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Looking for a good trimmer/edger
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:44:27 -0700 (PDT), Anthona
wrote: I just bought on line from home depot this trimmer that had a lot of positive feedback and features, which to the best of my limited knowledge in the subject am not aware of any other brand that does the same thing. Unfortunately, the first couple of minutes of using it, the spool would 'eat' up completely the line that was exposed. Each time i manually had to feed the line and each time it would eat up the line. I suspected a malfunction of the spool. I don't see how the spool can eat up the line. What eats up the line is running it against, too close to, something it can't cut, like the sidewalk, a wall, a fence. Have you prior experience using a string trimmer? If so, perhaps at your previous location you trimmed around flower beds where there was nothing to break the line, or around sidewalks that were lower into the ground, so the grass could be trimmed without hitting the sidewalk. It was so chintzy looking that I just couldn't see myself having to go through the same process each time I had to use it. I called the company and they said it that it sounds like a spring problem. They refused to send me another spool to see if that were the case, unless I buy them. Judging That's strange if it is still in warranty. by the chintzy look of that spool, i was not encouraged to do it and i returned it to my local home depot and got my refund. I had 2 weeks to go before I would not be able to get a refund at all, then it would be repairs. BTW, the company is WORX. Designed in Italy, manufactured in China. The feature that i liked most was that just by stepping on the bottom of the trimmer, it would go into a horizontal position, which in my backyard would have been handy. Does anyone know of a good trimmer that is capable of doing the same? A lot of them do that these days. Oh yes it was a ni-cad battery cordless ( not sorry to see that part go anyway ).I am talking about a $100 tool. |
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On Apr 17, 1:45*am, mm wrote:
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:44:27 -0700 (PDT), Anthona wrote: I just bought on line from home depot this trimmer that had a lot of positive feedback and features, which to the best of my limited knowledge in the subject am not aware of any other brand that does the same thing. Unfortunately, the first couple of minutes of using it, the spool would 'eat' up completely the line that was exposed. Each time i manually had to feed the line and each time it would eat up the line. I *suspected a malfunction of the spool. I don't see how the spool can eat up the line. What eats up the line is running it against, too close to, something it can't cut, like the sidewalk, a wall, a fence. Have you prior experience using a string trimmer? *If so, perhaps at your previous location you trimmed around flower beds where there was nothing to break the line, or around sidewalks that were lower into the ground, so the grass could be trimmed without hitting the sidewalk. It was so chintzy looking that I just couldn't see myself having to go through the same process each time I had to use it. I called the company and they said it that it sounds like a spring problem. They refused to send me another spool to see if that were the case, unless I buy them. Judging That's strange if it is still in warranty. by the chintzy look of that spool, i was not encouraged to do it and i returned it to my local home depot and got my refund. I had 2 weeks to go before I would not be able to get a refund at all, then it would be repairs. BTW, the company is WORX. Designed in Italy, manufactured in China. The feature that i liked most was that just by stepping on the bottom of the trimmer, it would go into a horizontal position, which in my backyard would have been handy. Does anyone know of a good trimmer that is capable of doing the same? A lot of them do that these days. Oh yes it was a ni-cad battery cordless ( not sorry to see that part go anyway ).I am talking about a $100 tool.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Good point about how to use a trimmer, my 300$ Sthil was eating line till I learned "How" to use it. Someone new expects miracles from a tool. On my Echo I use the heaviest line made, gauge of line makes all the difference in life |
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On Apr 17, 2:45*am, mm wrote:
On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:44:27 -0700 (PDT), Anthona wrote: I just bought on line from home depot this trimmer that had a lot of positive feedback and features, which to the best of my limited knowledge in the subject am not aware of any other brand that does the same thing. Unfortunately, the first couple of minutes of using it, the spool would 'eat' up completely the line that was exposed. Each time i manually had to feed the line and each time it would eat up the line. I *suspected a malfunction of the spool. I don't see how the spool can eat up the line. What eats up the line is running it against, too close to, something it can't cut, like the sidewalk, a wall, a fence. Have you prior experience using a string trimmer? *If so, perhaps at your previous location you trimmed around flower beds where there was nothing to break the line, or around sidewalks that were lower into the ground, so the grass could be trimmed without hitting the sidewalk. It was so chintzy looking that I just couldn't see myself having to go through the same process each time I had to use it. I called the company and they said it that it sounds like a spring problem. They refused to send me another spool to see if that were the case, unless I buy them. Judging That's strange if it is still in warranty. by the chintzy look of that spool, i was not encouraged to do it and i returned it to my local home depot and got my refund. I had 2 weeks to go before I would not be able to get a refund at all, then it would be repairs. BTW, the company is WORX. Designed in Italy, manufactured in China. The feature that i liked most was that just by stepping on the bottom of the trimmer, it would go into a horizontal position, which in my backyard would have been handy. Does anyone know of a good trimmer that is capable of doing the same? A lot of them do that these days. Oh yes it was a ni-cad battery cordless ( not sorry to see that part go anyway ).I am talking about a $100 tool. Well each new tool introduces a new dimension, even if one has had previous experiences. I had a weedeater for a little over 3 years and had no problems with that one until the motor just upped and died. In this case I just wanted to try at edging first to see if the line would work. In a matter of a few seconds the line would completely disappear into the spool, not even showing at all as it was cut off..this happened 3 times after manually feeding the line. The only thing i had hit was the soil not a sidewalk or whatever..Today, I noticed at Lowes that they are selling WorX for the first time, the same machine i bought online for $119, so i may give it another go Possibly i got a lemon the first time. |
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:56:58 -0700 (PDT), Anthona
wrote: Well each new tool introduces a new dimension, even if one has had previous experiences. I had a weedeater for a little over 3 years and had no problems with that one until the motor just upped and died. In this case I just wanted to try at edging first to see if the line would work. In a matter of a few seconds the line would completely disappear into the spool, not even showing at all as it was cut off..this happened 3 times after manually feeding the line. The only thing i had hit was the soil not a sidewalk or whatever..Today, I noticed at Lowes that they are selling WorX for the first time, the same machine i bought online for $119, so i may give it another go Possibly i got a lemon the first time. A new string trimmer will likely have a smaller line gauge. They want it to break, so you buy more. Take a piece of your line and then compare that to a replacement line gauge. Same? (they call them "string" trimmers, but the thing uses "fishing" line) |
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On Apr 17, 5:20*pm, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:56:58 -0700 (PDT), Anthona wrote: Well each new tool introduces a new dimension, even if one has had previous experiences. I had a weedeater for a little over 3 years and had no problems with that one until the motor just upped and died. In this case I just wanted to try at *edging first to see if the line would work. In a matter of a few seconds the line would completely disappear into the spool, not even showing at all as it was cut off..this happened 3 times after manually feeding the line. The only thing i had hit was the soil not a sidewalk or whatever..Today, I noticed at Lowes that they are selling WorX for the first time, the same machine i bought online for $119, so i may give it another go Possibly i got a lemon the first time. A new string trimmer will likely have a smaller line gauge. They want it to break, so you buy more. Take a piece of your line and then compare that to a replacement line gauge. Same? (they call them "string" trimmers, but the thing uses "fishing" line) Well, the weedeater that i used and this one and I must say most of them use the .065 line. So they are the same guage. I do not see the problem in the line itself, in the mechanism that controls it...the spool |
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