If you enjoy gazing out the window at a lush and healthy lawn, you really can’t afford not to have a good lawn mower. However, there are so many different models available. How can you decide which of these mowers is right for you?

If you are environmentally conscious, you may want to take a hard look at hand lawn mowers. You may not want one of these mowers if you have a large yard. After all, these mowers are powered by your energy instead of costly petrol or electricity. However, they do require quite a bit of strength when you are pushing them over uneven ground and people with bad backs should not use these mowers. If you do use a hand lawn mower, you will be amazed at how peaceful and enjoyable cutting the lawn can be.

If you like the way a lawn looks when it is cut with a hand lawn mower, but you just don’t have the ability to cut your lawn using your own energy, you may want to take a look at cylinder lawn mowers that are powered by petrol or electricity. These mowers have the same basic design as hand lawn mowers, so the grass looks very much like grass cut by the hand mower.

Rotary lawn mowers are another easy to use alternative to the hand lawn mower. You can find electric and petrol versions of this push mower. If you love the striped lawn effect and you want to create that look on your lawn, this is the mower you need. You will not need to adjust a rotary mower before you cut each of the rough and fine grass strips.

If creating striped lawns is not a concern for you, you may want to look at petrol lawn mowers that are not rotary mowers. You can find a petrol mower that is perfect for cutting grass on uneven ground. Self-propelled models help you get your mower from one side of the yard to the other with less effort when it is running. However, these models are heavier than models that aren’t self-propelled. You may not want a self-propelled mower if you need to put it in and out of a vehicle or lift it into a shed with a raised foundation.

If you want your lawn cutting experience to have a space age feel, take a look at hover lawn mowers. These electric or petrol powered mowers have long handles and are set low so that they can fit easily under a shrub’s branches to cut grass traditional mowers can’t reach. The mowers seem to glide across the lawn without wheels, which really gives them an amazing and unique look.