Yea, I struggled at times with that due to physical exhaustion from work so I let it get a bit long Also mines got the two blades in it and I need to swap them as I dont think it comes with the proper mulching blades or if it does they're not very good. On the non-self propelled ego I had previously the bagging blade cut far, far better than the mulching blade and it still mulched! Really cut down battery life tho