I STOPPED Reel Mowing My Lawn!

Change. You can always count on it. I thought it was time to change things up a bit around here with my mower of choice for the front yard.
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[@PrincessCutLawnCare]

I too, stopped reel mowing and WOW I forgot how nice of a short cut rotary mower can give! Btw congrats on 25k! 🎉🎉🎉

[@WeatherNut27]

I like that you switched because regular mowing relates to me and most subscribers.

[@dickmag69]

Just got a brand new Toro Recycler Smart Stow with the Personal Pace. I absolutely love it, seems to leave a few straglers when I cut so I am overlapping my cuts now by a few inches. Seems to fix the issue, just about too head out and mow the lawn now, have a great sunday 😊

[@liveyourbestlawn]

welcome back to the rotary mowing side. congrats on 25k!

[@ColeSpolaric]

Idk your wife, but I'm guessing she doesn't even care 😆

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Probably not 😂

[@pizzmo8256]

Let's be honest, She's just happy you're out of her way. If she's like my wife, she's happy my OCD has found a home.

[@trevormuggeridge4560]

First Aussie 😁 congratulations on 25 K subscribers, got to enjoy the mow , it’s great Lawn Therapy. 😎

[@bryankosidowski6370]

Looks great!! My wife wouldn’t care either😂 all she worries about is making share I pay my share of the irrigation bill in the summer!

[@-What-are-your-thoughts]

I did the same exact thing about 2 months ago with the same exact mower. I got the Big League Striping kit and it works great but you can no longer use the stowaway option. I don’t know why, but when I pull back the handle on my Super Recycler sometimes it won’t go in reverse. I push it forward a little bit and try again, sometimes it works sometimes it don’t. A little upsetting for a new mower.

[@Phxphenom]

I keep my lawn at 5/8". No way anything other than a reel mower would work for me. Glad you are happy but I thought the GM1600 was doing a better job.

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Just wanting to mix it up a bit.

[@griffturfcare5061]

rocking the Savannah Bananas shirt! long way from Savannah

[@josepheckonen6910]

I would think your wife would be saying;" You mean to tell me you spent all that money on a greens mower and now you're not going to use it?" * I will never go back to using a rotary mower for my front again. As soon as I bought my reel mower, immediately my grass took off to the next level. It's way too hard to keep a rotary blade sharp. A rotary wacks the grass and the sharpness soon starts to dull just a bit leaving a light brownish tinge across your lawn from the tips being frayed. Grass looses water moisture when that happens and increases disease pressure with the frayed tips. * I love my reel mower and will always use it because of the difference. Oh, and one more thing, I agree the down side is no suction, but I mow up and then back, and then cross mow( a triple cut) and that gives me a very clean cut. It helps that I only have 1500 Sq. Ft. * Just wanted to share my ideas. I hope it continues to work out good for you. You must have a flat lawn. I never spread sand to level my lawn but I mow at an inch to 1 1/8" so it's really not an issue. I used to scalp in areas with the rotary though. But never with my reel. Take care jim

[@LL-mt2nz]

The Toro SR 60v gives one of the best cuts whether gas or battery.

[@basser159]

The only issue I'm running into with battery mowers is the battery... 2 years of use and it no longer cuts half the yard. Cheers on identifying a way to streamline your cutting.

[@randyanderson7311]

Congrats on 25k!!

[@storytimewithchloe]

I love your mower! It is awesome

[@MikeinNJ]

Why battery tho you have the timemaster why not just use that?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Convenience. I like the Timemaster in the bigger backyard.

[@jhonnycifuentes6638]

Jimmy, please do a video about Toro 60 V max etime master bagging the grass clippings. Thanks.

[@farquadshmoogle9120]

I would think reel mowing is for less than an inch cut. I think my Atlas lowest setting is 1 1/8". So I cut at that for my front, 2" for my backyard.

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Yes 1" or less for sure. Can definitely agree with that.

[@UrbanDadLife2024]

I've rotary cut my back lawn at 1.25" for the past 2 years and as long as you keep your blades sharp it works great. Great time saver over reel mowing. Congrats on the milestone.

[@Striperman]

Congrats on 25k

[@trplay1]

Did I understand correctly? You are now using a rotary mower and cutting at the same level and quality of cut as you do with a reel mower.

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Yes. Very similar cut quality. But not 1:1 by any means. Good enough for most people.

[@stevewode]

Obviously you cut once with a rotary and then finish with the reel for that clean cut! Everyone has time for that.

[@PrincernPrince]

Oh I thought you were doing 3/4 cut when you decided to change. I must have missed something with the increase to 1 inch.

[@JIMMYJREVIEWS_thaiM-A-F-I-A]

The thing I most miss about my rotary mower is the vacuum feature if they came out with a real mower that had a vacuum feature ! that would be awesome! 👍🏻

[@sherwinpastrana9969]

Pls upload a video about the hudson star mower....thanks

[@kove]

good job on 25k!

[@fadetoblack51]

I tried reel mowing my yard at 2 inches and it doesn’t lift the grass enough to give a good cut. Loving the m18 mower since getting it a year ago.

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Yeah that would be too tall for reel mowing.

[@Bad-Daze247]

I'll stick with the reel.

[@JimmyLewisMows]

👍

[@christopherortiz8713]

Are you running into any scalping now that you switched back to the rotary mower? How long has the battery lasted.

[@klav5930]

Still looks solid!!! Good job!

[@jeffa847]

Does an electric mower shred leaves as well as a Honda gas mower would? Like in the fall when you have a thick layer down and you want to shred them pretty fine and uniformly

[@LL-mt2nz]

The 60v Super Recycler does it best in the battery space. Having said that, a gas powered mower whether it’s the Toro SR or Honda (HRX) has better suction

[@wgsmokeNstripes]

Congrats on 25k!

[@samfeldman1508]

I’m still all gas. Cost has been my reluctance. Are the batteries and chargers expensive?

[@LL-mt2nz]

If you do your own maintenance, gas is way less expensive. I bought a 60v SR just because I wanted a quieter mow.

[@brandonhyden9454]

25k congrats 🍾🎉

[@adamlackey8238]

Make sure to note the time it takes her to notice, that way you have a similar window on her next haircut.

[@JimmyLewisMows]

She saw this video and said she never noticed 😂😂😂

[@paulmaestas8709]

How often are you having to sharpen the mower blade on the 60v Super Recycler? When I had it I was having to sharpen it every 3rd mow. I recently sold that mower and I'm trying out the Milwaukee m18 battery mower. I mostly use my 30in timemaster.

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Haven’t sharpened it yet. I typically sharpen 1-2 times throughout the season.

[@pczapp827]

I sharpen my timemaster after 3 mows of 5,000' I think it could go 5 times if your not picking up sand & dust, but it is less to take off if you sharpen more often. My 21" snapper can only go 2 times & it is really dull compared to the toro 30". The shorter toro blades are much easier to handle & sharpen. I use a file,time consuming but works well.

[@paulmaestas8709]

@JimmyLewisMows I have to or the tipsnof my grass blades looked ripped. The blades doesn't have any nicks for chips either..🤔

[@armyvet8090]

The stow- Away feature makes it easy to wash the deck and change the blade.

[@graceortiz9494]

Congratulation Jimmy. Well deserved

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Thank you, Grace. Appreciate you watching all this time.

[@vanawesome]

Quitter! 😂

[@JimmyLewisMows]

😅

[@Hersheybrook]

New subscriber..where RU & what's your grass. ?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Utah. Bluegrass and rye.

[@katesomossy4157]

Also live in Utah. How much additional inputs in water and fertilizer has a 1" short cut lawn required over a more traditional HOC?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

None

[@katesomossy4157]

@@JimmyLewisMows Thanks for the information. Do you recall how much water a week you applied during this years ultra hot July? I applied 1.75" with hydretain.

[@JimmyLewisMows]

I’m watering around 1.25” a week over 3 watering days. Once temps cool off I’ll be back to two waterings totaling 1” per week.

[@katesomossy4157]

@@JimmyLewisMows That's impressive! August has been kind of cool for this time of year, were you able to only water 1.25" during July too?

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Ya.

[@gary4738]

How long does the battery last for?

[@tim66214]

I have a recycler and I have a stock battery and it says about 45 minutes but I know it doesn’t do that. It takes 2 batteries for a 8800 sq ft lawn

[@gary4738]

@@tim66214 good to know, thank you sir

[@JimmyLewisMows]

I usually keep a 7.5Ah battery in it and get 3-4 mows out of it on my front yard (2000SF)

[@bknotts13]

But am I wrong that your are sporting a Savannah’s Bananas shirt?

[@Gino20202]

lol@battery

[@user-ks2jt4fp8p]

Cutting at an inch? In certain arras that would destroy you grass. Interesting that i get calls from people with battery mowers that they just died and they cant mow because it died only after 2 or three years. On another note i tried a miluwakee battery powered back pack sprayer. It last 5 minutes on a full 24 hour charge. Took it back and now i have gas powered one. Just saying.

[@fadetoblack51]

You have a gas powered backpack sprayer?

[@user-ks2jt4fp8p]

​@@fadetoblack51yep.

[@fadetoblack51]

@@user-ks2jt4fp8p my m18 switchback uses no battery even with a 1.5 ah battery

[@Striperman]

First

[@Tundra_Guy]

Reel mowing was and still is just a Lawn KZbin phase..... Grass looks less green and requires triple the maintenance and mowing at least every other day.

[@Dstromb232]

I think these robot lawn mowers are for lazy people. I can see owning one if I traveled a lot or for elderly people. I bought my parents one that cost me $3400 and my dad made me take it back because it was for lazy people, At 78 years old he still cut his own lawn. He said if I die behind the mower let it be. He still refuses to let me or my brother cut his lawn. I still send someone over to my parents' home to clean their home. My dad cannot say anything to the women because I hired someone who doesn't speak english.😁

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Lazy? No. Busy or incapable? Yes.

[@LL-mt2nz]

Robot mowers are ideal for those who may be out of town often for work. Or just don’t want to dedicate time to mowing a lawn. Each product provides a solution for different use cases.

[@Hersheybrook]

Most Robo motors are for people who hate lawn care..😂

[@davidshi6861]

Traitor! lol

[@JimmyLewisMows]

Already making a comeback 🙂