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Scotts 2000-20 20-Inch Classic Push Reel Lawn Mower

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* 20-inch reel mower with 10-inch dual tracking wheels and rugged radial tires
* 9 grass heights to choose from (1-3 inches) controlled by quick-snap height adjusters
* 5 heat-treated, steel blades;
* Includes mower, handle, composite wheels
* 2-year warranty

Product Description
The Scott’s classic reel mower is light, maneuverable, and economical. The business end of this push reel mower is solid, sharp, and everything a reel mower should be, with five heat-treated, knife-sharp steel blades that can be adjusted for nine grass heights with very easy wheel tabs. With its 10-inch wheels, radial tires, and 20-inch cutting width, this mower should enable you to cross whatever terrain and reach whatever hard-to-access rogue patches of grass you desire. There’s no soft cushion on the handle, which is too bad, but otherwise, the Scotts Classic is a durable, well-constructed, simple device.

Scotts 2000-20 Lawn Mower Review
I bought the Scotts Classic so I could start cutting my own grass after paying someone else to do it for the past 10 years. I have owned a gas-powered mower for that long, but I have never used the gas mower because, frankly, it scares me. I have been using the Scotts Classic on my 1/4 acre yard for about six weeks, and I love it. It was very easy to put the handle together and attach it to the reel assembly. The only tool I needed to use was an adjustable wrench. This mower is easy to use, too. I am a small woman – 5’3″ tall, 114 pounds – and I can push this mower with one hand while I talk on the phone with the other hand. My dog follows me around while I mow and drops his ball in front of the mower so I can throw it for him. When I stop, the mower stops, so I know he won’t get hurt. I highly recommend this mower for people who don’t want to bother with the maintenance required by a power mower, don’t want to deal with noise and fumes, or want to be able to cut the grass without locking their children and pets in the house.

I am a great fan of manual mowers for small yards, although that wasn’t always the case. When I was a small lad one fo my shores was to mow a double lot with an old, heavy manual mower, something that soured me on manual mowers for decades. But a few years ago I discovered the new generation of manual mowers, and now I mow my lawn in about the time it took with my gas mower, but without the noise, the vibrations or the fumes. I can mow at 7 in the morning, or 9 at night without bothering the neighbors, too. The Scott has a number of good things going for it: It’s light, easy to push, fairly easy to adjust, and you can sharpen it yourself with a simple kit. That alone will save a bit of money. It’s my favorite unit in its price class. (My favorite mower is the Brill, from Germany, which is even lighter and easier to push than the Scott and doesn’t require sharpening for 8 years, but which Amazon doesn’t carry… yet.) If you do buy the Scott, get the sharpening kit, as when you do need it you’ll want to have it on hand. And get a can of Boeshield protectant spray (also available from Amazon). A quick once over with the Boeshield from time to time will greatly extend the life of your mower and keep it easy to push.

I bought this mower from a local store, so did not experience any problems due to shipping. I have a pretty big lawn (about 5,000 sq. ft.) but wanted to use a reel mower after reading that they are best for not damaging the grass. This is the widest I’ve seen, the others being 14 or 15 inches. The performance is good, keeping in mind that you need to mow frequently, because it doesn’t cut as well in fairly tall grass, and if there is a tall stalk, it really just pushes it over without cutting it. The overall quality of the mower is good, seems fairly solid except for one of the height adjustment arms doesn’t have enough tension to stay locked on a setting, but I think I can just take the arm off, and put a little extra bend in it. I was recently mowing my lawn and noticed that the mower was ‘combing’ the grass more than cutting it, the blades had apparently worn in so I made a slight adjustment on the rear blade, and it started cutting just fine. If you have fairly thin bladed grass that lays down easily, you will find that the wheel tracks don’t get cut as well, either. You do need to overlap your passes quite a bit, at least three or four inches. I think if you’re the kind of person that just loves to be outside and working on the yard (like me) you will enjoy using this mower, but if you want to get the job done quick and want the most uniform cut, you’ll probably be dissapointed.

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