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The Best Reel Mower for Your (Small) Lawn

Updated Dec 10, 2022
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Reel mowers aren’t for everyone. They’re designed for small, flat lawns, and they take some effort to push around. But they provide exceptional cut quality and a completely unplugged mowing experience, so they offer things no other mower can. After researching reel mowers for more than 55 hours, talking to a professor with a PhD in turfgrass science, and testing four mowers with a golf-course grounds crew, we think the best one is the Scotts 2000-20 20-Inch Classic Push Reel Lawn Mower.

Scotts 2000-20 20-Inch Classic Push Reel Lawn Mower, for the healthiest grass

Scotts 2000-20 20-Inch Classic Push Reel Lawn Mower

For the healthiest grass
The Scotts makes the cleanest cut, has the widest cutting path, and jams the least of any reel mower, and its unusually tall 3-inch max cutting height makes it more versatile for different grass types.
We recommend
Fiskars 18-Inch StaySharp Max Reel Mower, good cut, less elegant

Fiskars 18-Inch StaySharp Max Reel Mower

Good cut, less elegant
This mower cuts almost as well as our main pick and has a taller cutting height, but it’s bulkier (making it harder to turn around) and more expensive.
Another good choice

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