BLACK+DECKER 40V Trimmer & Sweeper Combo

The Black & Decker LCC140 (with Blower) was my first experience with purchasing a weed trimmer, and I think it was the right choice. Putting everything together was a breeze — just needed a phillips head screwdriver and about 10 - 15 minutes, and everything was ready to go. The 40-v battery needed a bit of a charge beforehand, but it seems to charge relatively quickly. After that, I was ready to give this thing a spin. The weed trimmer performed very well. It cut down most weeds and grass on the lowest speed (the speed settings go from one, the lowest, to six, the highest), although I mostly kept it on speed two. It took down everything I needed it to. When I got into significantly larger stuff, it performed in those situations too. I cranked it up to speed six to make things go quicker and smoother, which I think was necessary in those situations, but it took down most of the larger weeds I had. In those situations it exceeded expectations, in fact. Cranking the power to level six does have its obvious drawback — it sucked up a lot of power very quickly, but I feel the benefits outweighed everything. Speaking of weight — this thing is light. I recently had a serious back surgery, so I'm hesitant to lift heavy things and do lifting for an extended period of time, but the LCC140 did well. I didn't feel that much, if any, strain on my back. It was actually my shoulder muscles that felt worked out in the end, which I was happy with. It is very light, while not feeling flimsy (although the locking mechanism that works with extending or shortening the length of the trimer does feel a bit cheap). (Special note for those of you who are blessed with height: I'm 6'3", and I did wish there was two or three more inches of length on this weed trimmer. I think it would have been absolutely perfect if it was. But this is a minor thing, and other weed trimmers I tested at the home improvement stores were actually a bit shorter. If you're taller than me, keep this in mind, but, again, it was the best I could find in this price range.) Overall, the trimmer gets a 5 out of 5 from me, but just keep in mind that I've only just started using it. The other part is the leaf blower. It snapped together in three pieces (although it did require a bit of force to get all of them together), and after that, I just needed to insert the battery and adjust the power (again, from one to six, with one being the lowest). It was fully capable of blowing out all the junk, leaves, and other things from my garage, so I was very happy about that. Additionally, after trimming around the driveway, this thing removed all the clippings. There's not too much to say about it, but it seems to work really well. Maybe it could pack a little bit more of a punch; however, other reviews I've read on Amazon made me worry that it wasn't capable of blowing anything, and that simply was not the case. It works well and I believe it's a good value to to toss into the package. This is why I'm giving the overall package a 5 out of 5. Everything is working in order, and some bits exceeded my expectations.