Now’s the time to get out into the garden, the first major holiday of the year.
And after snow which crippled the country and left roads impassable and damaging winds which felled trees and caused chaos in the flower beds, we are celebrating the Easter period with ten unbeatable lawnmower deals.
Don’t be in too much of a hurry to trim the lawn really short, just take off enough to neaten it up and encourage new growth.
See the previous blog from my mate Drew for excellent advice on the first cut.
And there are a couple of other machines which you may need to give your garden a good start for Spring and Summer.
The first mower we have selected from our lawnmower web pages is this one, the Redback E137CQ-2Ah Cordless Lawnmower.
This is a smart mower using the latest battery technology, quiet when running and offering the same cutting performance as petrol power.
And it is a machine we helped to develop to tackle British lawns.
It uses 40V batteries and will charge fully in 70 minutes.
The cutting width is 37cm making it suitable for small to medium-sized lawns, say around 400m2.
Cutting heights are from 25mm to 70mm and it has a 40-litre grass box and on the handlebar, there is a display to show the charge level of the battery.
‘All in all a good product and run time is great,’ said a recent customer. Other reviews are here.
It costs £329, £50 off the recommended price and is delivered free within seven working days with a three-year warranty.
The price includes the battery and charger and the battery fits other equipment in the Redback range so you will only need to buy the device. This makes other equipment like hedge trimmers and lawn trimmers real bargains.
Battery-powered garden equipment is becoming more popular every year and this mower is a more powerful machine with a 56V 4Ah battery and a 49cm cutting width making it suitable for lawns up to 1000m2.
The EGO LM2001EKIT Power+ Cordless Lawnmower even has LED headlights to light your way when it gets dark.
It has been designed so you can collect the cut grass, mulch it or discharge it to the side – it has the power to cope with long grass with its 600W motor.
Cutting heights are from 25mm to 80mm.
One customer summed it up like this. ‘This lawnmower is better than we expected, it’s a solid lawnmower. It’s really quiet to use when we first used it we kept having to look behind us to check it was actually cutting the grass it felt too good to be true!’
It costs £499, £20 off the recommended price and has a five-year warranty with free next working day delivery.
Next, a real bargain petrol mower, new for this year and exclusive to us at MowDirect.
The Racing 5073T 4-in-1 Hi-Wheel Self-Propelled Lawnmower has a 173cc engine with a large fuel tank and has the power to handle thicker areas of scrubby grass.
Cutting heights are from 20mm to 70mm with six settings and it has a cutting width of 50cm so it can handle larger areas, say around 1500m2.
The grass box holds 65 litres and as well as collecting the cut grass you can mulch it or discharge to the side or back.
The steel cutting deck has a wash port making it simple to clean at the end of the day – just attach a garden hose and briefly run the engine.
It also has a throttle control so you can increase the revs where needed.
With this mower, you also receive a protective cover and a spare blade.
It costs £279, £120 off the recommended price and is delivered free the next working day with a two-year warranty.
Now a special mower at a bargain price made to celebrate the maker’s 20th anniversary.
The Weibang 46SV Virtue Variable-Speed Petrol Lawnmower – Anniversary Edition has a 140cc 2.8hp engine, very fuel efficient, with a device to protect the crankshaft from serious damage.
It has a variable speed drive and aluminium transmission and allows you to collect the clippings, mulch them or discharge to the back or side.
Cutting heights are from 20mm to 70mm and the grass box holds 50 litres with an indicator to show when it is full and is suitable for lawns around 1200m2.
This mower costs £349, £100 less than the recommended price and is delivered free the next working day with a five-year domestic warranty.
Ever wondered how some people’s lawns always look verdant and healthy with vigorous growth?
Well, the answer could be that the lawns are regularly scarified, teasing out moss and weeds and dead grass to encourage new growth.
And this machine has been a best seller for some years as it is great value for money and very efficient.
The Einhell GC-SC 2240P Petrol Lawn Scarifier is from a leading German machinery company and has 10 steel blades which tease out all the debris to allow for new growth and let moisture work through to the roots.
These blades are driven by a 118cc engine and have adjustable working heights so you can be as gentle or sever as you like.
There is also a debris catcher but this is best left off if you have not scarified the lawn for some time. Rake up the rubbish instead – you-ll be surprised at how much there is.
The working width is 40 cm making it suitable for an area around 1000m2 – that’s about two tennis courts.
It costs £299.95, £200 off the recommended price and we deliver it free with three to five working days with a two-year warranty.
‘Excellent. Prompt delivery. Excellent product at a good price.’ That from a recent purchaser – other reviews are here.
Now a mower from a favourite British manufacturer which has been responsible for iconic British lawns for years
The Hayter Spirit 41 Petrol Autodrive Rear-Roller Lawnmower (Code: 619J) has a 41cm cutting width making it suitable for lawns around 500m2.
A really well-built mower it has cutting heights right down to 13mm and delivers a perfect finish partly due to small find at the front of the cutting deck which smooth the grass before it is trimmed.
This cutting deck is lined with ABS plastic to dampen the noise and resist corrosion so giving it a longer working life.
Powering it along is a 125cc Briggs & Stratton engine.
There is a 55-litre grass box
It costs £419, £80 of the recommended price and it has a three-year warranty with free delivery the next working day and a bottle of engine oil to get you started straight away.
‘The mower quality is very good and the materials used are high end as you would expect,’ said one customer. Other reviews are here.
Here’s another exclusive machine from a British brand and offering great value for money.
The advantage of the Lawnflite 20SPR-ES Self-Propelled Petrol Rear-Roller Lawnmower with Electric Start is in the name – no tugging on a starter rope to get it going.
It is another mower with a rear roller to leave a striped finish – and this feature also allows you to mow right up to the lawn edges with fear it might topple into the flow beds.
A Lawnflite 173 engine provides the power and it has a 60-litre grass box with an indicator to show when it needs emptying.
There are seven cutting heights from 17mm to 75mm and with its 50cm cutting deck, it is suitable for lawns up to 1200m2.
It costs £449, £220 off the recommended price and is delivered free within seven working days with a two-year maker’s warranty.
When you’ve finished with the lawn there is always the allotment or vegetable garden which needs your attention and this machine will save hours of back-breaking digging.
The Oleo-Mac MH175RK Front-Tine Tiller with Reverse Drive is from a leading European company and has a 183cc Emak engine to power nine tilling tines.
This machine has a reverse gear so you can back out if it becomes ‘dug in’ and makes it easier to turn at the end of the row.
It also has adjustable working widths so you can use the wider one – 80cm for tilling larger areas and the more narrow 60cm one when working between the rows of vegetable to keep the weeds down.
A transport wheel at the front makes it easy to move around
Delivered free within five working days with a five-year warranty it costs £399, £200 off the recommended price.
One happy purchaser wrote ‘Arrived as promised from MowDirect, easily assembled and operated, started with 2nd pull on the allotment and produced a fine tilth. Multi-position handles make it easy for any operator. Certainly gives you a good workout, highly recommended machine.’
And finally, a couple of lawn tractors for those of you with bigger gardens.
The Lawnflite 603 XT-S Lawn Tractor is a top-selling machine with a 420cc MTD ThorX engine started with a key and with a large fuel tank to keep you working for longer periods.
It is an excellent collector of wet grass thanks to a built-in fan in the cutting deck and it has five cutting heights from 30mm to 95mm.
It is very easy to drive with shift-on-the-go transmission and a turning radius of 46cm.
Delivery is free within two to three working days and it has a two-year warranty.
It costs £1499, £400 off the recommended price. ‘Wonderful. Thrilled with our new tractor, nicknamed ‘Tommy’. Well worth the outlay,’ says one customer.
And finally, a lawn tractor form a German company with a free trailer as a special gift.
The Al-Ko T16-92HD Twin-Cylinder Lawn Tractor is suitable for lawns up to around 6000m2 and is an especially good but with s steel tipping trailer worth £199 and a tow hitch worth another £49.
This has a Briggs & Stratton twin cylinder 656cc engine and hydrostatic drive – much like an automatic car.
A Hi-Lift blade provides a strong air current under the cutting deck making it a good collector of wet grass- it has a 220-litre grass box which can be emptied from the driver’s seat.
There are six cutting heights from 30mm to 90mm and a 92cm wide cutting deck which has two small wheels at the front so it follows the contours of the lawn without scalping it.
Delivery is free within two to three working days and it costs £2299, £400 off the recommended price and it has a five-year warranty.
You can see a string of favourable reviews for this machine here.
These are just ten items chosen from our unrivalled site listing a huge range of garden machinery – the biggest in the country.
All we need now is a fine and dry Easter and, while we can provide most things, that is beyond us.
If you have any queries about any of the items listed here or anything else on our site, please ring us on 020 3026 8712 (9am-5pm Mon-Fri & 10am-4pm Sat)
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‘Great advice and service. MowDirect were more than happy to chat to me to make sure the product I had spotted on the website was actually the best for my needs. They spent quite a bit of time chatting with me to find out what I was hoping to achieve… I am delighted.’ D. Coffey (TRUSTPILOT)
