It also requires some heft to move between the strimming and edging modes as the mechanism is stiff. It should be adjustable, so you can change the angle of the cut to cope with inclines and fiddly jobs. It includes a safety switch, an ergonomic harness, an adjustable loop handle, a swivel head to change from trimmer to edger, and easy-to-fit plastic blades. You should find instructions advising the type of trimmer wire most suitable to use with that particular tool. Whereas the metal types are meant for tackling heavily overgrown areas of grass, nettles and brambles.

This line or cord is available in various thicknesses so that different types of grass or weeds can be tackled and tidy any edges or corners that are difficult to reach for larger equipment. We've tested a range of cordless and corded strimmers, putting them through their paces across arange of grass and terrains, to help you find the right one for your garden. These offer more control and let you use a comfortable scything motion when you cut, but they take up room, and can be a little more expensive.There’s a fair bit of vibration during use, and you’ll definitely need ear protection as it’s rather loud at 96 dB. However, while it's efficient, this machine is the loudest on the test at 98dB, and the handles are uncomfortable too. How many times have you rolled up for an inititial site visit only to find that the job is not a good fit for your company?

and i use to do good with the standard Stihl heads BUT, I recenty purchased a Pivotrim head by Oregon. Strimmers aren’t designed to trim hedges, as their woody growth is too thick to be cut with plastic blades or nylon cord, and it would be very dangerous. Light indicators on the battery let you know how much time you have left to finish the job, the telescopic shaft separates in two for easy storage and it comes with a two year warranty.See the post 5 Best Cheap Electric Strimmers for some examples of units you would use this type of trimming wire on. As you might imagine, it would need to be a more powerful type of strimmer to drive a metal blade and at a speed fast enough to cut through the type of growth mentioned above. Plus, there is some sort of argument about having a head full of metal having more rotational mass, thus possibly causing clutch issues down the road from overworking, esp when used on a smaller trimmer that is much more suitable for every day trimming, as opposed to a larger one that has the ability to use blades (which kills you when used for normal trimming every day. Many strimmers can also be used to tidy up along the edges of a lawn by adjusting the angle of the cutting head. Strimmers are a great tool for tidying up straggly grass, as well as areas a lawn mower can’t reach, such as path and flower bed edges, and around the base of trees.

Crucially, this strimmer also has no edging function, so if you’re after neat lawn edges you should look elsewhere. However, it doesn’t come with a strap for additional support and becomes tiring after use in the strimmer mode. It worked great for cutting long areas of ditch bank untill one of the links broke off and busted my leg through jeans. That said, after a fast 50 minute charge it runs for 20 minutes, cutting powerfully and efficiently.Dun Laoghaire Golf Club recently played host to the insightful Turf Science Live seminar, an event co-organised by ICL and Syngenta. They also tend to be less powerful and more expensive than corded strimmers, but they can be excellent value if their batteries are part of a cordless system and can be used in other power tools. which is over a kilo more than the lightest machine on test, the Gtech GT50, and it doesn’t come with a strap to help take the weight. Instead, use a hedge trimmer, or for more precise work, shears, a pruning saw, or pair of secateurs. A brush cutter is a more powerful tool, usually with metal blades, designed to tackle thick vegetation, rough grass, and weeds.