Flymo Micro Compact 30 Review

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kiyawhite's Review of Flymo Micro Compact 30 Lawn Mower

27th Aug 2006

Overall Rating

3.5 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
Good Points

>Moves in every direction when mowing
>Looks nice
>Large bin capacity
>Long, durable cable
>Plastic Blades
>Quiet motor


Bad Points

>Rattly and poorly built
>Poor bin-emptying design
>Very hard to maneuver when you're not mowing


General Comments

We bought the Flymo Microcompact 30 when we got sick of having to get the large metal blade on our previous mower, a circular cut Quadcast, re-sharpened.

At the time, this mower was selling for just over £99 at our local B&Q warehouse, which was actually a special offer. It seemed to boast quite a lot of features that we could do with - it was said to be #lightweight #easy to carry #no running costs #strong blades. We believed this, and so purchased it.

For the first few cuts, the Flymo cut the lawn perfectly! The garden looked a lot fresher then it usually looked when we cut the grass with our previous mower. However, about 2 months down the line, the plastic, so called "strong" blades, snapped. We replaced them, only for them to snap again. When we started to check the blades after each cut, we saw that fresh blades before a cut ended-up well battered after the cut. As a result, we ended up replacing blades every 2 or 3 cuts! This was ridiculous, and of course it meant quite a few trips a year to a DIY store to purchase more blades once our back-up supply from Flymo that came with the mower ran-out.

This machine is good, though, if you want to be able to give your garden an easy cut. Once you power it up, the machine literally FLIES, or hovers, over your lawn, which makes it exceptionally easy to move it and you about in practically any direction that you desire, kind of like when you use the DYSON DC15 "The Ball"! :-D


Although there are a number of good points for this purchase, I think that they're overpowered by the bad. Sorry, but if you are in the need for a new mower, I urge you to avoid Flymo, or at least these "Microcompact" models anyway. Although they're a bit more bulky, a good Quadcast is what you really need!

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