As lawn and garden equipment goes, none seems to have as many names as the noble weed trimmer — aka weed wacker, weed eater, weed cutter, string trimmer, strimmer or, in some circles, brush trimmer ...

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In spite of the trimmer's position as one of many essential lawn tools for healthy lawns, dealing with string trimmer line is one of the most annoying — some would say loathsome — maintenance tasks in ...

When I bought a home 25 years ago, for the first time, I needed to mow my own yard—an 80-square-foot, postage-stamp-size area. I got a hand-me-down corded string trimmer and started hacking away with ...