I want to buy a new electric strimmer. We already have a big petrol
one (which is also a brush cutter) but I want a more convenient and
lighter one to use mostly around lawns etc. Price isn't really an
issue, even the most expensive electric strimmers only seem to be £100
or so, however unless there's a real reason to go to a very expensive
one I'm probably looking at the £40 to £50 range.

Requirements a-

Must be reasonably light, the whole point is for it to be much
easier than the petrol one to use.

Autofeed of strimmer line

Possible a tilting head to make it easy to use for edging as well.


Some questions:-
How good are the automatic line feed systems now? I see that B&D
have a completely automatic system where you don't even have to
click a button to get more line. Does this work well?

Do the strimmers with wheels (optional) work well, it sounds quite
a good idea to take some of the weight off the user but is it
practical?

Are the Bosch models with light and heavy strimmer line any good?


What makes do people recommend, there seem to be mainly B&D, Bosch,
Draper and Viking (approximately that order in price too).

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Chris Green