String Trimmers – Reviews

This trimmer has proven to be very usable for my 2/3 acre lawn. It is not as high powered as conduct other gas brands out there, but for General trimming around the Foundation, flower beds, fence posts, the etc, it is a great machine. I like the flexibliity of the unit: the handle is built, aluminum shaft telescopes to adjust to the height of the user, and cutter head angle adjusts to ensure the adjustment of the hortizontal uncomfortable. Certainly, a unit, well designed, from the point of view of ergonomics. In the mode of trimmer, the guide/Guard cutter provides close trimming, without damaging accidentally plants or flowers, something difficult to achieve with my old Toro cord. A few snaps Rapids and adjustments and the unit converts a sidewalk or driveway trimmers. A caveat here: cutting nicely as an Edger unit, but it is does not definitively not fed to cut the cord of trench trimmer. When I tried to get the machine to cut the dirt next to the sidewalk, he wavered and the string trimmer would not properly promote. If used only for advanced with an own vertical cut grass, the unit performed nicely. Power-Wise, lithium ion battery of the GT provides sufficient power to handle my trimming routine of 1/3 acres on a full charge. The user manual indicated a cooldown from 30 minutes to cycle for a full recharge, but my refills was about 40 – 45 minutes – still a very rapid cooldown from other models of batteries. I pushed the unit by the fight against certain grasses oversized and in the adjacent vacant lot and cut beautifully, but they obviously strained the limits of its capacity of power unit. It can handle this type of work, but if you have a lot of it, you are better with another machine with more power. If you are looking for a lightweight, easy to use trimmer/edger comfortable with good power for General trimming and edging on a lawn generally size medium, the WE151.5 is a good choice.

larry moe
I have the Worx GT 18-volt cordless trimmer. This is the more expensive model that features a lithium battery. If you have any amount of lawn trimming to do beyond the circumference of a 5,000 square foot lawn, carefully consider the more expensive model. The battery potential of the standard model is significantly less which means you have less operation time to begin with and gradually deceasing work time as the battery ages. The added expense of the lithium battery is worth the investment.

However beware of the Worx customer service. If for any reason you have a need to invoke a warranty claim on the trimmer, charger, or battery, plan on having at least a free half hour to wait on the phone for a customer service representative. Customer service is only available during a traditional work-hour week. This means if something goes wrong you better be mindful of the anniversary date of your purchase and give calling the Worx customer service your highest priority in your schedule. The email access is unreliable because it seems Worx has only one person responding. If she is out of the office, you will get an automated reply email instructing you to use the phone system.

My lithium battery failed within the time of the one-year warranty. I had trouble reaching a customer service representative during office hours. My email claim resulted in my being redirected to the phone system. Seven days after my warranty expired I finally reached a service representative. Despite the fact of my good-faith effort to get through to customer service the preceding two weeks, I was denied the warranty replacement because I was seven days late. The representatives were empathetically kind about my dilemma but were unable to do anything beyond their willingness to take my order for a new unit. These batteries are expensive.

More…