They require little up keep. According to William Miller, owner of Miller W. C. Hardware store, push reel mowers never have to be worked on, only adjusted if you hit something while mowing the lawn.

CORVALLIS – Considering the 80 million home lawns in the country, there are a lot of people buying lawn mowers. How you choose between rotary, reel and electric models has to do with your ...

“It’s more like snipping compared to the ripping and tearing you can get with a rotary mower,” he says. On the flip side, though reel mowers can be set lower, rotary mowers are easier to adjust.