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- CARB-certified engine, low emissions
- Excellent side-discharging with optional chute
- Very good mulching
- Reliability issues
- Steel deck can rust
- Complicated height adjustment
- Not a good bagger
The Lawn-Boy 10645 is a 20-inch gasoline push mower with a Briggs & Stratton engine that meets California Air Resource Board (CARB) strict emissions requirements and is available online throughout the continental United States. It's reasonably light for a push mower, and when equipped with a free optional side-discharge chute it gets top marks in this mode. It also mulches clippings well, but bagging is not its strong point. Most push mowers get too heavy when a bag is filled, anyway, but if you want a push mower that bags well, reviews recommend the 19-inch Cub Cadet CC 500 ( *Est. $250).
Since self-propelled mowers are more popular, gasoline push mowers aren't covered in many reviews. ConsumerReports.org does test the similar (but non-CARB-compliant) Lawn-Boy 10640 (*Est. $260), comparing it with eight other push mowers. The 2009 customer-satisfaction survey at J. D. Power and Associates compares Lawn-Boy as a brand with nine other lawn mower brands, and we also found useful owner-written reviews of the Lawn-Boy 10645 at Amazon.com and at HomeDepot.com.
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1. ConsumerReports.orgDetails/Subscribe
Based on objective tests, ConsumerReports.org compares the Lawn-Boy 10640, the similar but non-CARB-certified version of the Lawn-Boy 10645, with eight other gasoline push mowers plus 12 electric mowers and 31 self-propelled gas mowers. All the mowers are ranked based on performance, handling and ease of use. ConsumerReports.org also publishes owner-written reviews and ratings of the Lawn-Boy 10640.
Review: Lawn Mowers, Editors of ConsumerReports.org, April 2010
Lawn-Boy ranks eighth among 10 brands of walk-behind lawn mowers, in this latest J. D. Power and Associates customer-satisfaction survey of more than 2,220 users. On a 5-point scale, Lawn-Boy earns only 3 points on all three factors: durability, ease of use and performance.
Review: 2009 Walk-Behind Lawn Mower Study, Editors of J. D. Power and Associates, Sept. 10, 2009
3. Amazon.com
The Lawn-Boy 10645 is the top-rated gasoline push mower at this retail site. About half a dozen owners give it mostly enthusiastic reviews here.
Review: Lawn Boy 10645 20-Inch 6.75 GT Briggs & Stratton Gas Powered Lawn Mower (CARB Compliant), Contributors to Amazon.com
The handful of owners reviewing the Lawn-Boy 10645 here agree on giving it a rating of 4 stars out of a possible 5, saying it's a basic push mower that works well overall.
Review: Lawn Boy Push CARB Walk Power Mower Model # 10645, Contributors to HomeDepot.com
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