I'm dying watching his daughter mimic him in the background. She was working so hard. Great job young lady! Thank for the video, I'm going to get one and hope it lasts.

Yessss finally! Couldn't wait for this one. Thanks Brett for doing it and give a bit of space to those who can't go (yet) to the fancy 2k reel mowers. 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help! Thanks for watching!

Great video Brett.. I think you hit the nail on the head.. not everyone in fact I think the majority cant afford to spend thousands on a mower. But everyone would like to have a great lawn. Little thing called "Life" happens and there is not the budget or time to have a golf course lawn. These options are a great alternative. You were honest in your review and people need to understand the cheaper products are an alternative not a replacement for the Pro Quality products..

Long awaited! Thanks for sticking with it!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support!

What a great review. Informative. I like how you solved issues such as showing how you conquered the burring issue from the stick. I have been wanting the exact model, but the bad reviews were holding me off. I think that the overlap, the handle, and the reel burring is something I am more familiar with and less afraid of thanks to you

great review, This is perfect for learning to reel mow in the seasons leading up to getting your lawn super level , once your lawn is super flat and you have the habit down, then you can feel better investing in an allett.

This cuts fine but it is very short when on lowest cut setting. My son changed the roller bar to make it weight down more on grass. So as a result grass catcher doesn't stay on on lowest setting. My grandson has been using this mower for 4 years. Very safe for him. More stop when handle is released. Works great for our backyard. Battery lasts thur several mowing. Worth the money.

Love your wall decor in the office.

Thank you sir. I’ve been waiting for someone to review this

I have a Sunlawn reel mower and I updated it to lithium. It works great but in the winter time I store it in the shed in the back yard. I opened the shed to get the mower and a gray squirrel chewed 1/8 of the wheel off to get in the shed. I can't find parts so I think I will buy this one. Thanks for the great review

Great video on this reel mower. Honestly for the price, I would defiantly get that. Yard is looking freaking amazing.

Wife let me bite the bullet and got a Swardman LOL, last 2 years it was manual push reel mower.....i earned it in this south Texas heat :p Love the vid!! Season is almost here!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

You're going to love the swardman!

Thanks for the review! Have a Jacobsen for my backyard green, but have considered getting this for everything else, which is not very big. Looks much better than a manual push.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Much better than manual!

Thank you for the review. I really just want an inexpensive reel mower that will scalp off my dormant bermuda grass in the spring, then let my Honda handle the rest of the season. I think this might just be the ticket.

I can't even use a reel mower and still loved this!

I am a Toro GreensMaster fan for sure. But... I am really happy to see this. I would have loved to get one of these as I dived into the low mow paradigm. At least LCN can stop bitching about “expensive” reel mowers. I am TOTALLY SHARING this video to my neighbors who want to be in the cool club. Thanks Brett!!! Let me know when you and the nut have another opening at Yard Mastery. Andrea and I would love to move down there. Seriously!!! Thanks for the awesome review.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

It really is a decent little mower!

Thanks I have a mcclean, but I just my get this one for my smaller jobs, thanks again for this great job you have help me make up my mind.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help I think for small jobs its a great little mower!

Those palm trees look good behind you... Gotta love how that Florida sun bounces of the camera haha.......I hate snow....

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I don't know why you ever left!

This looks fantastic for me. My front yard is a whopping total of 900 ft.² my backyard is 1500 ft.² 90% of the season I’m going to be mulching. Was looking for something cheap to scalp my yard lower than 1” for the process of leveling it. I will come back to this message when the season starts up next year 2023 and tell you how it went.

This seems like a really good toy, but an enticing one. I appreciate you "stepping down" to help guys that want to experiment with reel mowing. My question is: Would you go for this or a decent manual push reel?

Ha, of course it's not going to be as good as a professional $3500+ reel mower. But for my little ol 3000 sq ft yard, i think it will work. I have a manual reel mower and love it but have been looking for something powered. Saw this and so glad you did a video. Sun Joe should pay you for this video to post on Home Depot and Amazon sellers! I know exactly what you mean about getting something stuck in the reel which doesn't bother me. I wasn't sure about the battery mowers but this one convinced me. Honestly, I know you are a pro, but from my eyes, I think it did a fantastic job on your lawn---if mine were mowed like that----I would be thrilled and my neighbors would be so jealous! Thanks again for doing this video!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! I really appreciate your support!

I love your segway if there was only a lawn mower that was under a $1000 I was rolling when you said that

Yard's looking great !!!! Beautiful place bro!!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great review. I have been mowing my back yard (Bermuda hybrid) for 5 years with a Great American push reel, and while it does the job, I am a busy man and often let the grass go too long between cuts, which means either I am going to drop 5 pounds pushing through it every time, or I am going to drop 6 pounds doing multiple passes at diminishing heights. A cordless reel, as you said, makes a TON of sense. I do wish that some of the build quality issues shown were designed out (or maybe that Ryobi would make a unit compatible with my already-extensive collection of batteries!), but this might make sense for me. And maybe if I didn't dread mowing the high grass, it might not get as high ;)

@clarknovak4033

Жыл бұрын

Looks like this is now out of stock everywhere (even the manufacturer's site) and is likely discontinued.

Famous words for most Sunjoe products.. “pretty good for what it is”. Totally agree with you there! I’ve spent $240 in a lot worse ways lol

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thats so true!

@obilawnkenobi7230

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing for the grass catcher for my detatcher as well

Thanks for the great review. I'm buying a new house soon and when I had my old house, I bought a fiskars momentum reel mower but it was too knotty with tree roots to use effectively. New house doesn't have any big trees so I'm hoping this is a way to go. I really wish Ryobi would make a reel mower since I have a lot of their batteries!

Great video.. still new to reel mowing.. have a manual reel mower and looking for something that won’t break the bank..something I will be thinking of getting.. 👍

With my gas mower, i hate mowing. With my $80 amazon reel mower, I mow everyday and love every second. I've got my St. Augustine trained down to 3/4in. It only took one summer. I look out now and I have a golf course as a lawn. No need to spend anymore than $80 and some elbow grease. I finally feel alive. Reel mowing literally saved my life.

🌞Great review! Very detailed, I was wondering how that little machine would hold up. 😎👍

great vid. I am thinking about getting into reel mowing but the expense of the big mowers prevented me from doing it.Like you said this is a great entry level mower so if you want to make the commitment, So glad I found this vid. You got a new sub. Thanks!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I was able to help! Thanks for watching I appreciate it 🙏

"ASMR bedknife filing sounds" - new channel idea - extremely satisfying.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@gangstarib

3 жыл бұрын

I have a favor to ask. Can you hand this mower over to Allyn to test out on his Zoysia plot? I have a manual reel mower and going through over seeded rye is definitely a different adventure than trying to get through zoysia in July. Needless to say (I wasn't man enough) I went back to the rotary on my Zoysia. I'd be interested to see how well it does on a real mans lawn and not this sissy-grass 🤣

@Ebbybuddy

3 жыл бұрын

I love you Allyn

I kind of like taller grass on my yard, somewhere around 2 inches is fine for me. It gives the yard a more cushion like affect and makes it easier to walk on barefooted.

@kickingworld

Жыл бұрын

Not for Bermuda grass though. Anything more than 1” and it gets very thin the taller it goes and it’s actually more of a crunchy feel than that soft cushion you’d expect. It’s more cushiony when it’s lower because the grass is more dense and grows more laterally when you cut it lower more regularly.

As we all know the shorter the grass setting the more often mowing is needed. At .6 inches the lawn will have to be mown every other day so the bag would last more than 3 passes. I think this is nice little rig. Thing is for reel mowers is sharpening cost is the same as mowers costing 20 times this unit's cost. Last I knew it was 100 dollar bill just to set a mower on the grinder and sharpness is of utmost importance so even for a homeowner a once per year sharpening would be required.

I’ve been using mine for over a month on Bermuda. My biggest issue is the sides like Brett said. When you do a trim pass you can get closer with the right wheel than the left. Wrap that black strap a few times around the bar on the grass catcher. The way you had it I know it drags and you just wanna toss it lol. I’ve never used a greens master I can’t compare but I am reel mowing every 3 days and I’m addicted 😆🔥

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Great points!

"You see, what happened was..." Great video, Brett!!!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

Great review and repair video. All in one

I died at the intro! You sold me. Called me out 100%

@Brettsgrasscapades

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

I'm going to put in some nice sod in my front yard, I think this is going to be the buy for me. the back is just too big and will get a different kind of grass and will get the riding mower. I'm all about modifying so I think I can work with this one. thank you for the review

Thanks for this one, just picked mine up a week ago - didn’t want to wait until I couldn’t find one online in the spring. I’m in dormancy so I can’t test it out for myself. Looking forward to checking it out.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Smart man! You're going to like it.

@themoistgreenorganic

3 жыл бұрын

How are you liking it after having it a few months? I have a manual reel but wondered if this would be a good 2nd option.

What a gorgeous lawn man keep it up

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

Interesting. Would be nice if Ego would come out with a cordless reel mower and a dethatcher/scarifier so we could get a little better quality and bigger batteries. I love dethatching my yard but I hate having to drag around that damn extension cord.

@MakeWay4CJ

2 жыл бұрын

EXAAACCTTTLYYYYY! Personally I'm tired of stalking the Ego site hoping for this miracle though.

@Brettsgrasscapades

2 жыл бұрын

@@MakeWay4CJ ego teamed up with allett and have come out with an allett that uses an ego battery... Only catch is its like $5k 😳

@kennyscustomchannel7464

Жыл бұрын

I have a STIHL battery mower and its frustrating to see they have a battery dethatcher over seas but not available in the US. I do love my Sun Joe dethatcher, but like you, the cord is a pain sometimes.

Nice review. My Fiskars human powered reel mower does a nice job. I get a nice cardio workout. Thank goodness my yard is small!

This is the video I needed today!!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help! Thanks for watching!

Looks like a pretty good little rig!

Finally a review on this mower. Thank you. I think im set on buying one

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

I added a anti-sclaping mod to my sunjoe and it really made it turn into the perfect cheap reel mower.

@nizzy100

2 жыл бұрын

What exactly did you do in your anti-scalping mod?

Dude, i've been waiting for this video!!!! YES!!!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

It's finally here!

@AlBeebe

3 жыл бұрын

I bought one last month, i have half a foot of snow on my lawn, and i'm 2 months away from my first mow, and i just can't freaking wait to see how it works.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

I think you will be pleased with your purchase.

@hyperbeam9353

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlBeebe how did it end up working out for you?

@AlBeebe

3 жыл бұрын

@@hyperbeam9353 I love it. For $200 it cuts better and isn't a workout when compared to a manual. Absolutely love it.

Dude that backyard grass actually looks really good considering its just a menagerie mish mash of everything. For the clippings, for you in Florida you really don't have to worry about them. Also when are we getting a update on the bimini bermuda? Love the view of the evening sun and the palms, its so beautiful and peaceful

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

I need to update the front for sure! I've been working nonstop on the entire front area. Maybe next week I'll update on what I've done there.

I appreciate this video...my thoughts are all in this video

Just got one & for the $ it’s a good buy. Do you stop it at the end of each pass? Sorry if it’s a dumb question, but it felt awkward and in some spots it double cut if I tried to turn for the next pass like I do with my rotary

Haha yep...must admit I've been waiting for this video as well. Good job 👍

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Hope it lives up to your expectations!

@Terry11111

3 жыл бұрын

@@Brettsgrasscapades you did a great job with the video...but sadly if it doesn't stripe at all...its a no go for me.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

I think it could be made to stripe if you add a stripe kit or make one.

Neat machine! Good desk plant!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

Great video. My lawn isn’t flat like this. Would it be a nightmare to use this?

My wish list for an electric reel mower like this I have a bermuda lawn and bermuda grass likes to be cut very short 1. start at 0.50 as the minimum cutting height and each height setting going up by 0.25. My normal cutting height is 0.75 (this mower doesn't have a 0.75 height setting) and sometimes I go down to 0.50 2. lightweight (I'm sure this mower is lightweight) 3. Ability for easy backlapping it for sharpening. 4. a very useful bag.

The 24V battery - thing is, those of us with power tools have lots of 18V batteries that wouldn’t be able to give extended range due to the voltage difference. Adapters exist to allow 18V batteries from different brands to be interchanged, but they can’t make up for that voltage difference. So to get greater range you would need more or bigger 24V batteries.

@MJorgy5

2 жыл бұрын

Wire 2 motorcycle batteries in series. Mow for 3 days.

That seems like a cool little machine and it looked like a nice clean cut! I thought you were going to throw down some prodiamine on your desk lawn at the beginning.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Haha nope just had the bottle on the desk

Great to see your daughter getting into the mowing, nice review

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

She's my little partner in crime in the lawn. If I'm out there so is she.

Works great! kzread.infoUgkxprGGPRQoChQaA8u58dt7miEpxQBKiWeJ More difficult with longer grass, though, but I was expecting that. I have a small back yard, it seemed like overkill to buy a lawnmower with an engine. This is easy to carry in and out of the basement through the bulkhead. Very sharp (be careful). At the back of the mower are little wheels, which I use when pulling the mower backwards, so it's easy to readjust direction. I'm including a photo which shows the before and after for my lawn when it was at its longest. For long grass like that you really have to put some muscle into it, and I needed to go into a new section of grass with some momentum, but when the grass is only an inch or two higher than regular cut height it's quite easy. The lawn is still patchy and full of weeds, but at least it's a good height! A step in the right direction.

Great review. You almost got me ordering by minutes 4. I might wait if they come up with a 20 inch, or it would be great if they come with a conversion kit for my manual one.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

A 20" would be awesome! I wouldn't hold your breath for a conversion kit. Thanks for watching!

@aquienpuedainteresar4188

3 жыл бұрын

@@Brettsgrasscapades I figured about the conversion kit. Can't wait for this year content.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!

Thanks for this super cool video.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Does the battery actually drive the wheels to self propel or is it only spinning the reel? If just the reel then you might as well get a fiskars. That chain drive mechanism is pretty ingenious.

Sod is looking good.

This reel mower would be a perfect birthday gift for Connor Ward😂 all jokes aside its actually a nice machine. If I wanted to get into reel mowing my front yard (which you've seen in the videos is small, 2,300 square feet) this would be a viable option!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thats not a bad idea my friend!

@andyslawncareandoutdooradv

3 жыл бұрын

The backyard grass is looking good! I was thinking you should start an actual test plot back there.. you have 8k square feet so why not?

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what I'll be doing back there yet.

@andyslawncareandoutdooradv

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously the Rye is a temporary fix (but dang it looks good). I was thinking what would work well for you is Zoysia back there. You can reel mow it. I think you'd be the first to reel mow Zoysia if you did... just my opinion

Have you heard about the Pulsar electric reel mower? Pulsar PTG2216. Looks like it has a 500w motor vs. the 360w motor in the sunjoe

this is very helpful. thanks so much! looking for a .6" HOC reel mower with grass catcher that's less than 20" across as I have about 200 sf in a side section of my yard (little dog land) that has two 20" gates on either side, so can't get my flex 21 back there. Think this is the ticket!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

I think you will like it! It's definitely no flex 21 (I just got one and love it!) But for small stuff it works pretty well!

Good video man.

BRETT!! Question... Have you used this enough to test out reel durability as far as keeping it sharp enough to make decent cuts?? That's my concern is after a season of mowing the blades lose their edge. Thanks!

@jasonochoada3083

3 жыл бұрын

I've used this for a deep scalp on 8K (2 inch to 0.6 inch) and after it needed a backlapping. This is not commercial level but it can easily be resharpened 👍

SMASHED that like button just for you Brett. If you mow daily I think this unit would be just fine.....

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I am a fan for sure.

@jaymetheaccountant

3 жыл бұрын

@@Brettsgrasscapades if you want to clear out your garage I know a guy that could use it 😎

Dam Brett. U nail it !! Great job 👍

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Too bad about the reel and bed knife damaging so easily but many companies are manufacturing them with stamped steel parts instead of the old mowers that had hardened steel reels and bed knives. they didn’t seem to have that problem very often. They also held their edges a long time before needing to be backlapped for sharpening. Grandpa used to buy, sell, and refurbish manual reel mowers in the 40’s and 50’s.

Awesome video from the user’s perspective, thank you .

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bill.

Brett, it certainly seems like you got a new camera. The video looks great. 👊

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Good eye nate! Had to write off some more stuff at the end of the year last year so I didn't owe uncle same money!

@PacificNorthwestLawns

3 жыл бұрын

@@Brettsgrasscapades nice. I'd be interested in what ya got there. It looks great.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Sony a6400. Same camera Perry uses.

@PacificNorthwestLawns

3 жыл бұрын

@@Brettsgrasscapades nice choice 👌

Nice honest reveiw.

Perfect gift for LCN. Baby steps to reel mowing. Just tell him this one even cuts his beloved Skt. Augustine..

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

He won't let me near that lawn with a reel.

@lawn2learn

3 жыл бұрын

You could reel mow the zoysia grass at 2” ovr by der 🙃🤙🏼

my biggest problem with these things is you hit a little stick and then its over theres a ton of overhang trees for the lawn here and i don't know what to do short of getting a rotary

4” inside going deeeeeeeep

Pretty baddass little mower!! 👍

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

It honestly is a cool little mower.

Talking about the grass catcher bag not catching all the clippings, you could put some kind of small mesh netting or screen over it just enough, to catch all clippings, but, still fairly easy to get the catcher on and off. Like with a bit of framework, uptop between the mower, itself and the top of the catcher frame. If I could draw it out on this phone, it would be great. But this phone doesn't have that feature, bugger.

I don’t reel but if I had a little plot it looks like a great alternative.

Good day, how well the reel mower do in very thick bermuda grass?

Great video! Thanks 👍 Kinda iffy on the purchase because of the wash boarding but it is very tempting.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

The washboarding was really only bad in the longer areas. The areas that were shorter did not have that issue.

@Sig_P229

3 жыл бұрын

@@Brettsgrasscapades Does the Sunjoe still work decently? Is it worth giving the mower a shot or should I buy manual Mclane 10 blade greens mower?

Sun joe is A+ for price. Have dethatcher and pole saws. Crazy good for home owners

Any chance you would do a quick review of the wild edge battery powered reel mower they have on Amazon? It looks very similar to the Sun Joe and priced roughly the same so I am guessing it would be very similar.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to do one. I'll look into it. Not sure how my wife will feel about me buying more mowers 😅😅😅

Good day, I would like to ask you if you could look at the exact values ​​of the electric motor, watts, and revolutions on the spindle mower from the video. I want to order one too, but there are many of them in the offer, thank you Peter.

I want one but will probably never see it in the uk or it will arrive at double the price.

I was paying a guy 100 per month to cut my lawn which is smaller than yours. Came out to $1,200 a year. I can buy 2 of these Sun joes and still be way ahead.

California banned gas engine mowers. So this is a great review to know the truth of it. People want to see the best options made by the best.

It’s definitely an expensive but I’m sure it will cut better than a manual reel mower right?

I've never had internet that fast as was demonstrated in this video. Fricking Toledo.

It would seem that a dremel drill with a nice sharpening bit would be easier to go after problem areas on the reel.

Wonder if the SunJoe could use Ryobi Batteries

Have you been using the YM flagship? Color looked great!

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Yessir that's all I've put down back there.

I did this exact dance yesterday

Looks like it cuts faster then a zero turn mower too!

Where was this 6 months ago before I spent $ 2k more on my mower. As the" King of the Manual " reel mowers and a little modifications to it for striping, I could have put both Allett and Swardman out of business lol. As always great review to the " King of Reviews "

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure with a few modifications it would stripe great! Thanks for the kind words my friend!

About time.

@Brettsgrasscapades

3 жыл бұрын

Allyn is making me work all the time! No time for fun

Do a review on the Pulsar Electric Reel Mower, 40V battery, 500 watt, .6 to 2.15, 1000 rpm and a 16 inch wide cutting path. My neighbor and I bought one. It did a great job on Zoysia. We use for our front yards only.

@Brettsgrasscapades

2 жыл бұрын

Never heard of it! I'll have to look into it.

Hard to gauge how well it handles slopes, which is the true test of any mower.

Can you recommend how to straighten the bed knife on this one as that is THE most common part that almost makes this mower useless if it isn't set right.

Putting Green in backyard? Sounds good😊