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Nov 20 2009

Haussmann CLM46NU 19-Inch 24-Volt Cordless Mulching/Bagging Lawn Mower

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3 Responses to “Haussmann CLM46NU 19-Inch 24-Volt Cordless Mulching/Bagging Lawn Mower”

1. # Christian Dystheon 20 Nov 2009 at 5:14 am

   We wanted a battery run electric lawn mower and did all the research. Most of the candidates were in the $350 area. Then I came across the Haussmann. Never heard of the brand and couldn’t find out much either. I saw some reviews where people complained about the manual and how hard it was to put it together. but I still chose to purchase one. It came in 24 hours. I opened the box and there it was not difficult to assemble at all. I think it was four screws involved and the tool needed was included. I then plugged it in, waited the required 16 hours and put it to the test. I mowed the front yard. Done. I mowed the back yard. Done. It still showed full charge, but I didn’t have anything else to mow. My yard is not big, about 1/4 acre, but the grass was really long since our old mower had been dead for a while. The Haussmann seems well built and looks like it may last for quite a while. One other thing I like (which someone else may dislike) is that the battery is built into the mower. It can’t (easily) be removed. That means you have to keep the mower connected to the charger at all times (the manual describes how you should take care of the battery charge wise). This works fine for me since I have an outlet close to where I stow the mower, but if you don’t it may be difficult to keep the mower charged. I used the grass collector when I mowed so I have not tried it’s mulching capabilities yet. The mower is very powerful and even in my dew wet long grass it ate it’s way through without problems. The grass collector bag is not very large, so I had to empty it quite often, but I was used to that from my old gas mower which also had a relatively small grass collection bag. And then there’s the greatest benefit of this thing: No fumes, less noise, almost non existent maintenace and no trip to the gas station before mowing. Just keep the blade sharp and battery charged and you’re good to go. Even the adjustment of height was very simple with one lever taking care of all wheel. Ingenious! I recommend this mower to everyone with a smaller lawn. Give this battery powered work horse a chance. It won’t dissapoint, and the price is just great!
   Rating: 5 / 5

2. # Steven T. Finkon 20 Nov 2009 at 7:07 am

   Haussmann CLM46NU 19-Inch 24-Volt Cordless Mulching/Bagging Lawn Mower

   Like the previous reviewer, I had a problem assembling the product, although a minor problem.

   In my case, the screw that was intended to hold the starter switch in place on the handled would not reach to connect the starter to the handle. The thought of sending back a 100 pound item was not pleasing so I rigged it to work myself. I had to purposely break off the screws that were in the handle and replace with my own screws. This was after considerable time and effort to make it work the way I thought it was intended to work. Strange, because the rest of the assembly was quite simple.

   Once assembled and charged (24 hours) I took it out for a mowing. I’m not sure it charged properly as I believe I did something wrong by unplugging to early then plugging back in. The result, the indicator indicated that the charge was low. After using it and recharging the unit, the indicator displays a fully charged unit.

   That user error aside, the mowing seemed fine. Starting was a breeze! No yanking a pull cord anymore. I used the bag option instead of the mulching or side discharge (?) option. The bag is easy to install and remove when needing to be emptied. The only problem is that it is small and doesn’t hold much. It’s hard to determine when the bag needs to be emptied other then seeing clippings accumulating around the bag or feeling the bag to see if its full. I needed to empty it about 3 times on the quarter acre that I mowed. Of course, some of the mowing contained leaves that had fallen, so its hard to determine what summer time only mowing will be like.

   As expected, the unit did slow a bit when it hit the very dense Zoysia grass on my lawn. Even my 6.0 HP Craftsmen push mower slowed a bit through it. Certainly, it’s not as easy to push as a gas lawn mower but it’s not that much different.

   I love the longer handle for folks like myself who at 6′6″ always seem to have to adjust to things made for a shorter world.

   Likes:

   1) Easy start!
   
   2) Longer handle for taller folks
   
   3) No trips to gas station or re-fueling during mowing
   
   4) Charge seems to hold for a long time, probably easily doing half an acre.

   Dislikes:

   1) Poor written instruction manual, especially for the starter piece. I didn’t even see a user help number, although I bet it is in there, perhaps the French portion of the manual.
   
   2) A little heavy
   
   3) Tethered charging which always has to be connected. Only in winter months can you disconnect.
   
   4) Difficult starter assembly

   I may try the mulching device later on.

   If you can put up with the negatives, you will overall like this device. I can recommend it.
   Rating: 4 / 5

3. # Mike Son 20 Nov 2009 at 7:33 am

   Had to re-assemble the item that was incorrectly assembled and obviously returned to Amazon multiple times. Had to straighten bent parts and replace snapped screws. Unfortunatley I am always up for a challenge and took this project on. The mower works ok but not as originally designed by the manufacturer, and not in new condition. Its not fair to customers that Amazon would send this to a customer in the poor used condition that I received it. And not fair to the manufacturer that although the product is probably excellent when received in new condition and assembled correctly, but I’m not able to rate it as such since it was received in such poor condition. All my other orders from Amazon were received new unopened; very disappointed that this was done to me on this one.
   Rating: 2 / 5

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