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Lawn Mower Rating

Why is a lawn mower rating important?

The reason is this. The choices available to the consumers today are so numerous that most consumers are confused, you don’t know which lawn mower is the best fit for you. And just when you think you have found that perfect lawn mower, you hear of another.

In answer to this great problem, there have been attempts to rank lawn mowers using different features as the basis. These lawn mowers are compared against each other.

Of course the basis for the ranking in one is different from that of other. Even those that rank based on many features, still place importance on some specific features.

Basic Types There are 3 basic types of lawn mower ratings available on the net.

A.Experiment based (Professional) This is usually done by professionals who get mowers of different brands and subject them to various conditions and tasks. Their performance is the basis for the rating. Popular Mechanics Rating ConsumerReports Ratings

B.Consumer based lawn mower rating. In this types, individuals who own and presently use a particular lawn mower share their experiences, compare it against previous experiences or stories heard and then vote on the lawn mowers. Rating like these can be seen on epinions an ask an owner

Combined These cotain both professional and consumer opinions. A good example is amazon.com. Visit Amazons comprehensive consumer lawn mower rating in which lawn mowers are rated by users around the world using a five star system. Click on any lawn mower to see the details.

Note-Amazon owns 7 international sites (France, Canada, USA, UK, Germany, Japan, China) and so they naturally sample a wider audience.

Things to note

Professional ratings tend to focus on technological features, durability, efficacy and value for money (rather then cost of purchase).

Consumer based ratings are usually emotionally laden and are less objective since the experiences are not based on testing different lawn mowers under the same conditions.

The consumers also tend to focus on user friendliness, maintenance costs, cost of purchase (rather than value for money).

HOWEVER, read those reviews carefully because they are real life experiences which could also happen to you so learn how to handle them.

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