SEATTLE AVENUE

  The Brill Luxus 38 is the reel mower they like at Clean Air Gardening, they call it the “Mercedes” of reel lawnmowers.

You don’t have to yank a cord, spill gas and oil, wait until after 8 a.m. to avoid neighbor complaints/fines for violating  the noise ordinance, or sharpen the blades for like a decade. You DO have to push. Oh so good for the environment and your body, mowing can tone up winter flab get you in shape for summer bikinis and speedo’s. 

Back in the day … remember the swish of reel blades and the earthy sweet smell of fresh cut grass?

Afterwards, treat yourself to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and sweet lemonade just like mom used to make. Well, not my mom but maybe yours. Satisfaction and nostalgia for just a couple hundred bucks.

Brill Luxus 38 Info:

5 Blades — The optimal number of blades for superior cutting and ease of pushing. Weighs only 17 pounds — light enough to hang on the garage wall or pick up with one hand 8″ diameter wheels. Silent cut design — The blade misses the bedknife by less than a millimeter. This reduces friction and allows the mower to cut the grass like scissors. It also increases the blade life, which means you won’t have to sharpen for a decade or more. Flame hardened, welded steel blades — harder than tempered alloy, which also helps increase blade life. Dry powder coat on metal components — Powder coated surfaces are more resistant to chipping, scratching, fading, and wearing than other finishes. And colors stay bright and vibrant longer. Powder coating is also highly protective of the environment, because it contains no solvents. Sealed bearings. No extra maintenance required, because the bearings are sealed. Brill mowers feature a 2-year manufacturer’s warranty.

Cutting height ranges from 15mm to 45mm (0.7″ to 1.8″ ). This lets you cut low enough for the golf course look, and high enough for an average length cut for a wide variety of grass types.

Mowing width is 38 cm (15.2″). Small enough to maneuver easily through the yard, but still about 75% as wide as the average 20″ wide gas mower.

Mower comes fully assembled except for the handle. The handle comes in three pieces and requires no tools to put together and attach to the mower. Takes about 10 minutes to get out of the box and into the yard.

The Brill reel mowers have a sealed bearing with a separate bearing race. This is the way such bearings were produced until recent manufacturing technology allowed for the entire structure (bearing and race) to be produced as a sealed unit.

Things to keep in mind with any manual reel mower:

1. Manual reel mowers don’t cut tall weeds well (but they do great on grass!) Because of the design, the reel will roll over tall weeds and dandelions without cutting much. So they aren’t a good choice to mow a vacant lot, but they’ll do superbly with a grass lawn.

2. If you don’t mow weekly, it’s going to be much harder to push. You know how a gas mower will bog down when you try to mow grass that hasn’t been cut in weeks? Well, it’s like that with a reel mower, except you’re the motor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!