Our approximately 350 square meters of lawn have been processed so far from me with a min. 30-year-old Honda petrol lawnmower. 30 years?!? Yeah, that's still high quality !!!
However, I'm older now and over time intolerant of the smelly and noisy gasoline. Well, I thought maybe the battery technology in recent years has made a decisive leap in this segment, so a wireless operating a power mower is possible. I had to realize that this is quite possible, but ... batteries are subject to natural wear and tear and you see the prices for those lawnmowers and especially the spare batteries on ... well, at least because - out of the question for me, anyway.
So I have the mail-order my confidence dropped in, made me think, numerous more or less fake reviews by mowing "and finally zeroed down on the Comfort 40E of AL-KO.
Now, after a season of practical experience with the Comfort here 40E my blacklist and white list:
+ Good value for money
+ Powerful and relatively quiet motor
+ Mulching with good results
+ Light weight, thus one-hand operation possible
+ Good maneuverability
- Cutting height can be adjusted in height down in adverse touches the mower with eg branches. So always be careful when it should be mowed under bushes or shrubs. I feel this has happened the one time or another, so I have the carriage "lowered unintentionally.
- Catcher locks when mounting often not correctly - manual assistance necessary.
- The biggest shortcoming: When mowing with grass box, the deflector flap lying on the grass catcher is pushed up by the air flow. The unpleasant result: A part of the crop is thrown through the resulting opening to the rear and thus blew directly on the "Roll stuff leader" / (see video). Result: lawn short, green man! Who does not mind itself especially for mowing with a butcher's apron and visiertem helmet equip it or favor is found camelionartig adjust the ground color, yes for this shortcoming is certainly none and may sometimes contribute to the amusement. For me anyway, it's no fun and as hay fever plagued Earthlings an unpleasant development errors.
Conclusion:
Apart from the number of Begrasungs function "and considering the price and the mowing, I would recommend the Comfort 40E of AL-KO as a lawnmower.
Who wants to just mulch, is well served in any case with the device in this price segment. Who wants to work primarily with collecting basket, should consider on the basis of the above-mentioned lack the equipment to the effect precisely, or opt for a different model.
I hope with this I gathered experience one or the other helped to have.
In this sense: Good Baa!