Hey, thanks for the additional welcomes, everybody :smile:
How's that bag for capacity? How many times do you have to empty it in a 1/4 acre? My JD bagger is pathetic - 4 dumps per mow - and I'd say it's about a quarter.......
Yeah, it doesn't hold much. But not a big deal for me, I usually go with mulching mode anyway. Except once in a while when I want some cut grass to "feed" my compost pile. The bag is nice for cutting up and compacting leaves in the fall too, but it sure fills up fast like you said.
Mark widmer
I'm not real impressed with black and decker string trimmer that are cordless i have the grass-hog 18 volt. Those batterys don't last long enuff to trim around 3 building and three trees , it takes two batterys to trim that little bit.Any one have any idea to make those battery's hold a charge longer?:frown:
The B&D cordless Grass Hog uses a NiCad battery. Better to get something with a lithium battery. Those batteries last longer, and it's my impression that manufacturers tend to make better chargers for their lithium tools than for ones that use NiCads, in terms of not overcharging the battery.
I'm pretty happy with my Worx cordless trimmer (model GT WG151.5), I can go 20 or 30 minutes on 1 charge. If I had it to do over I would get the slow-charge version instead of the fast 30-minute charger. I
wonder (can't confirm it) if the fast charger might have ruined the original battery, which they replaced for free to their credit. Don't know if this is an exception to my "lithium chargers are made better" theory, it could have just been a defective battery too.
Who needs electric when you have petroleum power! :laughing:
Seriously though, I have a Flymo/Electrolux Compact 3000+, and a Qualcast Mow 'N' Trim. Both electric, and I use them both from time to time.
Hard to argue against having power. The less powerful electrics seem more sensitive to dull blades and wet or tall grass, you just have to be willing to accept the limits along with the advantages ... and learn to sharpen your own blades! (Or maybe I should be more careful around all the stones that line our yard :biggrin
Mark
