Ryobi OLM1833B 18V ONE+ Cordless 33cm Lawnmower (Body Only), Anthracite/Green

I wasn’t expecting great things tbh having noticed that there were mixed reviews but decided to take a punt.Easily the best mower I’ve ever bought. Set it up in just a few minutes and off I went. I have a decent sized garden and the grass was ready for cutting without being overly long. It drained my 5.0ah battery and 1 bar from my 4.0ah. Considering my lawn is about 35m x 8m I didn’t think was bad. I can easily do the front with what left on my 4.0ah battery. I used the lowest setting and this was perfect for me but if you like a putting green length then you won’t be happy. Quality is really good. I get what people are saying about the height adjuster, it does feel a bit flimsy but having said that it works. Love how the handle folds for compact storage.It’s a 10/10 from me 👍

Bought this lawnmower for my son. He has a small garden and this was the perfect size. He has used it and was over the moon with it.

Despite reading reviews before purchase, I didn't remove the (useless) deflector before fitting the collection bag - doh!However, after rectifying my error and re-mowing my (small) lawn I was amazed how much cut grass I emptied into my green bin, so much that I now have to wait till next week's bin collection before I can continue clipping the hedge (good excuse).I agree with others that the height adjuster could be better designed and the handle feels quite frail.Being quite tall I find the handle too low, and ended up with back pain, good job our lawn is quite small.I was also amazed that if you didn't have a battery or charger it cost the same price as the mower, really?Some years ago I bought a Ryobi brush cutter (under £100 if memory serves me right) which, fortunately came complete with battery etc., it was only about 5 years ago, surely prices haven't gone up that much?

Well. On the whole I'm very, very impressed with this amazingly light little mower, which runs on the same battery system as a wide range of other tools (both indoor and outdoor). The mower is supplied without battery and charger - and these do add a good chunk to the cost - but we already owned several batteries and the fast charger for this series, so didn't need to buy anything new/extra in order to run this. The only assembly needed for this relates to attaching the three pieces of the handle, which is pretty straightforward. Although the diagrammatic instructions show fitting it, this came with the mulching plug pre-installed (needs to be removed before the grass collection bag can be used). The grass collection bag has a cloth base, so is collapsible for storage, whilst the handle of the mower can be folded by simply unscrewing the two large side screws. For storage purposes, this is great, taking a comparatively small amount of space whilst the grass collection bag is reasonably generous.This works well. It is unbelievably light compared to a petrol mower. More like pushing a lightweight stroller or a child's toy than a lawnmower (although there is a bit of vibration through the arms). My Dad at 72 hasn't used a mower on anything other than self-drive settings in years, but he loved this push mower: it's so light that pushing this is less effort than steering an SD petrol mower. No fumes. No need to faff about with engine oil. Comparatively, this is really quiet in use.We've only used this with 5.0ah batteries. When well-maintained, a fully charged battery is easily capable of coping with a couple of good sized lawns (over 2000' squared/ a good couple of hundred meters). If grass has started to get a bit out of hand, this still cuts well, but with the 5.0Ah battery you can hear it placing strain on the power supply and the battery drains significantly faster. The small size and light weight make this very easy to manoeuvre, and this goes in next to obstacles (such as trees, bird feeders, and lawn edges) really well.The only issue we've had with this relates to the cutting height adjustment 'lever'. This is wholly plastic, and works by means of pulling a plastic handle out, moving it side to side, and pushing it back in so that a little plastic peg slots in to one of 5 cutting height selection holes. The 5th hole - the one for the highest cut on grass - is not good. On this setting, the peg gets stuck. There doesn't seem to be sufficient space between the lever and the wheel to disengage this once it has been set to this height. The handle on the lever really strains and feels as though it might break, with no sign of dislodging the peg. I ended up using the end of a flat head screwdriver and poking this down the side of the hole selector to extract the peg without placing undue pressure on the handle. Will be avoiding this setting in future.On paper this mower isn't really suitable for our garden. We live out in the countryside and have a half acre plot - significantly more than the size for which this is recommended. However, our garden isn't all lawned over one area each at the back/front, but over seven separate 'zones'; is on a slope; and has walled areas and steps between every lawn. It's really a series of smaller lawns rather than a big one. Until now, we've used petrol rather than electric mowers - the cabling needed for electric models is completely impractical in a large, tiered garden that's prone to retaining water.Previously, it's been quite hard going lugging a mower round between walled areas, up and down steps. To make matters more interesting, our soil is clay: prone to cracking deeply and developing odd lumps and bumps in dry weather; and waterlogging, then remaining boggy, when it rains. That this is light has not been astonishing, but this mower has surprised by proving easier to use over lumps and bumps caused by cracking lawns and ants' nests (a constant battle in our garden!) than petrol mowers. The lighter weight doesn't do anything to help restructure the lawn, but does enable this to glide over obstacles, instead of struggling and even getting stranded on them. This has also proved more practical in some respects when it comes to our water-retaining soil: this is so light that it can be used pretty much as soon as the soil is OK to walk on, whereas heavier mowers can start to sink/dig in to the ground if it's not dried out below the surface. If we mow by using multiple batteries, or doing only a couple of lawns at a time, this lightweight battery mower works really well, even on a large garden.4.5/5

My trusty old wheel driven petrol lawnmower finally gave up this spring. My neighbour suggested a cordless electric and this was the obvious choice as I am a one plus user.I was pretty sceptical as I have a large, fairly rough plot on a hill. It is definitely cutting the grass not mowing the lawn.This looks and weighs as much as a Fisher Price toy lawnmower, but don't be fooled. The plastic is normal high quality Ryobi.The weight, or lack of it, is brilliant. Weirdly I can cut the grass with less effort and in less time than the old self propelled petrol mower. It is so easy to use that the grass is getting cut more often as a bonus.Only slight downside is the grass collection bag is not as big as the old mower, but that came as no surprise.A couple of the reviews here puzzle me. Height adjustment - sure it's slightly feeble, but not difficult and how often do you adjust it?As for the 'go' switch you just press the button in the middle and grab one of the levers. It is really handy being able to change to either the left or right lever as you go.Battery consumption is fine, I have a lot of grass, which takes about an hour to cut, and I use about one and a half 4 amp batteries.

Good tool