BOSCH 06008A6273 Rotak 36 R Electric Rotary Lawn Mower, Cutting Width 36 cm

Bosch 36 R Lawn Mower I received this Mower well before the stated date. It was not too difficult to put together. The most difficult part was releasing the grass box to get to the rear wheels. Once put together I set the cutter to the highest cut (as I had not mowed the lawn for about 7 months). It did a great job considering the grass was so long and therefore damp. It has saved me so much time than using my hover mower, thanks Bosch. The height adjustment was very easy to use. The mower is quite well made and seems robust, and easy to use, however, it is a little difficult to turn around on a small lawn (it may be easier once the grass is shorter). The grass box is a little flimsy and needs to have one hand on the inside to support it when closing/opening the clips. The machine is very quiet, which is a good thing. Too many nooks and crannies, makes it a long cleaning job. The instructions are ok but they could do with some explanations, page 15 example 8 is not very easy to distinguish the images, they all look the same, except for the grass box. They remind me of the pictures you get where you have to look for the difference between two identical ones. Overall, this is a very good mower, especially at this price. Having now used this mower for several months I find it easier to go forward then backward, instead of trying to turn around.

Well made ,had the similar model 7or8 years ago

My first lawn mower which was needed for a particularly uneven lawn. I decided to go for Bosch as it's a well known mark plus Bosch offered an extended 3 year warranty. I can't say I've been disappointed. I find it relatively quiet and it handles well the uneven ground. It's not failed me after 10 months and can be folded away into a relatively compact unit, though I wouldn't say it's the easiest to fold and store in it's most compact form. One recommendation I'd give is when building, don't tighten too much the quick releases on either side. They're plastic and probably not that strong. Also don't expect bullet proof build quality. The main unit is well built but components around it are not of the highest quality. For example, the grass collector is made of pretty think plastic. But so are all it's competitors and we're talking a £100 mower. The grass collector could hold more but then I realised how foolish the idea was of collecting the grass and therefore the nutrients which I'd then have to spend money on fertiliser to replace and not just leave the grass cuttings to go back where they came from. If you regularly and maybe go over them a second time, the cuttings will be hardly noticeable and disappear quickly. In conclusion, for the price, I'd most definitely recommend especially if you don't have that perfectly flat lawn like mine.

I got this in the Amazon lightning sales for £70, so I shouldn't complain too much. (I'm going to though) As a lawnmower it's passable, it seems to make the grass shorter. Beyond that it's fairly cheap and plastic feeling, especially the wheels which are awful, hollow things with no internal side. There are no bearings for the wheels (just plastic on plastic), so they stick a lot and the mower gets harder to push. This also means the lawnmower tends not to go in a straight line, since it's just skidding about. The folding handles are incredibly disappointing, it's a faff to do, and once loosened the whole thing just sort of collapses. It's also relying on captive nuts inside a plastic handle (the red knobs you can see halfway down the handle), and from new they feel right on the edge of stripping the plastic and just spinning. I've given up on folding it up now, it's light enough that I can just heft it into a cap and make it fit. The plastic grass basket is really flimsy. I think it's supposed to be split back into two halves for storage, but it was a pain to get it lined up I've left it as is. Since I'm not folding the handle anymore it's easy enough to just lob it on top. The basket seems to hold a really small amount of grass, though I'm lazy and don' cut mine often enough. On the plus side: the side cutting skirt things work really nicely and cut the width of the wheels, so it's easy to line the mower up from one strip to the next. As I mentioned before the mower is nice and light (bearing in mind I'm a beefcake adonis) even when full of grass. This comes in useful when the horrible wheels skid all over the place and you can just force the mower along the line you want. Maybe I have unreasonable expectations, but at a selling price today of £110 I would want a lot more than I got. I got it cheap, so I'll live with it.

We have used this for about two years. The cord length is long enough to reach every part of the back garden. It is easy to use; plug to a power source ( did not use battery). The cut quality is good but you have to select the cut level you want. It is lightweight (though not feather weight) but it is easy to move around while cutting grass.