American Lawn Mower Company 1ST-SP Reel Mower Grass Catcher










Amazon.com Product Description
The American Lawn Mower Company reel mower grass catcher prevents grass from being strewn across the lawn. For durability this grass catcher sports a plastic bottom, polyester rot-resistant fabric, and a heavy-duty wire frame. It features a galvanized steel bottom and adjustable attached hooks. The grass catcher conveniently folds down for easy storage. It fits with 14-, 16-, and 18-inch hand mowers.

Feature
  • Fits with 14-, 16-, and 18- hand mowers
  • Conveniently folds down for easy storage
  • Durable plastic bottom, polyester rot-resistant fabric, and a heavy-duty wire frame
  • Features galvanized steel bottom and adjustable attached hooks
  • Reel mower grass catcher prevents grass from being strewn across the lawn
CustomerReviews

Barely gets the job done
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any other universal grass catchers for manual mowers so I bought this one. I didn't expect much and so wasn't very dissatisfied. It's catches about 50% of the grass and is very flimsy. I use it to only catch the grass in my backyard (which is where my compost bin is located) so that I don't have to mess with it in my front yard.

Manufacturer: American Reel Push Lawn Mower/Catcher Combination
Purchased both:

American Lawn Mower 1414-16 16" Standard Push Reel Lawn Mower,

American Lawn Mower Company 1ST-SP Reel Mower Grass Catcher,

since they are listed as "Frequently Bought Together".



Mower works great, this grass catcher on this mower is useless. Limited points at which to attach chain hook to upright handle support causes either rear of bag to be "slightly" higher than front in which case the grass falls back into the spinning blades OR rear of bag touches ground and jumps off mower support bracket frequently. Gave up on catcher, mowing multiple times (very small yard) to "mulch" grass.



Would recommend manufacturer modify their included brackets with positive closure mechanism in order to prevent accidental disengagement from mower - and perhaps a different chain hook or attachment point physically on mower.

generic bagger
The bagger was obviously not engineered for the mower I bought. It catches about half of the grass, and then dumps it out as you go down an incline. Unless you mow super fast, the clippings don't make it very far into the catcher. I wouldn't buy it again if I could do it over.