Late last year I picked up a Bosch Accutrim cordless electric
strimmer.

However rather than using a line to cut, it has "blades" that clip on.
Fine...apart from the fact I get no more than about 5 metres and it
wears out and needs replacing. Replacements aren't cheap, not to
mention the inconvenience of having to change them every couple of
minutes. Quite clearly, it was designed this way to squeeze money out
of the consumer!

I've been thinking though: is there any reason these things are
designed to snap, and could I make one out of something a bit more
durable? Anyone got any advice to offer on this?

On 30 May 2007 05:02:54 -0700, wrote:

Late last year I picked up a Bosch Accutrim cordless electric
strimmer.

However rather than using a line to cut, it has "blades" that clip on.
Fine...apart from the fact I get no more than about 5 metres and it
wears out and needs replacing. Replacements aren't cheap, not to
mention the inconvenience of having to change them every couple of
minutes. Quite clearly, it was designed this way to squeeze money out
of the consumer!

I've been thinking though: is there any reason these things are
designed to snap, and could I make one out of something a bit more
durable? Anyone got any advice to offer on this?

Typical Bosche! They will probably justify snapping as a safety
feature but it makes the strimmer ridiculously expensive to run.

You could make your own but the real fix is get a strimmer with a
cord.

Steve

On 30 May, 13:26, Steve Wolstenholme
wrote:


Typical Bosche! They will probably justify snapping as a safety
feature but it makes the strimmer ridiculously expensive to run.

Safety is clearly secondary - there is no safety catch on this. You
naturally pick it up by the handle, and can't avoid pulling the
trigger. I keep it away from the wife and kids for that reason. I'm
staggered it passed the relevant safety tests.

You could make your own but the real fix is get a strimmer with a
cord.

I would have got one with a cord. I had a B&D which unfortunately
failed within its guarantee, the shop only had this dreadful Bosch as
a replacement.

That said, why is the cord snapping considered a safety feature? They
just auto-feed anyway so will keep on merrily hacking away at whatever
may be in its path!

"Steve Wolstenholme" wrote in message
...
You could make your own but the real fix is get a strimmer with a
cord.

I've got one. You go 5 meters and the cord snaps.

I did wonder why the cords are made of cheap plastic and not Kevlar which is
used for bullet proof vests and is exceptionally tough. You can buy Kevlar
thread so perhaps I'll try one day. The problem is that you need ceramic
shears to cut kevlar easily ;-)