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  • Full review by
    Guest.
    on 1st Jun 2009


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    Good Points: easy reel system

    Bad Points: everything

    General comments: This is the absolute worst mower in the world. Since I bought a Flymo 18 months ago I have changed the blade twice! it bends after going over the smallest of stones. The final straw has been that after waiting three weeks for a replacement blade to when I finally could use it the motor has gone!
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 1st May 2009


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    The Flymo Turbo Compact 380 is a total waste of money.No wonder a certain large DIY store had them on offer.The hover that doesn't.Grass everywhere.
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  • Review by
    Zaitch Rank: Sergeant
    on 28th Apr 2009


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    I can only concur with most of the comments here. Bought aFlymo Turbo Compact 380 to replace a 330 some time ago, I absolutely hate the thing, and was searching for reviews on petrol models when I came here to see if my experiences were unique, which they clearly they are not. My grass is in much worse condition due to the poor cutting then when i started with it. I really regret buying this without seeking comparative reviews first, it was bought on a whim precisely because i wanted a bigger mo ...
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 25th Apr 2009


    User Rating : 3
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    The concept is sound; a large (for a hover mower) cutting radius with a reasonable grass cutting collection bin. Neat idea for cable storage, nice twin-handle for powering the thing up. Unfortunately, the Flymo Turbo Compact 380 has been, so-far, the worst hover mower that I have owned/used. It lasted just two years coping with an average-sized lawn (70ft x 35ft). It always appeared to be much noisier than any other hover mower I had owned. Towards the end, it became very noisy indeed. The motor ...
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  • Review by
    pecbetts
    on 24th Mar 2009


    User Rating : 1
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    Upper handle bolts were of the wrong type. Fuse failed , for no apparent reason, after 15 minutes trial use Machine does not seem to hover even on a perfectly flat surface, let alone on actual grass!!! As I had the Flymo Turbo Compact 380 purchased for me from Argos UK and had a friend deliver it to me in Bulgaria I am not therefore in a position to return it as faulty. I am now stuck with an expensive mower that in my opinion is useless.
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  • Review by
    chookie
    on 16th Oct 2008


    User Rating : 10
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    The Flymo Turbo Compact 380 is a bloody marvelous mower. Everyone should run out and buy one. Doesn't make any mess, is not heavy at all and the "easy reel" cable storage gadget is a well-thought-out dream to use.
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 27th Sep 2008


    User Rating : 1
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    I bought this to replace a Flymo 330 which had lasted quite well and did a reasonable job until the clutch started slipping. Decided to replace with this one as it has a bigger cutting blade and should have made light work of our large sloping lawn. Big Mistake! On the first attempt I had to use a strimmer first to reduce the grass length before using the new mower as it simply could not cope. The grass collection pickup clogged immediately and it was a complete waste of time. The old mower had ...
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  • Review by
    jpoz
    on 16th Sep 2008


    User Rating : 3
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    My Flymo Turbo Compact 380 worked for three years, then the motor packed up, replacement motor very expensive. Air intakes to motor have to cleaned, otherwise motor overheats
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  • Review by
    pointerboys Rank: Lance Corporal
    on 8th Aug 2008


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    Like another reviewer, I shall be taking this Flymo Turbo 380 back in the morning for a full refund. I bought it to replace my 'heavy' petrol mower. Thought I must have put it together wrongly, so re-read all assembly instructions. Hardly picked up any grass as it was too busy blowing it all over the rest of the lawn, decking, slide, etc. Was difficult to manoevre and cut was very poor - as if the blade was blunt really. Took me at least 3 times as longer to cut than my old faithful petrol ...
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 15th Jul 2008


    User Rating : 3
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    Strange really. I have always been a Flymo man but the Flymo Turbo Compact 380 is a bummer! Why have I changed? The build quality has gone down and down over the years and the concept of cord storage in the lid is a joke. It adds weight and gets bunged up with grass. It starts off OK but within minutes the underside is bunged up with damp grass and it no longer hovers; it drags. It then has a huge drap of compacted damp grass which has to be cleaned up. The Electrolux moter is good but as a lawn ...
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 14th Jun 2008


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    Worst Lawn mower I have ever had, I feel like taking it back to Costco as they had it on offer.
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  • Review by
    patrosskennedy
    on 8th Jun 2008


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    This Flymo Turbo Compact 380 is probably the worst mower I have ever owned. It flattens the grass rather than cutting it and throws what grass it does cut everywhere. Mowing the lawn has become a nightmare as I have to keep going over and over the same bits and it still looks like I've cut it with a pair of blunt scissors! It can't seem to cope with my less than perfectly flat lawn and gets nowhere near corners, etc. It is very heavy and cumbersome to move about even empty. I would try sell ...
    patrosskennedy's full review     | 118 words

  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 3rd Jun 2008


    User Rating : 0
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    A total disappointment. My next mower will be a mechanical push along affair. Ideally British or German made. I will never buy another Flymo product. Over priced, over hyped rubbish.
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 20th May 2008


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    This product does not fullfil its promise of being lightweight, add to its weight the few clippings that it does pick up & you have a difficult machine to use. To collect the clippings you really need to go back over areas that have been cut, to collect the cuttings a complete waste of time in my opinion. I would not reccomend this flymo to my worst enemies. I would not feel comfortable selling this to someone secondhand for fear of them coming back for a refund!
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  • Review by
    necronomicon Rank: Lieutenant
    on 14th Apr 2008


    User Rating : 1
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    We got this Flymo lawn mower recently and it comes with a 'free' strimmer (i think i know why now!), compared to our old mower, it is worse. Assembly is reasonably easy from the box, with about 8 things to attach/ fit and bolt on. On switching on the first thing you notice is that its like having a concrete brick inside it, its no joke trying to move this thing around. you may be OK if you have a perfectly flat lawn, but our sloped lawn with a few turf divets is too much for it, it seems to be ...
    necronomicon's full review     | 223 words | 1 comment added.

  • Review by
    matchmade Rank: Lance Corporal
    on 22nd Aug 2007


    User Rating : 2
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    I inherited the Flymo Turbo Compact 380 lawn mower when I bought a house, and it's not suitable for a rented house where tenants never look after anything.
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  • Review by
    92ben92 Rank: Sergeant
    on 19th Jun 2006


    User Rating : 9
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    Well, the Flymo Turbo Compact lawn mower is a brilliant lawn mower mainly for large garden. It does an OK job on mine, and my garden is 76 foot x 35 foot, and most of it is grass for the time being. So, I would say it does a nice cut and leaves the grass looking fresh and tidy, but it's only little bits of grass that it doesn't pick up.
    92ben92's full review     | 76 words

  • Review by
    seons71
    on 20th May 2006


    User Rating : 2
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    I was given the Flymo Turbo Compact 380 lawnmower as a gift just over 3 years ago. In that time it has worked reasonably well, and it does a fairly good job of cutting the lawn, although it does coat your patio with grass in the process (see other reviews). I soon learned to sweep the patio after mowing the lawn, not before! My biggest disappointment was that after only just over 3 years of light use (a few days outside the guarantee) it started to make an unpleasant sound. I called HSS (recomme ...
    seons71's full review     | 189 words | 1 comment added.

  • Review by
    trevor430
    on 17th Oct 2005


    User Rating : 0
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    The Flymo Turbo Compact 380 is the worst lawnmower I have ever had in 50 years. Whoever designed it obviously never tried it. It throws grass everywhere. Unless the grass is bone dry, it clogs the cutter, and then throws grass off in lumps. The house gets covered inside, with grass off ones shoes as the pick-up is so useless. It certainly does not do the job, and is not fit for the purpose intended.
    trevor430's full review     | 74 words

  • Review by
    alexbarrett
    on 25th Aug 2005


    User Rating : 1
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    The Flymo Turbo Compact 380 cuts nice enough, but forget it if you have anything other than a perfectly flat, square lawn. It fails abysmally on my garden which has very slight slopes and obstacles to go around. - and that's empty - Try pushing the thing around with a load of grass. It might as well not have any hover. Yesterday it took the full force of my foot as it finally tipped me over the edge. At the weekend I will go and buy something a bit lighter. As for the Flymo, I will have pleasure ...
    alexbarrett's full review     | 110 words


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