![]() I am glad you like your new trimmer too! Free is better then 15.00 but I have never got a better deal then the 15.00 I spent on that thing! My back loves it too! I would buy another one if I had a chance just to have a back up incase this one ever breaks. I would still use the gas one for cutting weeds but I don’t need that much power to trim around the lawn! It is lightweight and easy for me to use. Mainly because they said it was not very powerful! I bought it anyhow cuz all I do is trim around the edges! I was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited because not only does it hold a charge for going on two months now it works fantastic! Its just a cheap little Sears brand trimmer and I am not sure how much it cost to start with but I love it. I have a big heavy duty gas trimmer and last summer I found a rechargable one at Sears for 15.00! It was on clearance. PamĪll material © 2006-2009 by Pam Penick for Digging. The same goes for my husband, who wrote this review. My reviews of products are always my own, honest opinion. The trimmer was mine to keep, regardless of the content of the review, and there was no other compensation for this post. Penickĭisclosure: Troy-Bilt contacted me to ask if I’d review this product on my blog, and I accepted. On the whole, I am pleased with the trimmer, and it is definitely an improvement over my corded, electric trimmer. However, the advantages of the trimmer being cordless outweigh the issues I have encountered with the automatic line feed. The spool has a small diameter, and I wonder if that may be causing the line to get stuck more often than it should. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to get to the spool compared to my old, corded trimmer, so it doesn’t take very long to fix the problem. I have to manually “unstick” the line on the spool. However, as I use up the line on the pre-wound spool that came with the trimmer, the line tends to get stuck and won’t automatically feed. The trimmer also has a feature that automatically feeds out more line when needed. These sprouts are pretty tough, but the trimmer doesn’t have a problem with them. ![]() I also use it to trim live-oak root sprouts. Mainly I edge the lawn next to the street, driveway, and flower beds. The trimmer has plenty of power and is perfectly adequate for the trimming that I do. I switch hands several times when trimming the entire yard. Keeping the trigger engaged is tiring, and I usually have to switch hands when one hand gets tired of holding down the trigger. I also have learned to keep the trigger engaged slightly when I know I will be trimming again in a few seconds. However, after using the trimmer a few times, I have gotten used to doing it, so it’s no big deal. When you release the trigger, the button pops out, and you have to push it again to start the trimmer. In order to pull the trigger to start the trimmer, you have to push a button. It does have a safety feature that I found a little annoying initially. I can trim the yard two times on a single charge.Įven with the battery’s weight, I have found the trimmer to be fairly lightweight and easy to operate. I usually trim every other week, so I have been able to charge the battery, use it two weeks later, and then use it again in another two weeks. After the battery is charged, I unplug it since the instructions recommend that you not leave the battery charging continuously. I do know that I charge it for less than 24 hours. I’ve charged the battery a couple of times, but I haven’t paid much attention to how long it takes to charge. It has convenient indicator lights that show how much charge is left. The trimmer comes with a removable, rechargeable lithium ion battery, which is a little smaller than a brick but weighs about the same. I ended up using one that fit well enough, but it was still tough to tighten the screws without damaging them. However, the groove on the screws where a flat-head screwdriver should fit isn’t cut all the way across the head of the screw, and none of my screwdrivers was the right size to fit into the groove. You have to screw together a couple of plastic pieces that clamp tightly to the shaft of the trimmer and hold the hand grip in place. The only snag I hit was in attaching the hand grip to the shaft of the trimmer. The trimmer requires some assembly, which was pretty straightforward. The only trimmer I have used before was a corded, electric trimmer, so I can’t really compare how this trimmer functions compared to a gas-powered trimmer. The Troy-Bilt TB57 12″ string trimmer is powered by a removable, rechargeable lithium ion battery. My husband is the lawn-care guy at our house, so I handed it over to him and asked if he’d write the review. Troy-Bilt sent me a lithium ion battery-powered string trimmer to review a few months ago.
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