For anyone interested, I got the Toro SS5000 and put the mulching kit on it right away last Fall. I wasn't really pleased with the cut quality, though. It mulched perfectly, but even on the lowest of the three drive speeds, I still had cut quality issues.
So I took the mulching kit all off at the start of this season and it cuts much better, although now I have the problem of lots of grass clippings getting thrown into the rocks around my pool and deck and front porch (hard to blow out with a leaf blower).
After adjusting the deck pitch to about 5/16" sloped forward, it stripes really nicely for a big-box store mower :smile: (cutting tall fescue at 4", stock blades):
So I took the mulching kit all off at the start of this season and it cuts much better, although now I have the problem of lots of grass clippings getting thrown into the rocks around my pool and deck and front porch (hard to blow out with a leaf blower).
After adjusting the deck pitch to about 5/16" sloped forward, it stripes really nicely for a big-box store mower :smile: (cutting tall fescue at 4", stock blades):