Help me choose a lawnmower

New turf has taken and is growing like wildfire, hurrah Attention now turns towards curtailing the growth...

My original plan was to get a handpush machine but human error while laying the turf means it isn't completely level, something I understand to be problem with push machines. Anyone have any experience with this?

Alternatively, any recommendations for powered models? Requirments are:
- Light (have to carry it up and down a flight of stone steps each time it's used)
- Small (limited storage space)
- Not too pricey! (Ideally <£80 - happy to look second hand)

The lawn itself is small, only about 12m2. I considered trimmers from the weight/storage angle but not sure that would be enough on it's own? All input gladly received!

 

@2nd_bassoon , I have used the Bosch Rotak for 10 years and it really is a good lawnmower. But for a small lawn I also have , also about 12m² , I use a flymo, which works fine.
The Flymo 280 is £55 and weighs 8.8kg
Buy Flymo Hover Vac 280 Corded Collect Mower - 1300W at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Lawnmowers and accessories, Lawnmowers and garden power tools, Home and garden.
The smaller lighter 330 confusingly costs more at £79 , but only weighs 6.5kg . No grass collection on this model , but this is not a big problem on a small lawn
Buy Flymo Corded Turbo Lite 330 Hover Mower - 1150W at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Lawnmowers and accessories, Lawnmowers and garden power tools, Home and garden.

 

@2nd_bassoon , Black and Decker do the trimmer + a City Deck , which turns the trimmer into a small lawn mower. So you get two for the price of one to help storage and carry weight
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Decker-Strimmer-Mower-Attachment/dp/B00GV942F8

 

Hi,

Bit surprised this was the only thread we could find in the forum about small corded mowers ?

Looking at the Bosch Rotak 32R or preferably the 34R as in previous years it seems to have had very good reviews in the shops, but in the last couple of years the reviews get worse with faulty motors or electrics and plastic parts breaking way too easily, and as some who previously owned the same model mower, they say the quality is just not as good and not what you would expect of Bosch ?

Is that anything to do with Bosch taking over Qualcast ie does a Qualcast factory actually make the new Rotaks 34R rather than Bosch?

Several such mowers on the market like Spear and Jackson, Challenge and McGregor, though hard to see any difference apart from the colour of the plastic, but the Flymo EasyStore does seem a different design.

Any recommendations for 2022 ?

 

I got a cordless mower in September 2020. Wanted a Bosch but non available , I got a Spear and Jackson one from Argos. Really pleased with it, came with two batteries, and it cuts my lawns a treat. I'll never go back to corded. The build may be a tad on the light side, but no probs after winter storage, cut the front lawn no problem