Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love this little manual grass cutter. I really love it. And I have a yard with lots of sticks. I live on a wooded hillside lot. My front yard is tiny and drops off with steep slope (think cliff) and my other grassy area is up above a retaining wall behind the house. I didn't like using a power mower in the front yard because it felt like the heavy mower wanted to go over the cliff when I got close to the edge. And lugging the power mower up the retaining wall steps out back was a pain. So I bought the lightest, smallest model of this reel mower and couldn't be happier. I see lots of complaints about the reel getting jammed on sticks. Sticks do jam the reel, but I found that the jam is pretty easily cleared by using your foot to tap the reel back towards you (just step on a blade and push it down), or if that doesn't work, rocking the mower forward a little (sort of walking it, one wheel, then the next) does the trick. I've only had to actually bend down and pull out a stick a few times. The mower is so light that I can easily carry it up the stairs to the top of the retaining wall. I'm a woman, in her 50s, and in moderately good shape. And it does a really nice job of cutting the grass. You need to take you time and maybe go over spots with high grass a few times. But I find is kind of relaxing and fun. Have you ever used one of those old-fashioned carpet sweepers? It's kind of like that. Oh! And it's quiet. No motor. Just the sound of the reel turning. Mow in the morning and not wake your neighbors :-)