Needed a small lawnmower for a small area of new lawn that only covers approx. 20sq meters, so I didn’t need anything fancy or expensive, just a lawnmower that does the job and will last a number of years if not a decade or so, maybe more, we will see.
Anyway, I have bought Einhell power tools before and have always been happy with the build quality, on par with Bosch I would say, but just red plastic and nor green……. And there it is, plastic, yes, plastic. Manufactures in power tools and everything it seems these days are still obsessed with plastic even when we know that plastic is destroying the planet, but still they carry on making the stuff. This Einhell lawnmower, is very good and for the price it is very decent, but where it falls down is it use of plastic, so much so that the push bar is held to the engine casing plastic body with self tapping screws just cutting through plastic, not reassuring for robustness and durability over time.
My other reservation is the fact that whilst assembling it I couldn’t help but think I was putting together a kids toy and once I got to mounting the wheels I was very shocked by the poor quality of them, each wheel is made from solid hard plastic? In fact I have seen better wheels on a toddlers sit-on fire engine, they are that poor and yes, embarrassing. If the mower didn’t have a 1000w spinning motor mounted within its plastic casing I could have easily thought that the mower was a toddlers toy, no joke. In fact I was even worried that my neighbour might come over whilst I was using it and laugh ( he has a Mountfield, a man’s mower)…… However, once plugged in and the start button pressed I was impressed by the cut and ease of use…….My other issue I have is the advertised 3 point adjustable cut…..sounds great doesn’t it……..However, this isn’t as straight forward as it sounds, oh no, there’s no little adjusting lever, but instead you have to, get this, remove each of the screw on kiddie plastic wheels and then re screw them on again in one of the three height adjustment mounting holes. You have to do this for each wheel! How cheap and slapdash is that? They just couldnt be bothered to make an adjustment lever that raised the blade up and down….obviously a cost cutting exercise.
Anyway, if you forget all my criticism over plastic and design etc, then as I say for the price you get what you pay for, but it does the job and it does it well……and I have to admit, I would probably buy it again if I needed to because it is all I need, but Einhell, please sort out those toy wheels, they are just a step too far in cost cutting and very very embarrassing!
| Dimensions du produit (L x l x h) | 42.91 x 15.75 x 37.01 cm; 9.2 kilogrammes |
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| Pile(s) / Batterie(s) : | 1 Lithium-ion nécessite des piles. |
| Référence produit | 3400257 |
| Hauteur (cm) | 50 centimètres |
| Largeur (cm) | 50 centimètres |
| Matériau | Plastique |
| Type d'énergie | Câble électrique |
| Disponibilité des pièces détachées | Information indisponible sur les pièces détachées |
