PeterC wrote:
Chap next door bought a Mac Allister from B&Q, corded mains, about £70 3
years ago. Much to my annoyance it cut his fair-sized lawn very well. The
grass was about 6" long for the first cut and I though that there was no
chance - no problem, more like.

I've been pretty impressed by the corded MacAllister that we've inherited
from a landlord who only bought the cheapest everything.

The main issue was the cutting width - on a big lawn, petrol mowers go
up to about 55cm while the electric was 35cm. It still handled 'meadow'
quality grass, you just had to overlap cuts.

If I were a contract gardener without ready access to power and the need to
get the job done rapidly I'd still want a petrol (or a ride-on).

Theo