STANLEY STR-750A Petrol Grass Trimmer, Black, Yellow

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This strimmer is best suited to domestic use: trimming hedges and shrubs, around walls, fences, the edge of lawns, and the base of tree trunks. Although it could probably handle a lot more, it’s not a brush cutter in the accepted sense of the term. But with this strimmer, you could use it all day and not get tired. It only weighs around 2 and a half kilos! Top Handle Auto Releasing Cord The hedge trimmer has a blade measuring 18 inches and you can also adjust its angle to horizontal or vertical. Means, you can conveniently use the trimmer to reach tough corners. The chainsaw with blade size 12 inch is useful to deal with small logs and medium-sized branches. As tools go, strimmers are up there with the most useful and versatile, plus, both the cost of purchasing and maintaining a petrol strimmer is pretty low. Manageability is especially important when considering a heavy petrol strimmer. These are powerful machines and, even with a harness, they can feel unwieldy. You need to be relatively confident in your physical ability, especially to use a strimmer over 10 kg.

Despite having a 25 cc engine, at only 3.9kg it’s the best lightweight petrol strimmer on our list. For those who are worried about managing heavier weights, but still want something with plenty of power, it’s a great option. The handle position is also adjustable, so users of different heights can find the position that is most suitable, and the engine also starts relatively easily which will reduce fatigue from pulling the engine cord. While there’s no vibration reduction system at work, the soft-grip handles do a lot of the work of making it a comfortable tool to use, though ear and eye protection are still recommended. The line can be advanced by bumping it against the ground. Strimmers come in various shapes and sizes and have a pretty wide price range, but there are only two main categories – petrol and electric powered garden strimmers. In this article, I’ll be reviewing the best petrol strimmers out there on the UK market at this time for a selection of budgets. What is a petrol strimmer?

Big garden jobs demand more powerful tools, and a petrol strimmer is the perfect aid for tackling unruly undergrowth and overgrown borders

The Arebos Eco is a powerful, well-built machine with a stepless regulator so there’s no ‘changing gears’ from one speed to the next. You can run it as fast or slow as you want. No, for two reasons. The nylon thread on a strimmer isn’t sharp enough to cut cleanly so the end result will be ragged and uneven and may even damage the hedge. Also, the head shield can no longer protect you from flying debris once you’ve lifted it above waist height. Conclusion The materials used in this petrol strimmer’s construction aren’t up to what you’d find on a Stihl strimmer, but they are still good quality and a fraction of the price. The frame is a rust-proof alloy and heavy-duty plastic; it looks and feels robust and hard-wearing. Other handy features that Mculloch has seen to adding are that you can access the air filter without the need of tools, and made the fuel tank transparent so you know when it’s getting close to the time to fill up. Thankfully, with it’s excellent fuel consumption, those refills are few and far between.

This Trueshopping Garden Trimmer is the best petrol strimmer to buy on a budget because, even though it’s inexpensive, it’s still extremely well designed. It comes with secure bike-handlebar handles which, when combined with the shoulder strap, create a very stable machine. No bells and whistles here: just a 26cc two-stroke engine, a simple loop handle, three metres of cutting line spooled on the end, and a very reasonable 7kg of weight. There are no alternative blades or accessories, and while the handle is adjustable for a more comfortable grip, the most innovative thing on offer is the recoil starting mechanism, which adds a spring to the starting rope to make things easier on those cold mornings when the fuel just won’t quite catch. When it comes to petrol-powered strimmers, there is still quite a lot of variation amongst them in terms of engine power output. Many of the best petrol strimmers offer 2-in-1 functionality . They come with two head attachments: a cutting-line head and a brush-cutter head. This improves the tool’s versatility, allowing you to cut an array of vegetation. They can be relatively limited in terms of what they can strim through. As previously mentioned, battery-powered strimmers aren’t the best choice for bigger garden-clearance tasks.FUXTEC has redesigned the cylinder and piston to reduce wear and tear and extend the life of the engine. If you need a lighter machine, there are options available such as the 3.9 kg McCulloch Trimmac Trimmer. Of course, the weight always increases a little after fuel has gone in as well. The downside of a lighter strimmer is that they can vibrate a lot, and they won’t be able to do the same tasks as more powerful and heavy models. That said, they are a good compromise if you want the power of petrol but are worried about manageability. This is just as well, as it’s a relatively powerful 43 cc 2-stroke petrol strimmer with both a bump-line feed head and a brush-cutter blade. For the most part, the line head is able to work through a lot of tough undergrowth, like long grass and brambles, so you may find there’s not even much need to change to the brush cutting blade. There is also the fact that petrol strimmers are heavier than electric strimmers, and they can be noisy and vibrate, especially the cheaper models and this can put some people off. Better models usually some vibration-reducing features but they can’t get rid of the shakes completely.