It cuts ok. It does leave grass uncut, so you have to go over the same way in order to get it completely cut. Also a big issue is that the grass cut catcher barely catches anything and the grass just flies back onto the lawn.

does as described. took me back to my childhood but it will not cut some weeds, so I have to go over it with a weed Wacker

Works great . It'll take some elbow grease the first time, if you're grass is already tall. Then every week , after that ,just stay on top of cutting the grass, and it'll be easier to maintain . It's not that quiet, imo, I was expecting quieter . I think I'll spray some oil, or I may try Evinrude engine tuner and spray the contact points to see if I can get it a little quieter. Blades are sharp , and cuts the grass very well.Edit: you have to adjust the four chrome flathead screws in the back and that moves the one long blade that sits in the back/bottom, . It'll move it far back enough to where the metal blades are no longer touching and it's completely quiet. I adjusted mine so they touch but not too much. And it is a lot quieter. I feel like having them not touching wasn't cutting the grass as nice. Maybe just personal opinion.

Yeah some patches and weeds take maneuvering and extra passes but it's fine for something affordable that doesn't require gas and tinkering. It does fine enough as advertised.

Alrighty - It is a push reel mower - It is powered by your legs! So no complaning now that you actually have to push it.1. Assembly - Okay I get it the instructions stink! - But come on people there is only like 3 bolts and a Lock washer to put on. Look at the pictures it is quite straight forward.2. Height Adjustments - The wheels will come on the highest setting and I am not sure why they decided to do this as most people that buy a reel mower want to cut their grass low. - It will not go as low as a typical putting green but it will come close. Perhaps a green that is about ready to be mowed at 0.5" while a fresh cut putting green is closer to 0.25". - There are three slots on the mower for the wheels to connect to. As I said it comes on the highest setting (which is the lowest hole) Think of it this way if you lower the wheels you raise the mower to you want them on the highest hole for the bolt. In order to remove the wheels, you first need to remove the green hub caps on each side to expose the Nuts. The outside nuts on the wheels are 13mm and the inside bolts at 17mm so you will need one of each to remove and re-attach. Take care not to slip off the gears inside Might fell off but was not too hard to reset and attach back on.The Second way to change the height are the roller wheels - These some on the medium height setting. And with the wheels set to the lowest cut setting (position A in the directions) this is about 0.75" - move the roller adjustment to the top bolt hole on the mower for the lowest setting to get the 0.5" cut height.3. Cut - It nice a clean like a sissor compared to the suction and rip from a standard lawn mower today. If you are trying to cut more than 30% off the blades of grass you will likely need multiple passes.4. Ease of use - okay this is going to depend on what type of shape you are in and what you lawn is like when you start using it. The SHORTER you want the lawn the MORE OFTEN you will need to mow. Don't complain that it is hard to get you 2" grass to cut down to 0.5" you are asking too much of any mower and that would be cutting off 75% of the grass (which is bad for the grass) - you should strive for 30% at most. Therefore if you desire a 0.5" cut, then you should be cutting grass that is no longer than about .75" and since grass grows about 0.1 inch a day you would need to mow it every 2-3 days - most golf courses mow their greens every day.5. Other Thoughts - My lawn is very mature and as such has a great deal of thatch near the soil. I am going to either rent of buy a dethatcher to clean a lot of this up. I am thinking that will allow the mower to cut lower with more ease. I will update my results on the review.Over all - It is what you are paying for - it is a manual drive reel mower that you push. The more out of shape you are and your lawn is the more work it is going to be. Once you get the lawn trained to grow low it will get easier. I have a section of lawn that I cut at the lowest setting on the traditional mower and that section this reel mower cut very well.Look for an update in a few weeks when I will add some Picts and video how to's.