OK, following on from another post I am in the market for a new lawnmower, needs to be sturdy and will get a fair bit of use.

The retired (numerous issues, not worth chucking more cash at) beast is a Rover and am tempted to get another so I can use the spares but I suspect there are better options out there.

I note that the council tend to use Honda gear, might be pointer?

Recommendations welcome ... 4 strokes please (missus) ...

I would go for Honda any day: I have one now, and the one I sold in the UK was 15 years old and brought almost as much as I paid for it new.

(The old ones are actually better - they have an instant blade stop. I still have to prevent myself from sticking my hand down the chute to clear it with the new one.)

(Yours, singlehandedly, Wol )

Thanks!

I've got a four stroke Masport with a Briggs and wotsit engine in it - was recommended as the best buy by many people - I have used it and it is idiot proof. Cuts really long grass too!

Its a pushy thing though - not a ride on....are you talking about ride on's????

Ta, I'll add it to the list to check out, same type of engine as our Rover I think ...

Yup, a push mower is what I'm after, we also have an ancient Rover ride-on but it's not been started for a couple of years 'cos we horse-sit and they tend to keep the grass down in the larger paddocks

I'm not a big fan of Briggs engines - I had one on a cylinder mower in the UK and it never ran smoothly. I discovered that the governor was just a flap over the intake: when the suction varied it adjusted the fuel flow so every time I went over a bump the engine sped up or slowed down. I replaced it with a Honda engine after a year.

just bought a new petrol one myself and used the Choice guide to assist. Its a little out of date now, but the Honda wins hands down.

Here's the top four - hope the attachment thingy works!

You're out Beaudesert way aren't you Vim? . . . How about one of these?

We've got a yellow lawnmower. I wouldn't recommend it - I would have preferred a blue one

Another Honda vote, ta!

And again, ta!

More Oh Dear than John Deere

I'll try me best, going to go for the tiger stripes

The best lawnmower is the guy you pay $50 to every 2 weeks and then mows your lawn.

That belongs more in the "Are Australians more pretentious than the Brits" thread.

I've never known so many people who have contractors in to do the grass as here - I knew no-one in the UK who did but the majority around me do. Whether it's pretension or just idleness I wouldn't know.

I quite enjoy it actually ... it's good exercise and very satisfying once done ... ah, the smell of cut grasss ... we did buy a new whipper-snipper a few years back, never been used ... we prefer the rough edges