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BRAST 55 cm, 5.2 kW review

The widest deck and the only published weight in this family: 224 cm³, 55 cm, 35.1 kg, with assembled dimensions and both wheel sizes given.

The bottom line The only machine here that publishes a weight — 35.1 kg — and its assembled dimensions, which on a 55 cm steel-decked machine are the two figures that decide whether it fits your shed and whether you can move it. The engine is the largest in the family at 224 cm³ and the height range starts higher than the rest, at 30 mm.

What the maker prints on its own page

An air-cooled four-stroke OHV engine of 224 cm³ rated 5.2 kW (7 PS) at 2 800 rpm, driving the rear wheels through a gearbox the maker names as coming from General Transmissions. The cutting width is 55 cm, the housing is steel, and 600 ml of engine oil is supplied.

The deck offers four functions with a wide side discharge. The 60-litre bag is described as a two-layer construction with a level indicator. The cutting height is adjusted centrally in six steps between 30 and 80 mm.

Front wheels are 203 mm and rear wheels 305 mm. Assembled dimensions are given as 150 × 54 × 170 cm and the weight as 35.1 kg. The maker states the machine is TÜV-tested and cites a German consumer test award.

The two figures nobody else gives

Weight and assembled size. On a machine of this class they decide as much as the engine does: whether it goes through the shed door, whether it can be lifted, whether the garden it is bought for actually has room to turn it.

That this is the only one of seven to publish them is a fact about the shelf rather than about the machine.

What the width costs

55 cm clears ground quickly and turns badly. In an open field of lawn that trade is obviously worth it; in a garden divided by beds and a path, the wide machine spends the time it saved on manoeuvres, and leaves a wider strip along every edge for something else to cut.

The awards

A TÜV test and a consumer-test mark are stated by the maker. This page reports them as claims made in the listing; neither is a measurement of how the machine cuts, and no standard behind this shelf measures that at all.

Availability

Around 320 €, read at the German Amazon store on the day of the survey.

Listed and unsold: the French, Italian and Spanish Amazon catalogues hold the reference with nobody behind it.

Nothing came back from the American and British Amazon stores at all; the buy button there runs a search rather than opening an empty page.

Taken from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and prices move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 26 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

The declared figures, and the point they stop at

Strengths

  • The only published weight and the only published assembled dimensions in the family
  • The widest deck here, with the largest engine driving it
  • Steel housing, and the gearbox manufacturer is named rather than described

Compromises

  • 35.1 kg is a lot of machine to manoeuvre, store and lift into a car
  • The height range starts at 30 mm, so the lowest settings of the other machines are unavailable
  • No guaranteed sound power level, on the largest engine in the family

Specifications

Cutting width55 cm, as stated
EngineAir-cooled four-stroke OHV, 5.2 kW / 7 PS at 2 800 rpm, as stated
Displacement224 cm³, as stated
Cutting heights30–80 mm, central adjustment in 6 steps
Catcher volume60 L, two-layer bag with a level indicator
DriveRear-wheel drive, General Transmissions gearbox as stated
Functions4-in-1: mow, collect, mulch, wide side discharge
Guaranteed noiseNot published
Weight35.1 kg, as stated
Amazon referenceB08XZP7DYB (one reference across 4 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN4061777038555

What this machine usually gets asked

Is 35 kg too heavy?

It is heavy for a walk-behind mower and it is the reason the machine is self-propelled. Weight is not a fault at this width — mass is what keeps a wide deck steady — but it decides whether the machine can be lifted over a step or into a car, and it is the figure nobody else here publishes.

Why does the height range start at 30 mm?

It is where the maker set the lowest position. On an ordinary domestic lawn 30 mm is already short, so the restriction matters mainly to anyone maintaining fine turf — for whom a 55 cm rotary machine is the wrong tool anyway.

What is a named gearbox worth?

It tells you the transmission is a bought-in component from a manufacturer that sells it to others, rather than an unattributed part. It says nothing about how long the belt lasts, which is the part that usually fails first.

Who this one is for

A large open lawn where width and engine matter more than the machine being easy to put away

Guides that feature it

Price and availability

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.

Details checked on September 26, 2026.

Sources

Specifications: manufacturer sheet and Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. No product on this site has been physically tested.

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