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Originally Posted by genebaby
No stress, thanks for the advice. Not overly interested in electric, I just have an Ego snipper and pruner.
I haven't looked too far into Victa again as they are the only company not listing the catcher size, that I can see.
I'll have to make an enquiry. The commercial one looks ok.
The 190cc is my minimum and with more power via the adjustment is even better.
The Honda I was looking at was the HTX series, just didn't care for the self propelled feature, would like to avoid it.
A 21" deck would be nice but 19" is not so bad.
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EGO have the best batteries on the market, their blowers are brilliant.
For Honda, the only ones I would recommend would be the HRU19 (GCV170) and the HRU196 (GXV160). These are full chute 19-inch cuts.
https://powerequipment.honda.com.au/...n/mowers/hru19
https://powerequipment.honda.com.au/.../mowers/hru196
I would avoid the HRX217, these have a plastic deck, bar blade, half chute and individual height adjustment on each wheel. These are American-focused machines.
https://powerequipment.honda.com.au/.../mowers/hrx217
I know a lot of contractors use them, but I don't like the HR216 either. Again, half chute.
https://powerequipment.honda.com.au/.../mowers/hru216
If you want to go to a bigger cut, have a look at the 21-inch Bushranger and Victa Commercial 21. Both expensive, but would last you a lifetime. I run the Bushranger with the GXV160 as my main mower at the moment.
The Victa has a single speed belt drive -
https://www.victa.com/au/en_au/produ...850-ic-sp.html
The Bushranger has a 3-speed shaft drive. Go the Honda GXV160 rather than Loncin -
https://bushrangerpe.com.au/browse-p...er-pu53ah6imsp