I wanted this so I'm not having 2 cycle gas cans. For my house- a 1/4 acre in a subdivision - it's perfect- low noise, easy to care for and the battery - if you use it every week - can last the whole house. If your into heavy grass or miss a week triming- yes, you'll appricate a 2nd battery. _ much better in my book than hearing a gas 2 cycle or 4 cycle buzzing away.
This weed eater is advertised to be able to trim an area the size of a football field on one charge. I can't trim a 50ft fence line on one charge. I get about 10 or 15 mins of use out of a charge. Before recharging, the battery has to cool down. Then it takes about an hour to charge and you get another 10 mins of use. It takes me all weekend to trim my yard because the battery is constantly being recharged. What a wimpy battery. The trimmer itself is light and easy to use. If I could just get an hour of use out of this battery, it would be a great trimmer.
I really wanted this trimmer to work well. I have a rather small lawn with an area in the back against the back that has some crabgrass against a building. It works just OK on regular grass, not so well on anything a little tougher. It takes two or three passes to trim the area in back (about 50 ft. long). To make matters worse it died on me after the 5th use. I purchased a 27cc gas trimmer today. I want to get the trimming done and not coax a rather weak tool.If you have a lawn with good grass and light weeds this trimmer would work just fine. Anything else I would pass.
Great power, lightweight.
I love this trimmer. The only draw back is the run time on the battery provide with it. Upgraded to the C3 Lithium-Ion XCP Battery
I bought this item thinking I might have to take it back due to the negative comments about the battery. I'm proud to say I had no issues with the battery life. I stay on the average size city corner lot. I edged my grass, trimmed around my trees and house without the battery dying on me! Very pleasantly surprised!
I returned this item. It stopped working after using it for only a half hour.
I returned this item. It stopped working after using it for only a half hour.
Probably what you would expect from a cordless. Took two charged batteries to do my pretty small yard. Overall pleased with the purchase.
Probably what you would expect from a cordless. Took two charged batteries to do my pretty small yard. Overall pleased with the purchase.
I just finished using this trimmer for the first time on my yard and it did the trick. Reflecting on some of the previous reviews;My yard is about 1/4 acre, and I wouldn't suggest anyone with a bigger yard to purchase this trimmer. The battery was almost dead by the time I finished my yard and that is without edging the sidewalks and driveway. Luckily I have a second battery so that is not a problem for me.I had no issue with a lack of power from this trimmer to start out with. As the battery starts to die, a lack of power is noticeable. But that goes for any battery powered device. Advancing the trimmer line. I was confused at how it did this just from the description of the trimmer. You just release the trigger and wait for it to stop and it advances the line 1/4" per stop. Now if you let the line get too short before you try to advance the line, the line wont have enough weight from the centrifugal force to advance. And just remember it advances only 1/4" at a time.
Works well and doesn't need a cord. Other reviews advised buying a spare battery, which I did, and glad of it. One battery only last about 20 minutes and my 1/2 acre yard needs more time. 2 batteries just about does it. Self-feeding string is great!
Battery does not last longer than 30 minutes, good thing I have another c3 product from sears. I downsized from a gas operated trimmer and regret that now. Line feeds well.
Having a number of 19.2 tools, always have a charged battery.
The one time I used it it worked fine did quite a bit on one charge. I'd give it 5 stars but haven't used it enough.
Comes with a Ni-Cd battery, while I would have preferred Ni-MH or Li-Ion. Although the length is adjustable, it is still an inch or two too short for me, and I am 5'11". The manual line feed is finicky and needs a little finesse at times, although with the auto line feed you rarely need to use the manual method. Overall it's a tad on the heavy side, but the grab handle is almost infinitely adjustable, so you can make it pretty comfortable. Very similar to a gas-powered model in maneuverability, and no cord to drag around and catch on obstacles. The battery seems to last 20-30 minutes on a charge, and it comes with a 1-hour charger that works with batteries from 12 to 19.2 volts.