definitely worth it though...i doubt i will break it...tried it out yesterday evening and the lawn was pretty long but i was rushing cause i was losing daylight and everything that could go wrong did go wrong (due to operator error)...riding too fast and and trying to turn fast with the knob while moving too fast the front wheels were just getting pushed forward digging up the lawn even though i had them full lock so i had to slow down or not turn full lock...bagger tube clogged and i didn't notice that little red wheel on the tube stopped spinning cause the lawn was getting wet and once again i was going too fast so there were clumps everywhere...mosquitos were out and biting...had to use the headlights cause i couldn't see well with how dark it was getting...so basically i'm still getting used to this thing but i love it