Maybe you have noticed that we talk, and talk, and talk about the new Fiskars Momentum. What else are we going to talk about, that super heavy old mower your grandpa used? No way! Fiskars continues to feed us new and exciting marketing tid-bits and we are excited to share them with the ecomowers community.
The following how-to videos will help explain how-to assemble the Momentum mower and how to adjust the cutting height and handlebars of the Fiskars reel mower.
It was announced today that Fiskars completed a product test of the Momentum mower by the National Home Gardening Club. Testers were NHGC members and were pre-screened to be current reel mower users. After assembling and using the Momentum, testers were asked to rate the mower on several different attributes on which Fiskars scored extremely high.
100% of testers would recommend the Momentum to another member!
Below is a short summary of the test results.
Momentum Mower NHGC Test Results
NOTE: NHGC will feature the Momentum test results in the July / August issue of the Gardening How-To Magazine.
Creating happy customers and energetic fans is what we like to call “customer service 2.0″. Helga from LiveGreenMom.com is a great example. Helga was eying a new Momentum mower from Fiskars for the longest time, talking about it on Facebook, sending fun tweets to her twitter community – then she got her hands on the mower. Her friends thought she had gone bonkers, “you’ll hate a reel mower” they said! Checkout LiveGreenMom’s 2min quick Fisakrs Momentum video –> “that was easy!”
The May/June edition of the Sierra Club Magazine features to our very popular Brill RazorCut reel mower. The article titled, “Grow a Conscience” recommends a select few earth-friendly gardening “gizmos” including the COBRAHEAD, ECOSMART TECHNOLOGIES, the OLIVE BARN – and of course our best selling Brill RazorCut.
Ok – everyone enjoys a lush, well kept, perfectly green lawn – at least most everyone….but, did you know that Dandelions are considered a valuable herb with many culinary and medicinal uses?
According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is a rich source of vitamins A, B complex, C, and D, as well as minerals such as iron, potassium, and zinc. Its leaves are often used to add flavor to salads, sandwiches, and teas. The roots can be found in some coffee substitutes, and the flowers are used to make certain wines. The article goes on the say that dandelion roots are mainly used today as an appetite stimulant, digestive aid, and for liver and gallbladder function. Dandelion leaves are even used as a diuretic to stimulate the excretion of urine.
Take a few minutes are learn more about the important nutritional value of Dandelions!
Learn more about the medicinal value of Dandelions:
Mark your calendars – Martha Stewart will feature the Fiskars Momentum reel moweron April 21. According to MarthaStewart.com, Martha likes the Fiskars Momentum mower because it’s an easy-to-use, eco-friendly alternative to standard gas mowers.
Fans of EcoMowers.com tell us they love their new Momentum reel mower, and to top that, Consumer Reports gives Fiskars the best ratings! Consumer Reports selected the Momentum reel mower over the Scotts Classic and EASUN Classic HD reel mowers. A well deserved congratulations is in order for the entire Fiskars team who diligently worked on this fantastic green machine – way to go!
Consumer Reports 2010 Eco-Friendly Mower Reviews
The three mowers tested are best suited for longer, thicker grasses (we still have a place in our heart for the Brill and EASUN Ideal mowers for a shorter professional look). According to Consumer Reports, the Momentum mower was selected for its single-lever height adjustment and the front-throw cutting design (we also like the new 4″ cutting height). If you can afford $250 – this is a great mower!
Consumer Reports reviewed 3 of the top reel mowers (Fiskars being their pick), so let’s take a quick look at the Scotts Classic and the EASUN Classic as both are good mowers with different price points. The Scotts Classic is generally $150 or less and is a push mower you can trust. It cuts most grasses well and will last for years (pending annual sharpening). The EASUN Classic is just over $200 and uses modern “contact-free” cutting technology which both eliminates sharpening and makes pushing easier.
We’ve partnered with FireBelly Organic Lawn Care to sponsor their mower raffle!
FireBelly is raffling off one of our new NaturCut Classic HD mowers at the end of the month (yeah, that’s really soon!). Everyone who places their email address on FireBelly’s newsletter via facebook as well as everyone who buys into their organic lawn care program will be automatically entered into the raffle. Click here –>
FireBelly Mower Raffle
Click here –> to visit the FireBelly Fan Page and enter to win this mower.
We stock the new line of NaturCut Classic HD reel mowers and consider this mower to be a fantastic all-around mower. It is perfect for the mower give-a-way because it will cut just about all grass types from Maine to Florida to California. The cutting height ranges from 1.5″ to 3.5″ and is made of all metal. Its great for “country yards” and even well manicured lawns when cut at 1.5″. It is very comparable to the Scotts Classic mower but is light weight, has a wide cutting height range, and uses a contact-free cutting system which never requires sharpening – saving you money!
NaturCut Classic
It is easy to enter:
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Get a reel mower! I have a Reel Mower! These mowers Reely work! Reel men push mow!
The list is long for these clever and popular puns. Huh? What is a “reel” mower anyway? For many green industry “professionals”, namely landscape contractors, golf course superintendents, turfgrass managers, etc., the term “reel mower” is common. But your average everyday American has absolutely no idea.
Let me explain (in brief):
Reel Mower Concept
Reel mowers have curved blades that produce a cutting action alongside a stationary steel plate (like a can of Pringles chips rolling across a table). The blades form a spiral around the reel axis, and as they spin, the spiral of blades forces grass past the stationary plate. Reel mowers leave behind clean-cut grass, as if the grass had been cut with sharp scissors.
New reel mower technology has advanced since the days of Grandpa’s old clunker. Unlike the cutting action of scissors, it is not necessary for the blades of the spinning reel to contact the stationary plate. A clean cut is possible if the gap between the blades and the plate is less than the thickness of the grass. This modern reel mower technology is referred to as “contact-free”, “non-contact”, “silent-cut”, and many other terms. The benefit is a mower that is easier to push, and a mower that does not require sharpening. What, no sharpening? Nope. Think about it, there is no metal-on-metal contact to cause the reel blades to become dull. The blades only come in contact with grass, wood, and the occasional pebble or two – non of which will cause the blades to lose its edge.
There is a ton to talk about so feel free search around our learning center and read more more about reel mower technology, and how your lawn may benefit by using a reel mower.
We have the new Fiskars Momentum reel mowers stocked in our warehouse – available for same day shipping!
Need your new Fiskars mower shipped to Canada? We can do that too :)
Fiskars Momentum EcoMowers Warehouse
Our warehouse in Traverse City, MI is just a stones throw away from the Fiskars distribution center is Sauk City WI (not really, there’s a small pond in between). So on Monday, we sent our driver out to pickup our new Fiskars inventory and bring it back to our warehouse. Fisakrs has done an excellent job with their packaging, all the pallets were perfectly wrapped, boxes stacked neatly, and even the pallets were brand new (not that we need any more pallets – but hey, quality is important…).
Why should you care about this?
Well for one, you can order your Momentum mower with confidence, knowing that it will ship ASAP and that we can account for its where-abouts every step of the way.
Secondly, we are invested in this product. We are so invested that we placed a nice spring stocking order! We think this reel mower is that great!
Rob Anthony, a nationally recognized and respected Horticulturalist and Turfgrass Manager recently joined our team to assist us with content writing! Rob currently serves on the reader advisory board for Turfgrass Trends Magazine, Athletic Turf and Technology Magazine and contributes regularly for the latter as well as the highly respected international publication, Stadia Magazine. His professional experience includes Head Groundskeeper for the Green Bay Packers, and Athletic Turfgrass Development Manager with two nationally ranked Division I Universities.
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