Stihl RMA 339

It's a complete lemon when tomorrow the Stihl lawnmower will once again return to be fixed for a problem that has now occurred three times - Being the engagement of the start button & lever & with a small lawn I do not appreciate returning the lackluster to the same dealer almost every year. Then the battery goes haywire & Stihl offers a 35%… Read more

goodwill voucher on the battery before the button & lever fail after 20 minutes proving this mower is only destined to landfill... Complete waste of money!

Okay But Disappointed – Okay but only just. I'm disappointed. I've owned it for Four years and use it once a week in summer and once a fortnight in winter on approximately 250m sq lawn on a 550m sq town section. I mostly use the mulch kit. It is lightweight and easy to manoeuvre. The motor is weak, it struggles to cut long or wet grass. The battery pops out or becomes… Read more

loose intermittently. I have taken it in for repairs twice for this problem and it still isn't resolved. If I didn't have the rest of the tools in the battery ecosystem I would probably have bought another mower already.

Deeply flawed! – After endless research and relying on traditional Stihl quality, I purchased the Stihl 339. However, the performance has been very disappointing. 1. The height settings leave a lot to be desired. There is a large difference between the first and second height settings. The second setting does not cut low enough, but the real sting in the tail is… Read more

the first setting. It certainly is much lower, too low. Worse though is that on the lowest setting, the mower becomes VERY hard to push as the plastic deck buries itself in the grass. And the harder you push to get it moving the deeper it is pushed into the lawn, scalping the grass as a result.

2. The wheels are small which only adds to the difficulty pushing the mower. I’ve seen comments saying this mower is manoeuvrable. No it is not! Light to push and pull at height settings 2+, yes, but turning or manoeuvring in small arcs is much harder than my old petrol mower. Larger wheels with ball bearings would have helped enormously.

3. If you are considering buying this mower, turn it over and look at how the wheels and axle are attached. The axle clips into the plastic deck, in a similar way you’d assemble a toy truck or pram. Totally unacceptable for a product costing $749.

Sadly, I gave away my Honda petrol mower when I bought the Stihl RMA 339. Now I am looking around again for a new mower after this latest expensive disaster.