**15-Inch Push Reel Lawn Mower with Adjustable Cutting Height & Grass Catcher - 5 Steel Blades for Easy, Eco-Friendly Lawn Care - Perfect for Small to Medium Yards & Eco-Conscious Homeowners**

I was pleasantly surprised by this lawn mower's power. We had a typical sized backyard that had a huge forest of different types of grass, goat heads (idk the plant name), up to two and a half feet tall in many places huge weeds with stalks about half an inch to an inch thick in some places.We set it to the tallest setting, and were able to mow down the whole yard within a few hours. Keep in mind, this mower is narrow, but that I think helped with getting the tougher patches, keep in mind we also gave the motor time to rest/cool off every so often because I was concerned with it overheating due to the sheer volume of plants (I reside in the South West US so it's extremely hot) and did not want to run it for a long time in one shot.At one point the machine jammed, we immediately stopped pushing the throttle as I did not want to burn out the motor. I flipped it over and was easily able to use scissors to cut the long plants that tied up the blade from spinning. It was like hair getting caught in the spinner brush in a vacuum. After that, we went right back to mowing like it didn't happen.The basket is fully plastic, and although it is small, we noticed that it also somewhat compacted the clippings the more we mowed which was nice when disposing them. We just kept a garbage bag near where we were mowing to quickly empty it. The grass did not fly everywhere when we disposed of the clippings.If you're looking for a budget mower that is powerful enough to mow tall weeds and grass look no further. If you're looking for a mower that gets the job done quickly, you'll want to get a larger mower. This one is perfect for us as we have a weed whacker which I use to get right next to the perimeter of the yard or the thick stems the mower didn't touch.Weed whacking the perimeter and mowing the entire yard with about 3 fifteen minute breaks, 2 people, we finished the yard in about 2.5-3 hours.Be mindful of when you are using it, let it take periodic breaks for the motor to cool if you're using it for bigger jobs. That's the only thing we could think of before we started using it to try and take care of it as we used it, I want this thing to last as long as possible. I purchased the insurance. We put the plastic basket in the shed and covered the mower itself with a tarp to protect it from dust or sun rot since we couldn't fit it in our storage space.I'm extremely satisfied with our purchase.