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| Bosch Rotak 40 Electric Rotary Lawn Mower | 
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| Brand: Bosch
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: £149.99
Buy New: £109.99
You Save: £40.00 (27%)
New (2) from £109.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Media: DIY & Tools
Fragile: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 35.5
Dimensions (in): 31.2 x 18.9 x 18.7
MPN: 0600881C70
Model: 0600881C70
EAN: 3165140393683
ASIN: B000NLSIMS
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
FANTASTIC! June 16, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I recently moved into a new home with approximately 170ft of lawn. I was left a Flymo which I thought didn't cut the grass very well and it looked as though it still needed cutting after I had finished. I knew that I needed to find another lawn mower as the work involved with using a Flymo was just way too much for me to handle. I carefully researched various types of mower and also went to my local Homebase to ask about mowers. They were unable to help me sufficiently so I called Bosch and they talked me through the various mowers and I settled for the Rotak 40. All I can say is that it is amazing. I mowed my lawn this weekend and it took me 45 minutes. I took the grass down to one level first and then went over it again on a lower level and I am highly impressed with this machine and would highly recommend it.
Slick Mower June 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When my old petrol rotary mower packed in a few years ago, I decided to go electric and paid over 300 for an Atco cyclinder mower - since then I've had to spend hours cutting my grass as it couldn't cope with grass that had grown more than an inch. I borrowed a flymo which was hard work and splutted cuttings out periodically and still took a long time to do the job. Thank goodness I found this Rotak 40 - the answer to my prayers! It's lightweight, and quick to cut grass of varying heights, and collects the cuttings efficiently - now I can cut my lawn in around 5 minutes.
Rotak 40 Mower June 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It works well and also looks the equivalent of a lawnmower ferrari, very happy with my purchase..buy one
Rotak 40 June 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Having tried many different lawn mowers this is by far the best I've ever had.The second to the lowest cutting height seems to be the best height to use as the lowest height cuts the lawn too short and the higher ones are better for earlier in the season. My lawn has never looked so good. Highly recommended.
Near faultless June 5, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I bought a Qualcast Elan 32 three years ago and I've been struggling with it since then. Awkward to carry, useless unless the grass is half an inch high and perfectly dry, badly made, difficult to adjust, with a power switch that releases itself every three minutes... I couldn't face another summer with it.
The Rotak was the obvious choice to replace it after reading the reviews.
It was dead easy to `assemble' for a start, unlike the Qualcast, which involved forty minutes of cursing. I had the Rotak up and running in ten minutes. Even the grass box seemed easy to fit together. The trick is to line up the lugs, then thump them into place with your fist. It was child's play.
The carrying handles are a big deal for me because the Qualcast Elan was really awkward to carry around. You can wander about with the Rotak in one hand. For a big-ish mower, it's fairly light and easy to carry a few yards.
It feels quite a big machine at first because the handle extends so far back. But you soon realise this is so you can pivot it on the back wheels really easily, so turning around at the end of the lawn is a one-handed operation. This is a very well balanced mower and more manoeuvrable than the smaller Qualcast.
The chunky height adjuster is a doddle too, specially compared to the horrible lever on my old mower.
As soon as you squeeze the power lever (a metal full-width bar thankfully), you know this Rotak means business. My first cut was about three weeks' worth of growth and the thing I noticed straightaway was how the sound of the motor didn't change, even over some thick tufts of what passes for grass on my lawn. It's obviously very powerful.
I had to go over every bit of grass several times with the `old' Qualcast, but the Rotak managed it all in one pass. Very impressive, especially how it goes right up to the edge too. Effortless. It took me just ten minutes to finish the job, compared with at least 30 using the old mower, or up to an hour if I've let it grow too long. That's going to save me electricity apart from anything else - not to be sniffed at when you're using 1700W of power. I almost wished I had a bigger lawn!
And I only had to empty the grass box twice, instead of the usual five times. The mower starts to leave little clumps of grass behind when the box is full.
I was surprised at how well the rear roller striped the grass.
There's no cable tidy on this mower, but I find the cable tucks very neatly under the sprung flap that the grass box fits under.
So, what's not so good about the Rotak 40? Hmm. Perhaps the only thing I can think of is that at 15m, the supplied cable is just a bit short considering the size of lawn this will cope with, so I reckon pretty much everyone will need an extension cable.
If this mower proves to be reliable, and being a Bosch I suspect it will, then I think I have found the ideal mower.
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