- Average Rating:
- Manufacturer: Flymo
- Model: Hover Vac
- Suitable For: < 15ft Lawns
- Type: Electric
- Design: Hover
- Weight: 6.5kg
- Grassbox Capacity: 15litres
- Cut Width: 28cm
- Power: 900watts
- Self Propelled: No
- Best Price: £59.95
The Flymo Hover Vac is one of the most compact and lightweight lawnmowers available from Flymo, weighing just 6.5kg it's easy to manoeuvre, lift and carry around the garden.
An efficient 900 watt electric motor makes the Flymo Hover Vac suitable for small, flat gardens. The plastic blade has the advantage of keeping the overall weight down, but doesn't cut grass as well as a metal alternative.
Grass collection is possible on the Hover Vac. As you would expect from Flymo, the rear mounted 15 litre grass box has been designed with practicallity in mind. It's easy to remove, empty and reattach.
In addition, the Flymo Hover Vac includes adjustable cutting heights, two are selectable, 1cm and 3.3cm, giving some control over the length of the finish.
A 10 metre cable length easily provides sufficient reach for most small gardens.
In summary, the Flymo Hover Vac is a low-range budget lawnmower, low power and great manoeuvrability makes it suitable for small sized lawns. If you've got a larger lawn, don't try to save money by investing in a Flymo Hover Vac, it simply wont be sufficient for your needs.
| Model | Weight (kg) | Capacity (ltr) | Width (cm) | Power (hp/w/v) | Cost (£) |
| Hover Compact 300 | 7.6 | 20 | 30 | 1400w | 68.40 |
| Hover Vac | 6.5 | 15 | 28 | 900w | 59.95 |
| Micro Lite | 4.5 | 0 | 28 | 1000w | 39.99 |
| Mow n Vac | 6.5 | 15 | 28 | 900w | 39.99 |
| Turbo 400 | 7.5 | 0 | 40 | 1500w | 72.86 |
| Turbo Compact 330 | 11.5 | 30 | 33 | 1500w | 59.95 |
| Turbo Lite 330 | 6.5 | 0 | 33 | 1150w | 54.99 |
| Turbo Lite 350 | 7.5 | 0 | 35 | 1400w | 54.99 |
| Vision Compact 330 | 11.7 | 30 | 33 | 1500w | 64.26 |
| Vision Compact 350 | 11.7 | 30 | 35 | 1550w | 84.99 |
| Vision Compact 380 | 13 | 40 | 38 | 1700w | 64.26 |
22 September 2011
I am with one star folk, a total waste of money. The folk at flymo should be ashamed of this excuse of a product and they should recall it and refund the folk who wasted good money on it.
By Malcolm Handford
28 August 2011
It works just fine if lawn has just been cut by a proper lawnmower, but don't wait more then 15 min.
By Hugh
16 June 2011
If I could rate this pile of ****zero stars I would! Atrocious, ineffective, cumbersome are some polite words to describe it! Just took the better part of 40 minutes to cut my 4x4m lawn. Would've been quicker I think cutting the grass with a pair of scissors!
It doesn't hover. The grass collection is ok, so long as you make NO attempt to pull the 'hover' mower back, else it simply digs in the grass. Wouldn't even pay £6 for it, let along £60!
I was going to attempt taking it back to B&Q, but upon reading the other comments, I might just leave it outside my house for some other unsuspecting idiot to take it away and cut my losses...
0/5. Avoid like the plague!
By Jason
13 May 2011
Wish i had read these reviews first. Absolutely terrible.
Got a 3x5 metre lawn. on highest setting it blows the grass flat. on the lowest setting, it rips the grass. Once i have reseeded where it has dug in , i will throw it away, This thing is nothing like the flymo compacts of old
By Steve
4 May 2011
Have had no problems. Have a small bumpy lawn and it cuts great, very light, easy to maneuver, easy to change height settings, can't complain and would definately buy again. Have had it over-heat once when tried to cut grass that was way too long - but to be fair most mowers wouldn't have coped with the length. Other than that, faultless.
By Leah
30 April 2011
left the lawn looking patchy and keeps cutting out. lawn currently half finished. por excuse for a mower.
By Nick E
14 April 2011
What a load of rubbish this mower is. Wish I'd seen all these reviews before I bought it. Does not cut well and plastic blades are crap and I might as well pick up the grass myself.
By Elizabeth
12 April 2011
How the hell they could make should a totaly useless mower begger's and unstanding of the words hover mower.
By Doug
9 April 2011
Nasty piece of junk. Dose not do what is says on the box. Best place for it is the recycing tip.
By John
6 April 2011
Avoid at all cost. Absolute RUBBISH.
By Michael
26 March 2011
Spectacularly useless piece of machinery.
How Flymo could release this to market is beyond me. On it's lowest setting it gets stuck on the slightest bump or incline and digs itself in. On the highest setting it blows the grass flat and does not cut it.
Atrocious.
By Al
9 August 2010
Agree, awful thing, no power, hard to handle, doesnt like cutting anything too long. Took ages to cut my lawn which is only 6m x 3m
Went back to the metal bladed Black and Decker with the awful motor whine I had replaced with it instead, cut the lawn in 5 mins
By Rich
8 August 2010
Absolutely awful. Blades fly out at the merest himt of anything remotely uneven and then it starts making a dreadful din !!! Will never buy another one again.
By Joe
8 July 2010
Doesn't mow well, doesn't vac well, heavy, then the motor burnt out. Heap of ****
By Tony
4 July 2010
Just bought one at a Boot Sale for £8.00.
as new.
It does what I expected it to do. Not brilliant but ok.
By Andy George
21 June 2010
I agree with the majority of the above reviews. This is the worst excuse for a mower I have ever come across.
I have two previous Flymo petrol mowers which do the job admirably. I purchased the Flymo Hovervac for my daughter as a gift for her small lawn, she told me that it didn't work very well and when I tried it I was shocked at the extremly poor performance of this item. It does not hover well and its cutting ability is dreadful. B&Q don't want to know, refering me to Flymo, I have written to Flymo twice and have had no response. Buyer beware!
By Blackgun
31 May 2010
Dreadful mower. Hard work to use, doesn't pick up well, doesn't cut well, Used mine twice- getting rid of it now
By John
12 May 2010
Perfectly fine for a small lawn. No need to rake grass up which is a big plus.
I did burn my first one out by mowing a lawn that was too big for it but that was my fault not the mowers.
Have now purchased my second and was happy to do so.
Warning - Do not confuse the Hover Vac with the Mow and Vac. The Mow and Vac is one handled and a nightmare to manouvre
By Lynne
15 April 2010
It isn't amazing but then it was the cheapest I could find with a grass collector. I have a really bumpy lawn so I used the longer grass setting and it worked perfectly. It did struggle with the longer grass, but I simply went back over it a few times.
No issues with the grass collector falling off. I did pull it backwards when it was switch off and the top came undone. If you have small flat garden, this hover vac is wonderful.
I have a bumpy 25 x 5 meter back garden and 5 x 5 meter front lawn and only emptied when I had finished. 8 out of 10
By Kevin
12 April 2010
Rubbish. Just doesn't cut well and tends to flatten the grass. I gave up on the first go and left it outside the house for someone else to pick up.
By Anonymous
16 February 2010
Complete rubbish. Waste of £50 for a small lawn mower. Better to buy a second hand mower for the price. Badly weighted so would dig in to the grass and leave a mark, blades are small and ineffective on short grass.
By Adrian
29 August 2009
Agree with the 'bad' reviews. Takes me half an hour to cut a 4m x 4m garden - its worse than hoovering the house!! Plastic blades are crap to say the least!
By Andrew
31 July 2009
MARTIN IS TALKING RUBBISH. Small mower for small lawns. If it doesnt work on long grass you should cut it more often. And it is adjustable. 10 out of 10
By Ant Hill
10 July 2009
I found it generally cut ok, but shock, after I had used it about six times the motor started to burn out. It suddenly changed sound and a stopped hovering. If only I'd read these reviews first :-(
By Bill
27 May 2009
Fully agree with earlier comments - This mower is very bad - Do not buy one waste of money!
By Scott
14 April 2009
Doesn't hover, doesn't cut, doesn't collect grass. Throws debris all over the place. Cannot manoeuvre. Gets stuck. Poor.
By Stephen
10 November 2008
Agree with Martin. A truly awful mower. It doesn`t cut or vac, just flattens the grass.
By Alec
26 September 2008
A horrible little mower, struggles on anything but short grass.
By Martin
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