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**petegz28** · 07-09-2016, 12:31 PM

Okay so I am looking for a lawn mower that has good vacuum power. I have a Honda dual-blade that is awesome for mulching and does a good job bagging but it has the inherent problem most mulching mowers have which is poor vacuum.

I am looking into a true bagging mower and I keep getting pointed to the Snapper Hi Vac. I guess a difference is the Snapper Hi Vac as a inward-rolled lip at the bottom of the deck which creates more vacuum as opposed to most mulching mowers which has an outward-rolled (flared) lip which I guess is designed more to keep the blades in the deck area so they are cut multiple times.

The problem I don't like with the mulcher and it seems to be common is that no matter how sharp your blades are or how slow you go, a strand of grass here and there, stingers, is left uncut or bent.

So I appeal to the lawn care nuts of CP for their advice on a good bagging mower with excellent vacuum.

Kman34 · 07-09-2016, 02:45 PM

I once knew a girl who could suck a golf ball through a garden hose....

**Fire Me Boy!** · 07-09-2016, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Kman34

I once knew a girl who could suck a golf ball through a garden hose....

The saying always bothers me. Have you ever contemplated what the end of a garden hose would look like after someone sucked a golf ball through it?

Hog's Gone Fishin · 07-09-2016, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Bwana

Oh yeah! I think I just figured out how to get rid of my squirrel problem. I just have to figure out how to mount a 12 gauge on that bad boy that can be operated via a remote, in the event I miss one with the blade.

I think I would use it on Grackels. I hate those bastards !

NJChiefsFan · 07-09-2016, 07:08 PM

Have you decided to go against mulching for a reason? Apologies for being the one to pull this one back on topic.

Over Yonder · 07-09-2016, 07:28 PM

Have you considered fencing in the yard and fattening up a steer? No need to mulch or vacuum. Thats what I am going to do. Also, it cuts down on the grocery bill

Hog's Gone Fishin · 07-09-2016, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

Have you decided to go against mulching for a reason? Apologies for being the one to pull this one back on topic.

He should just use you ! YOU SUCK !

**Baby Lee** · 07-10-2016, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Kman34

I once knew a girl who could suck a golf ball through a garden hose....

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

The saying always bothers me. Have you ever contemplated what the end of a garden hose would look like after someone sucked a golf ball through it?

At least you could rest fairly assured it would clean and dry. ifunowaddimeen

**Shogun** · 07-10-2016, 01:18 AM

**ChiTown** · 07-10-2016, 07:08 AM

I bought a Snapper 21" HiVac several years ago. I love it. Great machine and I am a freak about bagging the lawn clippings. Best on the market, IMO

kccrow · 07-10-2016, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Shogun

LOL that's ****ing awesome.

**Bwana** · 07-10-2016, 04:57 PM

Saaaaaay! If you have a bigger lawn you could always go this route.

**petegz28** · 07-11-2016, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by NJChiefsFan

Have you decided to go against mulching for a reason? Apologies for being the one to pull this one back on topic.

I am not going to stop mulching. But I don't want to mulch every time I mow. In fact I am looking to mulch less than I bag.

**petegz28** · 07-11-2016, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ChiTown

I bought a Snapper 21" HiVac several years ago. I love it. Great machine and I am a freak about bagging the lawn clippings. Best on the market, IMO

does it do a good job of standing up the grass to get cut? One thing I don't like about my Honda is when the grass gets longer and folds down from where people have stepped on it, the Honda does a lack luster job of pulling the grass up to get cut. I usually have to use my foot to get the grass to stand up some then mow over that spot.

Also the Honda does a rather average job on sucking up the leaves.

**ChiTown** · 07-11-2016, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by petegz28

does it do a good job of standing up the grass to get cut? One thing I don't like about my Honda is when the grass gets longer and folds down from where people have stepped on it, the Honda does a lack luster job of pulling the grass up to get cut. I usually have to use my foot to get the grass to stand up some then mow over that spot.

Also the Honda does a rather average job on sucking up the leaves.

I've never had any issues with that.

No push mower is flawless with sucking up piles of leaves in the Fall, but it does a decent job of sucking up random leaves throughout the year

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