EGO Power+ 15in 56V Cordless String Trimmer Kit
$153.99
$199.99
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Condition: New
Top positive review
22 people found this helpful
BEST One So Far... Cordless Trimmer.
By Nistoy on Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2023
Overall out of the box it looks to be a great sturdy and light weight battery power string trimmer. Worthy of 5 stars. BUT... I have yet to test this out due to this was Black Friday item and now winter time, will have to wait until spring and summer.As of now I was able to check and or test out the battery and charger. Battery came partially charged about 20% to 40%. I decided to charge the battery to full charge thereby also testing the charger.The charger : At first plug in, both red and greed light simultaneously flashes ONCE (a good sign). Upon connecting the battery, the charger started to hum from silent to loud and started to smell like something is burning. ( I got nervous and disconnect and unlatched the battery and unplug from the outlet.). Back to reading the manual (still not clue). But my understanding was the cooling fan. Research some YouTube videos. Conjured up some courage to try again. Plugged in the charger and connect the battery. Same thing as stated earlier. Held my breath and left it connected and allow it to charge (supposedly). I made sure after 15 min. to check up on it just to make sure it had not started to catch fire or exploded. So far so good. After 1hr on the charger, went to check on it; press on the battery power button and the indicator light was solid on 4 bar and 5 bar was flashing (good sign I thought). After 1 and 1/2 hr went back to check again and Bam! battery was fully charged. BUT the charge still was humming, noise was not loud but you can still hear it. Conclusion was that the loud noise was the cooling fan working to cool the charger while it was charging. This needs to be clearly stated in the manual.Once battery was fully charged I decided to dry operating the trimmer, connect the battery and squeezed both levers and Bam!......IT works. Other than that, so far I have a working product/item. Can't wait until spring/summer.Finally : I recommend this.Update (December 2023) : Got a chance to test this item on my backyard in December month. This trimmer works and operation really as expected and better than others I have own. It has power. Did the whole backyard filled with dried and dead weeds (still standing) just fine without using anymore string. I did not even notice that the string was jammed but was able to finish my yard. (Note : Possibly string can be easily jammed or even ran out without even knowing it, only that the string got shorter or too short). The battery used was 2 bars to do my whole backyard. Good sign that one full charge can and will do my whole front and back yard.
Top critical review
32 people found this helpful
Complete Disappointment. What good is a powerful trimmer that can't trim?
By LAXrich on Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2023
EGO String TrimmerThe product reviews that I read for this were very positive, including Consumer Reports, they influenced my purchasing decision. The reviews must have been written by the EGO company. The unit appears to be very well made but has a fatal flaw, where the rubber meets the road.I tried to cut some weeds coming up through driveway cracks. Out of the box, within 30 seconds of use the strings were worn down to just short nubs and the auto-feed mechanism just plain didn't work. The auto feeding head is a complete piece of junk. It would have taken 5 minutes with a garden hoe to do the job. I spend over 45 minutes repeatedly disassembling the unit and rewinding the string, but to no avail. After a couple of tap feeds the unit was again inoperative. Sometimes it took up to 10 taps to get it to feed. Other times it appeared to be feeding out line on its own. I also tried another brand of trimmer line and got the same results I finally just gave up trying to use the unit. I've never seen a trimmer use so much line to do so little. This is probably reason I've noticed professional gardeners don't use tap-to-feed heads.In addition, forget the instruction book telling you to press in the tabs on the head with your thumbs to dissemble the unit unless you are King Kong. I found that a flat screwdriver gently inserted and turned 90 degrees works just fine.Additionally, I would not recommend this unit for a woman unless she has incredibly strong hands and wrists to wind the cord into the head and the strength to hold the trimmer, it’s fairly heavy.If EGO does not respond with an adequate solution I plan on returning the unit to Amazon and posting this on every site where I read a positive review.
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