I bought a Flymo HoverVac 270 a few weeks ago to replace the latest Flymo I've had for the last 6 or 7 years. Only having a small garden, these mowers are generally the best solution, but flymos in general are far from ideal.The Garden Vac 270 is incredibly noisy at just over 96 db, and actually comes with an obvious noise warning certificate when you open the box. I have to wear ear defenders while using it as it is uncomfortably loud.It moves fairly well and is quite light, but its cutting efficiency is extremely poor. You have to mow over each bit 4 or 5 times to get an even finished cut. This is wasteful of both time and electricity.My impression is that the design has been 'value engineered' to within an inch of its life. There is much about this which just seems too cheap, from the puny clips which hold the grass box in place (I just know they are going to break before the guarantee runs out) to the lack of consideration as to how the user can effectively clean away grass cuttings from its motor vents and other places. It feels as though the designers have never actually used one to cut a real lawn.Generally, I'm un-impressed by this machine, and I sincerely hope it will be the last mower I have to buy while I live here. Moving to a house with a larger garden which justifies a self-propelled petrol mower or even one which I can sit on is a far better proposition than buying another mower like this one.Flymo have given me a 5 year guarantee on this item, and given the build quality, I expect that at some point in that period I will have to talk with their service department.
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