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[Help] Strimmer advice
- Thread starter shingle
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A more commercial styled strimmer with thicker nylon.
I’d hedge your bets if I were you.
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
How much strimming do you have to do? Would it be too much to use a pair of shears like we did in the olden days?!
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
You use a strimmer to cut a hedge? Blimey.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Budget?
Oh you poor darling, I don’t do my own gardening. Everything No.4 needs is in the oast-house and he just gets on with it.
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
I got a petrol four in one multi tool from Aldi middle aisle around 5 years back. Had a strimmer, bush cutter, pole saw and hedge trimmer - Was £100 odd, still going strong.
Boroseagull
Well-known member
I bought a Black & Decker cordless one on Amazon Black Friday event last (via NSC). Reduced from £149 to £90 and added an extra battery for £20. One battery on normal power gives up to 30 min cutting and I cut some really tough thistles and other weeds with it. I'm pleased and recommend it.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Sometimes the thickness of the strim is dictated to by the model used
If bought this from Amazon a couple of years ago: Worx 20V Max Cordless Grass Trimmer – WG157E. Currently £75, but I think I paid less.
I used to hate strimmers because of the cord problem, but this has been perfect despite having to work around rough stone walls. Battery lasts pretty well, and it's easy to get out for occasional use.
I used to hate strimmers because of the cord problem, but this has been perfect despite having to work around rough stone walls. Battery lasts pretty well, and it's easy to get out for occasional use.
I got this, admittedly the lawn mower first (which was the best reviewed I could see) and then the strimmer and later the hedge trimmer neither of which I needed the battery for as they are all interchangeable. Used the strimmer several times and the wire has been faultless
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PX79XNF/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&aaxitk=8eee484028db427bb7c531346e47b5ea&hsa_cr_id=2565865910302&pd_rd_plhdr=t&pd_rd_r=b88e71ea-965c-43f3-bd49-c34aa6c1d540&pd_rd_w=SXtDj&pd_rd_wg=WCqiy&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_mcd_asin_1_title
Weststander
Well-known member
How long's a piece of nylon?
Worth the investment:
https://www.scentsational.com/men-c11/hair-products-c15/wahl-professional-5-star-legend-hair-clipper-p41070/s41426?cid=GBP&glCurrency=GBP&glCountry=GB&msclkid=61bbbb2b1e3717e3d3e3db899f736d7f&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%5BBING%5D%20-%20Shopping%20(All%20Products)&utm_term=4583314234362741&utm_content=All%20Products
Worth the investment:
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A mex eyecan
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- Nov 3, 2011
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The bloke next door to me is quite decent at it, and as of yet I haven’t seen him break down whilst doing it
deslynhamsmoustache1
Well-known member
Get yourself one of these baby's.
The quality of striimming nylon in the modern day .... if anything needed it’s own thread this does..
Obviously not thread for strimming as such
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
In reference to my earlier post on this thread, it was a serious question! The amount of people who spend a lot of money on strimmers in order to cut round a couple of posts, numbers many. If you've got huge banks to do, then you would require a strimmer.
How much "strimming" is there to do?
We always bought Echo petrol strimmers for commercial use. However, there are electric cordless strimmers which are getting better (like electric cars on a miniature scale), but at the moment, nothing beats a good old non-ecofriendly petrol one with 3mm chord.