While curved-shaft string trimmers may be the best tool for some users, I find that a straight-shaft tool is far easier to control and much more effective. Plus, you can get it under things like ...

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Attempting to fix or replace parts of your electric yard equipment can seem like a daunting task. One such example is installing the line of your Ryobi String Trimmer. As Ryobi has been creating tools ...

String trimmers can be a pain. Many an hour on a weekend day has been lost while trying to feed string into a fickle trimmer or fruitlessly yanking a gas-powered trimmer's pull cord while the engine ...

As lawn and garden equipment goes, none seems to have as many names as the noble weed trimmer — aka weed wacker, weed eater, weed cutter, string trimmer, strimmer or, in some circles, brush trimmer ...

Consumer Reports has no relationship with any advertisers on this website. Buying a string trimmer can seem unnecessarily complicated. Curved shaft or straight? Gas-powered or electric? Plug-in or ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Next to the lawn mower, a weed eater is perhaps the most essential tool for managing a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When you want the landscaping work in your yard to look as good as possible, you can't stop after mowing the lawn. You need a battery-powered ...

One of the most essential yard tools beyond a mower is a string trimmer. Without one, there would be countless areas of your property with unsightly, unkempt grass the lawn mower was unable to reach.

A man cutting grass with a gas-powered string trimmer - Olena Vasylieva/Getty Images String trimmers (or weed eaters, if you prefer) are indispensable tools in the yard, capable of a wide range of ...