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Gardena Classic 330 review

A hardened steel cylinder and bottom blade with a non-stick coating, folding handle, and non-contact cutting — the most expensive on a four-machine shelf.

The bottom line The one machine here with a non-stick coating on the cylinder, which is aimed squarely at the thing that ruins a cylinder mower: wet grass drying onto the blades. Hardened steel on both cutting surfaces, non-contact operation, and a handle that folds. No height range, no weight and no box volume published.

What the maker prints on its own page

A hand cylinder mower with a 33 cm working width, for small gardens up to 150 m². The cutting cylinder and the bottom blade are hardened quality steel and give a precise cut like scissors. The cutting technique is non-contact, which the maker states makes the machine quiet and easy to push. The handle folds for compact storage. The cylinder is non-stick coated to prevent wet grass drying onto it. The contents are listed as the mower.

The coating

This is the detail worth the page.

Anyone who has used a cylinder mower on grass that was not quite dry knows what happens: material builds on the blades, sets as it dries, and the next time the machine is used it is neither sharp nor clean. On a design whose whole function depends on a small, consistent clearance between two surfaces, that is not cosmetic.

A non-stick coating is a modest, specific answer to a real and unglamorous problem, and nothing else on this shelf mentions it.

Non-contact, again

Like one other machine here, the cylinder and the bottom blade pass without touching. The edge lasts far longer than on a contact design and the machine is easier to push, at the cost of needing the clearance set correctly.

Two of the four machines on this shelf name this; the other two do not say either way.

What is left out of the listing

The cutting-height range. The weight. Whether a grass box is in the box.

On the most expensive machine of a four-machine shelf, that is a thinner specification than the cheapest one offers — which is a fact about the listings rather than about the mowers.

Availability

From 100 € to 115 €, that being the spread across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores on the day of the survey.

Beyond the euro zone, the American and British Amazon stores price it in their own currencies, which the spread above sets aside.

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

  • A non-stick coating on the cylinder, which is the one thing that makes these machines unpleasant
  • Hardened steel on both the cylinder and the bottom blade
  • A folding handle, for a machine that is otherwise an awkward shape to store

Compromises

  • No cutting-height range published at all
  • The contents list the mower alone — no grass box is stated
  • The most expensive machine on a shelf where the cheapest publishes more

Specifications

Cutting width33 cm working width, as stated
BladesHardened quality steel cylinder and bottom blade, non-contact cutting, non-stick coated
Cutting heightsNot published
Stated areaUp to 150 m², as stated by the maker
Catcher volumeNot published — the contents list the mower only
RollerNot published
WeightNot published
Amazon referenceB01MD2E8I9 (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN4078500023351

What this machine usually gets asked

Why does a non-stick cylinder matter?

Because wet grass dries onto blades and sets. On a rotary mower that is a mat under the deck; on a cylinder mower it is material between the cutting surfaces, which is exactly where clearance matters. A coating that stops it drying on is aimed at the right problem.

Does it come with a grass box?

The contents list names the mower and nothing else. This page records that rather than assuming — on this shelf some machines are supplied with a box and some are not.

What height does it cut at?

The listing does not say. On a cylinder mower the height range is the specification that decides whether the machine suits your lawn, and it is the one this listing omits.

Who this one is for

A small, level lawn cut short and often, where the machine will sometimes meet damp grass

Guides that feature it

Price and availability

A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. 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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