hey guys it's Chris from the silver
symbol Channel and in today's video I'm
going to show you a pretty cool
lawnmower that unfortunately you'll
never be able to buy if you live in the
United States here you're looking at the
flymo multi-glide 360v this part of my
yard's got about six to eight inches of
grass I'm going to plug this mower into
an electric outlet that's been adapted
to work here in the United States and I
will cover why this thing is illegal
here but first let's look at the machine
you'll notice this thing doesn't have
any Wheels it is a true hovercraft mower
meaning you can just push this thing
around kind of like a vacuum cleaner and
it easily floats across the grass now
you're certainly not going to get any
kind of mowing lines but you won't
really care because this machine retails
for just about a hundred and forty
dollars making it perfect for someone
with a smaller lawn and take a look
inside this thing even collects grass
that's got a built-in bagger I've shown
you guys lots of bigger mowers but
unfortunately if you've got a smaller
lawn there are very few options in the
U.S now of course you can get a
full-size mower but they can sometimes
be awkward in tight areas and for many
the only other choices to use a weed
whacker but unfortunately you'll never
really get an even cut and that's where
this fly mode is perfect you can jam
this thing into Corners swing it
sideways without having those Wheels it
is totally maneuverable and because that
cushion of air is supporting it evenly
you will end up with a surprisingly good
cut now I know a lot of folks don't like
electric cords but for this mower it's
really perfect it's got a powerful 1800
watt motor but it does operate on 220
volt power but this has to be the most
amazing feature of all it truly does
collect the grass now I would say that
it's probably not collecting all of the
grass but as you can see this box was
totally full but it's easy to empty in
your backend business in just a few
minutes and when I was done take a look
at the end result no weed whacker or gas
engine to deal with this mower was
perfect so if you had a smaller yard
this thing would be ideal and for your
149 dollars this is what you'll get the
design of this thing looks really
futuristic it's got the built-in bagger
that I showed you and it also includes
that 30 foot extension cord Now flymo
isn't new to this they've been making
these mowers for over 50 years and they
used to sell in the US the real Marvel
is what is inside this machine that
allows it to float and collect grass at
the same time it drives air downward
while it's cutting the grass kind of
like a propeller but then it's able to
capture a bit of that airflow and suck
the grass that is cutting into that
collection bin and without wheels to get
in the way it can float along Contours
right along a walkway it doesn't really
have any issues at all with the terrain
another shock about this hover mower is
that you can adjust the height of cut
now on a standard mower of course you'd
raise or lower the wheels but here we
can't do that so you can just use this
included tool we'll unscrew the blade
and then these gray discs are actually
spacers each one of them gives you
around a quarter inch of height so
you're going to insert them under the
bolt and that allows you to either move
the blade closer or further away from
the lawn now this machine can only cut
the lawn at a maximum height of about
1.75 inches now that is really short by
U.S standards but I think you'll agree
look at my lawn overall I think it looks
very good and I don't really even think
it looks super short this mower is so
lightweight you can pick it up hang it
on a hook or just fold it an upright
position and place it anywhere this
machine is fantastic I've used it for
about two months it's a blast to cut the
lawn with and it works really well so
what on Earth is the reason that we're
not allowed to have this in the U.S well
I did quite a bit of research and it
comes down to one simple regulation put
up by the U.S consumer product Safety
Council they have a specific measurement
about a foot being able to put it
underneath a mower deck now this is a
real problem for a hover mower because
they're not able to have quite as deep a
deck as a standard model that has wheels
so basically if that government design
foot can slip under the deck your mower
would be illegal and it wouldn't be
allowed for sale in the US and this is
very disappointing because in the UK
these flymo mowers are absolute best
sellers because they're affordable and
they do a great job but unfortunately
here in the US unless the regulations
change we're never going to see these
mowers anytime soon and while many of my
videos show you cool tools that I hope
you'll end up buying for yourself this
is the exact opposite it's to let you
know about a machine that will sadly
never be able to purchase and I hope you
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