Have owned 3 riding lawnmowers through the years. All of them had baggers. When my cub cadet from Home Depot died two falls ago...... I went to our local tractor dealer and bought a Husqvarna 52 inch mower deck riding tractor. I wanted something that was going to last us for the rest of our days. I spent $4500 on this lawnmower. Which included the power bagger. This power bagger is absolutely awful. Every time I mow I am serious .....when I say I have to take an air compressor to me to get the dust and the dirt off me .....I am black! We’ve been through two belts and now a broken pulley in two years. My old cub cadet never had to have a single part in 12 years! I cannot express enough how awful this bagger is! Once the bag was taken off my lawnmower I do love my lawnmower.