Nope. The last of the snow just melted last Friday. And "Emblem" is a notorious late riser. And the forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning is "SNOW". Geez.

Andy, have you actually tried it out yet? I am interested in seeing how fast the Honda can go with self-propelled.

Finally got the Honda out for a test spin yesterday. No real mowing per se, just some leaf litter cleanup.

The self-propelled speeds are fine. The Honda has a "paddle system" on the handle, and I didn't experience any of the "thumb weariness" that I've heard others mention - even though I did an acre of mowing. The speeds vary easily from "snail race" to "move fast enough that the Poa you're passing is a blur" (I like that speed for the obvious reason).

It took 10 minutes to get used to the paddles when turning and corners. It's easy to forget that you're in self-propelled mode and pull backward while still engaged (all right, so I'm Polish). I eventually made two passes around the edge of the yard, and turning became a non-issue.

I spent a few minutes feeling a bit IQ-challenged at the beginning looking for such items as the throttle, the priming bulb, and the cutoff switch. They don't exist.

Starting is the easiest I've ever experienced. My son and I turned it into game of "how slowly or weakly can I pull the starter rope and still have it start". I'm not kidding when I say we were surprised at how little effort it took - an eight-year-old or an 80-year-old would succeed.

For noise, I'd say it's quieter than 80% of the other mowers - not the quietest I've ever seen but perfectly acceptable.

It had none of the problems that I've seen with some other mulching mowers of blowing too much material left or right instead of really mulching them.

Not sure if you figured it out, but if you have the throttle all the way forward you can use the black "engage" bar to speed up/slow down; think of the orange paddle as a governor for the maximum speed (took me a week or two until I figured that out).