Lawn mower

**lisamarie** · 07-29-2010, 07:48 PM

We're thinking about buying a new lawn mower but I can't figure out which kind to get. The DH is letting me pick it because I'll be the one using it next year. Here are the 2 choices: Should we get a self-propelled without a bag, or a push one with a bag?

They have 2 at a really, really nice price at Walmart and the price doesn't matter as it's only a $70 difference between the 2.

jbdclmom · 07-29-2010, 08:05 PM

We love our push mower! wait are you talking without a motor or with? Cause ours is without a motor, I love it! its a great workout but if we dont keep up the grass it gets pretty difficult to cut through it...

**lisamarie** · 07-29-2010, 08:07 PM

I do mean gas powered for both.

I thought about an old-fashioned push type but we have a pretty big yard.

jbdclmom · 07-29-2010, 08:10 PM

oh! Yea ours is pretty decent sized but not huge...I have no advice then

I have only used a gas powered lawn mower once in my life....it was self propelled!

Cav_Scout_Wife · 07-29-2010, 08:11 PM

We have a self propelled without a bag and we used to have a push. I think the self propelled is WAY better!! It's alot easier. When we had the push we only mowed maybe an acre or so. With the self propelled I mow around three acres and I rather mow the three when its easier than the push with less yard

**MrsJenS05** · 07-29-2010, 08:13 PM

You should ask Marisa how much she loves hers!

Mrs.Pacmann · 07-29-2010, 08:32 PM

I want a bag for mind I have a electric push mower got a good deal on it on memorial day or something wa $150 with shipping

MarineHusband · 07-30-2010, 06:55 AM

We got a Toro Recycler when our old mower conked out; it was highly rated in Consumer Reports and reasonably-priced. The self-propel feature takes a bit of getting used to-- it's a little fast-- but actually, the mower is light enough that I only use the self-propel when going uphill or a long way across the yard.

**MarisaAnne** · 07-30-2010, 07:34 AM

I wholeheartedly urge the splurge on a riding mower! We have a TroyBilt, which was less than $1k at Lowes with the discount. What we didn't get that I wish now we had, was the bagger. I'll be picking that up at the end-of-year sale this year.

mom23 · 07-30-2010, 10:20 PM

We have a Honda self propelled, walk behind with bagger. I love it. It always starts. Our last mower was a Toro and it was the same setup and I liked it also. We thought about getting a ride on mower but what dh really wants is a john deer farm tractor with the bucket loader and all the attachments. The walk behind was much cheaper lol

07-29-2010, 07:48 PM	#1
lisamarie Sooooo tired of this. Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Minn-ee-soda Posts: 20,019 My Mood:	Lawn mower We're thinking about buying a new lawn mower but I can't figure out which kind to get. The DH is letting me pick it because I'll be the one using it next year. Here are the 2 choices: Should we get a self-propelled without a bag, or a push one with a bag? They have 2 at a really, really nice price at Walmart and the price doesn't matter as it's only a $70 difference between the 2. __________________

07-29-2010, 08:05 PM	#2
jbdclmom Amelia Earhart You can't touch this! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Posts: 6,755 My Mood:	Re: Lawn mower We love our push mower! wait are you talking without a motor or with? Cause ours is without a motor, I love it! its a great workout but if we dont keep up the grass it gets pretty difficult to cut through it... __________________ "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."-George Washington

07-29-2010, 08:07 PM	#3
lisamarie Sooooo tired of this. Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Minn-ee-soda Posts: 20,019 My Mood:	Re: Lawn mower I do mean gas powered for both. I thought about an old-fashioned push type but we have a pretty big yard. __________________

07-29-2010, 08:10 PM	#4
jbdclmom Amelia Earhart You can't touch this! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Posts: 6,755 My Mood:	Re: Lawn mower oh! Yea ours is pretty decent sized but not huge...I have no advice then I have only used a gas powered lawn mower once in my life....it was self propelled! __________________ "A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."-George Washington

07-29-2010, 08:11 PM	#5
Cav_Scout_Wife Life is oh so good!! Wow, look at me go! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Ft. Stewart, GA Posts: 2,296 My Mood:	Re: Lawn mower We have a self propelled without a bag and we used to have a push. I think the self propelled is WAY better!! It's alot easier. When we had the push we only mowed maybe an acre or so. With the self propelled I mow around three acres and I rather mow the three when its easier than the push with less yard __________________ Dh has a new quote: "Your gonna need your rest, you have two of my spartan children in you." "If you keep having multiples I'll have to buy a train pretty soon."

07-29-2010, 08:13 PM	#6
MrsJenS05 Our little family Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: S.F. Bay Area Posts: 15,881 My Mood:	Re: Lawn mower You should ask Marisa how much she loves hers! __________________ "Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe" - Albert Einstein

07-29-2010, 08:32 PM	#7
Mrs.Pacmann Senior Member You can't touch this! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ft Campbell KY Posts: 8,963 My Mood:	Re: Lawn mower I want a bag for mind I have a electric push mower got a good deal on it on memorial day or something wa $150 with shipping __________________ Sarah <3 London Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Nutrition Facts For Foods

07-30-2010, 06:55 AM	#8
MarineHusband Loyal Escort Senior member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 652 My Mood:	Re: Lawn mower We got a Toro Recycler when our old mower conked out; it was highly rated in Consumer Reports and reasonably-priced. The self-propel feature takes a bit of getting used to-- it's a little fast-- but actually, the mower is light enough that I only use the self-propel when going uphill or a long way across the yard. __________________

07-30-2010, 07:34 AM	#9
MarisaAnne Moderator Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Take the last train to Clarksville Posts: 4,946 My Mood:	Re: Lawn mower I wholeheartedly urge the splurge on a riding mower! We have a TroyBilt, which was less than $1k at Lowes with the discount. What we didn't get that I wish now we had, was the bagger. I'll be picking that up at the end-of-year sale this year.

07-30-2010, 10:20 PM	#10
mom23 Senior Member Getting warmer Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 443 My Mood:	Re: Lawn mower We have a Honda self propelled, walk behind with bagger. I love it. It always starts. Our last mower was a Toro and it was the same setup and I liked it also. We thought about getting a ride on mower but what dh really wants is a john deer farm tractor with the bucket loader and all the attachments. The walk behind was much cheaper lol