I still get to maintain plant beds and I am waiting on the miracle yard tool that will help me keep bermuda and zoysia grass out of the beds. As the string becomes too short, just tap the head on a hard surface and the line will feed out automatically. I was able to trim around chain link fences, edge sidewalks and cut through the toughest grass and even thin branches that crop up in my yard around trees.
If I were to purchase them separately, the PowerLoad is $200 and the leaf blower is $130, so it comes to $330, a $60 difference for this one feature. The head is a piece of junk and a pain in the butt to reload the string. And when you tap the head while running more string does.t come out. Apparently they have changed heads now but that does me no good. You can pick up this model as a bare tool for $169 or with a 2.5Ah battery and standard charger for $229 at your favorite EGO retailer.
Worx sells them, and there appear to be a number of other brands selling compatible spools (we haven’t tested these and can’t vouch for them). Compared with the Ego, the Ryobi is loud—a squeal-like, whiny loud. We recommend using ear protection no matter which string trimmer you use. But even with padded ears, it’s easy to pick up on the Ryobi’s whine. If the Ego ST1511T is not available, our next choice is the Ego ST1521S Power+ String Trimmer with Powerload. It’s Ego’s previous version of the tool, and it is nearly identical to the ST1511T, other than that the shaft is not telescoping and the trigger design is slightly different.
” Once the motor is at full speed and the line is cut, it’s still loud. The other potential negative is that the Worx 20-volt battery system isn’t as widely available as some others, most notably Ryobi. Worx does have a selection of 20-volt saws, lights, and drills, among other tools, but we don’t have enough experience with them to pass judgement on them as a full system. Yet as much as we value consistent battery compatibility, we think $100 for a cordless trimmer that hits all the right points is a solid value . A final touch that we appreciated was the little flower guard that sticks out at the front of the trimmer.
The multi-head attachment tool is pretty cool and dead simple to use. The powerload string trimmer is definitely worth the price of admission. Aside from its power, run time, and control, this tool’s ergonomics are among the best we tested. The Ego weighs a little over 10 pounds, so it wasn’t the lightest of the bunch. greenworks pro But it was still very easy to manage due to its nice balance and the addition of a telescoping shaft and a quick adjustment on the handle . These two features make it possible to customize the ergonomics of the Ego to a wide variety of body heights and types, something we’ve never really seen on these larger trimmers.