Masport Electric Mower

Does not mow low enough. Blade housing gets stuck on grass. Very difficult for a woman to handle when a previous brand was used without this and following issues. Bad front end design too long and many areas cannot be reached. Catch does not hold the grass and falls out. Constantly emptying with small ants. I would not ever recommend this… Read more

ever. Approached supplier who wanted his hands off it with some stupid work around. Masport shuffled me off to the supplier. Very disapponted

It could be a 4star... still too early, but otherwise competent corded mower – I have a Homelite 1600W corded 380mm wide cutting mower purchased from Bunnings which had served me well for over 10yrs, but the plastic casing and body had cracked in multiple places after a hard life. Vale Homelite mower. I replaced the blade once otherwise, no problems ever. Never had a hiccup... anyway, this isn't a Homelite review. I wanted… Read more

another electric mower, but the corded offerings at Bunnings and other physical places were wimpy low powered narrow mowers and very limited. Electric mowers are mostly battery powered these days. Sometimes I have a grass forest to mow so a mower with some oomph and solidity was essential and I doubt that a battery powered mower would cut it during the occasional epic mows - at least not the reasonably priced battery options (they mostly had mixed reviews). I was looking at forking out over $500 for those with good reviews and at that price, I'd put up with petrol.

As a long time corded mower user, I have no problems with a power cord, so I persevered in my search and stumbled across the Masport 1800W electric corded lawnmower online, model 553164. It's specs looked good. It's features looked good. It looked solid enough. Where it had a review the reviews were Ok. It seemed like a better choice than the Lincoln and Bosch offerings (the only other corded ones I saw - although they all looked suspiciously looked very similar). The Masport had an RRP was over $400 so it had to be good then right? The mower seemed to be available in physical stores around Sydney, but few and far between in Melbourne. Eventually, I found one in Melbourne that was a deleted stock item from a major tool retailer selling on eBay - $230. Take my money.

My first impression is that honestly, that seems to be about the right price for it.

It's a mower with a 420mm wide cutting width which is probably oversized for my three patches of grass, but it dispatched the overgrown but not crazy forest level grass with ease, powering through any dense clumps which would normally need at least two bites with the Homelite mower. The Masport is light without being flimsy, although the mower handle could have been made from the next thicker gauge tubing for a little more stiffness. There is a little too much flex in my humble opinion. One issue is that I found that the cutting height mechanism struggles to get to the max height, but that's ok, I'm unlikely to ever need it.

The handle is rubber foam coated, so that's great for now, but it's sure to wear out in time. I'll worry about that them.

I actually prefer the On/Off safety switch design on the Homelite, but I can see what Masport went for. On the Masport, the safety cutout switch/bar is accessible across the whole handle so you can keep the mower running easily with either hand anywhere on the bar, but pulling it towards the handle seems to put a lot of stress on the power switch, so I need to see whether I can adjust that and avoid breaking the safety switch!

I don't use the catcher, I jimmy the grass clippings hatch open 20 degrees or so and let the clippings exit onto the grass to mulch in naturally. That said, it is a useful 50l. I did one run with it on, it worked well, came on and off easy enough, the indicator let me know when it was full so there's that...

The whole mower kicks to the side when you start it up, such is the torque and power, and for something running at post 3000RPM, it runs pretty quietly.

One of my concerns is that there is no easy access to the electric motor (unlike the Homelite) so if grass cuttings get under the hood via any vents or gaps and builds up around the motor, there's the risk of overheating and/or fire. I haven't had a good look to see whether removal of a few screws will get me access. TBC.

It came mostly assembled in the box already, just needed the grass catcher and upper handle to be assembled - both of which were a bit tricky. There is no manual to speak of as what is provided is very anemic/useless.

So far I'm happy with the mower. It's been a few weeks. Let's see if I update this to 4 star review after living with it for a while.

Disappointed!! – I have a Mower and whipper snipper which i bought approx 9 months apart. The battery for the mower was showing fully charged but apart from starting the mower it would then stop. I took the battery back as it was still under warranty I was told they needed the mower so they could check it. I asked why can't they check it in one of the mowers in… Read more

the shop. No they said I had to bring the mower In. Back home pick up the mower and go again. After a few weeks they rang me said it was there to pick up. I was told to keep the battery fully charged. Which I did. Then the battery from the whipper did the same thing. Went through the same process to have that one replaced which took approx 3 months. That was last year. Now once again the battery has died. I'm very disappointed I like the mower and wipper snipper but the batteries are not good. I thought I was buying something of quality. Now I have to try to get another replacement. Which I'm not very confident about as it was hard getting the first one. I'm a 73 year old lady and look after my things, i have a small yard. this is very frustrating. I'm not prepared to buy another battery as I feel this will keep happening. If not replaced I will cut my losses and go with another brand. So sad!!

Terrible battery life!!! – On to my third Energy Flex battery with my Masport mower. These batteries are only good for about 5-7 charge cycles then deteriorate rapidly to being useless. As with other reviews here, the battery will show full charge, but will be unable to sustain the mower power requirements. My current battery on full charge will power mower enough to turn… Read more

on for 2 seconds. Between the mower, line trimmer, a 7-inch chain saw branch trimmer, and 3 batteries I have a significant investment in this system that will likely now be $$$ flushed down the toilet.

Edit: Masport have been in touch to provide replacement options for the batteries. This is much appreciated.

If this is a good electric mower then stick with petrol – I purchased the mower about 3 months ago and have only used it twice. I was told that it had a run time of about 30 min with a recharge time of 30 min also. The recharge is more like 2 hours and the run time is about 15 min. For around A$1000 it was a terrible investment. If the batteries weren't just under A$300 I would buy a second which would… Read more

help. Do yourself a favor and stick to petrol till they learn to make better batteries. Very disappointed.

Not impressed with the batteries – The battery has three lights to show charge level but will only actually run and cut when all three are illuminated. On 2 it will start but stops almost immediately. Currently on second battery and had it for almost 3 months and used it twice! Hopefully these are teething problems. Not impressed after an outlay of $600. (When it works the cut isn't too bad). Show details

Excellent quality mower – So easy to use. Simple no fuss charging and long run time, about 50 minutes to 1 hour. Enough to mow my large front couch lawn, 2 side lawn strips and a large kikuyu back lawn. The catcher fills up if the grass is dry and is very easy to attach and remove. Easy to push and folds up for storage. Show details

Just outlasted the warranty period – I have had 2 years use out of this mower that has been used occasionally on small front and back lawns. It is highly functional, light and easy to use. Unfortunately the bearing housing for the motor is made of plastic and after this period of casual use, the bearing seized and melted the housing rendering the mower inoperable. Very disappointing.… Read more

At this price point it is an uneconomical repair thus will be replaced with another brand which may or may not be any better.