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11 of the best lawn mowers in 2026, as tested and rated by our reviews experts

Published: Monday, 9 February 2026 at 10:56 am

Our round up of the best lawn mowers, as tested by our experts.

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Your lawn mower – it's the ONE purchase that pretty much everyone with a garden needs to make. But buying the wrong one for your needs can be a big, expensive mistake. Not only is there a bewildering set of categories, from ultra-modern self-propelled cordless lawn mowers to basic hand-push mowers, there are also loads of different features on offer within each category – some of which you'll find essential, and some of which you'll find get in the way of getting the mowing done on a Saturday morning. Other big things to consider are the cutting width, the range of cutting heights, how it folds down, and the overall weight, which is massively important if yours will be lifted in and out of a shed.

So that's why my colleagues and I – and especially my predecessor on the BBC Gardeners' World Magazine reviews desk, Kay Maguire – have created this one, huge central page of the best lawn mowers available to buy right now. It contains the top picks of our award-winning Best Buy mowers from our lawn mower test categories, including the best cordless mowers, the best electric, the best robotic mowers and the best hand-push mowers, all tested by our experts.

From 2026, you’ll only see newly awarded Best Buy badges on lawn mowers that score 4.5 out of 5 or higher. Anything rated 3.5 or above will still feature in our ‘Best of the rest’ lists.

Oliver Parsons, GardenersWorld.com

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Our best mowers to buy at a glance:

Our 2 top-rated cordless mowers

Also recommended: cordless mowers

Our 2 top-rated corded electric mowers

Our 2 top-rated hand-push mowers

Our 2 top-rated robot mowers

Comparison table: best lawn mowers

ModelRatingRRPTypeCut widthWeightGrass boxHusqvarna Aspire LC34 P4A4.9/5£349Cordless34cm11.8kg30LWorx Nitro WG749E 40V4.8/5£449.99Cordless46cm28.7kg55LGreenworks GDG24LM334.5/5£149.99 (bare tool)Cordless33cm9.5kg55LEgo LM1702E-SP4.5/5£619Cordless42cm24kg55LStihl RMA 4484.5/5£829 (bare tool)Cordless46cm30kg52LWebb Weer334.8/5£99.99Corded33cm8.8kg35LMountfield Electress 384.5/5£269 (kit)Corded38cm11kg40LWebb 30cm Autoset4.8/5£89.99Hand-push30cm9.1kg17LGardena Comfort Hand Cylinder 400C4.5/5£140.95Hand-push40cm9.4kg49LStihl iMOW 54.8/5£1,729RobotN/A14kgMulchingSegway Navimow i2084.5/5£1,099RobotN/A4.7kgMulching

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Best cordless mowers

TOP-RATED: Husqvarna Aspire LC34-P4A

Our best lightweight cordless mower

RRP: £349

Our rating: 4.9 out of 5

A star rating of 4.9 out of 5.

Available from: Husqvarna (£349)

Best Buy for ease of use 2023: Husqvarna Aspire LC34P4A

Our best lightweight cordless mower: Husqvarna Aspire LC34P4A

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This lightweight 34cm mower is part of the new Husqvarna Aspire cordless range, which includes a hedge trimmer, pruner and leaf blower, and it's powered by an 18V POWER FOR ALL ALLIANCE battery and charger. It's useful that these are interchangeable with tools in other leading brands such as Flymo, Gardena and Bosch, so if you also invest in tools in these ranges, you’ll only need to buy the bare tool and won’t have different batteries and chargers taking up space in the shed. Also, the two-year warranty on this mower is a good sign that the investment will last.

I found this mower great for small gardens for several reasons: the mower comes ready to go; there’s no assembly needed or handles to attach, and it folds down to a compact size when you’re finished, with a telescopic handle that folds completely flat over the body of the mower. It can then be stood up against a wall or hung up, and it even comes with a handy hook.

The 30-litre grass bag also flattens down to take up very little room and can be hung on the mower. I liked the fact that the Aspire is so light, with a carry handle so that lifting it up steps or into other areas is easy, and it has an adjustable handle to suit different heights.

It’s comfortable and easy to manoeuvre around the garden and has just four cutting heights to choose from, ranging from 25-65mm, and they were easy to change with a single lever on the body of the mower. It cuts grass quietly and smoothly and has an automatic boost that increases blade speed when you’re mowing in tougher, longer areas, which works well. You can hear it kick in when you push the mower into longer grass, and unlike other cordless mowers that can cut out, it just carries on cutting the grass.

I also really liked being able to see the battery charge level while mowing, so I could gauge how much power there was left, and when the battery needed charging. Kay Maguire

RRP: £349
Cutting width: 34cm
Weight: 11.8kg
Type: push cordless
Charge time: 95 mins
Run time/Mow area: 500 sq. metres
Cutting height range: 25-65mm
Grass box: 30 litres

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Worx Nitro WG749E 40V 46cm

Our best self-propelled cordless mower under £500

RRP: £449.99

Our rating: 4.8 out of 5

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£604.24)

Best Buy value self-propelled mower: Worx Nitro WG749E

Our best self-propelled cordless mower under £500: Worx Nitro WG749E

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This easy-to-use mower needs no assembly and has a quick-release, collapsible handle, so it’s very simple to store, even in a packed shed. One thing that really helped when I was testing this machine is that it stands up vertically, with the handle folded over and the front wheels in the air – that meant it only took up about a third of the usual floor space in storage.

The Nitro requires two 20V 4Ah PowerShare batteries, which give a 40-minute run time, and it was a relief that the battery power level is clearly visible while you mow – it's such an important thing when you're tackling a large area of grass. The batteries and the charger are also interchangeable with all other Worx PowerShare tools.

It offers seven cutting heights, 20-80mm, which are easy to adjust with a simple lever. It also has a cutting width of 46cm, making it ideal for medium-sized lawns.

I liked the mower's simple speed control, plus it adjusts its cutting power according to grass length and conditions, which helps save on battery. It has a safety key and a 55-litre collection bag, so there's plenty of room for the cuttings, but there's also a mulching option, so you can choose to let the cuttings fall back on the lawn to feed the grass rather than worry about emptying the bag.

Considering the wealth of features this mower offers, this is a great-value option. It also has a three-year warranty, plus two more years if registered. Kay Maguire

RRP: £449.99
Cutting width: 46cm
Weight: 28.7kg
Type: self-propelled cordless
Charge time: 120 mins
Run time/Mow area: 40 mins
Cutting height range: 20-80mm
Grass box: 55 litres

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Also recommended: cordless mowers

Greenworks GDG24LM33

Our best budget cordless mower for small gardens

RRP: £149.99 (bare tool)

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£117.99)

Best Buy budget cordless mower 2023: Greenworks-GDG24LM33

Our best budget cordless mower for small gardens: Greenworks-GDG24LM33

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I found this sturdy, great-value cordless mower easy to put together, well thought out, and simple to use – superbly suited to small gardens. Thanks to a padded handle, it's comfortable to push, although this could feel a little short for taller people, and it's light and easy to manoeuvre around trees and lawn edges.

There are five cutting heights to choose from, adjusted with the simple lift of a lever, and you can collect clippings in the 30-litre fabric grass bag or insert the mulching plug and leave them on the lawn to break down and feed the grass.

It mowed well, helped in part by the specification of a long-lasting brushless motor, but it didn't like mowing very long grass. The battery cut out on me occasionally, but the decent runtime of 46 minutes made up for that a bit, and it charged in just two hours.

Plus, as part of the Greenworks 24V family, both the battery and charger are interchangeable with all the other tools in the range, saving you money if you invest in more Greenworks tools in the future. Kay Maguire

RRP: £199.99
Cutting width: 33cm
Weight: 9.5kg
Type: push cordless
Charge time: 120 mins
Run time/Mow area: 280 sq. metres
Cutting height range: 25-70mm
Grass box: 30 litres

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Ego LM1702E-SP 42cm self-propelled mower (kit)

Our best user-friendly self-propelled cordless mower

RRP: £619 (kit)

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Just Lawnmowers (£559) and Mowers Online (£559)

Best Buy self-propelled mower for smaller lawns: Ego LM1702E-SP

Our best user-friendly self-propelled cordless mower: Ego LM1702E-SP

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This well-thought-through mower requires no assembly out of the box, so I was able to get mowing almost as soon as it arrived. It has a quick-release, telescopic handle, which offers a bespoke handle height and also makes it very easy to fold down and store.

Once folded, it can also be stood up vertically, so it took up even less space in my storage area. It offers a wide choice of cutting heights, 20-80mm, and the wider-than-average 42cm cutting width makes it ideal for mid-sized gardens. It runs on a 56V battery, which can mow 300 sq. metres on a single charge, and is compatible with other Ego Power+ tools. The battery level is also clearly visible whilst you mow.

There's a handy safety key that can be stored away from the mower to ensure only the user can operate it. It's easy to operate and handle, with easy speed control, a 55-litre grass bag, and even headlights. It comes with a five-year warranty. Kay Maguire

RRP: £619
Cutting width: 42cm
Weight: 24kg
Type: self-propelled cordless
Run time/Mow area: 30 mins
Cutting height range: 25-80mm
Grass box: 55 litres

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Stihl RMA 448 RV rear roller cordless mower

Our best self-propelled cordless lawn mower for stripes

RRP: £829 (bare tool)

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Just Lawnmowers (£759) and Lakeland Power Tools (£797.99)

Best Buy self-propelled mower for larger lawns: Stihl RMA 448 RV rear roller cordless mower

Our best self-propelled cordless lawn mower for stripes: Stihl RMA 448 RV rear roller cordless mower

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This distinctive mower is ready to use straight out of the box; only the grass box needs assembly, and this was pretty tricky. The unusual one-sided mono handle makes it easy to access the grass box, which makes a big difference when you are tackling a large lawn and emptying the clippings often.

The handle also adjusts in height very easily, and it can be folded flat over the mower, making it easier to store. When I folded the mower up, I was able to stand it vertically with its front wheels in the air, so it saved a lot of space – always a good feature.

It lacks a safety key but has other good features, including speed control and a mulching option that's as simple as a flick of a switch. It has a cutting width of 46cm and offers a wide range of five cutting heights, from 15-60mm, so you can get a neat, tight clip. This is particularly useful as this mower also has a rear roller to create beautiful stripes on the lawn.

It requires a 36V 5Ah battery, which gives you enough power to mow a lawn up to 340 sq. metres on a single charge, plus there's space for a spare battery, if you have one. It's also compatible with all Stihl AK cordless tools, saving you money if you invest in the future. It comes with a two-year warranty. Kay Maguire

RRP: £829
Cutting width: 46cm
Weight: 30kg
Type: self-propelled cordless
Run time/Mow area: 340 sq. metres
Cutting height range: 15-60mm
Grass box: 52 litres

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Best electric corded mowers

TOP-RATED: Webb Weer33 electric lawn mower

Our best budget electric mower for small gardens, under £100

RRP: £99.99

Our rating: 4.8/5

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£94.48), Robert Dyas (£99.99) and Tool Station (£94.48)

Best Buy all-round electric mower 2021: Webb Weer 33

Our best budget electric mower for small gardens, under £100: Webb Weer 33

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I was impressed by the superb design of this mower. It’s extremely easy to assemble and folds for storage with a comfortable foam handle that can be adjusted to various heights. There are five cutting heights to choose from, and a single lever enables easy adjustment. The grass collection bag has a generous capacity of 35 litres, and the full indicator lets you know when it needs emptying. The mower is relatively quiet, and it cut well, right up to the edges of my lawn. It’s also lightweight and comfortable to manoeuvre.

My only quibble is the black mower cable, which could be a brighter colour so it'd be easier to see. For just £99.99, this is a great value mower. Kay Maguire

RRP: £99.99
Cutting width: 33cm
Weight: 8.8kg
Noise: 89dB
Type: corded electric
Cable length: 10m
Cutting height range: 25-65mm
Grass box: 35 litres

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Mountfield Electress 38

Our best electric mower for large gardens

RRP: £269

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£159)

Best Buy budget mower 2023: Mountfield Electress 38

Our best electric mower for large gardens: Mountfield Electress 38

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This sturdy electric mower felt really robust out in use on the lawn, and I liked its relatively wide cutting width of 38cm, which made for fewer passes up and down the lawn. I found it simple to put together, with three handle heights to suit different users, and it has a useful six heights of cut, from 25-75mm, which are easy to change with a single lever. It manoeuvred well around the lawn despite its weight, and was pleasingly simple to use, producing a neat cut. It comes with a large grass collection box of 40 litres too, so you're not constantly emptying clippings on the compost heap.

When you've finished mowing, it's easy to store, with a handle that folds flat over the body of the mower, so it takes up very little room, and a detachable cable that can be hung up or stored in a drawer. It has such a long 15m cable that I was able to pack my extension lead away completely. Only its black colour and lack of cable safety clip let it down. Kay Maguire

RRP: £159
Cutting width: 38cm
Weight: 11kg
Noise: 95dB
Type: corded electric
Cable length: 15m
Cutting height range: 25-75mm
Grass box: 40 litres

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Best hand-push mowers

TOP-RATED: Webb 30cm Autoset sidewheel

Our budget push mower

RRP: £89.99

Our rating: 4.8 out of 5

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£88.99) and Robert Dyas (£89.99)

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Best Buy budget push mower in 2023: Webb 30cm Autoset sidewheel push mower

Our best budget push mower: Webb 30cm Autoset sidewheel push mower

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I found this simple hand push mower easy to put together and use, thanks to rubber grip handles, even when pushing over longer grass. It has six-cylinder blades with four cutting heights that are easy to change. The mower cuts from 40mm right down to 10mm, so it gave me a precise, neat clip, but it also cut longer grass well. It's quiet, copes with even bumpy ground easily, and the 17-litre front collector was the best at collecting clippings in our test. Kay Maguire

RRP: £89.99
Cutting width: 3ocm
Weight: 9.1kg
Type: push mower
Cutting height range: 10-40mm
Grass box: 17 litres

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Gardena Comfort Hand Cylinder 400C

Our best push mower all round

RRP: £140.95

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Amazon (£164.99) and Tooled Up (£140.99)

Best Buy push mower all round in 2022: Gardena Comfort Hand Cylinder 400C

Our best push mower all round: Gardena Comfort Hand Cylinder 400C

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While there is more to assemble with the Gardena push mower, I found the instructions for putting it together clear to understand. The shaped handle was comfortable to use and folds down simply for easy storage. I was impressed with the four easy-to-adjust cutting heights displayed on a clearly visible scale. The grass collector has a 49-litre capacity but is sold separately. This mower is guaranteed for two years. Kay Maguire

Read the full Gardena push mower review

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Best robotic mowers

Stihl iMOW 5

Our best robot mower with perimeter wire

RRP: £1,729

Our rating: 4.8 out of 5

A star rating of 4.8 out of 5.

Available from: Tools Today (£859)

Best Buy for performance: Stihl iMOW 5 robotic mower

Our best robot mower with perimeter wire: Stihl iMOW 5 robotic mower

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The iMow is the smallest in a new range of six robot mowers from Stihl that cover three sizes of larger garden. Together with the iMow 5, 6, and 7, there's also the iMow EVO range, which covers the same size lawns with the same features but also has mobile connectivity. When you purchase an iMow, you can choose to have it installed by a Stihl-approved dealer or install it yourself and purchase an additional installation kit.

Set up and ease of use: To cut down on waste, different-sized installation kits are available, and you can also buy bio pins, made from 100 per cent biodegradable material that gradually break down in the soil. Like many robot mowers, the iMow requires a boundary wire around the perimeter of the lawn and a guide wire through the middle of the lawn to help it find its way back to the docking station. The mower comes with a clear instruction booklet, plus I found helpful guides on the Stihl website, and laying the wires in our 1,250 sq. metre test garden took 3-4 hours. Once the wires are laid, I'd say it's easy to programme the mower via the My iMow app, as long as you’re comfortable with this kind of tech.

Mower statistics: Like many other robot mowers I've tested, the iMow has three free-swinging blades, and it cuts very well. The lawn was quite long before it was installed but with an impressively wide cutting height range of 20-60mm it didn’t struggle, and after a few days the whole lawn looked good with no tufts of uncut grass. Unlike the Husqvarna Automower, once you’ve laid the boundary wire, you can’t completely alter mowing zones. It cuts close to the edge, and if it comes across an obstacle, it gently bumps into it and then turns away.

Top features: The iMow also has a useful feature that helps it manoeuvre if it gets stuck, and it can cope with slopes of 22°. It also has an anti-theft alarm and a rain sensor feature, which you can adjust to interrupt or not start mowing if it’s raining. You can choose what degree of rain you want it to mow in, and when the sensor on the top of the mower dries, it automatically begins mowing. Not only that, it comes with a five-year warranty, and a host of accessories are available, including spare wire, pins and clips, and upgrade wheels for the EVO range to enable them to cut slopes of up to 31°. For the size of lawn it cuts, it's a reasonably priced mower that’s packed with excellent features and cuts very well. Harry Duncton

RRP: £1,729
Type: robot mower
Guidance system: boundary & guide wires
Lawn area up to: 500 sq. metres
Slopes up to: 22°/31°
Cutting height range: 20-60mm

Segway Navimow i208 LiDAR Robot Lawnmower

Our best robot mower for easy set up on big lawns

RRP: £1,099

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

A star rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Available from: Navimow (£1,099) and Amazon (£1,099)

Our best robot mower for easy set up on big lawns: Segway Navimow i208LiDA

Our best robot mower for easy set up on big lawns: Segway Navimow i208 LiDAR

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Making up just part of Navimow’s extensive and slightly confusing new line-up for 2026, the i208 LiDAR represents the ideal setup for medium-sized gardens up to 800 sq. metres of any shape and size. Boasting incredibly fast automapping and a powerful app, the only place the i208 lets itself down is on rough terrain. For that, you’d be better off with an all-wheel-drive robot.

Set up and ease of use: First impressions of this robot are great. It’s a sleek robot with easy controls and even a little LED screen to look at. The light ring around the circular section on the top changes colour and pulses gently to show the current mode. It’s all very impressive. Long gone are the days of fiddly boundary wires, unsightly antennae, or even mapping the garden yourself. I took the robot out of the box, charged it, connected to Wi-Fi, downloaded updates and then agreed to 'auto map'. The i208 drove a few metres into the middle of the lawn, and that was it.

The incredibly powerful solid-state LiDAR mapped the entire 100 square metre lawn almost instantly, then got straight to work. It’s an impressive leap forward for robot lawnmowers and makes it ideal for just about anyone to use. Editing the map was simple too as the LiDAR and AI-enhanced cameras build a real full colour map on the app that is easily edited by driving the mower like a remote-control car. It makes the process easy, and the robot followed the paths I made perfectly. The only downside of this mower that I can see is that the cutting deck underneath is mounted in the centre. This means that it can’t get right up to the edges of the lawn, and you still need to go around with a lawn trimmer.

Mower statistics: The standout feature of this robot lawnmower is how it sees the world around it. The powerful vision software can recognise hundreds of objects on the lawn, and laser range-finding hardware keeps it on track. Mowing from 20-70 mm and with six blades making up the 22cm cut width, it’s an efficient and very quiet robot too. Rated to just 59dB, the i208 could run at any time of the day or night without waking the neighbours. Setting the cutting heights from between 20 and 70mm can be done via the app, which means you can set different zones to different heights. Nice if you have a complicated garden with multiple lawns.

The downside of this mower is that it still relies on two-wheel drive to move itself around. The front shopping trolley-style wheels are not powered, so the aggressive rears do all the work. And this is where the Navimow lineup can get confusing. There are so many new types of robots that deciphering the fleet is a challenge. They do make an AWD robot as well as another one with a powered front wheel that are all better on slopes and uneven garden terrain.

Top features: The standout feature on this particular Navimow robot is the LiDAR. Taking 200,000 precise laser measurements per second to build a map of the garden, it doesn’t need to wait for satellite reception, internet connectivity or even daylight at the bottom of the garden. It’s perfect for gardens with patchy reception without the need for a clumsy boundary wire. Obstacle avoidance is effective as well. The AI-assisted cameras on the front can recognise more than 200 objects across the lawn, and in practice, it routes neatly around obstructions before resuming its mowing pattern. And you don’t need to worry about security either. With inbuilt GPS tracking, lift sensors, a PIN code and geofence software, it’s rather hard to steal. Overall, the i208 LiDAR is ideal if your garden is flat but has plenty of obstructions that would confuse a lesser robot. Bear in mind that the 4G connectivity, which enables remote control and GPS tracking, is free, but only for the first year.

RRP: £1,099
Type: robot mower
Guidance system: GPS, LiDAR and camera
Max lawn: 800 sq. metres
Slopes up to: 24°
Cutting height range: 20-70 mm
Warranty: 3 years

Mower types explained

Struggling to work out what type of mower you need? Here's our guide to the four main types on offer.

Powerful petrol lawn mowers are also available, but they tend to be loud and heavy and are less environmentally friendly. They also need an annual maintenance check-up and a supply of petrol and oil.

Why you can trust BBC Gardeners' World Magazine reviews

As trained gardeners and seasoned users of all sorts of garden tools, Kay Maguire, myself, and the rest of the team at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine have reviewed literally shedloads of lawn mowers over the years, using our trusted testing matrix to make sure we're giving balanced, fair judgements.

We test lawn mowers in varied, real-world conditions, cutting the sort of grass most of us actually have in our gardens. Because we're real-world gardeners with lots of experience, we know what to look out for and the sorts of things that will make all the difference once you're using a mower week in and week out.

We give each mower an at-a-glance list of pros and cons for clarity, and a rating out of five. We also don't share product reviews with manufacturers or retailers before they're published, and we don't accept payment in exchange for positive reviews, either.

Oliver Parsons, gardenersworld.com

How we test the best lawn mowers

When we test lawn mowers, we follow the whole process from start to finish without any shortcuts. We unpack the mower from the box, put it together following the instructions (sometimes these are clear as mud, sometimes not!), and then get started, cutting grass over a wide area.

We mow over rough grass, smoother grass, slopes and bumps – whatever is in our way – just as you would with your own mower. And after that, we also take notes on how easy the mower is to fold down and put away, because if a mower is annoying in that regard, you'll always hate using it.

Then, we score each model against these four criteria, with equal marks attributed to each one:

For more on our testing process across all the different gardening product categories, see How we review

Meet our testing panel

Oliver Parsons, Strategic Projects Editor
Oliver is a gardener and magazine journalist of 20 years’ experience. He trained as a professional horticulturalist at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Chelmsford and has also worked for Gardening Which?, as a freelance gardener and with the gardening team at Down House in Kent. He is now Strategic Projects Editor at BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and GardenersWorld.com, heading up our reviews desk, Apple News output and weekly newsletter.

Kay Maguire, Magazines Editor
Kay trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has been writing and making films about gardening ever since. She has written for websites and magazines, including The Garden and Amateur Gardening, was Horticultural Editor on BBC Gardeners' World Magazine for five years, and has also written several books on a range of gardening topics from growing house plants to making the most of a small space. After several years as Reviews Editor, building up our reviews section into a leading resource for UK gardeners, she has now become Magazines Editor for BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, responsible for all print output.

Harry Duncton, Freelance Powered Tools Tester
Harry has a wealth of experience, from being a language teacher to a tree surgeon, and has built this into a career writing about all things DIY and gardening. A passionate believer in self-reliance, his aim is to inspire others to give it a go themselves and not worry about making a few mistakes along the way. A regular contributor to popular DIY blogs and a recent addition to the BBC Gardeners' World Magazine team, he loves tracking down the best new tools and writing about them.

Sue Fisher, Freelance Garden Writer
Sue’s extensive horticultural career spans over 40 years, starting with a decade in the garden centre and nursery industry before developing into an accomplished gardening writer, designer and speaker. Sue writes regularly for BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, GardenersWorld.com and Garden Answers magazine. She has written 10 books on subjects including container gardening, plants for small gardens and designing with colour, and she has co-authored other books with some of the biggest names in gardening.

Emma Crawforth, Horticulture Editor
Emma holds the Kew Diploma in Horticulture and has been working in horticulture for 18 years, including roles in public gardens, a plant nursery supplying plants for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and a training college for young horticulturists. She looks after an ornamental, fruit and veg garden at home and regularly undertakes trips to see plants growing in their natural habitats. She is the author of the Kew Publications book, Things to Do with Plants.

Jane Moore, Freelance Garden Writer
In a horticultural career spanning 30 years, Jane has been a head gardener at a Benedictine Abbey, a writer for national gardening magazines and newspapers, a researcher on BBC gardening programmes and a TV presenter on BBC Gardeners’ World. Among her many accolades are a Chelsea Flower Show medal, several awards from the Garden Media Guild and her books are published worldwide. She has spent 30 years working as a hands-on head gardener, using tools on a daily basis.

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