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On Sunday, May 30, 2021 at 9:46:12 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-05-30 8:56 a.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > On Sun, 30 May 2021 Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >> On Sunday, May 30, 2021 Sqwertz wrote:
> >>
> >>> I was gonna weed-eat today, but I said fuggit. Is anybody jealous
> >>> of me whether I weed-eated or not? Yeah I didn't think so.
> >>
> >> I'm jealous you didn't. My arms are sore from swinging the weed-eater
> >> yesterday.
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton

> >
> > By weed-eater do you mean string trimmer?
> > The gas powered ones are heavy, blow fumes right in your face, and
> > often difficult starting. The new B&D ones are battery operated,
> > weigh half as much, no fumes, no cord to hassle with pulling, no
> > gas/oil mixture storage, runs a full hour on a charge... best
> > gardening tool we recently invested in, retired that smelly/noisy gas
> > guzzler. And since we have a lot of trimming we bought a second
> > battery to charge while using one.

> I had an electric line trimmer. It was basically useless. It didn't have
> enough power for the greenery I was dealing with. I bought a Weed Eater
> and it had a lot more power, but those were cheap pieces of crap and I
> had to replace them regularly. I took one into a local garden equipment
> shop for repairs and the owner told me he didn't really want to repair
> it. He said they are cheap pieces of crap and that the repair would cost
> almost as much as it was worth and it would just break down again. He
> suggested I get an Echo. It was about twice the price but he assured me
> that it would last for years and do a much better job.
>
> He was right. I have had that thing for years and it rips right through
> the grass and weeds. It takes a fraction of the time and effort the
> electric one and the WeedEater did. I bought a steel blade attachment
> for heavy duty work so it can handle wild roses, prickly cans, seedlings
> and heavy weeds. I make sure not to leave old gas in it and it usually
> starts up with just a couple pulls and a tank of gas mix is enough to
> get me through the entire yard. I one gallon can of mixed fuel is
> enough to get me through the season.

I bought BD battery trimmer. Used it for 2 feet then chucked it. Back to gas. Total waste of 90 bucks.
BD battery trimmer for sale. Like new...5 bucks. Really.