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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.

Helpful InsightsBETA

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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

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