Ryobi Expand-it Flexy Mower Review
With the recent purchase of the Ryobi Brush cutter/Trimmer RBC30SESA to clear the allotment of long grass we realised that the strimmer was maybe not the best thing for the surrounding paths as it tends to send the grass clippings everywhere.
The flexy-mower attachment is small and is perfect for the small grass paths around our allotment. You could probably keep a small garden lawn down with it but it obviously wouldn’t give you a bowling green finish. The machine handles well once you’ve got used to it – it seemed to take a lot of revs to get it started.
The difference with using this head over the strimmer is the trimmings don’t fly about, they stay close to the ground and can be raked up afterwards (or left!). It isn’t the type of tool I’d choose to cut the lawn on a quiet Sunday afternoon but when there’s no electricity available it does the job at great speed without the need for lots of extra tools to store in the shed. The flexy-mower head got a bit clogged up when the grass was wet and quite long – nothing more than a normal mower would have done though.
All-in-all we’re really pleased with this new piece of kit, we’ve even found new homes for our electric strimmer and lawn mower and will be using this new kit in the garden and not just down the allotment.
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
