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Many years ago I had a customer that had a push along Qualcast Panther for his small 'upper garden area'. Its was donkeys years old but he had always kept it serviced and ground true by the local mower shop (not many left that know how to grind a cylinder or even have the machine!).
Provided an excellent way of maintaining his small lawn that was too far from electric to be pratical and up too many steps for a petrol mower.
This was the older type machine with a rear roller, not side wheels.
I inherited a qualcast push mower which was just a cylinder with a collection box on the front from a customer who kept her medium size lawn very neat with it , she told me the previous owner had left it in the shed so it was old , in fact it was the same model my dad owned and kept the lawn neat when i was a kid .
The problem with the one i had as mentioned above is the cllinder was dull and very hard work it was an expensive job to get it re ground not viable , I did find on ebay a plate which held a strip of grit paper you clamp to the top of the mower body which was supposed to sharpen the cylinder everytime you used the mower but i didn't really persevere with it .
I bought a little cordless mower for those awkward bits of lawn a swift 32 cm cordless mower for under £150 which includes battery and charger , cuts a tennis court size lawn on one charge , very good machine and customer service is excellent .
Thanks folks.
I'll might out of curiosity try a Fiskars Staysharp or failing that a small battery mower.
I would say a small battery mower, even a tiny 30cm bladed model. Most that size would weigh less for carrying than the reel machine and probably do a neater job, faster, to be honest. We are all nostalgic for the old methods but you don't see many people using a scythe rather than a strimmer for example
I have a Masport 150ST 16" push mower, I use it for small jobs and on sometimes on large jobs if there are some tight spots. Good mower.