This lawn mower works really well. Recently, my last 2 gas powered push mowers broke and I got sick of bringing them in for repairs/replacing, so I decided to try a reel lawn mower! Used this plenty of times on my lawn, and it is still sharp. A word of caution though: make sure everything is picked up from the lawn, even twigs can cause the blades to stop! I've been raking my yard of any debris and then mowing and it works wonders! Also, this kind of mower makes me burn more calories so that's a plus!