Found across cricket fields, football pitches, tennis courts, stately-home grounds and ornamental gardens throughout the country, the traditional striped finish is the very essence of the British summer and has become an increasingly popular feature on domestic lawns.
Back in the day, creating a striped effect required a heavy roller to be dragged up and down the lawn. Thankfully, that’s no longer the case – with a roller-equipped lawnmower, the stripes are produced as you mow!
There are two main types of roller-mower – rotary mowers and cylinder mowers – and below we’ve compiled a rundown of the best machines from our customers’ favourite brands and manufacturers:
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Feider Petrol Rear-Roller Rotary Lawnmowers
Exclusive to MowDirect in the UK, Feider Petrol Rear-Roller Lawnmowers are high-quality but affordable machines with heavy, rear-mounted rollers that will lay-down a pronounced stripe.
All models benefit from effort-saving self-propulsion, with select machines boasting a variable-speed drive, which lets you work at the pace you prefer.
Should you wish to avoid repeatedly tugging on a recoil-rope before you get going, choose one of Feider’s push-button-start mowers!
Mountfield Rear-Roller Rotary Lawnmowers
From the UK’s best-selling garden-machinery brand, this extensive range of roller lawnmowers includes classic petrol-powered models for the traditionalists amongst you; compact mains-electric models perfect for small urban lawns; and cutting-edge, zero-emission cordless battery-driven models, which are ideal if you’re keen to do your bit for the environment.
As with the Feider machines, you can opt for either hand- or self-propelled.
Lawnflite-Pro Rear-Roller Rotary Lawnmowers
If you’re a commercial landscaper or local-authority buyer, Lawnflite-Pro Petrol Rear-Roller Lawnmowers come highly recommended!
They offer incredible durability, with features such as shaft-driven transmissions, alloy chassis, double-ball-bearing wheel-mounts, steel rollers and reinforced handlebars all combining to ensure season after season of unfailing service in the face of intensive, heavy-duty use.
All Lawnflite-Pro Roller-Mowers employ premium Honda power, with the range-topping machine benefitting from a handy blade-brake clutch.
Masport Petrol Cylinder-Lawnmowers
Designed and built in New Zealand to exacting standards, Masport’s ‘Olympic’ range of stripe-producing petrol cylinder-mowers has been expertly crafted to meet the needs of both professional gardeners and discerning homeowners.
Like all cylinder-mowers, these precision machines use a delicate, scissor-like action, which produces a far finer finish than is achievable with a rotary-blade mower.
Masport cylinder-mowers cut down to an impressively low 7mm and are fitted with powerful but quiet- and clean-running four-stroke OHV motors from US engineering-giants, Briggs & Stratton.
Atco Petrol Cylinder-Lawnmowers
From a UK manufacturer established for over 90 years, Atco Petrol Cylinder-Lawnmowers are substantial machines with wide cuts that make them fast and efficient performers over larger areas.
They can be found in the armoury of many a sports-field groundskeeper; a fact that serves to underline the superiority of their build and performance.
This range includes the most powerful walk-behind cylinder-mower on the market – the 205cc Atco Clipper 20 Club.
Last Updated: November 2022
