Best lawn mower for stripes to achieve a professional finish 2024

The Flymo Chevron 32VC Electric Wheeled Lawnmower is more than capable of creating clean and clear stripes on your lawn thanks to the single rear roller. This has a 32cm cutting width and, weighing in at under nine kilograms, offers lightweight manoeuvrability.

This has a relatively small 29-litre grass box that collects the clippings but there's a handy indicator to let you know when the box needs emptying. It is a great lawn mower overall that comes highly recommended by reviewers as the perfect option for small and medium gardens.

Easy-to-push lawn mowers are what you need for helping to create stripes in your lawn and the Flymo Easistore is lightweight and compact enough to help you easily move up and down your lawn and carry out the turns required to mow in a different direction.

This budget-friendly lawn mower is equipped with a large, easy-to-empty 35-litre grass box with full bag indicator, has a close-to-edge cutting deck for a neat finish, central height adjusts, that rear roller to create a striped effect, and comfortable dual lever handles for easy manoeuvring and operation.

This LawnMaster MX 24V Cordless Lawnmower comes complete with two reliable 24V 4.0Ah lithium-ion batteries and a one-hour fast charger - meaning you'll never run out of charge halfway through your lawn trim and can enjoy the freedom of not having to worry about the cords. The batteries use less power in easier cutting conditions to offer you more cutting time.

This comes with a rear roller, so you can create those stripes with ease. Reviewers praise this mower's sharp carbon steel blade and are impressed at how close this can cut to the edges of lawns, making for a neat and precise finish. As far as storage goes, the handles fold over the body of the mower and the grass collector folds flat for storing on top of the mower.

If you're after a lawn mower that will help you create stripes on your lawn but won't cost the earth while doing it, Bosch's popular Rotak 34 R 1200W Rotary Lawn Mower is lightweight, compact and has that crucial built-in rear roller for creating stripes. This currently enjoys a 4.4-star rating on Amazon with over 10,000 reviews.

This offers you three different cutting height settings; 20mm, 40mm, and 70mm. The slimline design and innovative grass comb enable close-to-edge mowing along walls, fences, and flower beds. This mower's 40-litre grass collection box should be roomy enough to cut smaller gardens without pause.

Hyundai’s 1600W Electric Lawn Mower is perfectly suited to creating stripes for small to medium lawns as it is equipped with a rear roller and low-cut settings which allows you to achieve your striped lawn finish. It has a 38cm cutting width, larger than most of the more compact mowers we're featuring. Those few extra centimetres might not sound a lot, but you should notice the difference in how quickly you cut your lawn.

This has five different cutting heights so you can achieve the exact finish you want. There's a 10-metre power cable and the lawn mower is also pretty easy to store away thanks to the foldable handle system and collapsing grass collection bag.

The Cobra RM40C 40cm Push Petrol Lawn Mower with a Rear Roller is a great option for those who prefer using a more traditional petrol lawn mower. The full-width rear roller will help create the traditional striped finish on your lawn. This features a 40cm cutting width so it can easily manage small to medium-sized lawn areas.

This can handle gardens of up to 600 square metres with the generous, heavy-duty, 50-litre grass collection bag taking care of the cuttings. The collection bag is made of fabric for improved airflow which should mean more cuttings are successfully collected. This is heavier than an electric mower at 28 kilograms but its well-balanced design makes it manageable.

If you're lucky enough to have a large lawn, LawnMaster's 1800W Lawn Mower 40cm cutting width and 10-metre power cable make it perfect for cutting stripes into more extensive lawns. The 1800W electric motor boasts LawnMaster's T-Drive technology that automatically adjusts the torque keep the blade's speeds up in tougher cutting conditions such as with longer or wet grass.

You can also choose between two ways to dispose of grass clippings - either in the 42-litre Redi-bag ready for green waste disposal or using the supplied mulch plug to finely cut the clippings and return them to the lawn to act as a nutrient. This mower has folding handles to collapse down for space-saving storage.