Highlights
Quality
I am very happy with the makita string trimmer.
I am very impressed with the power and performance of this weed eater.
Attn makita, toss the junk head that comes with thing and sell it with the makita b-02945.
Now i get 5 minutes of use at a time in between messing with the string.
Price
I would love to say good things about it but it has cost me a lot of $.
At 10 1/2 lbs if your looking for lightweight this isn't it, but if you want long-haul quality with batteries that work on over... Read More
Packaging/appearance
It's a really great trimmer that for some reason they put a completely nonfunctional head on out of the box.
Competitiveness
The makita xru15pt1 36v trimmer, is an awesome power tool!
It's great, that makita includes 4x 5ah batteries and a dual charger; that gives a long run time, and more batteries for my ot... Read More
Disclosure i run a lawncare company 20+ years .
I've been a mikia 18v customer for 10 years at least.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
great, better, easy, good and powered. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 725 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 13 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Another issue is that if you let go of the handle and let it dangle from your shoulder by the strap it always flips upside down so you have to rotate it 180 degrees to use it again
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Two other issues that i have is that it is slightly underpowered and will bog down in heavy weeds and the bump and go line feed does not work as well as i would like
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Those are relatively minor issues but they are issues at least for me
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Replaces stihl fs85 gas trimmermuch much lighter and requires no prep and startup time really grab and goenough power for real brushcuttingworks at any position eg overhead unlike gas
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After weeding through the complaints of the negative reviews which ill cover shortly and the pros and cons of its peer group i took a leap of faith that any battery weed eater could possibly be worth 400
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Let me dispel the most common negative reviews i saw that are utter nonsense
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
String gauge too small and or not as powerful as a gas
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The only time i had to put it on the high setting was when i was clearing and actual path in a large area and not just a line around a tree or building