Craftsman 15" 5.5 Amp Electric Weed Trimmer

Perfect, and the right price!

I used my rewards points and ended up paying $22 for it! And it works great!

stunningly bad!

This unit is even worse than the other one-star reviewers reported! The double line spool means that it wastes twice as much cord. It's tap and feed feature never work at all. You have to stop every 30 seconds or so to either unjamb the cord or completely rewind it. If you are lucky, you may get about 15 seconds of actual good use at a time. I have had several trimmers and this is the most frustrating one of all. The others didn't evern come close. This is still another piece of junk from China... poorly designed and not worth even the sale price. Forget this unless you enjoy winding the spool constantly and have hours to do a simple trimming job!

Eats line in minutes

Just finished trying to use this weedwacker once again and went through 2 spools doing about 10 sq. yards. At $8+ per spool, this is a total waste of money. Thought I'd try a Sears product after having a couple of Black & Decker's over the years for product quality. This item is also much heavier than other brands, and has a short stance (I'm 6'4"). My yard guy forgot to put the small spring in once last spring and went through an entire new spool in about 2 minutes ... meaning if you only use the trimmer every once in a while, you'd better keep the **** directions handy. I've purchased about 6 spools, and have tried in vain to possibly rewind new line into the used spools, but they are honestly almost impossible to reline. There is no hole in which to plug the end of the line into the spool, which makes hand tying near impossible. And a waste of time trying since the spool will only last about 5 minutes anyway. My yard work is fairly minimal, but $8 for each use is ridiculous.

Piece of garbage

Can't hold line, so you will have to spend money on a replacement spool. Waste your time and your money.

very heavy

item work good but the handle length is very short,and hevy to handle

Great Mid Level Trimmer

First, this trimmer was replacing a gas powered beast. I was afraid it wouldn't have enough power. Boy was I wrong...I need to actually wear shoes when I use this trimmer. Good strong power throughout the power band. Had no trouble trimming and edging my entire yard in under 15 minutes. The flip head is great, and the handle moves for quick change edging. Pretty slick little device. I would highly recommend in addition it saves the environment. Buy with confidence!

15" 5.5 Amp Electric String Trimmer

Only minor assembly is required. I did that without looking at the Operator's Manual. Within 15 minutes of use, the trimmer kept stopping. I thought the trigger switch was faulty. The problem is the extension cord outlet. It is designed to accept a wide range of female ends of extension cords. With use, electric contact is lost or intermittent due to the wobbling of the female end of the extension cord in the outlet. The dual string head is the main fault. The strings tend to tangle within the head. Wrapping the two strings and re-inserting the spool within the head is time-consuming. I had to resort to using just one string. When operating, the trimmer does fast work. Given that I have solutions to the two faults, I do not plan to return the trimmer to Sears. I cannot recommend due to the dual cutting strings. Buy a single string trimmer instead.

well worth the money

Easy to use, powerful enough to cut through tall grasses, not easy to use as an edger but that could be user skill is less than expert :)

Weed trimmer

This trim is so heavy that I am going to have to return it. It made my back hurt to use it and it uses way to much line. I have a very small yard and it used amost a whole spool of line.

Don't waste your money

BEWARE!!! I bought what I thought was going to be a top of the line electric trimmer, Craftsman. I still believe in the name but not for electric trimmers. The power is there with the 5.5 amp motor but I spent too much time loading, untangling and messing with the spool of line. It is difficult to load the dual spools. There were no arrows, as the manual says, to indicate what direction to wind. The line would wrap itself around the main shaft causing me to stop and unwind/cut the line to continue my trimming. I was very frustrated. I must use a trimmer on my yard areas. I do not want to spend most of my time winding line for the trimmer. The spools diameter is too small and doesn't hold enough line. I will be taking this trimmer back. I gave up and did not finish my yard. Now I have to find another trimmer. You let me down craftsman.

Goof weed trimmer and excellent at on sale price

Works good easy to service and reload. What more can you ask for.or want. So many spools are a hassel these days. This one is simple and effecient. Holds quite a bit of line so you don't have to mess with it to often.

Nice weed trimmer

Nice weed trimmer

It works!

OK

Good but the arrows pointing on how to rewind new string is incorrect.

When a Plus Becomes a Minus

The sturdier rod & handle are fine. Having to constantly hold downthe starting trigger is very tiresome. An on/off button would be better.I prefer a single string arrangement. The dual-trimmer-string arrangement is tougher to resupply & doesn't provide that muchgreater efficiency from what I can see. It's more of a pain.

Great

Great little weed whacker.

line would NOT work correctly, no matter what I did.

Line would look like bird nest as soon as line head was bumped on the first try. Bought a new spool with line already on it and got another bird nest. Nothing would work. I spent more time with the line then work in the yard. After the secound day of no work getting done I took all back to store.