This is a great mower easy to use and cuts great

TORO Lawnmower Review I usually only write reviews for exceptionally good products or exceptionally bad ones. This lawnmower falls in the latter category. I’ve been mowing lawns since I was 8 years old – almost 50 years – so I am not a newbie. In college I worked for a landscaper and we used all Toro equipment and it was exceptional. The products they make today are far from those glory days, built of cheap plastic and poor quality. I will outline the good and bad of this mower. The Good: Nothing. I can honestly say that there is not a single thing I like about this mower. Every time I use it (about once a week) I start cussing this pile of junk. The Bad: • The “Guaranteed Start” claim. This is not accurate. Because they have this claim, they don’t put a primer bulb on it. This sat in my shed for the winter (I don’t have a winter lawn). When spring came this thing WOULD NOT start. Fresh gas, clean the spark plug, pulled the rope at least 100 times (I am not kidding), etc. Couldn’t prime it because there isn’t a primer. No start. • The warranty. They say it’s a 3 year warranty, but when you try to actually use the warranty it’s a pain. Because it wouldn’t start, I filed a claim. Had to go to some local dealer and he said it’d be at least 6 weeks because getting Toro to pay these guys is like pulling teeth. In then end, he went through it and charged me $40. I didn’t complain because I needed to mow my lawn. He didn’t speak English so I have no idea what he had to do, but it now starts. Thanks for that great warranty and support, Toro! • The cost. This cost close to $500. I don’t mind paying good money for good products, but $500 for this is robbery. You’re better off buying the worst mower somewher else. • The wheels don’t raise up high enough. I have a thick St Augustine lawn and sometimes I need to raise the mower high. Many times the mower dies. It’s designed to shut off when you mow really thick grass – thanks again, Toro. Superb engineering and design here. Very well though out… • When making turns, sometimes the rear wheels just decide to collapse to the lowest setting and it looks like the mower has a flat. The adjustment levers on the wheels don’t lock down tight enough. • The flap on the back is made of cheap, flimsy plastic. And the great engineering crew at Toro thought a 1-inch screw on the sides would provide plenty of strength to keep the flimsy plastic on. The sides tore and those really strong 1-inch screws are somewhere in my lawn. Before this tore off, it was always getting stuck underneath the mower providing ZERO value. • The chute to feed grass into the bag needs to be bigger or moved, seems like it’s too low or something. It gets clogged all the time. I have to empty the bag way more than I should because of the clogging. • Did I mention all of the flimsy plastic on this thing? The handle feels so cheap, Playskool makes better quality stuff. • While mowing the lawn there is always grass shooting out all around the mower. It comes from the wheels, around the bag, and out the sides. Never had a mower do this. It looks Pigpen walking around with a cloud of dust around him. I know there are going to be some die hard Toro fans out there that will refute all this. That’s fine. But it only takes one bad experience to never buy a product again, and that’s where I am at. I will NEVER get another Toro anything. I bought this at Tractor Supply and tried to return it, but they wouldn’t take it back. Their return policy is not good. I posted this mower on Craigslist and Marketplace at a steep discount and didn’t get a single inquiry. That says a lot about how others feel about Toro products.

I pulled the cord once machine started right away. pushed it over my 8-in tall grass went through the grass like it wasn't even there it helped that the bag of collected the clipping so that the machine was not bogged down. I have to mow it another time for maintenance without the bagger to see if the machine can still work as well. my ground is fairly level so traction was not an issue in the ditches or in the high to low parts. the machine was easy is easy to maneuver as it would be if it were not self propelled

I’m really impressed with the Toro 22" Recycler with Personal Pace. The engine starts quickly, the cut quality is clean and even, and the Personal Pace system makes mowing feel effortless — it adjusts perfectly to how fast I walk. The deck design mulches extremely well, and the mower handles thick or slightly damp grass without bogging dow