas Powered Lawn Mower is a low life, just lower in price. What exactly does $269 buy you these days? Well, read the rest of my review and I’ll be happy to tell you.

Well, the first thing $269 buys you is a Briggs and Stratton Gasoline engine. Man, I do love the Briggs and Stratton engines. “Why?” you ask? That’s easy. I’ve used a lot of different lawn mowers in my day and my experience tells me they start easier and last much longer than most other lawn mower engines. That’s not to say there aren’t other well made engines, it’s just that the Briggs and Stratton Lawn Mower happens to be my favorite.

Next, you get a self propelled lawn mower. A self propelled lawn mower pushes itself so you don’t have to. Just guide it down the lawn and the Lawn Boy 10641 Gas Powered Lawn Mower will do the rest of the work for you! Just be careful, the lawn mower can get away from you if you’ve never used a self propelled model before. Just make sure you have a firm grip when you use it for the first time!

Next, you get a 20” cutting area. Twenty inches is right in line with most other gas powered lawn mowers in this class and should keep your mowing times down to a minimum. If you want to reduce your yard work time by buying a larger lawn mower, that’s going to cost you about another $100. Still, 20” is plenty for most people.

There’s also the 3-in1 mulching, discharge, or bag catch option for your clippings. The mulching feature basically chews the clippings twice so they’re less noticeable if you choose not to rake up the clippings. Mulching rather than having the lawn mower spit out the clippings on the side makes it easier and faster for the clippings to break down and release nutrietnts back in to the soil. Mulching is a crucial to the success of any well manicured lawn.

Overall, this is one of the better gas powered lawn mowers you’re going to find. It might not look as cool as some of the other gas powered lawn mowers, and certainly is not as chic as any electric lawn mower, but it does what It needs to do well, namely, cut grass. You won’t be disappointed with the Lawn Boy 10641 Gas Powered Lawn Mower.

Poulan Pro 625 Gas Powered Lawn Mower Review

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Today’s gas powered lawn mower review is the Poulan Pro 625 Gas Powered Lawn Mower PR625y22RkPX. It’s one of the more expensive gas powered lawn mowers on the market right now and I’ll go over all the features and help you figure out if this is the right gas powered lawn mower for you. I personally have a Craftsman Lawn Mower in my garage, and before that I had a Toro Reel Mower, I couldn’t tell you the model number on the Toro Reel Mower because that was over a decade ago. Anyway, enough of me, time for my Poulan Pro 625 Gas Powered Lawn Mower PR625y22RkPX Review.

As I already mentioned, the Poulan Pro 625 Gas Powered Lawn Mower PR625y22RkPX is on the heavier side of the pricing spectrum. You’re paying a lot, but Poulan does a better job than many other companies at justifying the price. Let’s start off with the 22” cutting deck. That’s a very wide cutting area and if you have a larger yard, you’ll definitely appreciate the extra width afforded by the Poulan Pro 625 Gas Powered Lawn Mower. Yeah, it might only by an extra inch or two wider than other lawn mowers in this price range and class, but it certainly adds up over time! So, put shorter lawn mowing time in the win column for the Poulan Pro 625 Gas Powered Lawn Mower .

Like most modern lawn mowers, the Poulan Pro 625 Gas Powered Lawn Mower PR625y22RkPX has a built in mulching system. Basically, mulching chews your lawn clippings twice so the clippings break down and feed your lawn. You shouldn’t use this feature all the time, but if you’re lazy and don’t want to deal with the hassle of emptying the catch bag it’s probably your best option. You won’t have amazing grass, but it will be fine.

Finally, there’s the 7” front and 12” rear wheel. Have you ever used a lawn mower with small wheels then tried to mow your lawn after you came back from a month lawn vacation? I have. It’s hell. Literally, it’s hell. I felt like I needed another month off after the two and a half hour ordeal. It normally takes me about an hour and a half to mow my lawn, the small wheels kept getting stuck in gopher holes and thicker patches of grass. The huge wheels on the Poulan Pro 625 Gas Powered Lawn Mower PR625y22RkPX will help prevent you from getting mired in grass and keep you moving smooth. Oh, one last thing, I particularly like the Briggs and Stratton Engines used in lawn mowers in general, and that’s just what the Poulan Pro 625 Gas Powered Lawn Mower PR625y22RkPX is powered with. In short, my experience tells me it starts much easier than a lot of other lawn mower engines.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Lawn Boy Insight Lawn Mower 103685 Review

Lawn Boy Insight Gas Powered Lawn Mower 103685Lawn Boy Insight Gas Powered Lawn Mower 103685 Review
Lawn Boy Insight Gas Powered Lawn Mower Rating:
4.5 stars out of 5 for being powerful, reliable, and cheap
Price: $349
Click To Buy The Lawn-Boy Insight Series Lawn Mower 10685

When I first started my lawn tool and garden blog I didn’t want to review lawn mowers. I hate the thought of people telling me what lawn mower to buy. I’m so passionate about my lawn that I’m touchy and defensive when someone tells me I should be using this lawn mower or that edger to get a better looking lawn. That changed last week when my friend Jimmy came by and asked me about my lawn. He wanted to know about lawn mowers, how much he should pay, and whether or not he should get an electric or gas powered lawn mower. “Oh! Not everyone is as touchy as me!” Thanks to my friend Jimmy I have chosen to review the Lawn Boy Insight Gas Powered Lawn Mower

Just remember, I’m not going to compare the Lawn Boy Insight to any Electric Lawn Mowers, it’s like comparing an apple to an orange. You can’t do it.

I like Lawn Boy Lawn Mowers because they have proven to be rugged. When I accidentally run over that hidden rock or mow my dog Pepper’s chew toy I know there’s a good chance the Lawn Boy will overcome and continue turning. I can’t say that about too many brands and I’ll be the first to admit that Lawn Boy has produced some produced some pretty bad lawn mowers in the past, but Lawn Boy has far more huge successes than failures. That said, the Lawn Boy Insight 103685 Lawn Mower is another one of Lawn Boy’s success stories.

The first thing that’s always on my mind is horsepower. The Lawn Boy Insight possesses a powerful 6.5 HP motor that should power through most tall grass and weeds. I’m not going to be so bold as to say it can ride through tree stumps, but the sheer power and excellent blade design combine to make a very effective lawn mower.

Lawn Boy has done a very good job with the deck and including clipping options. Lawn Boy has built a 21” deck for the Insight Gas Powered Lawn Mower. That’s a good deck size for yards under half an acre. Gardeners can choose to adjust the blade to cut grass between 1” to 4”. A one inch to four inch blade length should be suitable for most lawns except people trying to grow their own golfing green.

One of the reasons I really like the Lawn Boy Insight is the self propelling drive system. A lot of companies get this part of the lawn mower wrong. I’ve used lawn mowers where the self propel system will pull the user or move so slowly it hampers the speed of the gardener. Lawn Boy has built the Lawn Boy Insight Gas Powered Lawn Mower with a smart drive system that senses how fast the gardener is pushing the mower and automatically adjusts the speed of the drive system to accommodate. It’s a really easy to use drive system.

This Lawn Boy Insight Gas Powered Lawn Mower 103685 is truly a well made machine. So long as proper care and maintenance is taken, it should last through many seasons worth of mowing and mulching. On top of all this, what really sells me on the Lawn Boy Insight is price. The Lawn Boy Insight sells for a mere $349! That’s incredibly cheap and enough to earn a near perfect 4.5 stars from me!