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Flymo Power Trim 700
Is the Flymo Power Trim 700 any good? Are any Strimmer-type tools any
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Flymo Power Trim 700
"Frederick Williams" wrote... Is the Flymo Power Trim 700 any good? Are any Strimmer-type tools any good? If any are, what would you recommend? Personally I wouldn't go for electric garden tools if I could avoid it. Self powered ones, although dearer, are so much easier to handle, more powerful, and go places the electric ones can't. Our Husqvarna (about £110) has done us proud over the years and seems as good as new. Probably have to go to a proper Garden Machinery shop to get one though, I don't think the sheds do them. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Flymo Power Trim 700
Bob Hobden wrote:
"Frederick Williams" wrote... Is the Flymo Power Trim 700 any good? Are any Strimmer-type tools any good? If any are, what would you recommend? Personally I wouldn't go for electric garden tools if I could avoid it. Self powered ones, although dearer, are so much easier to handle, more powerful, and go places the electric ones can't. Our Husqvarna (about £110) has done us proud over the years and seems as Does it have a model name or part number? good as new. Probably have to go to a proper Garden Machinery shop to get one though, I don't think the sheds do them. -- Remove "antispam" and ".invalid" for e-mail address. |
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Flymo Power Trim 700
In article , "Bob Hobden" writes: | "Frederick Williams" wrote... | | Is the Flymo Power Trim 700 any good? Are any Strimmer-type tools any | good? If any are, what would you recommend? | | Personally I wouldn't go for electric garden tools if I could avoid it. Self | powered ones, although dearer, are so much easier to handle, more powerful, | and go places the electric ones can't. By which you mean internal combustion. There are also battery operated garden tools, most of which are complete disasters. They are NOT easier to handle! That is a property of their design, the use to which they are put, and the combination. Under some circumstances, they can be easier to handle - under others, they are right b*gg*rs to handle. Petrol ones need a HELL of a lot more attention - not just all the hassle of regular maintenance, but the fiddling about. The cheaper ones are mostly unreliable, and the more expensive ones tend to be heavy and are often poorly suited to small or fiddly areas. For those, electric ones are generally much better. I wouldn't touch petrol for any garden of below 1,000 square yards, and it doesn't become a definite win until they exceed about 5,000 square yards. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Flymo Power Trim 700
"Nick Maclaren" wrote "Bob Hobden" writes: | "Frederick Williams" wrote... | | Is the Flymo Power Trim 700 any good? Are any Strimmer-type tools any | good? If any are, what would you recommend? | | Personally I wouldn't go for electric garden tools if I could avoid it. Self | powered ones, although dearer, are so much easier to handle, more powerful, | and go places the electric ones can't. By which you mean internal combustion. There are also battery operated garden tools, most of which are complete disasters. They are NOT easier to handle! That is a property of their design, the use to which they are put, and the combination. Under some circumstances, they can be easier to handle - under others, they are right b*gg*rs to handle. Petrol ones need a HELL of a lot more attention - not just all the hassle of regular maintenance, but the fiddling about. The cheaper ones are mostly unreliable, and the more expensive ones tend to be heavy and are often poorly suited to small or fiddly areas. For those, electric ones are generally much better. I wouldn't touch petrol for any garden of below 1,000 square yards, and it doesn't become a definite win until they exceed about 5,000 square yards. Don't take much fiddling or attention these days and the maintainance is minimal, basically cleaning if it's a two stroke motor. You would need to do that with an electric one anyway and fight with the cord every time you use it. Yes, after years of use you may need to change the plug and do some maintainance but then with the cheaper electric one you have to throw it away and buy another, and another...... I have used an electric strimmer and find my petrol one easier to do jobs, probably is the better design and better balance and power of the machine. It is heavier, true, but if you use it for long periods get a shoulder strap then there is no problem. As far as I'm concerned all your comments are mitigated by not having a cord trailing about (trip and electrocution hazard and a right PITB), the increased power, and being able to use it anywhere. (last bit is important for me, no electric on the allotments) -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Flymo Power Trim 700
"Frederick Williams" wrote... Bob Hobden wrote: "Frederick Williams" wrote... Is the Flymo Power Trim 700 any good? Are any Strimmer-type tools any good? If any are, what would you recommend? Personally I wouldn't go for electric garden tools if I could avoid it. Self powered ones, although dearer, are so much easier to handle, more powerful, and go places the electric ones can't. Our Husqvarna (about £110) has done us proud over the years and seems as Does it have a model name or part number? It was the cheapest one they did at the time so look for that. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Flymo Power Trim 700
In article , "Bob Hobden" writes: | | Petrol ones need a HELL of a lot more attention - not just all the | hassle of regular maintenance, but the fiddling about. The cheaper | ones are mostly unreliable, and the more expensive ones tend to | be heavy and are often poorly suited to small or fiddly areas. For | those, electric ones are generally much better. | | I wouldn't touch petrol for any garden of below 1,000 square yards, | and it doesn't become a definite win until they exceed about 5,000 | square yards. | | Don't take much fiddling or attention these days and the maintainance is | minimal, basically cleaning if it's a two stroke motor. You would need to do | that with an electric one anyway and fight with the cord every time you use | it. Yes, after years of use you may need to change the plug and do some | maintainance but then with the cheaper electric one you have to throw it | away and buy another, and another...... A lot of people have said that to me, and then I have watched them use the things. Almost everyone ignores lots of small overheads, including that needed to buy and/or mix the fuel, plus the times the damn thing took several minutes to start. "This isn't typical - it usually starts first time - gasp, gasp." You may be luckier. Also I have great difficulty believing that relatively cheap, exposed to the elements, garden equipment engines are MORE reliable and easier to start than modern car ones. Pull-cord or battery start? If the former, it had better start first time, every time or you had better be strong in the arm; if the latter, I plain don't believe the absence of maintenance - batteries just aren't that long-lived. We have used our electric mower for well over 20 years, and I don't maintain it in any way more than once a year. Indeed, clean WHAT? There's nothing that needs cleaning. | As far as I'm concerned all your comments are mitigated by not having a cord | trailing about (trip and electrocution hazard and a right PITB), the | increased power, and being able to use it anywhere. (last bit is important | for me, no electric on the allotments) Cords are a nuisance, but not as much as is made out, and their disadvantages/dangers are mitigated by the fact that electric motors are controlled by a dead man's switch. If you let go, they stop - not instantaneously, but without positive action. And your last point is is why we used paraffin fridges in Africa. The argument applies only if you have the problem. Most people don't. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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