Best mower for 1/4 acre
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Battery electric are only suitable for teeny tiny gardens. They struggle with window boxes.
For quarter of an acre you probably want a medium sized petrol mower. Easier if you get a self propelled one. Honda or B&S engines are both superb and will give you no problems. The only questionable bit is the design of the grass collection and the build quality of the deck (ie, how fast it rusts out) - google for reviews of a model you find is a good last-check thing to do before handing over your money.
For quarter of an acre you probably want a medium sized petrol mower. Easier if you get a self propelled one. Honda or B&S engines are both superb and will give you no problems. The only questionable bit is the design of the grass collection and the build quality of the deck (ie, how fast it rusts out) - google for reviews of a model you find is a good last-check thing to do before handing over your money.
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honda are the best you can get briggs and stratton are rubbish.
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Yeah. I don't know the model but Husqy are generally solidly made and well designed in most things they do.
(And Merlin50 - you're wrong about B&S. Once they were absolute pigs but the modern ones (at least 5 years +) are very reliable. A little noisier than Honda, perhaps, but that's the only negative.)
(And Merlin50 - you're wrong about B&S. Once they were absolute pigs but the modern ones (at least 5 years +) are very reliable. A little noisier than Honda, perhaps, but that's the only negative.)
I have ½ acre mostly to lawn & use a self propelled John Deere with a 420 cutting deck. In peak growing seasons, it’ll cut the lawn in one hour as long as I don’t leave it more than 10 days. I debated getting a ride on but didn't really think the size justified it & decent ones are rather expensive; I decided that the exercise involved in chasing the mower around once a week would do me good anyway 
. It’s now around 9 years old &, apart from an annual service, has only required a couple of new cables, new clutch & a repair to the under deck where I accidentally ran over a mole trap ! Entirely you choice of course but does a ¼ acre justify a ride on?
. It’s now around 9 years old &, apart from an annual service, has only required a couple of new cables, new clutch & a repair to the under deck where I accidentally ran over a mole trap ! Entirely you choice of course but does a ¼ acre justify a ride on?Get a ride-on if you A) Want a toy, B) have the extra space to store it, C) Can afford the extra and D) your lawn layout is such that you don't need to get into the corners.
If you can tick all those, go for it - your money, but if not, I reckon a good walk-behind is dandy for quarter acre - I've known women with more body hair than that.
If you can tick all those, go for it - your money, but if not, I reckon a good walk-behind is dandy for quarter acre - I've known women with more body hair than that.
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