HONDA GCV HRN 216 (One Year Review) 

Yeah, I wish I could have purchased 2 myself.

Yeah, it is actually worth the full price. You will enjoy it.

Great, it should serve you well.

I just bought one a week ago, started on the first pull and cut perfectly the first time using it. Quality mower that will far outlast your neighbors Ego.

That's the only way for me. I had to learn the hard way.

@@Manifestmowing Yeps✔️

@@teo8537 Glad to hear, it should serve you well

@@Mike-pb7jm Yeah I have noticed what you’ve talking with the wheels but yeah all in all it’s a great mower.

Appreciate it, glad you found it helpful

Yeah it will get through it without issues.

Yeah it really was, and with them producing and selling so many I would think you should easily be able to find parts for 10 years. I sold a 21 year old John Deere a few months back and I had no problem finding parts for it.

You won't.

Except he’s talking about an affordable Honda self propelled mower! He’s not talking about running 20 miles or whatever insane “work out”! David goggles is endorsing! By the way David Goggins is going to wear himself out! 😂

Great glad to hear it will serve you well my friend.

Get a nice bicycle tire and cut it up and put around the mower wheels.

@@laserbeam1620 I've seen a video on that somewhere here on YT but it seemed like too much work to keep them on like have to glue and nail the tire onto the Honda tires. And still the outcome looks janky

Glad to hear, I'm in about the same boat. Been a great mower.

@@tthacker33 Very possible, because mine isn’t loud at all. That’s something to look into

I honestly didn't think I would like the side discharge but was pleasantly surprised. It actually works very well. I can't speak to if the HDX is worth the extra $200. But in my opinion if I had to guess it probably is because this mower has been that good. It still runs like a champ and always starts on the first pull and has a great cut quality.

@@Manifestmowing In my opinion some rubber on the wheels, bearings instead of whatever this has, a little bit more power, they barely larger bag and whatever else is not worth 200 more dollars! Rubber trade from a mountain bike tire $20 plus a handful of short screws a slightly larger lawnmower bag $53 to $55. So you can have the larger bag and drippy rubber wheels with barely less power for about $625! Or in your case about $275!! So no I don’t believe it’s worth another $200 for $75-$100 worth of parts and maybe like a half hp to 1 hp more. Because with those $75 of upgrades it will be a fantastic mower and you also probably save some weight of about 10 pounds weight savings! You’re paying those $200 for a few things that don’t really matter and about 10 extra pounds heavier of a mower! Which would be like paying $200 for your girlfriend or whatever to gain 10 pounds!😂

Nonethnol gas

@@Manifestmowing That’s the perfect type!! The high test is waste of money! Ethanol free is where it’s at!

Make sure you use only NGK spark plugs. Others will cause performance issues.

@@ericressler1450 don’t worry that’s the only think I use

Nothing I guess, the manager let me know the return policy was the same as buying it new. I check every time I go in to see if I can catch another deal.

@@Manifestmowing - I'm feeling a bit ripped off for paying full price! lmao. I did get a 10% military discount (home depot) and shipped to my house for free though. I mean I'm not gonna return it even though I'm in the return window. But still sucks hearing how deeply they discount them. Honestly, it's bad business from their side. A discount is expected but 64% off is just giving them away. 30% off would have been more than generous. Either way, good to know for the future I'll start asking my local manager

I would absolutely look into it. In my area the returns and repairs sit sometimes for a while. The price may not even be on it anymore. The key is to ASK the manager. The manager told me the day before if I wanted it he would sell it for $199 but the sales associate that didn't know the price just guessed and said it's probably 10 percent off. I told her the manager told me $199 she looked at me like I was lying so she called him and the look on her face said it all when she repeated the $199 I told her in the first place.

@@Manifestmowing Thanks. You probably saved me some money as I will damn sure check with the manager from now on. Ah it sounds like you may have just gotten a cool af manager. For a second I was thinking that 64% off was just a Lowes policy price for that model of return. To be fair you can't really blame the girl though. I'd have thought you were lying too, 64% off for a returned item is pretty nuts. I buy previously returned items all the time (albeit with musical instruments usually at Sweetwater) and the best I've seen is 20% off but usually less.

I always mulch or rear discharge. Sorry to say I have never bagged with it.

Get some three-quarter inch screws and screw some bike tire tread on them!😂

Yeah I use the mower at around 2 1/2 to 3 inch height depending on what height my customers like the lawn mowed. I have a few at 31/2 to 4

Service it about every 3 months.

Twice a year for me.

I don't mix the gas

7 years old, not meticulously taken care of at all and still works like a beast. Best mower available imo...slim pickins in the mower market these days . Battery powered mowers? 🤮 NOPE

@@bhlom4135 Got mine in 2020 for my solo lawn care side hustle. Glad I did.

Good to know, I definitely will because it's still outstanding and going strong.

I don't bag clippings, so sorry I don't have any experience with that issue.

I've only used ethanol gas in a pinch here and there. And when I did, I've always added Sea Foam along with it. Even when I'm using non-ethanol gas, I always treat it with a splash of Sea Foam or Sta-Bil.

I haven't run into that issue yet.

Why would you even use a grass bag? I mean, unless you’re on a small piece of property and you can mow your lawn with the weed whacker I just don’t get it.

@@lawngevity3295sta bil Is for mowers that sit one season

HRN is residential; HRX is premium residential.

@@berettaguy7445 thanks I forgot when I bought my first lawnmower in 2018 which was a Honda hrx217 and I did want the commercial version it was also cheaper but it didn’t have the bigger engine, the more power and speed a blade has and when it doesn’t slow down the bigger engine is always better, sometimes what companies do makes no sense I am looking to upgrade my hrx to a Honda GXV390UT1DEXT, if it fits I am going to do the change

That would be an animal mower, for sure.@@shangrilaladeda

@@berettaguy7445 thank you

Nope. Hrx is better.