Bosch06008A6078 Rotak 32-12 Lawnmover, Green

This mower is brilliant! Quiet, sharp cutting blades, collects almost all grass as it goes, it is fantastic. Had a hover mower which was OK for smaller area of grass but it blew grass all over the place when used on a larger area and spent as long clearing up after mowing as mowing itself. This mower looks small but its plenty powerful enough for my garden (around 100 sq m of grass) and creates a great effect, almost the kind of lines you get with a much more expensive mower. Its very easy to clean and store, it is small and light. Some comments about amount of assembly needed but its basically just fitting the handle! Pretty easy actually. If you're looking for a small, powerful mower which collects the grass as you go and leaves a great looking result, buy this one.

This is wonderful value for money. I wasn't expecting much considering the lower price, but I trusted the brand because I've used their products in my car frequently, so I assumed this product would also be reliable. I have a little front and back garden, so I assumed it would suffice. I tried it yesterday and was surprised.

I was delighted to find that this mower was as lightweight as required but this was its only attribute,I find it impossible to adjust the height of the blade .I did contact your customer service they advised me to contact bosch customer service and gave me their phone number but the number appears to be out of use ! Therefore I can only try to impress on Amazon my extreme disappointment on their poor attempt of customer satisfaction .

Generally ok. Assembly instructions were rubbish, watched a youtube video instead. Generally light but the main drag is higher grass or the power lead dragging on the ground, if you whip it up so u have some slack each time it helps a lot with pushing. Feels a bit flimsy overall but this helps it stay light. Grass compartment is good enough and it doesn't lose too much grass as it mows. I cut through the cable already but fixed it with a £10 part from Screwfix but that's user error. It is a bit difficult to change the mow height, as you need to turn it on its side and really stick your face in there to see what's going on. There are 3 cut heights and I'd really like another one, say 3cm. 2cm is too short even in the summer IMO. It's also quite narrow, so one of the other models with more cut heights and width would be better albeit slightly heavier. It feels a bit cheap but you get what you pay for. Money no object I'd be tempted by the battery operated version as faffing about with the lead is time consuming and annoying, although it's bound to be heavier. Tried to order the 32-12 but Amazon messed me about on delivery for 2 weeks (despite using Prime) with no news on stock availability so bought the R version elsewhere for slightly higher price but was gutted when Amazon then dropped the price by £25 immediately afterwards.

Easy to use nice and light for my elderly mother

The Bosch Rotak is something I bought to replace my Flymo once that was damaged beyond use; as seems to be the case for a lot of people purchasing this model. What first attracted me was the price and the decent reviews that it was receiving, there is a roller on the back which was a bonus, something that most mowers in this price range do not tend to have, and the decent cutting width.The box that contained the mower was not too large or heavy and should be able to be carried/handled by anyone in reasonable health - the mower is lighter than most of its competitors which is a pro.Upon assembly (the most fiddly bit is the grass collection box) the unit is fairly compact, with the grass box attached by 2 light plastic catches located on the upper rear of the mower, the control arms are light metal, whilst they can take the weight of the mower I would not suggest putting a lot of weight against them.The controls of the mower are located at the handle; the activation button and the 'dead man's trigger' which is required to be held to keep the machine active for safety. Both controls are plastic and the trigger has more resistance that I had with the Flymo so that was uncomfortable after some time of use. I don't like the height of the bars and they stick out far from the motor unit so it can mean that you have an unnecessarily large turning circle if you have a lawn that goes to the corners.The cord that comes with it is plenty long enough and can cover a decent size garden, the wheels are plastic and I've had one come off whilst I was turning the mower to do the next length but is easily 'rammed' back onto the axel, but doesn't give me faith that the mechanism that holds the wheel on will have any longevity.The model can cut 3 different lengths, personally I found the longest and the medium setting to be fairly useless so have only used the shortest since I have bought it; this gives an adequate cut - but to be honest I preferred my previous mowers cut. This mower also has channels at the side of the mower meant to guide grass at the edge to the mower blade underneath (I think is meant to be the 'cut to the edge claim') but again they appear to be fairly ineffectual as I find myself using a trimmer for the edges of the lawn still to tidy them up.So the final cut (gettit ;) ) - Yes it's a fine cheap mower but I would not buy it again. If you have a garden you can whip around in 15mins or under regularly then this should be fine, it's not good on lawns with changes of slope (My garden is relatively small but has 2 levels and the ramp between them is never cut properly with the mower) and can struggle with some thick clumps. I found the push bars to be in an uncomfortable position (I am over 6ft in height) and found it to be awkward to manouver due to the handlebar's length from the cutting unit.I'm hoping I can use this for a couple of years to get some value from it but I would definitely buy something more capable in the future.

Easy to assemble and easy to use and cuts well

Bit plasticy,.no height of cut changer.turning on is hard,keeps cutting out. Not satisfied.