Im looking for an electric rotary mower for a small (50m2) lawn which
will give the best striped finish. Any recommendations?
So far the i've found the Bosh Rotax 40 and the Flymo Multimo 360 XC.
They both have rollers but are they anygood at giving a striped
finish.
Is an electric mower even heavy enough to get a striped finish even if
it has a roller?

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Im looking for an electric rotary mower for a small (50m2) lawn which
will give the best striped finish. Any recommendations?
So far the i've found the Bosh Rotax 40 and the Flymo Multimo 360 XC.
They both have rollers but are they anygood at giving a striped
finish.
Is an electric mower even heavy enough to get a striped finish even if
it has a roller?

The roller will give the desired result irrespective of the type of cutter
being rotary or reel.

If you want to be *really* fastidious then also purchase a scarifier to
remove the debris in the sward to increase air circulation at the grass leaf
roots, improve growth by removing dead foliage and weeds and *then* mow
lightly to around 1½" leaf height throughout the year.

A good combined feed/weed reducer applied at the manufacturers intervals
will improve the density of the sward somewhat and produce even better
effects.

My lawn (dog exercise area) is never cut lower than 1½" at any time, remains
green all year round and suffers from little weed or browning at all. Next
doors on the other hand who mows to root level believing he's getting a
better effect and cut has dead areas and scalping which look awful and
reduce the sward regeneration rate significantly.

I worried that the roller on a 13kg mower will just not be heavy
enough to flatten the blades of graa though to get the striped effect

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I worried that the roller on a 13kg mower will just not be heavy
enough to flatten the blades of graa though to get the striped effect

even if you do, it only lasts a couple of days

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I worried that the roller on a 13kg mower will just not be heavy
enough to flatten the blades of graa though to get the striped effect

The grass will naturally return to it's preferred growing direction
irrespective of what you do.
A light rolling would keep the sward looking good, you can even do it
without cutting using the mower, although you might get some strange looks
from the neighbours ;-)

Thanks for you help guys.
my understanding is then that a roller should give a striped finish
but you have to mow it regularlry to maintain it.