I wouldn't know because I bought a 2 stroke Lawn Boy 10 years ago. Still fires up on the first pull everytime and will still cut down anything you can put under it. Best of all it has an aluminum frame that never rusts.

DT

I have one almost exactly like that, except it is from True Value...Poulan or something like that. Cost me $250. It does have a Bolts and Scrap Iron motor, but it has done well for me.

Yeah, that is an option. Doesn't change the fact that I am covered in dust though. If you coule have seen the dust cloud I was in for 45 minutes straight you would be thinking the same way as I am.

As much as I want to stay with the Toro, I need a low dust bag. Unfortunately, Craftsman is the ONLY company that makes them. REally stupid if you ask me. This should be standard on all mowers.

I have sent an email to Toro asking if they have something like this but based on what I have seen, I don't expect them to have the answer I need.

I've had Snapper mowers for the past 25 years and have had okay luck with them but was needing to purchase a new mower so I looked up walk-behind mowers in Consumer Reports. They highly recommended the Toro Self-Pace mower. Can't say enough good things about it. Whatever you do, don't keep the gas over winter and plan on using it next Spring. A friend of mine borrowed my three-month old Toro and I had told him where the gas can was when he was to go to my house and pick up the mower and he forgot to pick it up so instead of driving back to my house, he used some old gas he had in a container. You guessed it, it wouldn't start and is in the shop. He went and bought me a new one!!! By the way, the last ten to twelve purchases I have made on larger items were CR's Best Buy and I've been happy with all the results. It's worth an online subscription. You don't have to spend the most to get the best.

No doubt about that. I usually look first. CR has saved me WAY more than I've spent subscribing. I didn't realize the Toro was so highly rated by them but it doesn't surprise me.

I looked pretty seriously at the Lawnboy with that self-pace option (both are made by the same company now so I was told). The Lawnboy was a bit lighter. The local guy hadn't seen enough of them yet to know how the self pace option would hold up, and with my history with Snappers, I went that route instead.

This snapper has the adjustable speed, on high its fast enough that I cannot walk behind it.

The Toro I bought was hella fast too. Phobia was not kidding on that.

I don't quite understand why they are making them so fast. Mine is comfortable just above slow, which means if I'm in heavy grass it will be too fast.

Welp, looks like it died today. Can't even get a spark. sanded the contacts on the flywheel and arm, changed the spark plug, adjusted the gap and still nothing.

Looks like I will be in the market again.