Flymo Micro Compact 30

How does the song go... "I'm a survivor...!" Our Compact 30 (C30) is a survivor. I've considered throwing it in the skip so many times! But after four years, it's still there, lurking in the shed, encrusted in dried cuttings, and I still get it out, put on more new blades and mow the lawn... at least it doesn't seem to embarrass me like it used to. Survivor? More new blades? Embarrassment? What sort of lawnmower is this? The C30 pioneered a new concept in lawnmowers. It's a hover mower, like so many from Flymo but is different in that it has disposable blades. It's a bit like the printers they bundle ...  Read the complete review

I wanted a petrol lawn mower for years and i was finaly given one from my dad, but we moved to a new house and our back garden has alot of nooks and crannies in it that you have to go around so the petrol lawnmower became useless. I bought the Flymo after speaking to a few people and getting positive feedback. Whats great about it is its so light and easy to use. In my back garden i can go round all the akward bits without a problem. I thought the grassbox would need emptied quite alot but i can cut the full back garden and empty it when im finished. It has extra discs to adjust the cut height and what i really like is an old Flymo i had used ...  Read the complete review

Yes the title is a nice pun, and indeed the feel of this jazzy new mower is that if you weren't to hold it down, it could fly up into the air. For those of you who don't know, the flymo principle is that the rotary cutter also acts as a propellor-fan, lifting the main body of the mower up on a cloud of air, and making moving the mower across the lawn nice and easy. Now, up until a couple of weeks ago, I had a flymo which was made in 1985. OK so it works under the same principle, but the mower is a lot heavier. So much was my delight then, to try out this new mower (a deal at £68 I think... the old one cost over £300, and in '85 that was a ...  Read the complete review

i didnt have a big budget to buy a new lawn mower,but it was desperatly needed as my grass was getting longer by the minute. i saw this lawn mower in my mum in laws catalogue and thought it was such a good price £79.99 so decided to get it,couple of days later it arrived,so unpacked it as soon as i could. setting it up was so easy,just put the handle on and the blade and it was ready to go,it was a dream so light and easy to move,i flew accross my lawn,and within a matter of 20 minutes i had done my front and back garden lawn......fab the grass box was easy to empty just open the top and remove the inner box,then throw contents ...  Read the complete review

We were given a specific budget by a landlord to buy a new mower, and this was the most expensive we could find! A bit arbitrary, but two mows later and I am most impressed. It's very light and easy to use, and once you fire it up, it glides through the grass like nobody's business. Our lawn is huge, and the first time I did it, the grass was quite tall, but nevertheless, it took no time at all to do it, and the lawn was a lovely even length all over, despite the fact that I wasn't necessarily being careful over it. The cuttings trap isn't perfect - more expensive models have a very convenient little crate you pull out, whereas this ...  Read the complete review