My lawn isn't terribly big, maybe around 110 square meters and it's flat. The reel mower works fantastic and I use a battery powered string trimmer for the edge

My lawn isn't terribly big, maybe around 110 square meters and it's flat. The reel mower works fantastic and I use a battery powered string trimmer for the edges. I don't know how it would do on hills, probably fine if they weren't very steep. I worked on a golf course when I was a kid and they used high dollar gas powered reel mowers on the putting greens and rotary mowers on the rest. Reel mowers do really give a nice cleaner cut... particularly if the blade on your gas mower is a bit dull. They don't rip the top of the grass leaves like a rotary mower. For $100 it might be worth experimenting. You may really enjoy using it. I know I do and wouldn't go back to a rotary mower. There is something fun about the way the reel slices the grass. Something like a paper cutter.