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  Peter Davis September 4, 2010 at 9:45pm

  Flymo's have never been crap. You forgot to add the ability to cut a near vertical bank with a Flymo & a piece of rope. Seriously funny though when someone thinks that a Flymo will hover over water & tries to use to cut reeds.
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  Kieran Ray September 4, 2010 at 11:07pm

  Is that something you have done??? I started with just a petrol flymo. It done me well for a little while.
  
  Peter Davis said:

  Flymo's have never been crap. You forgot to add the ability to cut a near vertical bank with a Flymo & a piece of rope. Seriously funny though when someone thinks that a Flymo will hover over water & tries to use to cut reeds.
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  David Grimes September 5, 2010 at 8:40am

  We have two 446 flymos like you say
  Embankments small areas don't have to get blower out LOL
  would not be with out it ?? unless something lighter came on the market
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  Marc Cole September 5, 2010 at 10:09am

  To be honest it is a bit of kit I was seriously considering to deal with those very overgrown large gardens. The last two days I've spent striming & then mowing a rather large gdn. I actually spent more time clearing the grass box from my M5 than mowing. But I was wondering if a Flymo would have been quicker than my FS90?
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  Mark September 5, 2010 at 10:43am

  Marc it does'nt do over grown very well at all..I wouldn't buy on for that.
  
  Marc Cole said:

  To be honest it is a bit of kit I was seriously considering to deal with those very overgrown large gardens. The last two days I've spent striming & then mowing a rather large gdn. I actually spent more time clearing the grass box from my M5 than mowing. But I was wondering if a Flymo would have been quicker than my FS90?
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  Mark September 5, 2010 at 10:59am

  I don't doubt your speed or versatility with the tools you have or am I suggesting that you rush out and buy one but some of the Hooooge trampolines in gardens (some of which can't be pulled aside) you couldn't get under with a anything else I doubt, holding the handle flat with one hand and the other shoving it to and fro I get under the whole area with no cuttings to clear ? It's also the only thing I use to clear under a large Walnut tree the branches cover the ground and the Flymo if I lift one branch at a time will get in there..but I can't ! Works well to mow close to the base of large Cordyline too a normal mower catches the end and shred them making it look bad, a strimmer just tangles I have in the past used a couple of forks to hold it all out the way and strim but the flymo float straight in there blows the leaves out the way so doesn't catch them and does a first class job.
  
  
  
  Pro Gard said:

  I can do all the above with a strimmer/ clearing saw....... one less machine to carry and i'm faster
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  Geoff Norfolk September 5, 2010 at 12:40pm

  To be honest, wouldn't really have thought you could strim under a large trampoline but there again, if it can,t be moved, don't suppose the grass will grow much in the middle and you could probably just sweep across with the hedgecutter.
  
  I'm sure I've heard of people using Flymos to cut hedges...... expect they're all dead now!!
  
  Mark said:

  I don't doubt your speed or versatility with the tools you have or am I suggesting that you rush out and buy one but some of the Hooooge trampolines in gardens (some of which can't be pulled aside) you couldn't get under with a anything else I doubt, holding the handle flat with one hand and the other shoving it to and fro I get under the whole area with no cuttings to clear ? It's also the only thing I use to clear under a large Walnut tree the branches cover the ground and the Flymo if I lift one branch at a time will get in there..but I can't ! Works well to mow close to the base of large Cordyline too a normal mower catches the end and shred them making it look bad, a strimmer just tangles I have in the past used a couple of forks to hold it all out the way and strim but the flymo float straight in there blows the leaves out the way so doesn't catch them and does a first class job.
  
  
  
  Pro Gard said:

  I can do all the above with a strimmer/ clearing saw....... one less machine to carry and i'm faster
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  Gary Hedges September 5, 2010 at 2:30pm

  I bought a Flymo XL 500 the begining of this season for a new client with a very sloping garden.
  They promptly moved 2 months later!!!
  Must admit the honda engine does look big but once fired up I admit to liking it.
  Good for garden clearances etc. Strim and then go over it again with the flymo.
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  Gary Hedges September 5, 2010 at 2:45pm

  I use an Echo SRM 5000 about as powerful as you can get, great machine.
  Still find uses for the flymo though.
  
  
  Pro Gard said:

  You want a more powerfull strimmer/clearing saw a 40 cc machine like FS400, FS450 or The husqy 345RX (what I use) will eat up the grass no matter how long.
  
  Marc Cole said:

  To be honest it is a bit of kit I was seriously considering to deal with those very overgrown large gardens. The last two days I've spent striming & then mowing a rather large gdn. I actually spent more time clearing the grass box from my M5 than mowing. But I was wondering if a Flymo would have been quicker than my FS90?
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  gary maidment September 5, 2010 at 3:20pm

  i run 3x hayter ranger 53 pro and about 6x weeks age bought a flymo xl500 and its crap now up for sale on ebay
  dont wast your time , my customer like to see lines and no clippings ,my hayter will cope with slopes just hang on and get dragged side to side or get the strimmers out ,as for trampolines pick it up and move it