billw wrote:
I am so tired of hurting my shoulder to get my gas fired trimmer to start
each time, I am getting a rechargeable trimmer for my light trim work in
yard.

any sugestoins on models?


I use the Black and Decker 12-volt trimmer, the CST2000.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...olzemville-20/

But if I were to buy one today, I'd spend $20 more and get the NST2018. It's
an 18-volt, 12-inch trimmer, and it uses the same Firestorm batteries as
other Black and Decker tools.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...olzemville-20/

Both are straight shaft trimmers, with heads that rotate so you can do some
pseudo-edging as well as trimming. They're both very quiet, and since they
only run when the trigger is pulled, they're even less annoying. You
neighbors may never know you're out there working.

But on the minus side, battery-operated (or even electric) trimmers aren't
going to have the power you need to go into a big patch of tall weeds. These
tools are truly for trimming -- dressing-up the small stuff -- and aren't
the pseudo-machetes that some folks use gas powered trimmers as. Also, as
you near the end of a charge, you may notice a decrease in rpm's if you run
steady for a while.

--
Warren H.

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