little, however due to good packaging the mower was fine. have used it several times. takes a little to get used to first time with a self propelled unit. like the number of cutting levels available, do wish there was a way to make the adjustment handle less intrusive sticks out a little too far for me but have learned to live with it and the handle lever on the other side. also, i had to learn to release the self-propelled drive and push the mower forward a few steps to release the lock up of the wheels so it could be manually pushed again, just getting used to. the 