Bosch Rotak 32R Electric Rotary Lawnmower

After my old electric lawn mower unceremoniously died due to spectacular electrical failure (sparks, flames, smoke), I was in the market for a new one. The Bosch 32R was recommended by some friends who had bought theirs a couple of years back - they had nothing but kind words for theirs. The other reviewers on Amazon also gave good reviews which confirmed my decision. So - running through a few key points. * Price - good value for money when compared to the others. * Delivery time - as ever with Amazon - delivered on time, on the day specified. * Assembly - OK - this was a bit of a mental exercise. The instructions could have been a little clearer (Bosch - this is your job, and we're not talking simple like furniture - just a bit more detail would have been good), but after getting the parts all laid out, and studying the photos on the box (as well as the instructions) the process itself was simple enough. * Lawn mowing ability. The fact it has metal blades gave immediately good results and I'm expecting the good results to continue over a longer period of time than plastic blades would have. The catcher did a good job. I've not yet tried it on different height settings. My neighbour also borrowed it to cut much longer grass. Again - good results. Of course - it's limited to 30cm of actual cut - so if you've got a lot of lawn - something larger would be required. My lawn measures around 25 square metres - cutting it did not take long. * Other points - it's nice and *light* - which makes pushing it around a breeze, as well as packing it away after the lawn is done. * Conclusion - great mower. Easy to use. Mowing the lawn is a joy again :) (been a while since I've been able to say that!) * 8/10.

Well its a good product and does what it says in the description. However the instruction manual, whilst full of helpful cautions does not include assembly instructions. So, you get all the bits out of the box and with your post-Covid brain fog, go through the pack twice looking for an exploded diagram.....nada, its not there! However, there aren't many bits and doesn't take long to figure where there rough positions ought to be from the picture on the box. In order to prevent dis-assembly down the line, I suggest that you slide the inner sleeves of the red bits intended to help store the power lead over the push arm tubes before you try and mount the outer posts over them....otherwise they wont go on. Yes a bit of a pain but don't let my moan put you off. Once assembled it does a great job on a small lawn. I like the metal cutting blade, much better than the plastic thingies on my Hover mower that it replaces. Oh, and out of the box its comes set in scalp mode so you might want to adjust the front wheels to a higher level of cut for your first mow of Spring! Grass box collects well, keep an ear out and empty when the mower sounds funny! A nice light product and balances well from the carry handle in the middle.

I have struggled with a push and pull mower for a number of years, so I thought it better to buy one that gave more power to the elbow! So pleased I did. The machine arrived in excellent time well packaged and complete with all the necessary parts. Before you go assembling the machine check that everything is complete. Then read the instructions carefully and follow in a systematic way. If you do this you will not have any trouble at all. The only item that requires patience is the assembly of the grass box. I found the setting one portion on the floor and affixing the other the part the easiest way to assemble it. By positioning each lug just resting on the receiving slots and then gently easing them into the slots ensured that they locked into place quite easily. Make sure that you do not secure one lug incorrectly otherwise it will probably be a devil to unlock it, by that I mean the lug is not outside or inside of the box rather than onto the receiving slot. What about the efficiency of the mower. Providing you do not have a huge amount of grass to cut this should be adequate for most lawns. It cuts well right to the edges and does give a stripe effect. The cable holder is a useful addition as it tends to keep the cable itself in tidy state without you constantly tripping over the thing! It light to handle and is reasonably quiet. Although the machine is small in itself by not having a fold down handle it does take up a fair amount of room in the shed. You can undo the securing nuts and store separately, but as I live in the far north of England you are often gald to get out of the rain without having to mess around taking the handles off each time you use it.! Cleaning is easy, and the lawn takes less than 45 mins to cut.

Have been using over 2 years now and is still working fine. It may look a bit cheap on the outside because of the plasticity but it is in fact of good quality and good price. Would definitely recommend. Con: The plastic handle of the grass collection box isn’t strong enough and keeps falling off, so I eventually gave up using it. It doesn’t really affect the lawn mower, though. I would still give it a five star.

Having struggled on last summer with my old Flymo I decided enough was enough and treated myself to this Bosch. Money is tight so I was a little concerned that at this price my new mower would not be up to the job - I needn't have worried. First off I'll give you some context; I have an illness which, amongst other things, can give me symptoms similar to ME so mowing the lawn is not a job I relish. Added to that I have about an 80' square garden of which about a 3rd is full of lumps, bumps, dips and slopes and is mostly what I call "meadow grass" that grows 10 times faster than lawn grass. This same area gets very little sun and only dries out properly after 6 weeks of drought! So you get the picture - it's, for me, seriously hard work. Not any more! This little dream machine has dealt effortlessly with the first cut of this year, on long, very wet in places grass and weeds. It is so light and easy to manoeuvre and the only time it let this horrible meadow grass get the better of it and became a little clogged round the blade was when the grass box was full. The Flymo had to be unclogged every 30 secs on the first cut with an empty box! The roller leaves beautiful stripes, and it really does cut right to the fence edges making a strimmer virtually redundant. The only thing I would put on a wish list to make this machine totally perfect would be a longer lead (even with a 20 metre extension I only just reach the farthest corners). Others have said they feel the grass box is too small; it is smaller than my old Flymo but a larger box would require the machine to be heavier in order for it to not tip it backwards when full so for me smaller is just fine thank you. To address a couple of the other criticisms made, firstly regarding putting it together. I'm a 50+ female with very few brain cells and had no difficulty. Yes, the instructions could be clearer but personally I had no problems. The grass box pieces clipped together easily and once this is done it doesn't feel that flimsy - certainly for the amount of grass it's expected to carry. Again, sturdier would mean more weight so for me this is a plus point. Secondly the cutting height which is adjusted underneath. I did find this a bit awkward initially, however I would opt for this over the "tabs" on the side method as on the Flymo. It seems to me to be a much stronger and more sensible design. With the tabs method if the plastic casing warps slightly (as mine had) the tabs don't stay in place. Plus when the tabs catch on something and snap off (again, as mine had!) you have no way of raising it at all. The bottom line is this is an extremely reasonably priced mower and I don't think you could beat it on Value for Money. It's done my garden in literally half the time it took my much larger Flymo so I'm a very happy bunny!

I got this because my old Flymo was 11kg and bulky and was a pain to get around my front and rear gardens, through garage doorways and up steps etc, this was 4.5kg by contrast. It's very light, with the arms folded down you can pick it up single handed and carry it easily so it's great from that view. If you're just trimming grass it's fine, it'll cope easily but my gardens pick up a lot of moss in the winter, about an inch and a half, and that first cut in the spring with long grass and deep moss was just too much for it. The grass exhaust duct would clog up on the moss then blades would clog up too bringing you to a frequent halt (by frequent I mean every stripe and a half). [Edit] I've had it long enough to do multiple cuts now and the problem was definitely the thick moss, it's cut much longer grass since then without moss just fine. The height adjustment has to be done on a wheel by wheel basis, it's easy enough but a bit of a pain if you're changing it a lot, also the safety start is a bit hit and miss, sometimes you push the button and pull the lever and nothing happens. Grass extraction on shorter grass is better, less clogging but as you pull the grass box off to empty you get a fair bit of spillage compared to the Flymo that has a box on top that lifts out vertically. Pros: Compact Very light Cheap Fine at trimming grass Cons: Bogs down and clogs on long wet grass and moss Height adjustment a bit inconvenient Starter button hit and miss Grass cuttings fall out when removing the box

Plus points - the mower cut the lawn perfectly and right up to the edges so hardly need to use a strimmer apart from awkward corners. The cuttings box has a good capacity and needed far less emptying than my old model. It is very light and efficient. The lawn looks great!!!! Only negatives was the instructions for assembly were quite hard to fathom eg The drawings show the wires as two different colours when in fact they are both the same colour, the parts are not always that easy to discern on the pictures and are not given a number or code to discern which is which. For the most part it assembled fine but the bars going into the mower body were very stiff, I still have not got the screws flush to them and will need stronger muscles than I have to get it perfect.(Though it did hold well enough for me to cut the lawn.) For a quality company and precision made product I do not expect to need brute force to fit it together!

Good points: Very simple to use, lightweight makes for easy use no straining to manoeuvre the mower, side comb handy for use against garden walls etc. The orange wing-nuts and coach bolts cleverly designed to allow loosening without the wing-nut flying off. I like the tidy cable retainers attached to the handle another good idea. Makes for easy mowing of a small lawn, I don’t allow the lawn to overgrow and cut it once a week, more if needed, so grass box didn’t cause to many problems. Not so good: The squared block at the base of the plug causes an issue doesn’t allow full fitting of plug against the IP65 waterproof socket as seen in picture, annoying, the mower still works but it’s not right, think about it BOSCH. Grass collects in nooks and crannies about the mower a little thought and this could be designed out. On emptying the grass box clods of mown grass fall out again a design issue, outlet is squared off, see picture, perhaps a subtle curve would alleviate this it’s a nuisance more than anything. Poor: Assembly instructions no existent, nothing supplied with mower to explain how the parts fit together. I had to go online to find instructions; see link - https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwjVp9WdjZ_pAhX1nVwKHezRAmEQwqsBMAB6BAgKEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3De3TEeFv-SYY&usg=AOvVaw1z9DWWVB1z-hiJEOtP7BjX hope this helps for future buyers. Overall: I like the Bosch Rotak 32 R it cuts well, is easy to use, lightweight and packs away nicely by folding the handles, all in all it’s a decent small electric mower and good value for money at £79.00

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Does neat job, and gets the grass in one time most of the time! Definitely recommended!

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Working fine but sometimes lag