Strimmers - which one to go for?

[dickymint]

Bill said:

But IME the 18v Makita bump feed works perfectly.

As it happens and as I type Wifey is battling some rather heavy duty stuff with ours to clear a pathway to the new chicken coop that we put some Bantams in yesterday. I'll nip down with a lager for her and take a few pics ......................

[The Three D Mucketeer]

TGCOTF-dewey said:

EGO 48v. Mine replaced a honda which was a pita. The ego is fantastic in every way. Good life, spool widget works well. And always ready to go.

So good I bought a second multi tool version with a selection of heads.

Can it turn at right angles and do lawn edges ? My Flymo Contour Heavy Duty gave up the ghost and I looked at EGO (because I have both 10Amph and 12 Amph batteries ...But I thought I needed the combo and strimmer head . (Bought another Flymo because I knew it would do what I wanted)
I also have a two stroke strimmer for brushwood

Edited by The Three D Mucketeer on Sunday 27th April 13:12

[TGCOTF-dewey]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

TGCOTF-dewey said:

EGO 48v. Mine replaced a honda which was a pita. The ego is fantastic in every way. Good life, spool widget works well. And always ready to go.

So good I bought a second multi tool version with a selection of heads.

Can it turn at right angles and do lawn edges ? My Flymo Contour Heavy Duty gave up the ghost and I looked at EGO (because I have both 10Amph and 12 Amph batteries ...But I thought I needed the combo and strimmer head . (Bought another Flymo because I knew it would do what I wanted)
I also have a two stroke strimmer for brushwood

Edited by The Three D Mucketeer on Sunday 27th April 13:12

The strimmer no, but I just rotate the whole strimmer as it's light enough to do so and obviously happy to run in any orientation being electronic. The multi-head version has a tool for edging though.

The multi-tool

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

dickymint said:

'bush wacker' for his overgrown garden

That’s what I call mine. I use it whenever I encounter an overgrown garden.

[Watchthis]

Ive had a Makita strimmer for years now. Great bit of kit

[Grande Pedro]

That's spooky timing RC. I've just bought this at Brico Messancy. It was €127, discounted from 159 with a loyalty card.



I didn't really want a battery powered one as all my other tools are petrol or cabled.

[BertyFish]

Can anyone help if I can change the head of my cheapo bq jobbie I picked up used last year.

Really hoping I can swap for a blade version but cant find out if there is a universal blade swap.

Excuse the grass we only moved in last year and it’s had a fair bit of scarifying…..

Edited by BertyFish on Sunday 27th April 18:57

[RC1807]

Thank you for all the input and suggestions. There’s a lot of different responses to look at there.



Grande Pedro: I’ve never been to Messancy. I think the only cross border shopping in that direction comes from pIKEA.