Which? hover mower ... ?

Hello - I'm looking for a recommendation on the best mower for the job, which is:

I have a series of nine, 6m x 1m grass stripes with each stripe bounded by fine pea-gravel. (Everedge edging has been used to separate the grass from the gravel).

Given the above, I'm assuming I will need a Hover mower of some description?

It must be light-weight/manouvreable, with it's own collection bin so clippings don't spill on to gravel - and an updraft not strong enough to suck up the fine gravel too! I expect it will need to be electric.

Can anyone recommend to me a specific Make and Model (and supplier)?

Many thanks.

(Edinburgh)

 

I bought myself a Brill pushmower last month and find it very light and easy to push with no annoying cables to trip over . ( never thought I would revert back to a push mower) http://www.gardenlines.co.uk/Default.asp/p/Manufacturer/1/GARDEN/2/LAWNMOWERS/m/Brill

 

Big-D I`d go along with Bally and get a cylinder mower, as you are only cutting narrow strips. No fear of the gravel being disturbed. And the modern ones are a lot easier to use than the old push alongs.:thumb:

 

Have a look at this

http://www.gardenlines.co.uk/Default.asp/p/Product/1/GARDEN/2/LAWNMOWERS/m/Flymo/4/Flymo+Visimo

 

Hover mowers don't collect that much grass, so it's best to avoid these if you want good collection performance.

Rotary's draw things up like a vacuum, very useful for collecting leaves in the autumn, however I wouldn't think they will draw up gravel.

Cylinders are good if you have a nice flat lawn. Im not sure what your edge strip is like but any gravel that gets onto the lawn won't be liked by the cylinder mower.

If gravel does get onto the lawn a rotary mower will tolerate it best.

You can get a good battery rotary mower from Bosch, (Rotak Li) this is light, but quite expensive or a Bosch 340 is a good relatively cheap electric rotary