Contents
- Top 10 rating according to KP
- Editor’s Choice
- What other petrol lawn mowers are worth paying attention to?
- 4. CHAMPION LM4627 (average price 18,6 thousand rubles)
- 5. Makita PLM4628N (average price 34 thousand rubles)
- 6. PATRIOT PT 42 LS (average price 17,7 thousand rubles)
- 7. Huter GLM-3.5LT (average price 12,9 thousand rubles)
- 8. McCULLOCH M46-110R Classic (average price 25 thousand rubles)
- 9. PATRIOT RT 52 BS (average price 37 thousand rubles)
- 10. Hyundai L 4310S (average price 25,2 thousand rubles)
- How to choose a petrol lawn mower
A lawn mower is useful to any summer resident, even if his plot is only a few acres. The traditional choice is gas-powered lawn mowers. They are much easier to operate, more reliable and many will undertake to repair them. It is precisely about the choice of such garden and country gadgets that we will talk in the KP rating.
Top 10 rating according to KP
Editor’s Choice
1. Husqvarna LC 140S (average price 30 thousand rubles)
This company doesn’t do bad things. This rule also applies to lawn mowers. Good motor, all the necessary functions are on board. The reliability of this model is legendary – it will definitely last for many seasons, but do not forget about the annual maintenance. Otherwise, you can get into a major repair.
Features
| A type | self-propelled |
| Cutting width / height | 40 cm / 25-75 mm |
| The weight | 30,5 kg |
| Engine | Briggs and Stratton petrol 4-stroke, 125 cm³, 2.4 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
2. CHAMPION LM5127BS (average price 17,3 thousand rubles)
A great lightweight and manoeuvrable mower for those who don’t want to mess with the grass catcher and compost but know how to mulch. At the same time, the model has a very solid working width and a powerful engine, and the price does not bite.
Features
| A type | wheeled |
| Cutting width / height | 50 cm / 25-75 mm |
| The weight | 22,5 kg |
| Engine | Briggs and Stratton petrol 4-stroke, 125 cm³, 3 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
3. Huter GLM-6.0ST (average price 24,7 thousand rubles)
German brand that manufactures appliances in China. The mower has a very powerful engine, a large swath width and at the same time weighs relatively little. It also has all the basic bells and whistles on board.
Features
| A type | self-propelled |
| Cutting width / height | 53 cm / 25-75 mm |
| The weight | 28 kg |
| Engine | gasoline 4-stroke, 6 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
What other petrol lawn mowers are worth paying attention to?
4. CHAMPION LM4627 (average price 18,6 thousand rubles)
This is a heaped up budget model, which also knows how to do everything: sideways, back, into the grass collector, mulching. The engine is unnamed Chinese, but quite solid and powerful, no complaints have been noticed about it yet. This mower can be recommended to beginner summer residents who want to try all the delights of a civilized lawn care.
Features
| A type | self-propelled |
| Cutting width / height | 46 cm / 25-75 mm |
| The weight | 32 kg |
| Engine | gasoline 4-stroke, 139 cm³, 3.5 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
5. Makita PLM4628N (average price 34 thousand rubles)
A proven version from a well-known Japanese manufacturer. Can literally do everything. Self-propelled, has an excellent engine, has side and back ejection, soft grass catcher, can mulch. Owner reviews are great. But the price is big.
Features
| A type | self-propelled |
| Cutting width / height | 46 cm / 25-75 mm |
| The weight | 31,2 kg |
| Engine | Briggs and Stratton petrol 4-stroke, 140 cm³, 2.6 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
6. PATRIOT PT 42 LS (average price 17,7 thousand rubles)
Inexpensive self-propelled mower for beginners. Despite the cost, it has many useful features. Able to mulch, has a rear ejection and a grass collector. Find!
Features
| A type | self-propelled |
| Cutting width / height | 42 cm / 30-75 mm |
| The weight | 27 kg |
| Engine | gasoline 4-stroke, 123 cm³, 3.5 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
7. Huter GLM-3.5LT (average price 12,9 thousand rubles)
Cheap and cheerful. This mower has only the essentials: a powerful engine, rear ejection, grass catcher, but reliable and inexpensive! But be prepared for the fact that this model is very noisy in operation, even by the standards of a gasoline lawnmower.
Features
| A type | wheeled |
| Cutting width / height | 42 cm / 25-75 mm |
| The weight | 26,4 kg |
| Engine | gasoline 4-stroke, 4 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
8. McCULLOCH M46-110R Classic (average price 25 thousand rubles)
A reliable model, which has already proven itself well, is quite unpretentious. It has everything you need on board, copes with a site of almost any complexity, a strong middle peasant.
Features
| A type | self-propelled |
| Cutting width / height | 46 cm / 30-80 mm |
| The weight | 30 kg |
| Engine | gasoline 4-stroke, 110 cm³, 2.7 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
9. PATRIOT RT 52 BS (average price 37 thousand rubles)
Another “Mercedes” among lawn mowers, competitor Makita PLM4628N from our review. Big, powerful, productive, can throw the grass back, can into the grass collector, can sideways, can mulch – full stuffing!
Features
| A type | self-propelled |
| Cutting width / height | 51 cm / 25-75 mm |
| The weight | 33,44 kg |
| Engine | Briggs and Stratton petrol 4-stroke, 163 cm³, 5 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
10. Hyundai L 4310S (average price 25,2 thousand rubles)
A motorist here would joke that this is the only time a Hyundai has driven ahead of him. But, in fact, we have a very inexpensive reliable mower here, from a company that can definitely be trusted in matters of gasoline technology. Everything you need with it: throwing the grass back into the grass collector, mulching.
Features
| A type | self-propelled |
| Cutting width / height | 42 cm / 25-75 mm |
| The weight | 28 kg |
| Engine | Hyundai gasoline 4-stroke, 139 cm³, 3.5 hp |
Advantages and disadvantages
How to choose a petrol lawn mower
Practical advice on choosing a petrol lawnmower will give Alexey Kharlamov, working as a mechanic in the service center “MTD”.
How much eats, how much rushing
The heart of any mower is the engine. The success of the entire operation depends on how well it is made and combined with its tasks. Today, the topic of engine design can no longer be touched upon, since four-stroke engines have almost completely ousted their two-stroke counterparts from the market. They work more stable, consume less fuel, rumble quieter. For a small suburban area, a light mower with a 1-3 hp engine should be suitable; for large areas, it is worth considering more serious models with a power of 3-5 hp.
Large manufacturers of complex equipment such as Honda, Hyundai, Husqvarna, Stihl produce excellent engines for their mowers themselves. The rest put third-party products, the coolest and most popular are American Briggs & Stratton motors.
For eight years I have used a mower with such an engine, it is so unpretentious that even without sensible preservation for the winter, at the beginning of the season it started up the first time, and all maintenance consisted only in cleaning the filter and changing the oil. My mower fell to the death of the brave – in the ninth year of use, I ran into a sledgehammer in tall grass, otherwise it would still serve.
The main recommendation: do not be too lazy to inquire about the engine of your future lawn mower, well-known names such as Kawasaki are familiar to everyone, but there are no less worthy ones, such as Kohler.
Привод
Now self-propelled mowers are very common. This is a very convenient feature, because the lawn mower weighs an average of 30 kg and not every summer resident will be happy to push such a colossus in front of him. It is only important to consider that in this case, some of the engine power will be spent in order to set the wheels in motion. A mower without a drive will be more maneuverable, but it is better to choose one that weighs less, no more than 25kg.
Working width
This parameter affects the performance of your mower and varies somewhere between 40-50 cm, but can be more or less. A wide mower will not fit everywhere. Well, and one more important factor: the larger the working width, the larger the body of the mower, the more powerful the motor should be, the heavier and more expensive it is.
Where to put the grass?
Usually mowers have two types of grass ejection: back and side. Side throw is optimal when mulching, that is, if you prefer not to collect grass, but to chop it up to a state of organic matter for fertilizer. The rear ejection is optimal for working with the grass catcher. It is best when the mower has both types of ejection, if there is only a rear ejection, then make sure that the mower has a cover that closes the ejection, otherwise everything will fly at you without a grass catcher.
mowing height
The sites are different, so height adjustment is a must. If the lawn is even and well-groomed, then we set the height lower, if there are potholes or tall grass has grown, we make it higher, otherwise the knives will touch the ground or mow in tufts, or the engine will not cope. An adjustment of 25-75mm will suffice.
Autostart
Starting the engine from the button is a very nice bonus, although not the most necessary one. This complicates the design a little, besides, you need to additionally roll the battery with you. The main thing is not to forget to take it off for the winter and store it in a warm place.