Customer Reviews

Poulan Pro 22-Inch Mulch/Side Discharge/Bag 6.25 HP Briggs & Stratton, Front Wheel Drive-Self Propelled With Electric Start PR625Y22RKP

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When I opened the box, aside from having to unfold the handle bars, fill with oil and gas, and adjusting the wheels, I found a completely assembled ready to use mower. I meticulously only had to tighten the mount for the key start. I readily started mowing my lawn for the first time with only having to skim through some instructions. (Of course, skipping the first 5 pages of jibberish mentioning something about warnings, etc.)

No priming needed and started after a couple of turns of the key. Worked pretty good for a small yard. I was concerned I would have issues with the added weight of the front wheel drive, but the feature worked quite well even though I thought previously it seemed like a dinky unneeded feature. If you're older and without kids, I find it's well worth the extra money now for the front wheel drive. (If ya got kids, then have them get a work-out on a mower without front-wheel drive.)

Key start is also a nice feature if you use the mulch bag while mowing. Reason being, frequent starting and stopping of the mower engine is required for emptying the bag after only one or two laps.

So far, I'm glad I just buckled-in and got these extra features. While I was in the store, I was quite concerned whether or not I really needed these extra features including the key starter.

I also love the mulch bag because it's extremely light and easy to carry and also extremely easy to attach to the mower!

Two features missing, would be an adjustable throttle (for going slow over over-grown tall wet grass) and a little tiny led light on the battery to show whether it's actively being charged or not.

(If my store would have had the cheaper PO500N22SH mower model I was researching, I would have bought it instead of this one. But it was also without a mulch bag. So, I would have just been cutting and then not having a need for the electric start to empty a mulch bag. I would also probably be really tired right now to from all the manual pushing!!!)

The electric start is great. I am still getting used to it. I have used it twice. It's very heavy compared to my old mower, but it does a good job.
The seller had it here within just a few days.

This lawn mower is by and far the easiest to start of any lawn mower I've ever used. I had a battery-powered cordless mower before, and this one is even easier than that one was. Just turn the key and it goes. It does need to be charged beforehand (the battery is not charged while the mower is running), but once it was, I was able to start the mower over and over as I cut my yard. I do suggest reading the manuals beforehand, since not following the maintenance schedule can void your warranty, but it is fairly minimal for the most part. The autowalk feature is great, although mine needed some fine-tuning to work correctly. Once it's right, though, it's hard to call cutting the grass yard'work' anymore. With a key start and autowalk, I barely had to do anything other than walk behind the mower and keep it pointed in the right direction. It's so easy, that I came home from work last weekend to find that my wife had cut the entire yard.

I'm coming back from a little kick I was on where every yard machine I owned was battery-powered, so I'm impressed with the power of this mower. I don't know how it compares to other mowers, but it beats the life out of a battery mower. It powered through the tallest grass in my yard without skipping a beat. I did have a little trouble keeping the side-discharge attachment on while going back and forth through tall grass, but that is more my own fault for letting the grass go too long, and besides is a very small gripe about a great lawn-mower.

When I bought this lawn-mower, the price was considerably lower, and there was a price-break on shipping, so it came to about $220 shipped. Later that week, I saw the price had risen considerably, so I don't know if there are better lawn mowers at the higher price, but at the price I paid, there is nothing that even comes close. I am very happy with my purchase, and this item is highly recommended.

The Poulan Pro 22 Inch 625 Key Start Mower is the best all-purpose lawn mower in its class. Combined mulch and non-mulch features allows for practical and convenient seasonal lawn mowing options. Adjustment of mower height is accurate and easy. Grass bag is included with the product.

The one shipped to me was not the one as shown in the picture, nor in the written description. I wanted "the variable-speed auto-walk system" (as described), and I was sent one with a single speed. I has a bail lever and not as the one in the description. If you investigate further, Poulan Pro makes or has made several drive variations on this same mower. The manual that comes with the mower describes several. Amazon customer service did a great job with the return and credit, however.

I've Had This Mower Since 2008,I Call It My Tank.
Came In A Long Box,With Delivery From,Fed-Ex Heavy-Duty.
Start's Very Easily With Key,If Not,Prime And Pull The Rope,And It Will Start.
I Have 3 Mower's,Just Turned Out That Way,If My Lawn Boy Won't Start,Then I Go
To My Toro,If Same Thing,Then I Start The Tank Up And Go For It,This Is My Backup Mower.
Use's Very Little Oil,Everytime You Mow.
Is Somewhat Heavy To Push And Control.
I Have Mulched And Bagged,Very Impressed With The Performance.
To Sum Up,This Has Not Let Me Down Yet,And I Think That Is Great.
Sure Come's In Handy For A Dependable Mower,One That You Can Rely On.
I Would Highly Recommend This Mower.
If You Need To Replace The Charger Plug,For The Key Start,You Can Find It Thru Sears Parts Online,I Accidently Destroyed Mine,But I Found The Replacement.
You Get A Good Leg Workout With This Mower.

The item arrived about a week late. When it did arrive the the key start and the rear wheel drive did not work. I took it to the repair shop. I was told the mower had been used before that it was not new. They found a problem in the linkedge and corrected the above problem/s. However Amazon did reimburse me for the repair cost.

Received the mower 4 days after ordering it. Made me very happy with the fast delivery. Mower was assembled as per instructions. When I tried to mow the lawn, the self-propel on the mower did not work. I contacted Amazon right away. The mower was sent back and received at Amazon. A replacement still has not been sent. Thankfully, I have a wonderful neighbor who is kind enough to let me use his lawn mower. STILL WAITING FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE MOWER. AMAZON KEEPS GIVING ONE EXCUSE AFTER ANOTHER. I order the mower in anticipation of using it in 2007. God only knows when and if another mower will ever be sent.