cordless weedeater

 

Looking into a cordless weedeater, I am down to two of them, any users
here have any experience with either the B&D NST 2018 or the Worx GT
model with the lithium battery

   thanks
     Chet

 

Chet wrote:

All my experiences with B&D products seem to be bad, I haven't tried
that one though. Caveat Emptor.

   Jeff

  NST 2018 or the Worx GT

 

Chet said:

I've got the B&D and really like it.  Especially appreciate being able to
flip the working end around to do some edging.  

I've no experience with the Worx weedeater, but  I've the other Worx
products I've bought (leaf shredder, lawn mower) have impressed me
with their design and attention to detail.
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Pat Kiewicz wrote:

It appears all the weight of that B&D is in the business end, not at
all ergonomic

The only cordless tool I've had luck with is the B&D Dust Buster,
still going strong after 10 years.  With all other cordless tools (any
brand) I've found them under powered, charge lasts too short a
duration, and battery packs last at best about a year or two even when
not used.


My yard is much to big for a cordless, I'd need at least two on
charge.  String trimming is my least favorite chore, those things get
heavy carrying them around in the hot sun and they're very hard on the
back.   I can't imagine using a string trimmer that is only suitable
for very light trimming and a charge lasting no more than a half hour
being of any use to me.  I'm very happy with my little Echo gas
trimmer... been using it regularly for seven years with no problems...
and compared to the cost of that Toys R Us B&D it's a steal.  The Echo
is very ergonomic, is extremely easy starting, and uses very little
fuel... I mix up 1 gallon and it's more than enough for the entire
season for my Echo trimmer and my Echo blower... people forget that
charging cordless battery packs ain't free, and when they no longer
hold a charge (less than 2 years) they can cost almost as much as the
tool to replace, and some are not replaceable.

This is direct from Echo, they can be found for like $40 less
elsewhere... 7 years ago I paid $109 from my local authorized dealer:
http://shop.echo-usa.com/Product/Product.aspx?model=GT-225i

 


Cannot  comment on either but my concern would be cost and
availibility of replacement batteries.
I had a nice combo Homelite? set of hedge clipper and weed eater for
$100 which is what it would have cost to replace batteries from some
obscure internet source.  I reluctantly threw out the set.