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Reel Mowers Canada NaturCut
We bought a new to us house recently and lawn care is now something we have to deal with. Time to buy a lawn mower. I am not crazy about electric, plug in or battery powered, and I am hoping to avoid gas. I know reel mowers have improved over the years so I started checking out those options. We have a small front lawn and much of the back yard is being replaced by a garage, a reel mower makes a lot of sense.
I was hoping to spend between $100-200 CA, as I was confident anything less than that would not be worth the effort. I saw the Fiskars StaySharp at Canadian Tire and even when it went on sale, I wasn't quite sold. I didn't know enough and the price was at the high end. Amazon reviews for Scott's mowers are good and Home Depot carries them, $130 roughly for the model that should work fine.
Just before I was about to run down to the store and buy one, I did my final batch of research (the wife will tell you I research everything, sometimes too much) and found the Reel Mowers Canada page. Walter has put together a simple but informative web site and it didn't take me long to decide with all the great information provided that the $200 NaturCut Ideal 40 was the way to go for us. Walter's information makes it easy to decide what was right for me, and even commenting on the Scott's offerings. Ordering was easy and a few days later, the mower arrived just as we were leaving the house for the morning.
Awesome experience! It was easy to assemble without any tools (a pliers may help with the two cotter pins) and no initial adjustment was needed. It is so light and easy to push that my 9 year old daughter can cut the lawn with no difficulty, including carrying the sub 10 kg mower up and down the deck stairs. The operation is whisper quiet and the neighbours would only know we are cutting the lawn if the looked outside and saw us.
A reel mower isn't for everyone, but it works for me!
Tim Rosenquist
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