Used it all day. I put the atomic blade and mulch plug in and wow it did everything I wanted it to no problem. I challenged myself today I wanted to see if I could bog the engine down. I was going through really thick grass mulching and the engine noise never changed and it left a beautiful cut. I used to use these machines a lot at the company I worked for its all he would ever buy and for good reason . I went in to buy a timemaster and saw this on sale and decided it would be a better investment and maybe next year ill get the timemaster or turfmaster or a 33" wide area mower (mostly what I want)