Depending on the condition of the terrain you are edging. Plays a factor in your edger. I have used this machine in hard, soft, muddy,& wet ground. I must say it works very well in all conditions if you read the manual & have patients. May take a couple passes, or just going real slow. The craftsman edger will do the job. Easy to use & very little mantence. Weather it's edging or trenching I highly recommend this product.

I have never written a review before, but I feel that everyone should know abut this problem, I purchased this Edger last summer and it worked fine, I used new fuel in a new gas can and I stored it in an air conditioned, clean building for the winter. When I tried to start it last Month it would not prime or start. I sent it to the repair center to be fixed. I get a call from them saying it would cost about half as much as I paid for the edger, to be repaired because the carburetor was dirty. I have since discovered that this is a problem that many people have had because this carburetor is cheap and not very reliable. I am sure that I don't have a leg to stand on because I can not see what they see at the repair center, but I want everyone to know this will probably happen to them also.