The Honda plastic deck is great. My last steel deck is almost 20 years old and still runs at my son-in-laws house. The deck had to be patched due to rust, but still runs great. I have the HRX with the 190cc motor and plastic deck; running for about four years and no complaints. I do not run over bricks, nor do I stand on it. I have about 6k sq ft of zoysia and the honda is rock solid. The rest of my yard is under oak trees and the Hustler xd chews on that.