written by c9813524 on 22/04/2009
Good Points
It gave a nice finish to the lawn when it did actually work
Bad Points
It worked for all of 5 minutes!!
General Comments
After reading the reviews on this website for the Mountfield HP474, i decided against that model and went for the 'top of the range' as it was billed. I assembled it, followed all of the instructions, and managed to mow roughly a strip of grass 2 metres long before the engine cut out. It took me 20 minutes to get it going again. I then managed to cut enough grass to fill the grass box, but when I tried to start the mower again, it refused. After about 20 pulls on the start cord, it snapped - so had the engine actually worked, the pull cord would still have snapped quite early on in the mowers life. I took it straight back and demanded a full refund, which to be fair to B&Q, they gave me. I wont touch a Mountfield again.
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