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| Thread ID: 147580 | 2019-01-27 20:52:00 | Mower - mulch or not mulch | bk T (215) | PC World Chat |
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| 1457657 | 2019-01-27 20:52:00 | My 20 year-old Masport mover has decided to call it a day. Not worth repairing, I think. Am now looking for a new mower. Should I get a much mower or stick to the good old bag mower with catcher? Your views, please. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1457658 | 2019-01-27 21:45:00 | Personal preference. I don't like dealing with grass clippings so I have been mulching year round for about 3 years now and my lawn looks fine to me. You do need to keep it reasonably short, but it makes the mow quicker and easier and as a bonus reduces the amount of flies around your property. Most decent mowers are combo mowers these days aren't they? Mine has a catcher I never use but I have the option if I want it. I initially thought I'd have to switch to the catcher in winter but it's never been an issue. I notice my lawn doesn't seem to brown off as badly as other peoples in summer, but that could also be because I don't mow it as short as they do. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1457659 | 2019-01-27 23:07:00 | Mulcher . Many of the mulchers arnt dedicated mulcher mowers now , sort of a bastardized do everything & do nothing very well. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1457660 | 2019-01-28 00:27:00 | I don't have a lawn at my whare. It's sad because I used to enjoy mowing the grass and the 7 beers afterwards. Now I just have the beers. Best I find a support group. |
allblack (6574) | ||
| 1457661 | 2019-01-28 01:18:00 | Mulchers work fine if you cut the lawn often enough and only when reasonably dry. Too tall or too wet they don't work very well. | Arnie (6624) | ||
| 1457662 | 2019-01-28 02:20:00 | most mowers are mulching mowers. the difference between non-mulch and mulch mowers is if they come with the mulch plug or not. i would go with mulching mower because it is useful. however there is other features thats more important. big one for me is side chute. very few have a real side chute and the old style seamed to have disappeared. i think masport has its little red built in chute on all its models now. i find that its ok except for long wet grass. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 1457663 | 2019-01-28 02:33:00 | OK. Thanks folks for the inputs. :) Looks, most mowers have mulching capabilities - how do they work? Next question is, 2-stroke or 4-stroke engine? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1457664 | 2019-01-28 03:02:00 | They just have a shaped plastic plug that goes in where the catcher is and causes the grass to circulate back into the blades instead of going into the catcher. The plugs can be a bit of a ***** to put back in on some models though, on my masport I used to sit on the ground and kick it into place with my foot :) I went crazy this time though and went battery electric and the mulching plug has never been removed. If your section is under ~800 sq/m I thoroughly recommend a battery mower. Otherwise mixing 2 stroke eventually annoys me so I always had a 4 stroke. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1457665 | 2019-01-28 03:05:00 | We don't like mulchers. They don't throw it back in as well as they claim, and in any case, we compost. We do like the ones with the chipper though. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1457666 | 2019-01-28 03:23:00 | Next question is, 2-stroke or 4-stroke engine? 4. 4 is bigger than 2 and bigger is always better. |
allblack (6574) | ||
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