Review of the top 5 electric lawn mowers to buy   

Don't overook the trusty old electric lawnmower. Easy to store and straight forward to use, they are ideal for small gardens. Here's our selection of the top 5 on the market.

The Qualcast Punch 12E Electric Cylinder Lawn Mower, a popular tool for mowing, uses a flat chamber of blades which cuts against a immobile side leaf for a scissor-like quality cut. They are the most competent of all the division systems, that's why they tend to make small motors or engines. They are fitted with back rollers which give you a traditional pattern to your lawn. These types of machines are not normally advisable where stones or objects that are liable to be in the grass.

Another popular lawnmower is the Bosch 'Rotak' 43 Electric Rotary Lawnmower. With a Bosch 'Power drive' motor it can produce enough torque to deal with grass up to 30cm long, even in the toughest circumstances. It has a 10-stage cutting height. Large carrying handles and lightweight design gives it trouble-free transportation. This is a light lawnmower with a weight of 13.5 kg. The motor capacity of the machine is 1700 W which makes it small but powerful.

Victus VSP 48 K40 Steel Deck Push Lawnmower is a dynamic lawnmower able to run on any type of surface. The deck of the machine is made of pure steel and it weighs just 27 Kg. It will cut grass from a height of 28 mm to 75 mm easily. It comes with a plastic grass catcher - a generous 60 liter capacity, allowing the machine to work longer between emptying stops.

Atco Windsor 14 Lawnmower is another good selection for keen gardeners with a small to medium sized lawn. Atco lawnmowers are an excellent barnd famed for their cylinder machines. Built to offer years of service, the Windsor has a removable 5-bladed steel cutting cylinder, a spring tine comb, a stainless steel front roller and self propulsion. The removable QX™ cylinder cutting cassette provides economic and trouble-free cutting enhances the lawnmower’s adaptability by converting the Windsor into a powered lawn racker.

Gardena Powermax 36E Electric Lawnmower is another powerful electric lawnmower with high-torque which delivers outstanding and precision cutting results. This lawnmower is outfitted with mulch plug that can be set to collect the grass or to mulch it back into the lawn. The grass box is simple to take out between the handles. A viewing window indicates when the grass box has to be emptied. Additional, large back wheels allow for greater turning capability and a folding handle with quick-lock lever for compressed transportation and storage just makes the machine unique. This our best buy and number one recommendation.

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