Garden Strimmers

[Jamjar74]

Would be interested in hearing opinions about which is the best strimmer to buy. Have read many reviews and Black & Decker, Flymo, Bosch all have bad reviews.

Thank you.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Not sure if you want electric...but for petrol I use a Honda 4 stroke (very quiet engine) or a Stihl.

[BlueToffee]

I have a stihl, very pleased with it.

Wouldn't recommend an electric one.

[chas2008]

Assuming we are talking electric,i was always anti flymo (still am where mowers are concerned) but i have had a flymo strimmer for over 15 years, bit battered around but it still keeps going...every year i say im going to buy a new one but it keeps on going...

[Jamjar74]

Thank you all. Your answers have been very helpful.

[woofgang]

its the line coil feed that I always had trouble with, it never worked properly on any model despite much tinkering and fixing. I now have one that has a replaceable plastic blade which is much better. Mine is a lightweight one for small jobs, if I wanted one for tougher jobs I would definitely go for a petrol engine.

[ChuckFickens]

The ones with the plastic blades are generally known as brush cutters rather than a strimmer.

[Coldicote]

I gave up on the electric line coil feed variety - it was more trouble than it was worth.

[ludwig]

// its the line coil feed that I always had trouble with, it never worked properly on any model despite much tinkering and fixing //

That's been my experience too. I'd avoid that type at all costs.

[Matheous-2]

I have used a Bosch cordless in our medium sized garden for nearly all this season and never had to fiddle with the line feeder once!
Sorry I can't vouch for Flymos - I owned many of them previously with poor reliability and would not buy one again. However, maybe I was just unlucky....