Right then, I need to buy a petrol powered lawn mower, seeing as my new house's gardens have multiple lawns, some oddly shaped and with obstacles (trees) in the middle.
I used my old cable lawnmower twice last autumn and it was an enormous pain in the posterior. So it has been gifted to a friend with less complicated lawn arrangements, and a petrol powered model is now needed.
Never having owned one, I'd like some advice. What should I look out for in a mower? What should I avoid?
I'd hate to have one which keeps stalling, and, as I'm not the most conscientous of gardeners, I will often have to cut reasonably long grass, so I fear cheaper models with small engines may have this problem. Is that a reasonable fear? If so, what sort of power output should I be looking for, what size engine?
My mouse pointer has just been hovering over the cheapest model in the shop (terrible habit of mine), but I have had a moment of clarity and decided I'd probably best seek some advice.
Budget: no more than 200 pounds, and even that's making the natural miser in me squirm.
Thanks for any pointers.
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