Except that reel push mowers do a poorer quality job of cutting laws than either gas or electric mowers. As noted in the recent Consumer Reports tests of lawn mowers.
Tim Bonham, Standish-Ericsson >I especially want to recommend reel mowers (as power mowers are more >endemic than leaf blowers at this point). They are quiet, safer than their >counterparts, and have zero emissions. I've been mowing lawns for about 20 >years and I always HATED it. I just picked up a reel mower (at 1/3 the >price of the low-end power mowers, mind you) this season and I can say it >was the first time I ever had fun mowing my lawn. > >Now I never had a self-propelled power mower, so the change was from a big >heavy, clunky, dangerous machine that caused me to breathe in noxious >fumes for at least 30 minutes a week to a light, agile, safer machine that >allows me to smell the fresh cut grass and makes an enjoyable whirring >noise. > >- -Michael Libby (Cleveland neighborhood in North Minneapolis) _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
