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Someone was asking about weedeater attachments...
It drove me nuts at the time that I couldn't remember the name, but I
just saw the commercial again. It's called the Grass Samurai. http://www.grasssamurai.com/custompage.asp?page=1 I'd be interested to know how it works. Here's what threw me off: "If your cutting swords ever wear out, we'll send you replacements...FREE." But they include 24 of them in the kit. So if they don't wear out, wouldn't I just need 3? |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:36:01 +0000, wrote:
It drove me nuts at the time that I couldn't remember the name, but I just saw the commercial again. It's called the Grass Samurai. http://www.grasssamurai.com/custompage.asp?page=1 I'd be interested to know how it works. Here's what threw me off: "If your cutting swords ever wear out, we'll send you replacements...FREE." But they include 24 of them in the kit. So if they don't wear out, wouldn't I just need 3? Ummm, 'cause it's crap..? I wouldn't dare buy something like this due to the lack of customers' ability to purchase the re-fills in some local manner. I would suspect that the "free replacements" really arn't free. They'll tag on some crazy shipping/handeling fee to make up the difference. I would suggest that you look for a fixed head for your trimmer. You should be able to find a fixed head for most all trimmer makers. A fixed head with .155 string will last a home owner user for a long time. Reloading is very easy and the .155 string is cheap also. Good luck. -- Yard Works Gardening Co. http://www.ywgc.com |
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On 7/22/2005 12:39 PM US(ET), Timothy took fingers to keys, and typed
the following: On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:36:01 +0000, wrote: It drove me nuts at the time that I couldn't remember the name, but I just saw the commercial again. It's called the Grass Samurai. http://www.grasssamurai.com/custompage.asp?page=1 I'd be interested to know how it works. Here's what threw me off: "If your cutting swords ever wear out, we'll send you replacements...FREE." But they include 24 of them in the kit. So if they don't wear out, wouldn't I just need 3? Ummm, 'cause it's crap..? I wouldn't dare buy something like this due to the lack of customers' ability to purchase the re-fills in some local manner. I would suspect that the "free replacements" really arn't free. They'll tag on some crazy shipping/handeling fee to make up the difference. I would suggest that you look for a fixed head for your trimmer. You should be able to find a fixed head for most all trimmer makers. A fixed head with .155 string will last a home owner user for a long time. Reloading is very easy and the .155 string is cheap also. Good luck. I bought one for my Homelite gas trimmer in Lowes a week ago. Same loading principle as the Samurai, but uses regular trimmer line and only has two blades. Says it holds .080 to .105 diameter line. I have a roll of trimmer line that I can cut into 8" pieces for replacements. Arnold "KwikLoader". $20. Claims to fit most major brand trimmers. Has a load of extra adapters, bolts, and nuts for different brands. -- Bill |
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On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:01:59 -0400, willshak wrote:
I bought one for my Homelite gas trimmer in Lowes a week ago. Same loading principle as the Samurai, but uses regular trimmer line and only has two blades. Says it holds .080 to .105 diameter line. I have a roll of trimmer line that I can cut into 8" pieces for replacements. Arnold "KwikLoader". $20. Claims to fit most major brand trimmers. Has a load of extra adapters, bolts, and nuts for different brands. The KwikLoader company makes the Samurai. Look at the bottom of the Samurai web page. -- Yard Works Gardening Co. http://www.ywgc.com |
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On 7/22/2005 1:52 PM US(ET), Timothy took fingers to keys, and typed the
following: On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:01:59 -0400, willshak wrote: I bought one for my Homelite gas trimmer in Lowes a week ago. Same loading principle as the Samurai, but uses regular trimmer line and only has two blades. Says it holds .080 to .105 diameter line. I have a roll of trimmer line that I can cut into 8" pieces for replacements. Arnold "KwikLoader". $20. Claims to fit most major brand trimmers. Has a load of extra adapters, bolts, and nuts for different brands. The KwikLoader company makes the Samurai. Look at the bottom of the Samurai web page. I saw that, but this head's package said "Arnold" as the manufacturer and KwikLoader as the brand name. I Googled a lot of combinations and could not find neither an Arnold site nor a KwikLoader site. On one store page I saw the Kwikloader I have with the name 'Oregon' as the manufacturer. It could be the same but I didn't want to take a chance and assume it was the same manufacturer. The one in Lowes says Arnold. -- Bill |
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Arnold "KwikLoader". $20. That's what I need. I have the kind where you have to bend the piece of line into a U shape, thread it through, then bend each have back again and out another hole. So that each single piece of line gives you two lines sticking out. It's a pain, especially since you have to dig all the grass out to get to the holes. With this Kikloader, how does it "grab" the string to keep it in place? |
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Thanks! I didn't ask, but I was looking for this. -- The Newmanium 'Conservative Consortium . Com The connection for Republicans and Conservatives Join today!!!' (http://www.conservativeconsortium.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Newmanium's Profile: http://www.homeplot.com/member.php?userid=42 View this thread: http://www.homeplot.com/showthread.php?t=56220 |
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:28:27 -0400, The Newmanium
wrote: (http://www.conservativeconsortium.com) LOL a consortium of three registered users.... Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel. -- Aldo Leopold |
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I think the solution mentioned of getting heavy replacement line & cutting your own replacements seems like the least expensive way to go 'cause $25 for just 60" of line cut to 6'' pieces is a bit much! Hope this helps. |
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After writing the above post reply, I got to thinking about what might work in this head. I tried some of my old line (2.4mm vs 3.4mm for the "blades") and found that it was held in place fine. I think the heavier line will last longer, but this will enable me to use up the line I already have. An unexpected bene! |
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