This is my first mower I ever owned.  I live in the Philippines, and I have Korean lawn grass (Zoysia), it works very well. The only reason why I did not give it 5 stars is only because it won't cut 3 1/2 inches from the edge of my tiles, but I can and will use my Gardena shears that I also brought from Amazon. Putting it together only took around 15-20 mins.  After I used it today (9/15.) I did hosed it down then spray it with WD-40.  I did leave the clippings on the grass which is a very good Fertilizer as far as I'm concern.  This manual machine is very light, but, if Fiskars had a 16 inch mower, and lightweight I would have brought it.  This machine gave me a good workout.