Best reel mower to buy?

Growing bentgrass now are we?

Are you interested in a powered reel mower, or a manual mower? I have had good success with the standard 18" manual unit I purchaed at Home Depot.

Never refuses to start, no need to go out and get fuel, no bagger, you can cut any time of day without bothering the neighbors, etc. A perfect solution if you can cut your grass more often than you'd need to with a powered mower. That is the big disadvantage to a manual reel mower - if the grass gets tall, you're outta luck.

KB

Manual reel mower only

What brand/model you have?

I found one of the 18" models of these at a yard sale and would buy it new...

but depending on where you are, you should call them and ask about shipping cost. It may be prohibitive.

Wow

Wish I could find such a thing at a yard sale!

I've been wondering about good reel mowers too. I've been using a

I was just about to buy an electric rotary, but with their drawbacks, I'm considering a better reel mower.

better mowers don't have scissors-like contact between the blade and whatever the blade has contact with. Apparently this lack of contact makes Brill mowers easier to push, and need little sharpening. Quieter too, not that noise is an issue either way.

Will it cut stalks that shoot up from the lawn? Mine won't.

Anybody here have sucess with difficult grass with a reel mower?