You'll Love the Reach of the Garden Trimmer
"This garden trimmer is so easy to use!"
If you own or are looking to purchase a garden trimmer, it’s most likely because you want to completely maintain your landscape rather than just simply cutting the grass. It’s a wise investment, because the grass can be quite hard if not impossible to cut properly and safely around a pole or brush or curbs.
There are many different types of lawn edgers, ranging from the classic gasoline powered string trimmer to electric or batter powered landscape edgers. For much more challenging and daunting jobs, they even offer walk behind edgers, which you push like you would a lawn mower.
Which type you get obviously depends on the landscape you are dealing with, as the gas trimmers are generally recommended for larger landscapes and the electric versions are ideal for smaller yards. There’s many different reliable brands that make edgers, including Worx, Mantis, Black & Decker, McCulloch, STIHL, Echo, Troy Built, and Ryobi, so you have a great deal of flexibility in model and price.
For gas powered edgers, though, Troy Built generally makes the highest quality products. If you prefer to get an electric trimmer, Black & Decker are usually regarded as the experts. If you are interested in trimming commercial areas, Kee comes highly recommended.
You might be wondering if there is a difference between edgers and trimmers. Technically, there really is not, and you don’t have to worry about purchasing the wrong tool. They both will handle the job at hand. However, some say that edgers work slightly better for vertically cutting and trimmers are more apt at getting horizontal cuts. Whether or not this is true, you are unlikely to notice.
If you’re looking to manage hedges, though, you should probably look into an electric hedge trimmer, which uses a large blade to nimbly cut through hedges. The Garden Groom Electric hedge trimmer is getting a lot of praise because it does a great job of sucking in all the debris left from the cutting. Obviously, taking proper care of your equipment is necessary. If you don’t use fresh gasoline, you’ll wind up buying new parts or even getting a replacement.