13 of the best lawn mowers in 2026, as tested and rated by our reviews experts

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Your lawn mower – it's the ONE purchase that pretty much everyone with a garden needs to make. But buying the wrong one for your needs can be a big, expensive mistake. Not only is there a bewildering set of categories, from ultra-modern self-propelled cordless lawn mowers to basic hand-push mowers, there are also loads of different features on offer within each category – some of which you'll find essential, and some of which you'll find get in the way of getting the mowing done on a Saturday morning. Other big things to consider are the cutting width, the range of cutting heights, how it folds down, and the overall weight, which is massively important if yours will be lifted in and out of a shed.

So that's why my colleagues and I – and especially my predecessor on the BBC Gardeners' World Magazine reviews desk, Kay Maguire – have created this one, huge central page of the best lawn mowers available to buy right now. It contains the top picks of our award-winning Best Buy mowers from our lawn mower test categories, including the best cordless mowers, the best electric, the best robotic mowers and the best hand-push mowers, all tested by our experts.

From 2026, you’ll only see newly awarded Best Buy badges on lawn mowers that score 4.5 out of 5 or higher. Anything rated 3.5 or above will still feature in our ‘Best of the rest’ lists.

Oliver Parsons, GardenersWorld.com

Our best mowers to buy at a glance:

Our 3 top-rated cordless mowers

• 4.9/5 stars: Our best lightweight cordless mower – Husqvarna Aspire LC34 P4A £349
• 4.8/5 stars: Our best budget cordless mower for larger gardens – Webb Eco WEV20X2LM43B4X 40V cordless mower £279.99
• 4.8/5 stars: Our best self-propelled cordless mower under £500 – Worx Nitro WG749E 40V 46cm £449.99

Other recommended cordless mowers

• 4.5/5 stars: Our best budget cordless mower for small gardens – Greenworks GDG24LM33 £199.99
• 4.5/5 stars: Our best user-friendly self-propelled cordless mower – Ego LM1702E-SP 42cm self-propelled mower (kit) £619
• 4.5/5 stars: Our best self-propelled cordless mower for stripes – Stihl RMA 448 RV rear roller £829

Our 2 top-rated corded electric mowers

• 4.8/5 stars: Our best budget electric mower for small gardens, under £100 – Webb WEER33 £119.99
• 4.5/5 stars: Our best electric mower for large gardens – Mountfield Electress 38 £129

Our 2 top-rated hand-push mowers

• 4.8/5 stars: Our best budget hand-push mower – Webb 30cm Autoset sidewheel £99.99
• 4.5/5 stars: Our best hand-push mower all round – Gardena Comfort Hand Cylinder 400C £174.99

Our 3 top-rated robot mowers

• 5 stars: Our best robot mower for hills – Mammotion Luba Mini AWD £999
• 4.8/5 stars: Our best robot mower for wire-free mowing – Segway Navimow i105E £749
• 4.8/5 stars: Our best robot mower for performance – Stihl iMOW 5 £1,729

Jump to:

• Best cordless lawn mowers
• Best electric corded lawn mowers
• Best hand push lawn mowers
• Best robotic lawn mowers

Best cordless mowers

TOP-RATED: Husqvarna Aspire LC34-P4A

Our best lightweight cordless mower

RRP: £349

Our rating: 4.9 out of 5

Available from: Husqvarna (£349)

Reasons to buy:

• Quiet
• Cuts long grass with ease
• Battery level visible while mowing
• Small and compact for easy storage

Reasons to avoid:

• Only four cutting heights
• 95 minutes charge time

This lightweight 34cm mower is part of the new Husqvarna Aspire cordless range, which includes a hedge trimmer, pruner and leaf blower, and it's powered by an 18V POWER FOR ALL ALLIANCE battery and charger. It's useful that these are interchangeable with tools in other leading brands such as Flymo, Gardena and Bosch, so if you also invest in tools in these ranges, you’ll only need to buy the bare tool and won’t have different batteries and chargers taking up space in the shed. Also, the two-year warranty on this mower is a good sign that the investment will last.

I found this mower great for small gardens for several reasons: the mower comes ready to go; there’s no assembly needed or handles to attach, and it folds down to a compact size when you’re finished, with a telescopic handle that folds completely flat over the body of the mower. It can then be stood up against a wall or hung up, and it even comes with a handy hook.

The 30-litre grass bag also flattens down to take up very little room and can be hung on the mower. I liked the fact that the Aspire is so light, with a carry handle so that lifting it up steps or into other areas is easy, and it has an adjustable handle to suit different heights.

It’s comfortable and easy to manoeuvre around the garden and has just four cutting heights to choose from, ranging from 25-65mm, and they were easy to change with a single lever on the body of the mower. It cuts grass quietly and smoothly and has an automatic boost that increases blade speed when you’re mowing in tougher, longer areas, which works well. You can hear it kick in when you push the mower into longer grass, and unlike other cordless mowers that can cut out, it just carries on cutting the grass.

I also really liked being able to see the battery charge level while mowing, so I could gauge how much power there was left, and when the battery needed charging. Kay Maguire

RRP: £349
Cutting width: 34cm
Weight: 11.8kg
Type: push cordless
Charge time: 95 mins
Run time/Mow area: 500 sq. metres
Cutting height range: 25-65mm
Grass box: 30 litres

• Buy the Husqvarna Aspire LC34P4A from Husqvarna (£349)

Webb Eco WEV20X2LM43B4X 40V cordless mower

Our best budget cordless mower for large gardens

RRP: £279.99

Our rating: 4.8/5

Available from: Amazon (£297), Marshalls (£279.99) and Wickes (£280)

Reasons to buy:

• Quiet, comfortable and smooth to handle
• Long run time
• Great for storage
• Spare parts available

Reasons to avoid:

• Battery level not visible when mowing
• No safety plug

This mower just needs the handle attached, and the 50-litre fabric grass bag has already been assembled, so I found it easy to put together. There’s a choice of three handle heights, and it double-folds snugly over the mower, so it takes up very little space in storage.

The two 20V 4Ah batteries have a charge indicator on the end, and although I couldn't find a way to see it while the mower’s in use, the approximately 60-minute runtime means there’s time to finish cutting most small to medium lawns. The handle is padded for comfort, and I found this mower smooth and easy to push, even over longer, bumpier grass.

It cut very well in our test and the six heights of cut, from 25-75mm are easy to adjust with a single lever. At 96dB, the mower is reasonably quiet. It also feels durable and sturdy, with spare parts readily available from Webb, and it comes with a three-year warranty. Kay Maguire

RRP: £279.99
Cutting width: 43cm
Weight: 16.1kg
Type: push cordless
Charge time: 100 mins
Run time/Mow area: 60 mins
Cutting height range: 25-75mm
Grass box: 50 litres

• Buy the Webb Eco WEV20X2LM43B4X 40V cordless mower from Amazon (£297), Marshalls (£279.99) and Wickes (£280)

Worx Nitro WG749E 40V 46cm

Our best self-propelled cordless mower under £500

RRP: £449.99

Our rating: 4.8 out of 5

Available from: Amazon and Donaghy Bros

Reasons to buy:

• Battery power is visible when you mow
• Cutting power adjusts to grass length

Reasons to avoid:

• The collection bag is fiddly to assemble
• Heavy

This easy-to-use mower needs no assembly and has a quick-release, collapsible handle, so it’s very simple to store, even in a packed shed. One thing that really helped when I was testing this machine is that it stands up vertically, with the handle folded over and the front wheels in the air – that meant it only took up about a third of the usual floor space in storage.

The Nitro requires two 20V 4Ah PowerShare batteries, which give a 40-minute run time, and it was a relief that the battery power level is clearly visible while you mow – it's such an important thing when you're tackling a large area of grass. The batteries and the charger are also interchangeable with all other Worx PowerShare tools.

It offers seven cutting heights, 20-80mm, which are easy to adjust with a simple lever. It also has a cutting width of 46cm, making it ideal for medium-sized lawns.

I liked the mower's simple speed control, plus it adjusts its cutting power according to grass length and conditions, which helps save on battery. It has a safety key and a 55-litre collection bag, so there's plenty of room for the cuttings, but there's also a mulching option, so you can choose to let the cuttings fall back on the lawn to feed the grass rather than worry about emptying the bag.

Considering the wealth of features this mower offers, this is a great-value option. It also has a three-year warranty, plus two more years if registered. Kay Maguire

RRP: £449.99
Cutting width: 46cm
Weight: 28.7kg
Type: self-propelled cordless
Charge time: 120 mins
Run time/Mow area: 40 mins
Cutting height range: 20-80mm
Grass box: 55 litres

• Buy the Worx Nitro WG749 from Amazon and Donaghy Bros

Greenworks GDG24LM33

Our best budget cordless mower for small gardens

RRP: £199.99 (with 2Ah battery)

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

Available from: Amazon (£106.23) and Tooled Up (£119.95)

Reasons to buy:

• Easy to assemble and use
• Comfortable padded handle
• Choice of mulching or collecting clippings
• Battery interchangeable with Greenworks 24V family

Reasons to avoid:

• Short handle for taller users
• Struggles with longer grass

I found this sturdy, great-value cordless mower easy to put together, well thought out, and simple to use – superbly suited to small gardens. Thanks to a padded handle, it's comfortable to push, although this could feel a little short for taller people, and it's light and easy to manoeuvre around trees and lawn edges.

There are five cutting heights to choose from, adjusted with the simple lift of a lever, and you can collect clippings in the 30-litre fabric grass bag or insert the mulching plug and leave them on the lawn to break down and feed the grass.

It mowed well, helped in part by the specification of a long-lasting brushless motor, but it didn't like mowing very long grass. The battery cut out on me occasionally, but the decent runtime of 46 minutes made up for that a bit, and it charged in just two hours.

Plus, as part of the Greenworks 24V family, both the battery and charger are interchangeable with all the other tools in the range, saving you money if you invest in more Greenworks tools in the future. Kay Maguire

RRP: £199.99
Cutting width: 33cm
Weight: 9.5kg
Type: push cordless
Charge time: 120 mins
Run time/Mow area: 280 sq. metres
Cutting height range: 25-70mm
Grass box: 30 litres

• Buy the Greenworks-GDG24LM33 from Amazon (£106.23) and Tooled Up (£119.95)

Ego LM1702E-SP 42cm self-propelled mower (kit)

Our best user-friendly self-propelled cordless mower

RRP: £619

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

Available from: Just Lawnmowers (£559) and Mowers Online (£559)

Reasons to buy:

• A big range of cutting heights, all adjustable with a single lever
• The folding handle makes it easy to get out and put away

Reasons to avoid:

• No mulching option
• Only available as a kit

This well-thought-through mower requires no assembly out of the box, so I was able to get mowing almost as soon as it arrived. It has a quick-release, telescopic handle, which offers a bespoke handle height and also makes it very easy to fold down and store.

Once folded, it can also be stood up vertically, so it took up even less space in my storage area. It offers a wide choice of cutting heights, 20-80mm, and the wider-than-average 42cm cutting width makes it ideal for mid-sized gardens. It runs on a 56V battery, which can mow 300 sq. metres on a single charge, and is compatible with other Ego Power+ tools. The battery level is also clearly visible whilst you mow.

There's a handy safety key that can be stored away from the mower to ensure only the user can operate it. It's easy to operate and handle, with easy speed control, a 55-litre grass bag, and even headlights. It comes with a five-year warranty. Kay Maguire

RRP: £619
Cutting width: 42cm
Weight: 24kg
Type: self-propelled cordless
Run time/Mow area: 30 mins
Cutting height range: 25-80mm
Grass box: 55 litres

• Buy the Ego LM1702E-SP from Just Lawnmowers (£559) and Mowers Online (£559)

Stihl RMA 448 RV rear roller cordless mower

Our best self-propelled cordless lawn mower for stripes

RRP: £829

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

Available from: Just Lawnmowers (£759) and Lakeland Power Tools (£797.99)

Reasons to buy:

• Energy-saving mode increases run time
• Rear roller for stripes
• Easy to switch to mulching
• Low cutting height for a neat finish

Reasons to avoid:

• Large, fiddly plastic grass box
• No safety key

This distinctive mower is ready to use straight out of the box; only the grass box needs assembly, and this was pretty tricky. The unusual one-sided mono handle makes it easy to access the grass box, which makes a big difference when you are tackling a large lawn and emptying the clippings often.

The handle also adjusts in height very easily, and it can be folded flat over the mower, making it easier to store. When I folded the mower up, I was able to stand it vertically with its front wheels in the air, so it saved a lot of space – always a good feature.

It lacks a safety key but has other good features, including speed control and a mulching option that's as simple as a flick of a switch. It has a cutting width of 46cm and offers a wide range of five cutting heights, from 15-60mm, so you can get a neat, tight clip. This is particularly useful as this mower also has a rear roller to create beautiful stripes on the lawn.

It requires a 36V 5Ah battery, which gives you enough power to mow a lawn up to 340 sq. metres on a single charge, plus there's space for a spare battery, if you have one. It's also compatible with all Stihl AK cordless tools, saving you money if you invest in the future. It comes with a two-year warranty. Kay Maguire

RRP: £829
Cutting width: 46cm
Weight: 30kg
Type: self-propelled cordless
Run time/Mow area: 340 sq. metres
Cutting height range: 15-60mm
Grass box: 52 litres

• Buy the Stihl RMA 448 RV rear roller cordless mower from Just Lawnmowers

Best electric corded mowers

TOP-RATED: Webb Weer33 electric lawn mower

Our best budget electric mower for small gardens, under £100

RRP: £99.99

Our rating: 4.8/5

Available from: Amazon (£94.48), Robert Dyas (£99.99) and Tool Station (£94.48)

Reasons to buy:

• Comfortable, light & easy to use
• Five cutting heights & easy to adjust
• Cuts efficiently & to the edge

Reasons to avoid:

• Black cable hard to see

I was impressed by the superb design of this mower. It’s extremely easy to assemble and folds for storage with a comfortable foam handle that can be adjusted to various heights. There are five cutting heights to choose from, and a single lever enables easy adjustment. The grass collection bag has a generous capacity of 35 litres, and the full indicator lets you know when it needs emptying. The mower is relatively quiet, and it cut well, right up to the edges of my lawn. It’s also lightweight and comfortable to manoeuvre.

My only quibble is the black mower cable, which could be a brighter colour so it'd be easier to see. For just £99.99, this is a great value mower. Kay Maguire

RRP: £99.99
Cutting width: 33cm
Weight: 8.8kg
Noise: 89dB
Type: corded electric
Cable length: 10m
Cutting height range: 25-65mm
Grass box: 35 litres

Read the full Webb Weer 33 review

• Buy the Webb Weer 33 from Amazon (£94.48), Robert Dyas (£99.99) and Tool Station (£94.48)

Mountfield Electress 38

Our best electric mower for large gardens

RRP: £159

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

Available from: Amazon (£159)

Reasons to buy:

• Long cable
• Good choice of cutting heights
• Choice of handle heights
• Wide cutting width

Reasons to avoid:

• No cable safety clip

This sturdy electric mower felt really robust out in use on the lawn, and I liked its relatively wide cutting width of 38cm, which made for fewer passes up and down the lawn. I found it simple to put together, with three handle heights to suit different users, and it has a useful six heights of cut, from 25-75mm, which are easy to change with a single lever. It manoeuvred well around the lawn despite its weight, and was pleasingly simple to use, producing a neat cut. It comes with a large grass collection box of 40 litres too, so you're not constantly emptying clippings on the compost heap.

When you've finished mowing, it's easy to store, with a handle that folds flat over the body of the mower, so it takes up very little room, and a detachable cable that can be hung up or stored in a drawer. It has such a long 15m cable that I was able to pack my extension lead away completely. Only its black colour and lack of cable safety clip let it down. Kay Maguire

RRP: £159
Cutting width: 38cm
Weight: 11kg
Noise: 95dB
Type: corded electric
Cable length: 15m
Cutting height range: 25-75mm
Grass box: 40 litres

• Buy the Mountfield Electress 38 from Amazon (£159)

Best hand-push mowers

TOP-RATED: Webb 30cm Autoset sidewheel

Our budget push mower

RRP: £89.99

Our rating: 4.8 out of 5

Available from: Amazon (£88.99) and Robert Dyas (£89.99)

Reasons to buy:

• Comfortable to push and hold
• Cuts all grass smoothly and tightly
• Front-loading grass bag catches clippings well
• Quiet

Reasons to avoid:

• Narrow cutting width

I found this simple hand push mower easy to put together and use, thanks to rubber grip handles, even when pushing over longer grass. It has six-cylinder blades with four cutting heights that are easy to change. The mower cuts from 40mm right down to 10mm, so it gave me a precise, neat clip, but it also cut longer grass well. It's quiet, copes with even bumpy ground easily, and the 17-litre front collector was the best at collecting clippings in our test. Kay Maguire

RRP: £89.99
Cutting width: 3ocm
Weight: 9.1kg
Type: push mower
Cutting height range: 10-40mm
Grass box: 17 litres

• Buy Webb 30cm Autoset sidewheel push mower from Amazon (£88.99) and Robert Dyas (£89.99)

Gardena Comfort Hand Cylinder 400C

Our best push mower all round

RRP: £174.99

Our rating: 4.5 out of 5

Available from: Amazon (£164.99) and Tooled Up (£140.99)

Reasons to buy:

• Very easy height-of-cut adjuster
• Large grass collector that catches clippings well
• Feels sturdy and well designed
• Cuts well

Reasons to avoid:

• Heavy
• The grass collector is sold separately

While there is more to assemble with the Gardena push mower, I found the instructions for putting it together clear to understand. The shaped handle was comfortable to use and folds down simply for easy storage. I was impressed with the four easy-to-adjust cutting heights displayed on a clearly visible scale. The grass collector has a 49-litre capacity but is sold separately. This mower is guaranteed for two years. Kay Maguire

Read the full Gardena push mower review

• Buy the Gardena Comfort Hand Cylinder 400C from Amazon (£169.99) and Tooled Up (£140.99)

Best robotic mowers

TOP-RATED: Mammotion Luba Mini AWD 800

Our best robot mower for hills

RRP: £1,499 (now £999)

Our rating: 5 out of 5

Available from: Amazon (£999) and Mammotion (£999)

Reasons to buy:

• Reliable and intelligent navigation
• Robust build quality and six cutting blades
• Powerful app with a huge range of features
• Whisper-quiet at less than 60dB

Reasons to avoid:

• Need to be smartphone-savvy to get the most out of the mower
• Requires a GPS antenna with plenty of open sky
• The tiny safety key is easy to lose

I'd say this mower is quite an astonishing achievement, blending rugged all-wheel drive capability with a powerful app and tons of useful features. Decked out in all white, it looks rather like an off-road F1 car. Setup is as easy as possible, with a detailed paper guide and app support. You just need to attach some components and plant the antennae in the ground. Impressively, it doesn’t need to be close to the charging base. The mower even keeps in touch via WiFi, Bluetooth, and 4G connectivity.

Set up and ease of use: Determining the lawn shapes involved driving the mower around with my phone like a remote-control car. You can demonstrate your no-go areas and channels between up to 20 lawns, and that’s about all you have to do. The Luba Mini AWD takes care of the rest. It can even use AI to map out your garden all on its own, but that takes longer.

Mower statistics: The Luba Mini AWD can tackle lawns up to 800 sq. metres and mow up to 250 sq. metres per charge. Plus, it does it in neat, straight lines and performs a thorough perimeter cut. It makes neat three-point turns at the end of a pass to protect the grass. Another feature, and one that seems to have been missed on other mowers, is “manual mowing mode”. When you’re within Bluetooth range, you can drive the mower with your phone to tackle any awkward tufts of grass or missed spots. You can change mowing heights on the go from 20-65mm. The mower also acts as a mobile security camera, with a live video feed, and if you're feeling playful, you can even draw pictures in the grass.

Top features: I think the best thing about this mower is that it can go just about anywhere. It has four powered wheels rather than the standard two that you get on most robot mowers, so it's a solid choice if you have an uneven garden. It can climb steep slopes of up to 38.6° and turn on its own axis thanks to clever front “omni” wheels. I was incredibly impressed by this mower's power and capability, as well as its ability to cut long grass when needed.

The only downside of a feature-rich mower like this is that you've got to be confident with the app to get the most out of it. If you want something that is “set and forget”, you might find the Luba Mini AWD challenging. It comes with a three-year warranty. Harry Duncton

RRP: £1,499 (now £999)
Type: robot mower
Guidance system: GPS & camera (plus AI mapping)
Lawn area up to: 800 sq. metres
Slopes up to: 38.6°
Cutting height range: 20-65mm

• Buy the Luba Mini AWD from Amazon (£999) and Mammotion (£999)

Stihl iMOW 5

Our best robot mower with perimeter wire

RRP: £1,729

Our rating: 4.8 out of 5

Available from: STIHL-approved dealers

Reasons to buy:

• Easy to set up on the app
• Wide range of cutting heights and cuts longer grass well
• Quiet
• Rain sensor, anti-stuck and 22° slope capacity
• Long warranty

Reasons to avoid:

• Need to be tech/app savvy
• No mobile connectivity for the price
• Installation kit sold separately

The iMow is the smallest in a new range of six robot mowers from Stihl that cover three sizes of larger garden. Together with the iMow 5, 6, and 7, there's also the iMow EVO range, which covers the same size lawns with the same features but also has mobile connectivity. When you purchase an iMow, you can choose to have it installed by a Stihl-approved dealer or install it yourself and purchase an additional installation kit.

Set up and ease of use: To cut down on waste, different-sized installation kits are available, and you can also buy bio pins, made from 100 per cent biodegradable material that gradually break down in the soil. Like many robot mowers, the iMow requires a boundary wire around the perimeter of the lawn and a guide wire through the middle of the lawn to help it find its way back to the docking station. The mower comes with a clear instruction booklet, plus I found helpful guides on the Stihl website, and laying the wires in our 1,250 sq. metre test garden took 3-4 hours. Once the wires are laid, I'd say it's easy to programme the mower via the My iMow app, as long as you’re comfortable with this kind of tech.

Mower statistics: Like many other robot mowers I've tested, the iMow has three free-swinging blades, and it cuts very well. The lawn was quite long before it was installed but with an impressively wide cutting height range of 20-60mm it didn’t struggle, and after a few days the whole lawn looked good with no tufts of uncut grass. Unlike the Husqvarna Automower, once you’ve laid the boundary wire, you can’t completely alter mowing zones. It cuts close to the edge, and if it comes across an obstacle, it gently bumps into it and then turns away.

Top features: The iMow also has a useful feature that helps it manoeuvre if it gets stuck, and it can cope with slopes of 22°. It also has an anti-theft alarm and a rain sensor feature, which you can adjust to interrupt or not start mowing if it’s raining. You can choose what degree of rain you want it to mow in, and when the sensor on the top of the mower dries, it automatically begins mowing. Not only that, it comes with a five-year warranty, and a host of accessories are available, including spare wire, pins and clips, and upgrade wheels for the EVO range to enable them to cut slopes of up to 31°. For the size of lawn it cuts, it's a reasonably priced mower that’s packed with excellent features and cuts very well. Harry Duncton

RRP: £1,729
Type: robot mower
Guidance system: boundary & guide wires
Lawn area up to: 500 sq. metres
Slopes up to: 22°/31°
Cutting height range: 20-60mm

• Buy the Stihl iMOW 5 robot mower from STIHL-approved dealers

Segway Navimow i105E

Our best robot mower without perimeter wire

RRP: £749

Our rating: 4.8 out of 5

Available from: Mowers Online (£749)

Reasons to buy:

• Almost silent when cutting
• More than enough cable to position the GPS antenna
• App offers live help and features
• Cuts in straight lines, so fewer tufts are left behind

Reasons to avoid:

• The default light settings are far too bright
• Need to find a place for a large GPS antenna in your garden
• Makes a lot of unnecessary beeping noises until you turn them off

The latest addition to Navimow’s fleet of robot lawn mowers has built on the success of the previous H series. It's pleasing that they’ve listened to criticism and tweaked this new mower to work better in the garden with easy setup and impressive features.

Top features: Not only is the GPS that helps guide it around the garden (the Exact Fusion Location System) the upgraded 2.0 version, but its camera technology can detect and avoid all sorts of obstacles in the garden. It’s a simple addition, but you now get 20m of antenna and power cable, which I found made placement of the GPS receiver so much simpler, and all without the need to buy extra wires. The app also helped me find the ideal place to position both the GPS antenna and the charging station in my garden. They’ve kept my favourite features too, like the brilliant app that lets you drive the mower around like a remote-control car to define the shape of your lawn.

You can watch the mower work in real time, and it lets you know immediately if there are any problems. The mower also checks the weather via the internet and adjusts the mowing program accordingly. The i105E model can happily cut moderate-sized gardens up to 500 sq. metres and, thanks to the large orange wheels with an aggressive tread pattern, it can cope with slopes up to 17°. I'd say the cut quality is just as good as the previous mower, but it now comes with a class-leading 20-60mm cut depth range. It still cuts the lawn in precise straight lines, which helps avoid untouched tufts of grass. Harry Duncton

RRP: £749
Type: robot mower
Guidance system: GPS & camera
Lawn area up to: 500 sq. metres
Slopes up to: 17°
Cutting height range: 20-60mm

• Buy the Segway Navimow i105E from Mowers Online (£749)

Mower types explained

Struggling to work out what type of mower you need? Here's our guide to the four main types on offer.

• Battery-powered cordless lawn mowers are the newest type and are the most lightweight and manoeuvrable. However, you need to remember to keep the battery charged, and although prices are coming down, they can be more expensive than corded mowers. Self-propelled models are ideal if you have a larger or sloping garden and want to remove the strain from mowing, while push-type cordless mowers are more lightweight, but will need you to do all the work in terms of moving it about. Check out our pick of the best cordless mowers
• Corded electric mowers are generally in the mid-price range and are relatively light and quiet. You'll need a charging point and possibly an extension cord, and the electric cable can get in the way. Take a look at our pick of the best electric lawn mowers
• Hand-push mowers are cheap and manually powered, so they're the most eco-friendly mowers you can buy. However, they can be hard work for the user, particularly if strength and mobility are an issue. Read our round-up of the best hand-push mowers
• Robotic mowers automatically mow your lawn. Set to a regular mowing schedule, a robot mower constantly clips the lawn, saving you the job and keeping it neat and tidy. However, they are the most expensive type of mower on the market – even budget options will set you back about £500. Learn more with our tests of the best robotic mowers

Powerful petrol lawn mowers are also available, but they tend to be loud and heavy and are less environmentally friendly. They also need an annual maintenance check-up and a supply of petrol and oil.

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As trained gardeners and seasoned users of all sorts of garden tools, Kay Maguire, myself, and the rest of the team at BBC Gardeners' World Magazine have reviewed literally shedloads of lawn mowers over the years, using our trusted testing matrix to make sure we're giving balanced, fair judgements.

We test lawn mowers in varied, real-world conditions, cutting the sort of grass most of us actually have in our gardens. Because we're real-world gardeners with lots of experience, we know what to look out for and the sorts of things that will make all the difference once you're using a mower week in and week out.

We give each mower an at-a-glance list of pros and cons for clarity, and a rating out of five. We also don't share product reviews with manufacturers or retailers before they're published, and we don't accept payment in exchange for positive reviews, either.

Oliver Parsons, gardenersworld.com

How we test the best lawn mowers

When we test lawn mowers, we follow the whole process from start to finish without any shortcuts. We unpack the mower from the box, put it together following the instructions (sometimes these are clear as mud, sometimes not!), and then get started, cutting grass over a wide area.

We mow over rough grass, smoother grass, slopes and bumps – whatever is in our way – just as you would with your own mower. And after that, we also take notes on how easy the mower is to fold down and put away, because if a mower is annoying in that regard, you'll always hate using it.

Then, we score each model against these four criteria, with equal marks attributed to each one:

• Set-up and storage. We assess how easy the mower was to put together and fold up or store afterwards
• Handling. We also judge the mower for how comfortable it is to use and how easy it is to control. Handle-height adjustment, cut-height adjustment, overall weight, noise levels and (with cordless models) run time on one charge all make a big difference here
• Mowing. Also important, we look at the cutting width and the range of cutting heights that can be selected. The capacity of the grass box, AKA collection bag, also makes a big difference here, and can save you from making constant trips over to the compost heap. We also look out for neat extra features such as cutting to the edge, or mulching modes
• Value for money. Tricky but super-important: how well does the mower weigh up when you balance the quality, features, warranty and overall package of benefits against the price? For example, the Worx WG779E was awarded Best Buy for the range of features it offered at its low price point

For more on our testing process across all the different gardening product categories, see How we review

Meet our testing panel

Oliver Parsons, Strategic Projects Editor
Oliver is a gardener and magazine journalist of 20 years’ experience. He trained as a professional horticulturalist at RHS Garden Hyde Hall in Chelmsford and has also worked for Gardening Which?, as a freelance gardener and with the gardening team at Down House in Kent. He is now Strategic Projects Editor at BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and GardenersWorld.com, heading up our reviews desk, Apple News output and weekly newsletter.

Kay Maguire, Magazines Editor
Kay trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has been writing and making films about gardening ever since. She has written for websites and magazines, including The Garden and Amateur Gardening, was Horticultural Editor on BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine for five years, and has also written several books on a range of gardening topics from growing house plants to making the most of a small space. After several years as Reviews Editor, building up our reviews section into a leading resource for UK gardeners, she has now become Magazines Editor for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, responsible for all print output.

Harry Duncton, freelance powered tools tester
Harry has a wealth of experience, from being a language teacher to a tree surgeon, and has built this into a career writing about all things DIY and gardening. A passionate believer in self-reliance, his aim is to inspire others to give it a go themselves and not worry about making a few mistakes along the way. A regular contributor to popular DIY blogs and a recent addition to the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine team, he loves tracking down the best new tools and writing about them.

Sue Fisher, freelance garden writer
Sue’s extensive horticultural career spans over 40 years, starting with a decade in the garden centre and nursery industry before developing into an accomplished gardening writer, designer and speaker. Sue writes regularly for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, GardenersWorld.com, and Garden Answers magazine. She has written 10 books on subjects including container gardening, plants for small gardens and designing with colour, and she has co-authored other books with some of the biggest names in gardening.

Emma Crawforth, Horticulture Editor
Emma holds the Kew Diploma in Horticulture and has been working in horticulture for 18 years, including roles in public gardens, a plant nursery supplying plants for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and a training college for young horticulturists. She looks after an ornamental, fruit and veg garden at home and regularly undertakes trips to see plants growing in their natural habitats. She is the author of the Kew Publications book, Things to Do with Plants.

This review was last updated in February 2026. We apologise if anything has changed in price or availability.