Recommend me a good weed-eater...

[Aztech]

It's gotten to where I can't just go buy something anymore. I need recommendations and reviews for everything I buy... it's kind of bugging me now...

So, any recommendations on how/where to find a decent, inexpensive one?

 

[mugs]

I like our Cub Cadet, because it has a feature that allows you to quickly take the regular cutting head off and replace it with a tree pruner or hedge clippers or other devices.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Check out Popular Mechanics, they just did a huge article on best weed eaters a few months back.

 

[AnyMal]

I am very pleased with my Ryobi (sp?)

 

[Aztech]

I wanna use it this weekend, so I gotta go local. Who do you guys like for stuff like that?

Home Depot
Lowe's
Wal-Mart
Sears

Those are the places around me.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Lowes always has better quality than any of those others. They carry stuff like Husqvarna and Troy-Bilt and Bolens all of which I'd place well above HD's proprietary Ryobi or Sears Crapsman.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Lowes always has better quality than any of those others. They carry stuff like Husqvarna and Troy-Bilt and Bolens all of which I'd place well above HD's proprietary Ryobi or Sears Crapsman.

Yeah, but he said "cheap"... lol

We need more information.

How much are you going to be weedeating? What kind of brush? Do you want to add attachments like blades to cut thick brush? Do you want to buy one and not have to worry about it for 10 years?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

For cheap, I'd go Harbor Freight. First thing you do when you get that cheap piece of crap Chinese manufactured thing home is lob it off your roof......then let it get rained on for a few days.....then pour some vegetarian chili on it. Then fire it up and the sumbitch will last you 30 years so long as you smack it around like a free beagle periodically.

 

[iamwiz82]

Our Ryobi sucks. It's a RY30000. It owuld be great if the automatic feed system worked, but it doesn't since it takes about 5 seconds for the Ryobi string to melt to itself, so the stupid thing gets stuck and you have to turn it off and yank it manually.

 

[meltdown75]

I win the value category...

Got my Weed-Eater for $5 at a yard sale and it has worked good for 3 years and still going strong

besides, what would weed eating be without f*#%ing with the little green plastic stringy?

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Lowes always has better quality than any of those others. They carry stuff like Husqvarna and Troy-Bilt and Bolens all of which I'd place well above HD's proprietary Ryobi or Sears Crapsman.

Yeah, but he said "cheap"... lol

A cheap power tool is one that lasts and that you actually find yourself using. Nobody has ever regretted paying too much for a tool but they have regretted spending too little. :thumbsup:

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Lowes always has better quality than any of those others. They carry stuff like Husqvarna and Troy-Bilt and Bolens all of which I'd place well above HD's proprietary Ryobi or Sears Crapsman.

Yeah, but he said "cheap"... lol

A cheap power tool is one that lasts and that you actually find yourself using. Nobody has ever regretted paying too much for a tool but they have regretted spending too little. :thumbsup:

That was exactly my point..

Husqy, Stihl, etc.. are top of the line.. but cheap they are not.

 

[JS80]

Snoop Dogg.

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: JS80
Snoop Dogg.

A weed EATER, not weed DEALER.....that's what I read int he title too!

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: JS80
Snoop Dogg.

:laugh:

 

[everman]

You need a goat or two.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Check it out . . .

 

[silverpig]

Don't know how much it'd run ya, but it's a good one.

 

[Mermaidman]

Gas or electric? Brazilian shave or untamed Eastern European forest?

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
I am very pleased with my Ryobi (sp?)

Ours is as dual string model, and has worked our 1.25 acre lot for 6 or 7 years, along with helping out the neighbors

I have seen several of that model around, and they all seem to get the job done.

 

[mchammer]

String trimmers stink, too hard to control where they cut and it is easy to cause damage. I picked up a nice one a garage sale for $5 and I never use it. You should get some grass shears.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson

Originally posted by: JS80
Snoop Dogg.

A weed EATER, not weed DEALER.....that's what I read int he title too!

Works both ways doesn't it?

 

[mdbound]

Originally posted by: skyking

Originally posted by: AnyMal
I am very pleased with my Ryobi (sp?)

Ours is as dual string model, and has worked our 1.25 acre lot for 6 or 7 years, along with helping out the neighbors

I have seen several of that model around, and they all seem to get the job done.

I've also used my Ryobi for years with the interchangeable heads with blower and an edger and it's worked really well. The dual head line feeds easily. It's two stroke, and mixes the oil/fuel automatically, but if I had a choice, I'd get a 4-cycle.

MD.

 

[DeadByDawn]

Stihl, get one with a straight shaft so you can use more accessories.

 

[Pikachu]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Don't know how much it'd run ya, but it's a good one.

Excellent suggestion. The gearbox (straight shaft) rather than cable (curved shaft) drive is the most durable. Stihl makes kick ass engines. No idea if the string feed head is the best, but I trust Stihl from experience with their chainsaws, and hand held blowers.

You won't find Stihl at Sears, Home Depot or Lowes. Only at authorized dealers.