Yard Tools | Landscape String Trimmers, Leaf Blowers & Vacs (2024)

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Are string trimmers worth it? ›

Yard layout: You need a string trimmer to reach areas you can't get to with a lawn mower. Those include edges along pathways, fences, and patios, near a mailbox, around trees or plantings, or around flower beds.

Dual-line grass trimmers have two lines spinning from the spool, requiring a little extra effort to wind. But they offer faster cutting than a single-line trimmer and can cut more easily through tough overgrowth. Another feature to consider is line thickness.

Weeds, undergrowth and small roots can be removed by a robust motor scythe or cordless scythe with a metal blade. These tools provide more power than lawn trimmers and the blade cuts even more efficiently.

The trimmer head can work closer to ground level, and the curve provides greater leverage and better balance. Curved shaft trimmers are easier to carry. The shorter shaft on curved trimmers is lighter compared to straight shaft trimmers which tend to be heavier and feel more unbalanced.

Line trimmers, also known as string trimmers, use a spinning cable covered in nylon to cut through grass and weeds. Whipper snippers, on the other hand, can use nylon line or a metal cutting head. The metal cutting head allows the user to cut through thick growth.

Even thicker weeds or longer grass is easier to deal with using a brush cutter than a line strimmer. If tackling a large area, or various different areas such as brambles, you should definitely hire a brush cutter.

A string trimmer, also known by the portmanteau strimmer and the trademarks Weedwacker, Weed Eater and Whipper Snipper, is a garden tool for cutting grass, small weeds, and groundcover.

If you are clean shaven or have minimal facial hair and only need to maintain the edges of a haircut, then you want a trimmer. A trimmer is ideal for cleaning up in between cuts for smooth, close-cut edges around your hairline and cheeks.

If you use a string trimmer, use it before mowing. The mower will chop the trimmings and reduce the need for raking. Do not use line trimmers to cut grass against the bark of trees. This will damage the bark, often severely enough to kill the tree.

Instead of thick metal blades, they have strings that spin at high speeds to generate cutting power. The strings' relative thinness means that string trimmers can cleanly and evenly cut along the edges of walkways, flowerbeds, and driveways.