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Comment by: Guest

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:41:36 -0600

If they are a four stroke they would be much heavier. They stoped making them because of stafey laws and emmission requirements.

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Comment by: Guest

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:49:46 -0500

If you value your money, you would not invest into anything made by Eastman Industries. They have zero customer support and parts- well parts are next to impossible to get. There is a good reason you can't find them here, they have like 5 employees their distributors are dropping like flies, for the simple reason, ZERO support!!

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Comment by: dominick

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:54:35 -0500

ok this thing might look cool but its a bitch to use! i mean it does a good job and everything and its only light when its on but when its off and you have to drag it places its hard and heavy. it blows the grass every where! i got it in my nose and my mouth! but im not sure how it would do on flat surfaces, i just used it on the banks. i found out when you swing it back and forth it does a good job on a side of a hill and it takes a lot of work to swing it. personally i wouldn\\\'t buy it my self but i guess it does do an ok job so i dont know its up to you1

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Comment by: Greg Becks

Thu, 28 May 2009 13:57:24 -0500

I live in Canada after moving here from the UK almost 20 years ago & I would love to have one. My house has a large steep bank in the back yard that is a real pain to mow with a conventional mower. All the contractors in the in the UK have a hover mower to look after steep banks. All they do is tie a rope to the handle of the mower & swing it like a pendulum letting out a little more rope with every pass of the mower. Before you know it the mower is at the bottom of a nicely mowed grass bank & you havent had to move an inch to get the job done.Like the old advert said � IT'S A LOT LESS BOVER WITH A HOVER�.I looked on line & it seam you can buy these all over the world except North America. SUCKS

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Comment by: Lawn Mower

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:39:38 -0500

These have been round since I was a little kid. They are were normally electric and cal flymo's.

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Comment by: Guest

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:00:26 -0600

My parents had a Toro Flymo in the 1960's. It was great, easy to use, and did indeed hover as it cut/mulched the grass. I inherited 2 from my family, and then purchased a "new" Flymo in the 1980's when it was bought out. Contacted corporate, they cannot sell them in the US due to our safety laws, even though they no longer have the metal blade underneath. I was advised what is being sold is another version utilizing trimmer wire or small plastic cutters. Too bad, because I still mow my small lawn with mine, always get people to stop and ask about it, and are always amazed that you can stand still and let the mower float all around you while it cuts. I hate mowing with typical wheeled mowers. The only issue is that mine is a 2 stroke engine that requires mixing, and staying on top of the air/fuel adjustments. How I wish they would make available an electric one here in the US!

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Comment by: Guest

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:18:40 -0600

I had an orignial Flymo back in the early 90s and they are excellent (lasted 10 years, replaced the plastic base twice), but they have been banned here in the United States. Every body knows these in Europe where they are extremely popular and are still sold by Flymo. Husqvarna sells them in the states and I bought one about 8 years ago but they have nylon strings and do not work. These by Eastman do not convince me with those tiny blades. Nothing like the Flymo with the big metal blades!

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Comment by: Guest

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:17:03 -0500

They're great for making crop circles =:-o

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Comment by: Guest

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:30:06 -0500

Interesting that some of you think that the cushion of air flattens the grass so giving a crap cut.Makes me wonder what whitchcraft/wizardry they use when they make one with a grassbox!

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Comment by: stan

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:34:00 -0500

I have tried everything under the sun to find out where a dealer would sell these lawn mowers and have even called the coporate office and also wrote a letter to the CEO of company and still cannot find out where a distrubutor is located. The president or ceo of this company has also not gotten back in touch with me. Do these lawn mowers exist and do they want to sell any of them?

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Comment by: Guest

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:03:54 -0500

yeah hover mowers work ok used one a few times they work best on smooth flat ground.but here is my beef if this hover mover uses blades it is considerd a lawn mower right? well the epa banned 2 cycle engines on lawn mowers and good ole lawnboy had to drop their 2 strokes and replace them with 4 stroke engines this isnt fair if they can use 2 strokes and lawnboy can not!!!!!

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Comment by: Guest

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:54:13 -0500

wow I like th flymo GL47 Better

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Comment by: Guest

Sat, 03 May 2008 03:52:48 -0500

I lived in the UK till '87. The hover mowers were great especially with wet grass. When I came to Canada I could not believe they didn't have them. So useful on slopes. Wish I could get one again.

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Comment by: Guest

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:56:52 -0500

I purchased a house back in 1996 and found a 'hover' lawn mower left behind in the shed. Was quite interesting but had no use for it and left it there when I left.

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Comment by: Guest

Thu, 31 May 2007 16:41:09 -0500

I notice some people said that it sucks. How can it suck? Surely it only blows! :-)

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Comment by: Guest

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:12:45 -0500

I had a flymo in the 80's in Calif. and their great. Purchased it from one of those flyers you get with credit card statement. Everyone who saw me using it wanted to get their hands one but couldn't tell them how. Can't wait to get my hands on another one.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 11:10:50 -0500

Used a Flymo for my parent’s large lawn for years. When did they add wheels? ;) The cutting height was adjusted by blade height relative to plastic skirt edge. No, it doesn’t have to go in a straight line. The assumption is the operator can walk straight, but that’s the joy, even a 5 ish HP gas driven one, with a bit of oompf, can be swung in an arc under bushes and the absence of wheels cuts closer to walls, tree trucks etc

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Comment by: Anonymous

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:42:13 -0600

I was a gardener in a public park for several summers in the 90s and we used gasoline powered Flymo mowers where the tractor mowers could not go. These things are light, cut evenly, and make quick work of tall grass. I want one for my yard.

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Comment by: jeff evans

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 17:35:47 -0500

i was picked up hitch hiking in switzerland in 1974. guy said do you have any money and if not want to do odd jobs for me i said sure! painted his house then he asked want to mow the yard i said sure he showed me a mower with no wheels stated it up and a mowing i went!told this story to people back home all thought i was crazy!then today a guy asked me in a home depot for a flymow and i almost fell down!32 years later sorry but it did great!!!!!!!!!

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Comment by: Anonymous

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:09:42 -0500

I have seen hovermowers with 5.5 hp they work very well

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Comment by: Anonymous

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 04:43:48 -0500

You Yanks are pure retards. Honestly, it is not such a suprise that your country is in such a mess – aaargh don’t sue me for making you unhappy or something. Think about it… would anyone design a mower where engine reve made lift vary and cutting height change on a lawn mower? Any of you morons taken a look under your mower?You will find that the blade does not create the lift (and is height adjustable separate from the body). There is an induction fan which funnels air around the edge of the mower creating lift and … pushing grass up in the cutting zone. Typical British ingenuity. Very light, easy to use, follows the terrain and cuts very evenly. Now get back to helping George Bush ‘saving?’ the world.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:03:32 -0500

flymos are still popping up on ebay now and then – the original was made by electrolux i believe who turned it over to there european division in the late 60”s . i have one here that needs a new impeller, the bolts holding the motor worked loose and ate up the fins. it was 2.5 hp, but the 2 cycles turn high rpm and it”s the equal of at least a 4 hp briggs.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 21:07:51 -0500

We had a Flymo in South Africa – it was really great, easy to operate. We were wishing we could get an electric one here in Wyoming, but it seems that won’t be possible. You guys are SO funny!

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Comment by: Anonymous

Sun, 05 Jun 2005 17:49:32 -0500

Horrible idea. Blade height would depend on how fast the engine was running, hence, how much lift it was producing. As you ran into thicker grass, and the blade bogged down, the mower would squat even lower, slowing the blade even further. Impossible to mow your yard all the same height unless you had a perfectly flat lawn, perfectly even grass, etc. And as another engineer pointed out, the hover effect is pushing the grass down rather than vacuuming it up for a nice trim. You might as well rent a helicopter and pay him to fly upside down. What marketing weenie designed this thing, and what kind of idiots would buy it?

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Comment by: Anonymous

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:18:07 -0500

The flymo was very handy on slopes. Otherwise it was pretty useless. The lack of wheels makes it difficult to move in a straight line.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:30:13 -0500

Husquvarna has been making one of these for years. This isn’t new.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:48:09 -0500

Two things about those hover goats. One… they save you on fertilizer.Two… don’t look up with your mouth open when they fertilize.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:40:58 -0500

Two things about thos hover goats. One… they save you on fertilizer.Two… don’t look up with your mouth open when they fertilize.

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Comment by: Jim Graham

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 12:30:02 -0500

New, I don’t think so. We have had 6 of these lawnmowers over the year dating back to 1974, wher the Black & Decker company produced gasoline and electric versions.These were all in the UK.I have an electric one here in the USA which I had family send over to me.No new idea’s eh !

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Comment by: Anonymous

Tue, 31 May 2005 16:59:15 -0500

Yes, the Hover Goats were hard to control-we usually got away with tethering them to the center of the yard to keep them from floating away. They did ok, even on rough terrain, but the exhaust was terrible.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Tue, 31 May 2005 14:08:21 -0500

Just get a goat and let it go in the yard. Would be cheaper. Of course a friend of mine had one of those Hover Goats back in the ‘60s. It was pretty cool except it could get over the fence way too easily.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 30 May 2005 19:20:10 -0500

I have used this HoverMower for a couple of months and it does a great job. It’s no more dangerous than any other lawnmower. don’t screw around with it and you’ll be fine. As for it flattening the grass, it’s hard to tell, but it still cuts the grass evenly nontheless.

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Comment by: Barry

Mon, 30 May 2005 14:37:33 -0500

The proper name of this is a Flymo. I have used one for over 25 years. They work fine but I’m puzzled why it this is being advertised as something new.

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Comment by: David Rawheiser

Mon, 30 May 2005 13:57:30 -0500

Doesn’t anyone remember the Red-Green episode where they soup-up a lawnmower and it goes flying?As fiction, It was really really funny; but now looking at this – I’m thinking it could be one of those weapon of mass destruction that Saddam was supposed to have.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 30 May 2005 13:49:32 -0500

just one other comment—Consumer Reports rated the FlyMo very poorly back in the 70’s because, you guessed it, it flattens the grass and makes an uneven cut. Regular mowers use an updraft to vacuum the clippings into the bag, which also makes the blades of grass stand up to be cut evenly…

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 30 May 2005 09:39:03 -0500

Uh, it blows air down—wouldn’t that push the grass out of reach of the blades? Why not add hover capability to something more useful, like your head?

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 30 May 2005 08:06:54 -0500

There are plenty of those. Whats specail about this rehash? And read all the comments, everything has been said at least twice.

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Comment by: tosh

Mon, 30 May 2005 07:47:40 -0500

ahem… hover mowing by Flymo™,since mega ages ago.this is not an innovation, just a rehash of someone elses.boo!

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 30 May 2005 06:22:49 -0500

They have used hovering electric lawnmawers in Britain for years. They are fine on good flat lawns, not so great in rough terrains. The blade acts as a fan and loses it’s effectiveness after hitting a couple rocks.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 30 May 2005 06:22:17 -0500

woot – a hover mower——wow. so cool. so old. Saw one comment with shut up Brits. Lordy – now the Yanks are going to invade Britain to destroy our weapons of mass lawn cutting on cushions of air. Christ you lot are such tossers.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 30 May 2005 06:08:25 -0500

It is actually a really useless piece of equipment. The wind used to prop it up, also pushes the grass down flat.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 30 May 2005 04:10:14 -0500

Well, as old as the idea is, the idea of the idea being old is getting old, but I remember seeing them in shops in New Zealand when I was a kid, the only thing was is that noone owns them, and my father has used one and he said its just a gimmick for retard yuppies who probably pay someone to do thier lawn anyhow. Check out those taiwanese women doing it with scizzors.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Mon, 30 May 2005 00:14:00 -0500

Anonymous said… “Just some questions from an engineer”Lord knows you’re not an English major. May 29, 2005 6:04 PM I can tell that neither are you :)

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Comment by: Anonymous

Sun, 29 May 2005 23:56:15 -0500

There are requirements for autoshutdown in modern lawn mowers. I’m betting the thing actually uses the cutting blades themseves to provide lift. If this thing auto shuts down it’s going to lose lift before the blades stop spinning. What keeps it from leaving a bald spot on your lawn every time you let go of the handle?

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Comment by: Anonymous

Sun, 29 May 2005 23:30:15 -0500

I hope that John Deere doesn’t sue for trademark infringement (color usage).Are you trying to say that the color green is copyrighted?

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Comment by: Anonymous

Sun, 29 May 2005 22:34:59 -0500

Wasn’t there like a Fly-Mo or something like that in the 70s? Anyone?

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Comment by: Anonymous

Sun, 29 May 2005 22:25:51 -0500

I’m 35 and I have never in my life heard about a hovering lawnmower, I’m surprised so many of you have used one back in the 70’s. Maybe this new one is built better than that Flymo? I’m interested in getting one for a few spots in backyard.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Sun, 29 May 2005 22:18:59 -0500

It’s interesting, but definitely NOT new: I used a neighbor’sToro wheelless mower to mow their lawn as a boy in the mid-1960s. Standard blade, no other rotor, just a deck designed to generate flotation from the blade’s propwash. It was a novelty then, but I found no advantage over a more conventiona mower.

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Comment by: Anonymous

Sun, 29 May 2005 22:07:30 -0500

How would you adjust how high you would like your grass to be. Some like it short and some may like to be green.It was stupid Idea in the begining. and too if it wasn’t runing you had to drag this thing around in the shop and scratch the bottom all up and in two years the thing would be digging up the roots.

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Comment by: Anonymous (or is it)

Sun, 29 May 2005 21:58:02 -0500

I will take my weed eater any day in witch i took som steel cable and found a safe (yes safe to an extent) and attached it.on a diffrent note im in need of a new wood fence.

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