Plus, normal trimmer line would be much more forgiving if you were to accidentally touch something you didn't mean to touch, (a plant, foundation, freshly-cut garden edge, etc. We like the storage feature under the handle for the included spare plastic blades, which are bright pink and easy to spot if they snap off into the grass. It has a two-year warranty, and though it’s part of a cordless system, only six other tools are available.

There’s a fair bit of vibration during use, and you’ll definitely need ear protection as it’s rather loud at 96 dB. To determine what strimmer line thickness to use you need to take into account what type of growth you will be cutting down. Come join the discussion about performance, modifications, classifieds, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more! Strimmer’ is an old trademark name that caught on, as you might say ‘hoover’ for any vacuum cleaner or ‘coke’ for any cola. Many strimmers can also be used to tidy up along the edges of a lawn by adjusting the angle of the cutting head.An auto-feed double line trimmer, it cuts beautifully through even thick grass, and with minimal vibration transmitted through to your hands.

The Landscape Juice Network (LJN) is the largest and fastest growing professional landscaping and horticultural association in the United Kingdom. It’s especially comfortable to hold when edging, has a simple automatic feed, and a relatively generous 28cm cutting width – the widest in the test was the Worx WG184E with 33cm. This protects your garden, as it stops you from nicking a tree or garden furniture but it also protects your strimmer line or blades by preventing them from catching on a fence or wall and breaking. HSE have partially looked at this area (in particular the use of chains on strimmers) and there final parting line was : ".It was the hottest thing on the market, till a chain came loose and hit a girl from Alabama in the head and killed her.