Well, first cut has taken place. The mulch kit was dealer fitted but looks different from the photos above, as there is no block on the side discharge (should I check this out with the dealer?). Having only used a 16inch push gas mower, it's quite a big change to use a fancy smancy tractor. It took several passes before I figured out the blades weren't on! It's also shown up the big dips I have on my lawn and the two holes! I must fill those up and toss in some grass seed. The plug in hose thingy worked great. I'm just thinking about smoothing out some of those tight bends in the plastic border that separates the gravel from the grass. I will have to reset some portions. Can anyone tell me what I should be aiming at when setting the plastic border height? Are all plastic borders the same? Thanks.

George I don't know, I haven't researched the Euro Ariel..they do both say professional and both are made by P&G, I will have to check it out...you will be getting your tide prof soon, omg I double zip lock bagged them, than put them in bubble lined brown mailing envelopes, hubs took them to the post office, the next day I was ask to come to the post office and was ask permission to open one, I gave my permission, they only opened one, looked, sniffed and said thank you, gave me tape to reseal and told me my next package would be postage paid...I'm like omg you people are thinking this is drugs..they said they were sorry, but its a small town and they have found a lot of drugs passing thru the USP service...I was furious..they offered me a free postage package any size within reason and gave me a book of stamps..I guess I understand, its a small town and since I live outside of town they don't know me but hell that pissed me off...now I crack up when I think about it, I'm running a detergent ring thru the mail, lmao.I told them yes I'm addicted to Tide. By the time I left I had them all laughing, and I had a voucher for postage paid package up to 31 pounds and a book of stamps 12 postage paid long envelopes and a keychain with a tiny map of my town.This could only happen to me. Remind me to tell you the story of an older man that ended up in my grocery cart at walmart holding a box of Tide/ bleach. Haha.

boba1, Nice to see all the talk about FL Speed Queens these last several months, Speed Queen was wise to bring it back and not discontinue it as it's a quality machine. Regarding your question...The Speed Queen is sitting packed up in it's original box in the cellar for the last three years as the Bosch is still running as new after the bearing replacement. I have no inclination to sell it. Edit: Just noticed this was exactly three years to the date I originally posted this thread, time flies. Jeff

I just installed my Thermadore Speed oven. The chimes and start up tones are really annoying. Loud enough to wake up a sleeping household. I ended up putting a layer of silver duct tape over the speaker opening on control panel (see photos) to quiet it, since there is no mute and sound levels set to lowest really didn't help. I might try 2 layers to quiet some more. The branding logo animation and tune is ridiculous every time you turn on, waiting for it to complete (several seconds) before you can enter anything. There are several steps: touch start, (if sleep mode wait for Thermadore logo promo tune), turn dial selector to microwave, touch panel, scroll, select, then touch check mark, then press start to just microwave at a power level. There is an actual broil electrical element on the top of the interior, making cleaning the upper surface of inside difficult, unlike my old Dacor speed oven that had quartz boil elements, flush glass covers. Our unit is set a bit high since we are both tall, but with the door folding down, I can't really reach the back wall for cleaning. And you have to be really careful using convection, especially if shorter, about reaching in and not touching the door insides which are oven hot. We will primarily use for microwave and as warming oven, although I used to use Dacor speed oven for small baking tasks like you would use a toaster oven.