[Doug D]

@jdrop01 The Rolux is the only reel mower that I have owned, and I have zero slope in my lawn, so I have no input to provide on that. I am cutting my zoysia at 1/2” and I am pleased with the cut.

Over on Real Mowers use Reel Mowers Facebook group, there was a discussion on this: "scalping issue on the drive side" with X20 and X25 Rolux mowers. Ever heard of that or experience that with your Rolux? Thanks Doug D

 

[Doug D]

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Mower looks great ao far. only thing I noticed is Im missing all height marking decals. So have no quick way of checking height. I've emailed Rolux. Aside from that mower was packed great and Assembly was all of 5 minutes.

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Also the mower only adjusts throttle one way, whatever cable system is being used has no bracing or slide. so trying to slow down the throttle, the wire rope just bends.

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As well, the twist throttle is reversed, where 7 is the slowest and 1 is the fastest? Its basically a bicycle derailleur gear shifter.

Either way the mower throttle is meh, and the only way to adjust it with the current design is to reach down and move the lever yourself. The wire rope is too thin and bends, even with a proper z bend instead of the loop clamp Rolux used. As well the cable sheathing doesn't teflon lined so the cable binds inside the sheathing, making the twist throttle even more annoying.

At this point I want nothing more than to rip this twist throttle off and just reach down and set the throttle myself, But I can't get the handle grip off to remove this blasphemous gear selector 😂

Another thing, which is surprising, even at the lowest throttle, the centrifugal clutch is always engaged, which seems a little odd. As you wont be able to warm the engine up without the reel spinning, say for an oil change etc. This could be because the clutch is brand new and has no wear on the shoes, so it is slightly engaged from the smallest centrifugal movement.

Now, aside from the throttle, and no HOC sticker.
cutting at 3/16ths~ on a test strip of my now dormant Bermuda. Thw cut quality is exactly what I'd expect from a grooved roller.

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It mows and turns really really nice with the split rear roller, and sticks to the slopes of my yard really well.

I believe the 17 machine with the gx160 is right about 150lbs. So for a 17 inch it is on the heavier side, and with as well as it sticks to my slopes, Ill venture to say It wont have much of a float issue on thick Bermuda late in the summer.

Overall I'm really impressed with the machine, even if the throttle is lackluster (and unuseable), I don't mind reaching down and setting my throttle, and Rolux has already reached out, to get me the missing height of cut markers.

I saw a Rolux video where the instructor did state that to reduce the engine power turn the throttle toward 7 and to increase the power, turn it toward 1. Didn't make sense but that's what he said.

 

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It’s a work in progress but very much in the pipeline

Any update on the electric? Would you be selling an electric conversion kit?

 

[SoCalLowMow]

Any update on the electric? Would you be selling an electric conversion kit?

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