American Lawn Mower Company Reel Mower Grass Catcher #1ST SP

Customer Reviews

STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRODUCT!!

2008-06-26
I read the bad reviews and didn't believe them. I thought, "Well, how bad can it be?" Pretty bad. Most of the grass doesn't actually make it into the bag, and what does make it falls out. What DOES make it is just a couple of quarts worth of grass.
I've used this once and I'm returning it in the morning.

Better than nothing

2008-06-25
I purchased this item to fit a Scott's 20" mower. The item discription said this was the catcher to fit this particular mower. It does fit, however it is about 4-5" to narrow, not the full 20" wide. It was easy to unpackage and start catching immediately. The back of the catcher is supported by a metal arm that is sewn to the bottom of the catcher. During the first use this came loose and I had to rework it to continue use. I'm still using it and it's better than nothing at all, but I was diaappointed in the size and quality.

Bagger for reel mower

2008-06-23
I was not impressed with this at all. It said universal for up to 20" mower. This bagger does not come close to working with my 20" mower. I have to pick a side to use. It is easy to hook up but does not catch very much grass. Before buying this watch your grass cutting. If most if flying over the front of the mower than a bagger will be of no use. If I had to do it over again I would not waste my time buying this bagger that catches about 20% of the grass.

A waste of money

2008-06-10
The grass catching ability of the item is extremely limited. You spend more time emptying it than cutting grass.

poor installation instructions

2008-05-15
Instructions are written in poor-english, not all hardware included(missing one of the two mounting brackets).

Save your money

2008-04-27
The American Lawn Mower Company reel mower grass catcher prevents grass from being strewn across the lawn. For durability this grass catcher sports a plastic bottom, polyester rot-resistant fabric, and a heavy-duty wire frame. It features a galvanized steel bottom and adjustable attached hooks. The grass catcher conveniently folds down for easy storage. It fits with 14-, 16-, 18-, and 20-inch hand mowers.

The catch is fine

2008-04-27
It's a bit smaller than my 20" mower but it works fine.

I used cable ties to fasten the loose parts. The assemble process isn't straightforward but it's not rocket science either.

The catcher needs to be emptied once in a while but it's not end of the world. It's perfect for a small yard (< 2000 SF).

After all, it provides another way of exercise.

Poor design - doesnt fit 20 in reel , leaves at lest 2-3 inches open

2007-11-21
* Grass does not accumulate in the catcher. It collects mainly on the reel and has to be pushed into thec atcher every now and then to avoid clippins from falling bakc on lawn. That does happen still even if we keep an eye on the accumulation on the reel.

* If the mower setting is for the highest cut then the grass catcher is completely ineffective as its kind of angled now and nothing falls into the catcher anymore.

* If you want one make sure you mow every week and at the same height settings.

"American" Lawn Mover made in CHINA!

2007-11-15
I really give it zero starts. This does not fit the mower it is advertised with, nor the sizes it states it accomodates. Another crappy Chinese product.

Quick Feedback - Mostly Good

2007-11-12
The grass catcher was easy to assemble and install. It works fine, though with my manual reel mower the catcher comes off at times when I pull the mower backwards to redo an area. The solution to this would be to provide a clips that do more than just allow the catcher wire frame to lay in a slot on the clips. If the clips could be closed so the catcher cannot come out, and still be quickly and easily opened when it is time to remove and dump the grass, this problem would be solved.

Finally, I am using an 18 inch wide mower, and while this is also to be used for a 20 inch mower I would not recommend it since the mowers tend to throw the grass to the side a bit due to the blades angle and probably about 1/4 of the grass misses the catcher. This would be worse with a 20 inch mower. The solution here is to design the catcher to be wider on the side that the mower throws the grass.

I am satisfied with this catcher for the money. It is as good as I used to have when I used a power reel mower.