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- Blade brake override
- Personal Pace drive
- Easy to switch modes
- Side-discharges clippings
- Port for hosing underside
- Durability issues
- Steel deck can rust
- Complex height adjustment
Equipped with a blade brake clutch for extra convenience, the Toro Recycler 20333 self-propelled mower offers a good blend of features and price. Toro guarantees the recoil start to fire on one or two pulls for three years. Tests show that this mower mulches clippings as well as much more expensive mowers, and can also side-discharge and bag reasonably well. The Personal Pace drive system, which matches your walking speed, gets generally good reviews, and owners say the mower works well in tall, wet or tough grass without bogging down. Note that as a brand, Honda earns higher ratings than Toro, and for the same price you can get the Honda HRR216VKA (*Est. $400), which does better in bagging tests.
ConsumerReports.org tests the Toro 30033, comparing it with 39 other self-propelled lawn mowers, including several other Toro models, and publishes reviews and ratings from over 100 owners as well. Popular Mechanics compares the similar Toro 30032 with seven other mowers that switch easily among modes, and the J. D. Power and Associates survey ranks Toro as a brand, based on a survey of over 2,000 customers. We found the most owner-written reviews at HomeDepot.com, but the handful of reviews at Amazon.com are also helpful.
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1. ConsumerReports.orgDetails/Subscribe
Based on objective tests, ConsumerReports.org compares the Toro 20333 with 39 other self-propelled lawn mowers and 34 mowers of other types in this roundup review. All the mowers are ranked based on performance, handling and ease of use -- but this year, not for evenness of cutting.
Review: Lawn Mowers, Editors of ConsumerReports.org
2. PopularMechanics.comDetails/Subscribe
Based on tests of eight comparable self-propelled mowers, editors name the similar Toro 30032 (which lacks the blade brake clutch) as the best value, praising its "top-to-bottom attention to detail" and noting no drawbacks at all.
Review: Best Lawnmowers of the Year: Comparison Test, Roy Berendsohn, March 2010
In this latest customer-satisfaction survey by J. D. Power and Associates, Toro gets an average overall satisfaction rating among 10 brands of walk-behind lawn mowers. Honda, John Deere and Husqvarna are the three best-rated, with Honda taking the overall brand award.
Review: 2011 Walk-Behind Lawn Mower Study, Editors of J. D. Power and Associates, May 2011
More than 70 owners reviewing the Toro Recycler 20333 on the Home Depot website give it mostly positive reviews, but this mower also earns the lowest possible rating from some owners, due to observed quality control and durability problems.
Review: Toro BBC Personal Pace Mower, Contributors to HomeDepot.com
5. Amazon.com
About a dozen owners give the Toro 20333 lawn mower quite mixed ratings, not even agreeing on how well it climbs slopes.
Review: Toro Recycler, Contributors to Amazon.com
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