Arnold OEM-190-180 FastAttach Twin Bag Grass Collector
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Arnold OEM-190-180 FastAttach Twin Bag Grass Collector
Customer Review: Most worthless piece of junk I have ever bought
Summary: 1 Stars
From one of the reviews, it sounds like the bagger jumps out of the box and attaches itself to your mower, which is hardly the case. Be sure to have tools such as a socket wrench set handy; you'll need them. Also beware of trying to compare the parts list with what you receive - they change them without changing the instructions, so use some mechanical sense. Unfortunately, since the bagger fits multiple tractors, you cannot use the process of elimination to find the right parts to use. You may have to beat the parts with a small sledge hammer to get them to fit; I did.
Far more serious, however, it the performance of the unit. In a word, it doesn't work. Perhaps if your grass is dried up and 1/2" long it might work, but if it is healthy, heavy grass it will simply clog up the tube and the bags will remain empty. You will then have to stop the mower and unclog the tube, meaning emptying its contents somewhere. Then you can reassemble it and make another couple passes at your yard before you have to repeat the process. I don't know why they supply the bags at all, as you might just as well use the tube. There simply is not enough force from the blades (I just installed new MTD 3-in-1 blades prior to using the bagger) to throw the heavy grass up into the bags.
I wound up covered with grass, from reaching my arm up into the tube to clear it, had to run over the lawn twice as it wasn't picking the grass up, and the lawn is still not clean. Save your money and buy a pull sweeper. They work great. I can't however, as my money is now sunk in this worthless piece of junk. Even if it worked, it is impossible to see how a couple of pieces of stamped steel and mesh baskets could be worth $300.
Customer Review: I had to think, but it does work as advertised.
Summary: 5 Stars
Of all the parts that came (or didn't come) with this product (most notably, one of the pins that hold on the lid was missing, but a correctly sized bolt solved that) the most confusing one by far is the tube that goes into the mowing deck. The pictures and descriptions do not handle the install well at all. That tube is supposed to actually squeeze into that opening. The bottom gets slipped in (the instructions were pretty clear about that) and then the rest of the tube is supposed to be "attached," which is where the fun began. It turns out that you have to do a little pushing on the sides and top and then it actually does get inserted all the way into the deck opening. From there, the holder does keep it in place well and the rest just fits fine as the tube goes up to the "bags." The reviewer who mentioned putting in plastic bags is probably right. The mesh doesn't look all that durable. We installed this on a Troy Bilt Bronco with a 40" deck (or maybe it's a 42, I forget, it's my dads machine) and had him up and working in about an hour. If the instructions were clearer on how that tube should be attached, it would have been 15 minutes! We'd definitely buy this again.Customer Review: Flimsy, junky, ill-fitting
Summary: 2 Stars
I ordered the OEM-190-180 Grass catcher for my 2003 Mower. I was sent the newer, supposedly more expensive model -OEM-190-180A. It did NOT fit. My mower's discharge chute is a definite rectangle. The opening of the tube on the catcher chute had one corner molded and shaped in a weird way. It would not could not fit. The person at the Outdoor Store was polite and as helpful as she could be, but insisted that it should fit my mower, and was the same as the older model. She gave me a number for the technicians at the factory. I ended out modifying an old part of my retired Cub Cadet grass catcher. Oh Yeah, when I received the box and opened it, one of the bags was broken - the flimsy top plastic rim. Should have been made of metal. It took 2 weeks to be sent a new one, though the Store was good about it. Overall, the whole thing [except the parts made of metal] was very flimsy and poorly designed. Definitely not worth the $300+ .Customer Review: OEM 190-180 Twin Bag Grass Collector
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently bought the twin bag grass collector to make my lawn work easier. It was relatively easy to install on my 5 yr old White Outdoor LT 1650 (an MTD brand) riding mower, less than 15 minutes all told. The installation instructions were not much help though - they definately need a rewrite. I had shopped around and even looked at prices on ebay. Amazon sold the item at the lowest price by far, I saw bids on ebay going for 50 dollars over Amazon's price - not including shipping which was free. The local Lowes also had it for about 50 dollars more than Amazon - plus tax. I rate it a 4 since quite frankly I believe its overpriced for what it really is - a bit of plastic and stampted metal, but it does make my life easier and does do what I really wanted it to do.. pick up leaves without me having to worry about raking my 1 acre of lawn. Be prepared to empty the bags often though - they fill up quickly.Customer Review: CUB CADET, Best Value Bagging unit
Summary: 5 Stars
I read all the reviews on this site prior to attaching the unit. Here is what my PERSONAL findings were:
1. It was the least expensive bagging unit out there. THANKS TO AMAZON.com
2. It arrived as scheduled. Took me less than a minute to walk it to my designated building area.
3. I laid out the parts as shown in the instructions booklet. Took me 3 minutes to read the booklet.
4. I laid out all the parts as shown in the booklet. Took me 1 minute to do that.
5. I Proceeded to put all the unit together. It took me no more than 5 minutes.
Total time: Lets call it 10 minutes. Even if it would have taken me 15 minutes or an HOUR, as I thought it was going to take me, IT WAS WORTH IT. G
Great quality product.
No Regrets here.