How good is this mower at cutting thicker grass like St Augustine and also taller grass?
1278400
Not great. If it's too long it will push it down before it cuts it. If you have heavy dandelions, it doesn't do well either. I mow our lawn pretty regularly so this doesn't happen, but it is something to watch out for.
1278401
Mine cuts thick grass without even noticing. It does fine with any height lawn, but it absolutely does not cut tall grass. For example, once your lawn starts putting up seed stalks, this mower will not cut them. It is great for keeping my lawn in shape, but I have to mow on schedule or 'sports' start sticking out of the lawn.
1278402
It is great on st. augustine and bermuda - tall grass can be difficult if it is thick. I love my fiskars mower. If there is a wider cut i would get it. It will not cut johnson grass. Nice even pretty cut and easy to push.
1706536
i have st. augustine and these blades cut well. this blade is the best i have found and last longer than any i have used.
1921777
I can't say for certain. The cut-ability is more about the current length of the grass. If I have tall weeds, I can't use this mower to cut through them. So, if your blue grass is comparable thickness to fescue, which I imagine it is, and you cut it at a reasonable length, you should be fine.
1488629
It is a pretty good mower but if you are used to the classic self propelled its hard at first but if you mow them gradually not wait till they grow long you have no problem but you need to push a bit too.
2021106
Yes it is. Its very sharp, I used it to cut my grass installment for my front and back yard
1086761
This trimmer/edger cuts St. Augustine and Bermuda (sun-resilient) grasses with the greatest of ease.
789011
Cuts evenly grass catcher not to bad it's sturdy but if you don't keep your grass low don't expect to wait two weeks then think this mower will cut it evenly
2169542
It does seem that the motor is not a strong as it should be. It only cuts grass up to a short level. If you miss cutting for a period of time it will shut off. And this was in the first few months last year.
115958
It cuts well everything I came across in my lawn in SE USA, including crab grass...UNLESS it gets too tall. If it gets too tall the steel blades don't catch all the grass blades...cutting 60% maybe. So you have to make another pass &/or do this trick: in one motion push to get the blades spinning as you tilt one wheel up from the ground (to attain height) and push over the offender...it works every time. But doing a whole lawn like this would be tedious... Just cut the grass b/f it gets too high and you'll enjoy using this much more than a gas powered mower. I certainly enjoy using it. When I let the grass/weeds get too high...it takes more passes, etc., but then I just take a deep breath and remind myself that it's just a little exercise. I regularly let it get too high and it manage to cut it down.
633195
I have no idea about St. Augustine grass, but it cuts our bermuda, blue grass, and various other grasses and weeds effortlessly (almost!) and silently (almost!). I am delighted with it!
656330
I don't have the most lush lawn, but it appears to cut evenly. There were some YouTube videos available showing cutting of some pretty heavy grass that looked good.
1171822
Don't know your lawn type in St. augustine, but edges well for my yard in Maryland-works Great!!!-Compares to a gas edger.
1921779
Should work well. Bluegrass blades themselves are soft and should be no problem for the mower to cut but Bluegrass lawns overall can get relatively thick, so pushing can get a little difficult if you wait too long between mowings. On occassions when I've skipped a week, I had to make two passes at the lawn, lowering the mow height in between passes.
2253559
Well, honestly it depends on the thickness of your grass. It seems to go rather well even at a thicker grass, but you usually would have to adjust the level of the wheels bagger or no bagger etc. This machine does not have a self propelled mechanism, but it starts pretty easily every time. It cuts good, too!
2078287
I live on 1/4th an acre and the 20" one is perfect. I think the 16" mower is targeted to those with townhouses or houses with a small lawn skirt around them.
1488627
we got this because we have like 30 square feet to mow in our town house, so its a 5 min process. taking that into consideration, its not bad, its definitely not self propelled you have to push it and there is a little resistance. It also depends on how thick and high the grass is. I wouldn't recommend this for you if you have a large area to mow. The handle height is decent (the user is 6') i don't feel like i'm bent over using it. the best way to describe it would be pushing an empty shopping cart
2250466
cuts well as long as you don't high really high grass. Strands of high grass will get bent down and run over instead of feeding into the blades. I really like it for new seedling grass as its a heatheir and more delicate cut. Also my young teens can easily & safely cut the grass for me when I need them to.Really good deal for the price when comparing it to similar ones!