The lawn-mower - the necessary tool for maintenance of lawn in good condition. For small spaces there is no need to buy powerful petrol mowers, more convenient and easy-to-use electric can quite manage.
At the electric lawn-mower the mass of pluses - it has small weight, works much more quietly, than petrol, does not demand refueling, does not release into the atmosphere of exhaust gases. At the same time it let and there will be enough small power to process lawn on standard personal plot.
On way of movement the electric lawn-mowers are separated into self-propelled and manual. As follows from names - the manual lawn-mower should be carried on itself or to push as the cart before itself, and self-propelled itself carries the person on the site, it needs only to twist wheel, and it can be quite cheerful occupation.
Trimmers
The cheapest type of the electric lawn-mower - the trimmer, it represents bar with kosilny head on one of the parties, on bar there is also handle for which carry the trimmer during grass kosheniye. Usually in kosilny head of the trimmer the fishing line which at fast rotation cuts the grass is located, but more expensive models can be equipped also with metal knives, it allows to cut off even very thick stalks which the fishing line will not take. The trimmer is suitable for sites with uneven relief, they can mow clean the most remote sites, he is cheap and unpretentious and also takes not enough place at storage. The senior models of trimmers are equipped with shoulder strap for more convenient carrying, also engines at them are moved from kosilny head on the opposite side of bar that allows to cut the wet grass. The main lack of the trimmer - kosheniye fishing line: the fact is that the grass in this case is torn, but is not cut, and the lawn looks tidy not really. Besides, to someone will drag several hours in hands rather heavy trimmer it is rather heavy. Also after processing of lawn it is necessary to collect by the trimmer grass manually. When choosing the trimmer in shop surely pick up it and try on under the growth, it is very important that it was convenient to you to carry it. The fishing line in kosilny head is gradually erased, make sure that it is easy to extend new fishing line from drum, ideally this process has to be carried out automatically, when pressing the button, but not manually.
Lawn-mowers carts
Lawn-mowers in the form of carts are intended for equal lawns, by means of such mower it is possible to process rather big area without effort. In their upper part there is engine, below - knife. Unlike trimmers of the mower cart are equipped by travosobornik - the special capacity to which all grass mown during operating time gets. Grass collectors of subjects it is more on volume, than mower high power, but anyway they should be shaken out rather often. Some producers save on quality of the grass collector, but to anything good it does not lead, it is better to buy the mower with the good collection from solid plastic and to use it for many years, than to throw out low-quality element after the first kosheniye.
Pay attention to lawn-mower wheels, the they are wider, the device less risk will be more maneuverable that there will be traces from wheels.
Some lawn-mowers are equipped with mulching function, it allows not just to cut off grass, but also to strongly crush it. Dust which turns out from grass chips in together for lawn, and it does not become necessary to move away her, on the contrary, the lawn is even more green, and dust works as good fertilizer. When using wheel lawn-mowers it is necessary to watch that on under knife stones or other firm objects did not get, the knife of such lawn-mowers is rebated quickly enough, especially at uncharacteristic loading. Self-propelled lawn-mowers are intended for very big areas, usually use them for commercial purposes, for example, cut golf courses. However, such mowers very seldom are electric.
General councils for the choice
Power of electric lawn-mowers usually does not exceed 2 kW, but more often they have smaller indicators. Power of the simplest trimmers fluctuates from 250 to 500 W. Such power quite will be enough for hairstyle of normal lawn of the small size. More powerful mowers are intended for bevelling of field grass and even bushes. So you have to choose necessary power proceeding from what structure of grass on your site. The electric lawn-mower is powered from current network, so, the wire constantly tries to keep step with it, it imposes restrictions for its use. To process big sites, it is necessary to buy extenders, and it is better not to save on them as there should not be no slightest risk of defeat by electric current.
Lawn-mowers with the adjustable height of bevelling are convenient, with their help it is possible to cut the grass on hilly surface.
If to you any model has attracted, and it meets all your requirements, do not hurry to buy it, be not too lazy to look at comments on her on the Internet, it is frequent lawn-mowers, ideal on characteristics, have latent defects about which it is possible to learn only when using.