BLACK+DECKER 20V MAX String Trimmer Edger Cordless, 10-Inch Electric Weed Wacker with Automatic Feed Spool Kit (LST201)

Five stars with a one small hesitation. The weed eater works as well as the previous iteration of it and it is lighter and easier to use. My one hesitation is don’t expect it to cut very dense or long heavy grass. It works well on trimming the edge of an average lawn. Battery lasts longer than I do, that would be a few hundred liner feet. Line seems to feed without problem. I can’t say how long the line will last as the first spool hasn’t run out. But, the machine doesn’t seem to be wasting line. Now, that is just my observation.

Great but for price. Works great and easy to use. Light weight.

I replaced my old gas trimmer head (with edger and trimmer attachments) with this. I have a Black and Decker hedge trimmer that uses the 20V battery so decided to try this. I have a little under a half acre and I was able to weed whack/trim the whole yard on one charge. Worked great, no issues with trim line.Using it as an edger was so-so. Not great but good enough. A trim line is not going to give you the deep edge that a rotating metal blade will. It struggled the first time I edged but that was mainly because it was the first time I edged in the spring and it was a bit grown over. When I edged a week later, it was much easier. Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase. So much lighter than my old Toro gas trimmer.

Lightweight, oh yes. I have arthritis in my hands but I have no problems holding and maneuvering it. I basically use it as an edger. The only problem is the 2.0ah battery. The charge doesn't last very long. I am going to buy a 4.0ah compatible battery and would urge you to do the same as they last much longer between charges.

I have always hated most string trimmers, no matter the brand. Gas ones weigh a ton and kill your arm. Battery ones are too weak on power and the batteries never get past doing half of my 1/4 acre fenced in yard. So electric ones were my choice due to having some power and being light weight, with one exception- the long, long electric cords I need to drag out to do the whole yard. I won't even get into the constant string issues that almost all the bump feed trimmers have.I knew when my last electric string trimmer died what I wanted to look for in a new string trimmer- no more bump- but auto feed, no more long electric cords, but a battery one with a battery that will last, and at least enough power to get through medium- light weeds and grass. When I saw this model at this great price, I decided to order it and this is without a doubt the best string trimmer I have ever bought and used. The auto feed- what a time saver- no more messing with that string! A powerful 20 V Lithium Ion battery- power that gets me through the entire 1/4 acre yard with some to spare.The shaft is adjustable- perfect for tall people like me. A bonus is the head flips so you can also edge with this model. There is supposed to be a wheel for edging, but mine did not come with a wheel. It doesn't matter, as you can edge without a wheel. This trimmer doesn't even weigh 5 pounds- so light and easy on your arm. As for the spool, I've been using the same spool all summer and have yet to need to change it, so I'm seeing this one spool will last an entire summer on a 1/4 acre yard. Everything I wanted in a new string trimmer I now have. I always bring the battery inside and recharge it for the next use. I thought I would need 2 batteries, but not for my size yard. What used to take me an hour and a half now takes me a 20 minutes- this is the best string trimmer I have ever owned!

Easy to use, light weight, battery life good, love the automated string feed feature.

This product does pretty well as a trimmer, not nearly as well as an edger. I bought this one to replace my 10 year old B&D edger/trimmer that worked great and still does. Unfortunately, I gave my old one to my granddaughter to use on her new home lawn.the old one was a bump-advance line feed and the new one is an auto-advance line feed. To say that I’m less than thrilled with the auto-advance would be understating things. The bump advance worked every time, why change things to a more complicated, less effective design just to say “Lookie here what we did!” When edging with my old one, I could do a 75’ curbing in less than 2 minutes and very little effort, plus the angle I stood to edge kept me very close to the curbing. To use the new edger, with a rigid wire guide, I had to stand 90° to the curb and at least a foot or more into the street. It also didn’t seem to have as much power, with the same battery as the old one and it took me nearly 4 minutes to do the edging, actually not as well as the old one did. I wish I would have videoed the edging process. Words just don’t do my frustration level justice. I had to take the reel apart 3 times to manually advance the line before it seemed to decide to sort of work.

At first i didn,t know....the user manual said trimmer & i didn,t see ow it could become a edger. Well today i gave it a try. Very nice i weed wacked & trimmed. The battery life wasn,t that long. thats what i think. I didn,t ime it, you know how long i ran it but when it ran out of juice it just stopped. So i charged It back up & about 3 + hours for a full charge & tomorrow i,ll go at it again.But very easy to handle lightweight & i guess the length of run time is shortened because of the machines size. Overall i must say again that i am very satisfied ...always with Amazons service & thank you Amazon & seller. satisfied customer..ps the users manual has it listed as a trimmer & edger is not mentioned. everybody will love those edgers....