Mower is great. Starts with one easy pull. It's going to make mowing easier. Only difficulty was manufacturer's assembly instructions were printed very tiny and with insufficient explanation or sketches so I had to go to utube for a video.

It came pretty-much all set up as the handle is awesome, allowing for quick storage, just as advertised. It started right up and continues to, cuts great and moves along at a suitable speed. I wish the propeller handle was rounded at the sides, for faster slowing down and speeding up (at the end of "lanes", etc). I also wish the lower part of the handle loosened like the top). Overall, would recommend.

I saw this mower on sale for $249, and decided to upgrade my old (15+ year old) mower. First time out of the box, works like a charm. Second time, as others have reported, self-propelled feature struggles. Third time, self-propelled feature fails. Made me frustrated... so I started messing around and figured out that the reason that the self-propelled feature started to fail - was that the engage-cable was too loose. I picked up a few strong zip-ties, and came up with a fix. Works like a charm. (see photo I posted) (Next up, I'll likely get a U-clamp plus plate to permanently put a little more tension on the drive-engage cable. All in all, I'm happy with the purchase. And not having to push my new mower. 4/5 stars (I'd have given 5/5 if I didn't have to "fix" the cable.)

I bought this mower in May of 2020. I bought it mostly on price and had relatively low expectations. The Briggs & Stratton engine was more powerful than I had expected. The engine has also been reliable. I DO change the oil each season - pump it out of the crankcase. The self-propel function failed this summer. The parts to repair it were readily available on line. Changing out a failed transmission ($22!) is a high skill job. I replaced the belt as well. With the possible exception of the engine, the rest of the mower is made with low durability parts. I will be surprised if I get another 3 years of reliable service. I have a medium size city lot.

I've only had a short time, and it has shut down several times during use, and it's difficult to restart. The powerdrive belt has now come off! I'm guessing I've only had for 2-3 months? It mows nice enough when it actually works. There are too many problems for the age of this mower at almost near new.

bought the mower last fall and have used it around 7 or 8 times. no need to cut the grass in the winter. was mowing my lawn today and the whole mower dropped to the lowest setting. I was very surprised to see the channel guide for the mower height arm laying on the ground next to the mower! Glad I didn't run it over that could have been very dangerous. (see the picture) Now the mower height is stuck at the bottom and cannot use the mower! will be returning the mower tomorrow and getting a refund. something like should not happen with less than 10 uses.

Bought two of these mowers. One is still in the box. Gave the other to in-law. After mowing one season she wanted to get a new blade. Absolutely cannot find a compatible blade to fit this mower. Have called YardForce tech support twice and emailed once with no solution. Mowers are now 1 to 1-1/2 years old and I am going to attempt to return. Hopefully Sams will honor the return of a useless product. DO NOT BUY THIS MOWER!

Warranty parts are 3 months backordered. Do not buy this mower. The technician I took it to for warranty work said the self-propelled system is junk. The motor is good, but the transmission is horrible. I really wish Sam's would vet these products and suppliers before selling them.

First off SAMS club stood by what they sell. I bought the yard force self propelled mower a while back and I loved it. It worked very good until it didn’t. The mower stopped propelling. A spring fell on the ground and then I found a plastic nylon pulley (melted) on the ground. I called several lawn mower service places and no one would service it. I called Merotec USA and they sent me a diagram of parts and gave me their parts distributor outdoorpowerdirect.com. I looked for the parts and was out of stock for weeks. I called Merotec again and they said to call the distributor because parts one in daily. When I called the distributor they said the don’t sell parts to consumers. They gave me a name of a local distributor that could get me the parts. Well when I called the so called local guy it was a car garage and didn’t work on mowers and didn’t know why he was a distributor but he could order if I paid in advance and it took 3 months for another part to come in. But then I would have to do the repairs and then thought that’s just not right. So I called Sam’s club and the store manager gave me two options 1 I could bring the mower back and she would replace with a new yard force or 2 she would give me my money back. Now even though Merotec (yard force) did not really help me Sam’s Club did. So DO NOT by a Yard Force mower. Actually I called Merotec customer service back to let them know what transpired and how they really did not help me at all and Michael said well if you don’t need help I have other customers that do! Looking at the reviews of this mower several other people had the pulley melt off too.

I purchased this lawn mower two years ago. The self propeller suddenly stopped working. I discovered the plastic pully that connects to the belt was shredded. Unfortunately, the replacement parts are not sold anymore. It appears this is a common problem with this model. It safe to say this is a major design defect. I would not recommend this model or brand.