Flymo L300 Petrol Hover

Description: Brand: Flymo

Newest Review: ... nightmare. The very first time took an age - which is fair enough. But every time since has been a three act drama - and ... more

... now it's given up the ghost inside 6 months. The idea is quite simple - prime the carb by squeezing a teat that sucks the petrol/oil mixture through. Then yank the handle and, cough, splutter, cough the thing should start up with with that scream you might remember from your first motorbike. But it doesnt. Despite a, ahem, lot of teat squeezing there's nothing else you can do. Check the air filter clear, replace the spark plug etc etc are ideas but in my case it's only ever started a dozen or so times so s...more

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Flymo L300 Petrol Hover: cut to the quick (197 words)
by - written on 03/08/01 (Very useful, 1330 readings)
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What do you want from a petrol lawn mower? Something that starts, doesn't give you any hassle and cuts the grass. Well the L400 I got has been a disaster. It does, eventually, cut the grass but getting it going is a nightmare. The very first time took an age - which is fair enough. But every time since has been a three act drama - and now it's given up the ghost inside 6 months. The idea is quite simple - prime the carb by squeezing a teat that sucks the petrol/oil mixture through. Then yank the handle and, cough, splutter, cough the thing should start up with with that scream you might remember from your first motorbike. ... Read the complete review

Hovering Round The "Dimmocks" (828 words)
by - written on 04/04/01 (Very useful, 2172 readings)
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For years, I had been ploughing (not literally) up and down my garden, which is long and thin with an electric hover mower of some make of other – it doesn’t matter which, I seem to get through them quite rapidly. I had my routine for doing it in two halves, moving my carefully orchestrated pair of power-cable drums over at halftime. Then I got the “Ground Force” bug, building in a deck (with water feature of course!). Of itself, this caused no problem since it had actually shortened the effective length of the mowable garden – I refuse to call it a lawn. What did create more problems than it solved, was the construction of raised ... Read the complete review