Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have about 1200 ft/2 to cut and got this because I have no place to store a regular rotary mower of any sort. So many people warned me about how hard it would be, how slow, how it doesnt cut tall weeds, how sticks jam it up, on and on. All I can say is I LOVE IT! I push the whole yard in about 20 minutes, including a few overlaps to get stragglers. True, it does not cut grass taller than about 6" or so very well, the blades/weeds just sort of lay down as the mower goes over and get skipped. My first time out required criss cross pattern cutting to get it all, but on routine cuts now it is a breeze. The mower pushes easily and cuts well at any reasonable walking speed. Yes, the occasional stick or piece of mulch stops me, fortunately twigs are not a major issue in this particular yard, YMMV. If I do find something that stops it (and it STOPS! be ready to buckle over the handle which fortunately folds away when this happens) a simple turn of the reel backwards with your foot lets whatever it was drop free and you can carry on. My lawn has improved since switching to this from having a yard service do it with their big rotary machines. Knowing what I do now, I would have spent more up front and gotten a wider model with 5 blades instead of 4, but that is me not any fault of the product.