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4.5
I've got a fairly small yard and this does the job fine. I can mow and trim on a single battery without changing. My 9-year-old can handle this ok--it's only a bit unwieldy for him.The string feed has the same issues as any other string trimmer I've ever had. It's really inconsistent when it will let out more string. I have to keep turning it upside down and manually taking it partially apart and letting out string. If I don't do that, it will eventually break off and roll up inside the housing, which is a nightmare. The head is just a bit harder to take apart than others I've had, so this is a bit of an extra inconvenience.I have about 400 ft of edging in my yard. The first time out for this edger meant plowing through tough grass that had not been edged for over a year and was so overgrown it was difficult to even find the concrete drive edge. On one battery charge this edger kept cutting for an hour to complete the job. I was amazed at how long the battery charge lasted and the edger is made strong enough for such a tough job. I was hesitant to go electric because I thought only a gas edger would be tough enough for the amount of edging I need to do but this edger handled the job and is very quiet and easier to use. I am very pleased with this edger! The only minus is that the directions on how to change the blade and the specification for replacement blades is very unclear. Apparently Greenworks doesn't sell blades so I'll have to figure that out when I need to replace the blade.I bought this to replace the 12" model from 2020. That model, I had modified to be more similar to an old B&D that I had. The B&D had a simple slide coupling on the shaft by the head that allowed you to rotate the head for edging, something I missed on the Greenworks 12" trimmer. My resolution, disassemble the shaft connector on the trimmer, drill a 2nd hole for the locking pop-up. This allowed me to "simply" loosen the wingnut on the coupling, push in the pop-up and rotate the head. Not great, but honestly worked great. When the 13" Greenworks trimmer / edger came out, I said I would give it a try. I read many many review, many bad, yet still bought it to see if I would like it. Note that I have not used for any longer than 5 minutes yet, so I will update after a long use. Observations I have made so far:1. Heavier than the 12" though it is quite shorter. Note the descriptions say otherwise, yet if feels heavier to me. I believe that this is a balance issue. I am about 6' tall and find it uncomfortable to hold. With the forward grip as far forward as the coupling, when held at the grip, the trimmer was vertical. My old 12" is nearly horizontal with the same test.2. The Trimmer is single line, meaning only 1 line is out and cutting vs 2 on the 12"3. The spool cover is very difficult to remove compared to the 12". Not sure if it is "newness", but I almost opted to grab a tool of some sort to remove it.4. The battery is on top of the handle portion, such that it is right where your forearm / elbow want to be. This is the biggest deal breaker for me. On the 12", the battery went in the back like this one, yet it went straight back. On this one, it sticks up, forcing you to bend your arm to hold it. After 45 minutes of use my arm / elbow / wrist were quite sore. See the attached pic.5. It takes thinner string than the 13". I did not notice this on the spec when I purchased, not really concerned, but it should be noted. The 13" takes .0625" dia line. I found that this line broke much quicker during edging. I found myself constantly advancing string.6. There is a wheel on the guard for edging. Great idea, however, the distance from the wheel to the guard is about 1-1.5". As a result, if you have thicker lawn, the guard is going to get caught on the grass. I used the wheel about 10% of the time, found it more trouble than it's worth.7. The change from trimming to edging is easy, that part they got right.8. I found the spool cover very difficult to remove. It appears that the holes for the push in tabs are further down the spool than on the 12" such that they are close the hub and you can not get good leverage to push them in. I did this 5 times and nearly went to get a tool to have handy for the next time.I ran this for about 45 minutes, maybe 5 minutes trimming, rest edging. I really wanted to like it, but that is not the case. One comment others made was about the string not coming out of the hole. I had to remove the cover and reroute the string 4 times. I found the issue to be the factory wound string was too tight.My takeaway from this trimmer is that they had a lot of ideas and slapped them on it without proper evaluation. Some of the quirks I could over look, but the battery placement / orientation was the deal breaker for me.Since I paid about 55 for this, I will either sell it or possibly see if I can gut it and use it the articulating head with my 12". Speaking of the 12" , after running the 13" for 45 minutes, I used my 12" for some trimming I forgot about. It was so comfortable.I bought this to replace an electric trimmer/edger that I used for over 5 years at my former residence which had a small yard(and it is still working), but I've moved to a much larger property and dragging 200 feet of electric cord around was not going to work for me. I already had batteries and a charger that came with my Greenworks mower so that was an incentive to buy this brand. This trimmer seems to work just as well as my older one did. Time will tell.I originally bought this trimmer so I could help my husband weed trim .. and I would not have to wait on him .. I had a difficult time finding a battery.. finally got one .. it was an costly the battery cost more the the trimmer itself. I think it is very heavy .. had my husband trim with it .. he thought it was heavier the the gas trimmer .. .. either way I have it and I will use it !Got this in place of my smaller weed whacker and because it uses the same size batteries as my lawnmower. Works well and has a hefty line but boy is it heavy for me to hold.El equipo funciona muy bien. La pila tiene muy buena duración incluso más de lo que menciona la descripción. No me he quedado sin pila y además, carga rápido. Soy nueva con este tipo de equipos y aún no sé si era mejor el de doble hilo. La he usado como 6 veces para hierba fina y sacate. No corta maleza (hierba más gruesa) pues se acaba muy rápido el hilo y se atora.This is pretty much useless.......as it takes a different battery than what our other greenworks takes.....I am pretty upset...gave it to my husband for Xmas..we just went to use it today and no go....thanks a tonI am happy with it but since it is my second one after 5 years of use,here is my desapointment.The only down side is i cannot use my other batteries 40 volts on it because the compagnie added a little plastic protector between the batterie contactor making the use of my previous batteries not to be usable?I had to use my old trimmer upper part connectedwith the new trimmer to be able to use my batteries so living the new upper part aside.Thanx for reading!SteveEntregado antes de lo previsto desde EUA hasta Mexico, paquete en buenas condiciones muy conforme con el producto, hace falta utilizarlo y ver su funcionalidad.Lo único que por ser de importación y la situación que vivimos actualmente tarde poco más de un mes para ser enviado, pero una vez enviado tardo 5 días en llegar.Lo pedí xq tengo algunos productos de esta marca pero qué desepcion
