Victa Classic Cut

Within 6 months of purchase the throttle cable has cracked/bent at the point you bend the handle bars over for storage. This promptly led to the throttle lever becoming hard to move and breaking off. Told by Victa to take the mower to a repairer for potential warranty claim. Repairer said Victa would reject the warranty claim as they don't cover this type of fault that could of been caused by loose cable catching on the handlebar pivot. They say if you buy from bunnings and self assemble its at your own risk. I told them I followed the instruct...

I am mechanically minded and found the the mower was easy to assemble. It is also easy to start and quiet which are both great bonuses. However, the revs of the motor are unable to be to be varied with the throttle. The revs are fixed and are far too low. I see no reason for this at all. There is no prior information to an intending purchaser about this fact. In tough wet grass you need to be bale to increase the revs.

Looking for a replacement for my Masport which had died after only 5 years. Having an average suburban block meant I wasn’t after industrial grade so I chose the Victa classic cut. It seemed a good balance between price and performance.
It went together easily although there were a few tight tolerances and the air filter cover is a bit dodgy. But it was light, so much lighter than the Masport, the petrol tank was very easy to fill and not tucked away, and it started easily Woohoo. No ‘Start you [Word Removed]’ with multiple pulls, just three ...

This mower I only used about 10 times, bought from new at Bunnings.
I had it for a few years but hardly used it because I only had a small back area to mow.
It was originally bought for a lawn mowing business I started but didn't proceed with.
Anyway, because the fuel was left in there too long, it ceased up and will not start.
People want $100 just to flush the fuel line and carby.
I can only imagine the final cost being more than half the original price.

My 22 year old Victa 2 stroke mower is still going strong but it's very much noisier than any of my neighbours 4 stroke mowers and it rattles like blazes (even when the engine is not running). So it's time for an upgrade....
I bought my new Victa Classic Cut mower last week at my local Bunnings store for $449, so there must have been a recent price increase as their previous long running catalogue price for this model was $399. The moral here is that I should have bought one a few moths ago.
The mower comes mostly assembled, just the push handl...

I finally had enough of my Roybi lawn mower I purchased less than 2 years ago and still waiting for that Rep to come and see it to give me a refund I just went and brought a new lawn mower - and OMG its a dream compared to that piece of useless metal I had as a lawn mower.

This lawn mower is much lighter than my Roybi and I no longer have any issues doing my smaller little hills I have around my driveway - I would say its as heavy as my old Masport I had before the roybi. I can easily manoeuvre it around and it cuts right up against my retaini...

I live on an acre property and use a push mower to mow a strip against retaining walls etc. that my ride on can't get to. My 10 year old from new Masport finally expired so I thought being tax return time I would treat myself to another new mower and went to the local Bunnings and purchased a Classic Cut expecting a good mower with the "Victa" name on it. Used approx. 4 to 5 times before the motor became rattly and pumped all the oil out of the sump through the carburettor. Took back to Bunnings but they would not exchange and insisted I take i...

The front wheel brackets are a bit thin and bend easily, the B&S 500e engine pops and tends to surge but so does the one on the Mastercut I have. They seem to run well enough, not great. The classic is ripped to bits for parts now. It was ok for small light jobs. However, I bought a Victa corvette 100 , now for $60 more, the deck, wheel brackets and handle are all beefier and the one I got has the B&S 550ex with auto choke carby and surprisely runs just fine, the classic cut just isn't value for money.

I bought one of these mowers from Bunnings and opened the box. One of the black blades which looked flimsy had rust spots on it, the other did not. The shrink foam on the handle was split in one place. I will have to take it back to Bunnings for a refund. Most of the components on the mover looked like they were made in China and possibly assembled in Australia. I have set up and ran the quality systems for a few companies and my recommendation to Victa is to 1. Use decent Chinese component manufactures 2. Build inspection into your assembly operation in addition to having Quality Control staff.

The most generic and reliable Lawnmower in Australia easy to get parts for but will probably need a deep 5/8" socket to change the spark plug. The catcher could be a little bigger as sometimes in summer I have to change the catcher after mowing two lines also the rubber grip is starting to wear

Great Briggs and Stratton motor but with a plastic Carby , who would compromise a great reputation and put on a plastic carburettor ? It bogs down in moderate length grass , I wouldn’t recommend this mower

In comparison to the fifty year old Victa that this replaces, it is heavier, of poor quality, difficult to operate and does not cut as well in the same conditions. On the plus side, the engine does start easily and runs well.
In hindsight, I should have left it in the shop.

Lodged a support ticket regarding a broken wheel clip for a machine during normal operation for warranty and was outrightly rejected by Victa based on photos sent. I was informed that the clip cant be covered under warranty because the mower wasn't maintained. I quote their words from their email "It's clear that due to the lack of clearing the lawn clippings that are trapped in the wheels among other part of the mower that this has happened"

Really?? They expect us to clear little lawn clippings stuck within the wheels of the mower so that their fragile parts don't break!!!

Very poor customer service from Victa, a brand I trusted for years.

I have used the VICTA Classic Cut 18" lawnmower for about 2 seasons. This lawnmower is fitted with the Briggs & Stratton 500E Series Rapid Start engine. It's a basic lawnmower and from my experience, does the job pretty well. However, there are a few caveats. The VICTA owner's manual, P12 under CLEANING, states the mower can ONLY tilted with the handle down and the FRONT wheels off the ground. And, NEVER to tilt this lawnmower with the REAR wheels off the ground. Doing this can cause the oil to leak out, contaminate the fuel and damage the air ...

We bought this mower (881887) 6 months ago, we were skeptical having read reviews about the poor positioning of the air filter etc, but couldn't find another suitable option easily available at the time. We've found the mower generally cuts and mulches as well as we would hope, doesn't seem to chew through fuel, and starts easily first time, every time. We did notice though that after only the first ever use (maybe 20mins of mowing on flat and nearly-flat lawn) that the air filter was indeed full of oil already, this particularly annoyed me a...