Hayter R48 Recycling Mower (VS ES)
Value For Money
Hayter R48 Recycling Mower (VS ES)
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Nice And Great !
I bought a Felicie wallet at Neiman Marcus Louis Vuitton store in Houston, TX, Gallery Mall. I kept it for three months without open the box due I was sick, when I returned to Houston to my next medical visit, I liked another purse so I asked at the Louis Vuitton store in Gallery Mall if it was possible to exchange me it.
The associate said me that they can make an exception if the wallet was still new, I told him that YES, it was. I took the wallet to the store, the associates revise it, my surprise was when they told me that this wallet was used, I told them the I never opened the box, the wallet was supposed to be new. They called a manager. his name is Jesus, he told me that I needed to come back to Neiman Marcus LV store when I bought this wallet and ask them about this issue.
I went there, I was talking with the manager, but she said that it was not possible that she cannot do anything for me. I decided to call to Louis Vuitton customer service, I asked for a person that speaks Spanish, the associate was attending me, I explained to her what happened, she told me that YES it was possible that the wallet was sold to me in bad condition due all Louis Vuitton purses are handmade. She said that she will try to help me, she apologized by the issue that I had in these stores. Later, she contacted me asking to send pics in detail of the wallet, I sent these.
Versatile Machine Shame No Longer Sold, Only 56 Cm Model
Although I would have prefered a more substantial robust machine like my Mountfield M3 of forty years ago, I was impressed with this mower. Starts second pull,every time from cold. No complaints, no clumping as previous reviews.Used to take over an hour to cut my lawns with an electric rotary.Now takes less than fifteen minutes.
Even better as due to being a discontinued model got a cracking deal
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I've Had The R48 A Week, And Used It Twice...excep
I've had the R48 a week, and used it twice...except the second time it was hard to start and got progressively more difficult, until...after only 1/3 of my lawn (whole lawn is about 0.2 acres) I couldn't get it to start no matter how long and hard I tried.
I was VERY diligent checking oil etc, so I'm feeling a it disappointed to say the least. Not to mention my aching arm from all the attempted starts!
The plus points: when it cut, it cut well, and easily. It was easy to setup.
The minus points: the grass collection chute blocks very easily with long damp (not wet) grass, and is a pain in the backside. The pullcord has frayed. Oh yes, and after 1.5 hours of use and a sore shoulder, it won't start anymore.
I've just asked Mower Magic to take it back, but I expect I'll struggle on that front; might have just been unlucky, but I'm really regretting the purchase right now.
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Hayter R48 Es Its A Bit Of A Curates Egg This Mowe
Hayter R48 ES Its a bit of a curates egg this mower - ie good in parts. I've no problems with the cut, the electric start, the efficiency or the mulching. The motor seems fine. The build quality is mixed, the handle is adjusted using a plastic gears system, the light grey plastic appears to resemble edam cheese and if you have to manouver the mower the plastic eventually buckles and then you are buting parts. Parts are cheap, a full set of gears is £10 (4). I think with a mit more care I may avoid buying any more now for a couple of years. Grass box ets works fine and in summary I think given you can get a cheap mower for less than £100, I can't see where all tehe extra cost goes, apart from Hayter & dealer margins!
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I Would Have Found The Hayter R48 Recycling Mower
I would have found the Hayter R48 recycling mower to be brilliant. It does have plastic handle adjustment and plastic wheels, but these will only be damaged due to "pilot error". There is no need to force the machine as it is self driven and has four fixed wheels like most mowers of this type. I would agree the height adjustment is awkward when you want to fix back and front the same. Pulling it backwards can also be heavy because of resistance from the drive gears. Users may find that to mulch a lawn properly you need the set the back wheels higher than the front and the lawn must be dry. Mulching is not possible on wet grass from a machine in this price bracket. Mine is now in its third year of service with no problems.
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The Hayter R48 Recycling Mower Is Utterly Useless.
The Hayter R48 Recycling Mower is utterly useless. Front wheel detached after 30 mins cuttting. Crap plastic build. Adjustable handle bars use plastic gears system (which collpases under the slightest pressure). Supplied with the throttle cable connector detached and broken. Doesn't mulch properly and leaves grass clippings all over the lawn.
No idea what the Hayter royal warrant is for. This machine is cheaply built and very poorly designed. You'll get better value sitting outside with a glass of wine burning £20 notes. Don't buy this pile of junk!
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The Hayter R48 Recycling Mower Is A Very Disappoi
The Hayter R48 Recycling Mower is a very disappointing machine. Height adjustment is difficult as front and rear must be adjusted separately and the setting guides are inaccurate. The machine is very heavy to pull back which makes mowing a large lawn tiring. The performance in Mulch mode is poor and leaves clumps of grass all over the lawn.
I have read Member's comments on my review of the Hayter R48. Perhaps I should have mentioned in my original review that I am an experienced mulcher having used a splendid Bolen mulcher for the past seven years, a machine that I can thoroughly recommend.The Bolen certainly does not leave unsightly cuttings all over my lawn as does the Hayter.
Further to the comment suggesting that I should have sought help from the supplier - I did even better than that and had a home visit by a Hayter representative as well. My suppliers then had my Hayter in their workshops for two months and were unable to improve its performance.
I thought that I had found a possible solution to the poor quality of cut when I noticed that using the same "height of cut" letters, front and rear, resulted in the deck not being parallel to the ground. However, even setting the height by carefully counting the detents on the chassis had little effect.
If it leaves clumps of grass behind then you are trying to mulch too much grass,or you are mulching damp/wet grass. You only mulch dry grass, therefore the idea of a 3 in 1 mower. You only mulch one third of the total length of the grass. IE if your grass is 3 inches long, you cut the top inch and mulch it into the remaining two inches. The art is to cut more frequently, cutting small amounts of grass and mulching it finely. If it sticks to your feet, or to the mower wheels, leave it! It is too wet. Mulching mowers do not cut as low as most others, as you are leaving the grass longer in the first place. Enquiring about this mower from a specialist dealer would have revealed most of these problems. Remember they're not just there to sell you a mower, they are there to sell you the right machine for the job using their experience.
If in muching mode it is producing clumps of grass on the lawn- this would indicate tow key things. 1 The length of grass being cut in one sweep is longer than it recommended for mulching- cutting to longer grass in one sweep will not allow the excessive quantity built up within the cutting deck to "recycle" over the various cutting edges of the blade. 2 Cutting wet or damp grass- grass needs to be bone dry otherwise the cut grass sticks and cannot "perculate" within the deck which is evident by clumps of unmulched grass on the lawn.
Mulching is a fantastic time saving innovation which originated in dryer parts of the world, so damp/wet grass wasn't an issue. If you are mulching then you do need to mow more regularly- say twice a week in peak growing season- so the mower can cope with a sensible quantity of grass in the deck.
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£400 Seems Like A Lot Of Money To Pay For A
£400 seems like a lot of money to pay for a lawnmower such as the Hayter R48 Reycling Mower, but I was becoming increasingly fed up with the 3 hour chore that was mowing our lawns & grassed areas. I've been using an old but still decent electric ATCO cylinder mower with a roller on the back which was fine on flat lawns but useless on rougher areas. Earlier this year we grass seeded what used to be a large area of flower beds. To be honest we did a pretty poor job of levelling them out and cylinder mowers just can't cope with the bumps so manoevering the Atco over these was a tedious battle.
To speed the mowing process up I knew I needed to switch to petrol - more powerful to cope with long thick grass; and for the rougher areas I needed four wheels rather than a rear roller. True, there are plenty of cheaper petrol mowers around but Hayter has a great reputation for quality and I've got a dealer in my village - the excellent Cherry's Country Hardware. There are also cheaper Hayters but the idea of a mower that could mulch the grass cuttings, putting the goodness back into the lawn (and saving on having to empty a grass collector) seemed like genius to me. In the long run I firmly believe this is money well spent.
I used this mower for the first time today and what was a 3 hour struggle became an absolute breeze taking just under an hour...and I reckon that it will only get quicker now I'm used to what the mower can do. It starts first pull of the cord and is easy to manoevre around the garden. I was a bit worried about the new drive system on this mower and before trying it would have preferred an unpowered "push" mower but actually the autodrive is fantastic - it really does move at exactly your walking speed & stops when you stop.
Switching from mulching to grass collection is as simple as switching a lever, unlike some mulching mowers which need an attachment fitting in place of the grassbag, and the grassbag itself is easy to fit / remove. True, when mulching there were a few small clumps of cut grass around the lawn that hadn't been chopped up as fine as they should be but the grass was very wet when I cut it and a little longer than I usually leave it. I'm happy that in dry conditions this won't be a factor - in fact the mower cut the wet grass amazingly well with no sign of clogging.
Changing cutting height is straightforward, with a lever for the front & rear wheels respectively.
Overall I was blown away by this Hayter recycling lawnmower. It is the first petrol mower I've owned and to be honest I've never had a lawn before this year so I'm no expert. In fact, I generally loathe the time spent having to maintain a lawn but I do enjoy how it looks when cut and also enjoy using it in the (increasingly rare) summer. I wanted a mower that would do the job quickly, easily and without a single element of hassle and the Hayter R48 does exactly this - actually, I'm looking forward to doing it again next week.
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