GE-HM 38 S-F

I have a small garden and electric mower burnt out. Have tried push along in the past, not impressed - until now! This is really good, easy to use and push and simple grass collection. Gives a lovely finish if you grass is not left to grow too long and is not too wet. Proper finish to the lawn, as this is a cylinder that gives superior finish. I’d buy another.

Just used for first time - assembly of main body is easy enough. No assembly instructions for the grass collector though so you have to figure the rod insert yourself (very fiddly). Cuts well - I have slightly sloping ground so need to do the forward-back forward-back motions.

Einhell GE-HM 38 S-F Hand Push Lawn Mower: Bought this mower to replace an 1,800W mower from a well-known green branded manufacturer which burnt out after a measly ~20 uses. This thing runs circles around it, no plastic in the workings like our burnt-out one, and because it's not carrying around a power-house motor it weighs very little, so I don't find it harder to push around than the big mower we had before. I set it to the max height (38mm) for the bugs and because I don't need to golf on my lawn. The birds and bees don't mind it either because there's so little noise and no smell like my neighbour's awful petrol mower, I had the local robin watching me mow on the fence recently. It is harder to push around on taller grass, so I recommend mowing weekly or you're going to have to put your back into it (or use an edge-trimmer to bring down really tall grass first). I don't use the grass catch, just let it all fall and replenish. I mostly mow one-handed with this thing, and afterwards I just wipe it clean with a wet soapy rag and apply blade oil to the blades (with gardening gloves on) to keep everything rust free. It also looks the part, solidly built, mean-looking when spinning at speed, and makes quick work of difficult-to-reach areas where I had power cables to contend with before. I do patches in different directions to ensure it's properly cut down, and push and pull quick succession to keep the blades spinning up at speed as I go, otherwise it's not effective. It can't handle twigs and piles of leaves, so requires some lawn clearing beforehand. Also, this item takes some explaining to the neighbours, like owning an electric car or meeting your spouse on an online dating app, but you'll get over it. Lovely product, I won't be going back to plastic electric mowers again.

So far I’m really impressed with this lawnmower. I had bought it because I’m concerned with storage space and wanted something cheap. This seemed to meet both of those requirements. The instructions were pretty confusing but the handle only consisted of a handful of parts so was easy to assemble, no tools required, less than 5 minutes tightening a few screws. I decided not to use the grass collector, other reviews mentioned it falls apart, for this price you’re not going to find anything with a solid collector. The collector is also unnecessary, standing upright with no collector my mower takes almost no space, pushing it without one is easier and I let the grass mulch which is arguably better for the lawn. One difficulty I had though was the first springtime cut, I had let the grass grow to 15cm. The mower did a great job pushing back and forth but it was time consuming. Subsequent trims every fortnight now take no time at all. I zoom up and down the garden, no need to empty a collector, no flipping a wire on every length or connecting a power plug. It feels safer. Honestly it’s really not often a device makes me smile but I like this one, really wish I’d found it sooner. Simpler is better.

Love this little push mower, easy to assemble and once you've got your grass in order, it will give you a finish like a cylinder mower.

Basically the mower its self works well and is easy to use but we are missing the black metal arm that attaches the grass box to the mower - also there are no instructions in the box. I can't send it back as I need to mow my new tenants lawn asap also the contact details both of the website and telephone do not work. Also after reading the reviews it looks as if the grass box is a waste of time any way. Slightly cross especially as the box turned up damaged. If the manufacturer bothers to read this review please send me the missing part.

In the main this is a solid product that will cut grass well as long as it is largely dry and less than 10cm in length. For longer grass it would have needed better traction from the wheels (like knobbly off road tires) to drive the gears. Longer grass also has a tendency to wrap the rotor spindles at the sides risking a jam. Small twigs in the grass can also jam the rotor. The basket clipped to the mower to catch the cuttings is mostly useless. I recommend not using it and instead just raking the lawn afterwards. But once the grass is under control and twig free the mower works really well.

My favourite Amazon purchase ever! Purchased in 2019...its now 2024. Gives me joy every time I use it, requires a little effort to push and pull, providing grass is less than 5 inches. Blade is as sharp as the day I bought it. The mower is quality engineered and precise. Feel a little bit closer and physically connected to my garden than if I had asked the grid to use the grid to do it. My garden is relatively small maybe 22ft squared I might feel less smug if I had a much bigger garden.