CRAFTSMAN1816-16CR 16-Inch 5-Blade Push Reel Lawn Mower with Grass Catcher, Red

Best friend

I just love that im not using gas or maki g a buncha sound. Cuts well, easy to put together and very stable to push.

Coming out of the box, mower was seized up0. Working with the complicated instructions was able to get it to mow but hardly cuts. This was the 3rd cut today and left the grass in a terrible messy state. Given up

Reel mower is real sensitive with grass catcher attached. A very few blades can cause the mower to clog and you can't push it.

Push mower worked good, the grass catcher did not hitch up to the mower properly, kept coming off. But the mower worked great!

Great for my small front yard!

Once I watched some YouTube videos on loosening the blades away from the cutting bar, then it was GOOD TO GO because they were too tight against each other out of the box. I have used the Mower 3 times; The first 2 times for one yard (one half on one day and the other half on the second day) because the grass was a bit tall and the grass had things growing out of it that I had to bend over and pull out with my hands, plus it is a large back yard. The third time was the charm with the grass only centimeters grown up (I was getting ahead of things). That weird grass in that yard is still a problem, but I did what I could to manage getting it done. I'm proud of myself that I powered through those first 2 days; I survived to tell the story. I wore some cute yard work gloves that were totally protective of my dainty hands pulling up those naughty stalky weeds/plants. This lawn was not my doing, it is attached to the place I recently moved into. I might go out there with a blow torch the next time...just joking.

I purchased a reel mower to get a better & lower cut for my grass. This mower does that but it's not suited for anything but smaller yards. The grass catcher does not work that well because most of the grass does not go into the bag and the grass that does sits closely to the blades & starts to interfere. The handle angle moves as designed but the angle makes a big difference in the cut of the grass. You have to push down & still move the mower forward for the best cut. I believe the inconsistent angle of the handle led to an uneven cut. If you have a small yard and can cut every 2-3 days then this is a good mower for you.