12 amp Task Force 3 in 1 electric lawnmower

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12 amp Task Force 3 in 1 electric lawnmower

by Shannon
(Columbia, SC)

The 12 amp Task Force 3 in 1 electric lawnmower is a good buy. Costing less than $200, it is economical upfront and it uses no gasoline like other lawnmowers available.

The bag is effective and allows for easy removal and cleaning. The mower works well even with damp grass, and is quiet enough to use in early mornings or late evenings without disturbing your neighbors. The mower has the added benefit of being light and self propelled.

The worst issue with the Task Force electric lawnmower is the time spent working on not running over the electrical cord needed to power it.

When you reach to move the cord, often you release the handle and have to restart the lawnmower. While that is easy to do on the Task Force, it quickly becomes a nuisance to have to remedy each time you switch directions of the mower.

While most of the parts on the Task Force are durable, the cushioning around the handle quickly wears out or tears, with simple week by week use.

The wheels are large and easily adjusted, but it is difficult to find the proper setting that will allow the grass to be clipped closely without the bottom of the mower scrapping, or placing the setting too high to require additional mowing later, so the mower does not scrap the ground.

Overall, it is a good lawnmower for a small lawn in a residential area, especially for those looking for something without a large price tag.

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Nov 23, 2009
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Lasted 2 1/2 years
by: Richard, FL

The lawn mower, I bought in June 2007, recently died. The mower will not turn on. I used in for 2 1/2 years every other weekend and sometimes every weekend in the summer months. So it got about 70 -80 mows. I think it should have last longer but I remember it being fairly cheap. The plastic on switch broke early on but would still start with what was left of the switch. I had no other problems until now.

Sep 28, 2009
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Make just one more and send it to a museum for poor design.
by: Anonymous

I have "suffered" with mine for 2 years now. The bag falls off all the time the hooks are too short. The bottom of the bag is crap plastic that is way to thin and bulges up so half the bag is unusable, the shut out the back is to small and always blocks up even with short (1 inch) cuts of dry grass. I live in Northwest Indiana,cut our grass once a week and really perfer electric mowing; this being my third mower in 39-years. The leveling device might work on golf course greens, but I prefer to adjust each wheel for cutting at the edge of walks and driveway as my "Lawn Chief" used to do. The time and money spent designing the blade so no other blade could be used should of been spent on the wheels bag and chute, it would be a good mower if they did that and gotten my praise. On the praise note if you cut your grass twice a week 10 months a year (you need to cut twice a week with this mower or else the grass gets to tall to cut) and gas is over 3 dollars a gallon and you buy the task force on sale for 119.00 well it paid for itself and so I muttle through with it also. Design & Research ought to get on the stick as the present product sucks!

Sep 21, 2009
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Starter Broke
by: Anonymous

So does this mean you cannot fix the starter? Looked like plastic piece broke. I've only used mine 6 times; that stinks.

Sep 09, 2009
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task force = chinese "sunrise" crap!
by: joe

I have "suffered" with mine for 3 years now. The start handle broke the second time I used it. The bag falls off all the time the hooks are about half a centimeter to short. The bottom of the bag is crap plastic that is way to thin and bulges up so half the bag is unusable, the shut out the back is to small and always blocks up even with short (1 inch) cuts of dry grass. Do not attempt to use with wet grass, it just won't cut it. I live in south NM and usaully have to turn off the sprinkeliers for 2 days to dry the grass enough to cut; also, don't try to cut more than an inch of grass it will have trouble even if the grass is BONE dry. It could roll easier too, I am 6 foot 2 built like a line backer and my yard is only 4000 SQ FT of tall fiscue and pushing the task force with its cheap wheels gets tiresome at the end. Thwe blade is unreplacable with anything you can buy at the store "even lowes where I bought it" and when you call the number on the instructions lowes just ask you to call sunrise at 1-866-456-8934, took 22 min. to get a person; the lady was good just have the item number ready they can't help you with out it it seems. THe time and money spent designing the blade so no other vlade could be used should of been spent on the wheels bag and chute, it would be a good mower if they did that and gotten my praise. On the praise note if you cut your grass twice a week 10 months a year (you need to cut twicw a week with this mower or else the grass gets to tall to cut) and gas is over 3 dollars a gallon and you buy the task force on sale for 119.00 well it paid for itself and so I muttle through with it.

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Sep 09, 2009
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Submitted by: joe

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I have "suffered" with mine for 3 years now. The start handle broke the second time I used it. The bag falls off all the time the hooks are about half a centimeter to short. The bottom of the bag is crap plastic that is way to thin and bulges up so half the bag is unusable, the shut out the back is to small and always blocks up even with short (1 inch) cuts of dry grass. Do not attempt to use with wet grass, it just won't cut it. I live in south NM and usaully have to turn off the sprinkeliers for 2 days to dry the grass enough to cut; also, don't try to cut more than an inch of grass it will have trouble even if the grass is BONE dry. It could roll easier too, I am 6 foot 2 built like a line backer and my yard is only 4000 SQ FT of tall fiscue and pushing the task force with its cheap wheels gets tiresome at the end. Thwe blade is unreplacable with anything you can buy at the store "even lowes where I bought it" and when you call the number on the instructions lowes just ask you to call sunrise at 1-866-456-8934, took 22 min. to get a person; the lady was good just have the item number ready they can't help you with out it it seems. THe time and money spent designing the blade so no other vlade could be used should of been spent on the wheels bag and chute, it would be a good mower if they did that and gotten my praise. On the praise note if you cut your grass twice a week 10 months a year (you need to cut twicw a week with this mower or else the grass gets to tall to cut) and gas is over 3 dollars a gallon and you buy the task force on sale for 119.00 well it paid for itself and so I muttle through with it.

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Jun 11, 2009
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starter
by: Anonymous

We had ours for less than a year and the starter went out too! Would not purchas again!

Oct 20, 2008
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Starter breaks easily
by: Anonymous

I purchased the Taskforce electric lawn mower in june of 2008. I used it 8 times to mow an area that is approx. 75 feet by 50 feet. The starter went out during the last time that I was using it.
Up until then, I enjoyed using the mower. It is light weight, easy to stop and start, and easy to push.Luckily, it came with a 2 year warranty. I spent $189.00 plus tax on this mower, and I expected it to last longer then 8 mows.

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