I used to have an electric (plug in) Weed Eater brand string trimmer that bit the dust. The string feed never worked well as I had to open the string holder and get the string going again once or twice during use. I see these battery powered jobs.
Keep in mind I have a small .23 acre lot and string trim probably 4 or five times a season so I don't need an industrial strength trimmer. I saw a Riobi 24 volt trimmer for around $80 and a $30-some volt for around $100. I'm looking for any feedback on these battery powered trimmers.
If you have or plan to get any cordless 20v dewalt tools(impacts saws etc) theirs is very nice and comes with a 5ah battery. Between that and the 4ah battery from my big impact i can do my one acre yard in full “ready for a party” mode ie totally manicured trimmed everywhere. I can’t speak highly enough of it
We don't mow our 1/4 acre - we just weed whack with our battery powered (Ryobi?) weed whacker. Not sure it's a ryobi, battery pack is orange though. My wife really likes it.
I bought a Black & Decker 18 Volt trimmer in 2011. It came with two batteries. One died this spring so I bought two new ones.
No other problems.
Happy user of the Kobalt 80V. All though I didn't care for the stock trimmer head, so I recently replaced it the kind where you just feed 2 12" pieces on either side and run it. Made it easier to run thicker line as well.
Only negative is Kobalt doesn't make an edger attachment, but I've read there are some other ones that fit/work fine.
I have a decent sized corner lot, with a path from the door to each street. It gives me a lot of linear feet against concrete to keep clean. Hence the desire for an edger.
Who joins a car forum and makes their first post about weed whackers? I think we are dealing with a smart canoe biding its time til spamming the forum.
In fact, OP's exact post was lifted verbatim from another forum: https://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?361105-Battery-powered-Weed-whacker
Row row row your canoe...
I have a 40v ryobi weed eater, hedge trimmer and leaf blower all share the same battery and have had zero issues with them.
Second for the 40V Ryobi system. This thread keeps coming up and I keep recommending it, because it keeps working awesomely. No engine to start - just pull the trigger and it spins.
Assuming this is not a battery-powered canoe, another vote for Ryobi 40V
18 volt Milwaukee with 9.0 amp battery.
We have an 18v Black and Decker that SWMBO bought a few years back. It's alright, works just fine for about 95% of what it needs to do, but comes up a little short on power at times and the battery life is not quite adequate to do our whole yard in one go (~.8 acres.) It's adequate, I just don't think I'd recommend it over other options available.
I have a 20V B&D trimmer. One battery is good for normal weekly work that I have to do. I have a standard suburban lot. I also have extra batteries (5) due to also buying a B&D blower (Don't buy), a B&D drill motor and picking up an extra battery in the clearance section at Menards. The string trimmer has done everything I asked of it. I just take it apart and clean it yearly. You won't believe the amount of dirt and grass that can get into the motor housing!
One cost savings I do is to wind my own "string" on the reels rather than buy the "ready to go" reels they sell.
Probably the most useful canoe ever. Ordered the Ryobi 40v today to match my Ryobi drill.
