Best Battery Whipper Snippers

The Ryobi lawn edger 18V does the job quite nicely but the blade (which is expensive) wears out in no time. Show details

Had this unit for about 5 years now. No issues, nothing broken. Overall an excellent product. More than enough power for heavy grass even on Speed 1.… Read more

Pros 1. Solid build overall 2. Line eyelets are chunky and well contoured such that line breakage does not occur. 3. Feeding in new line is easy enough due to good design.

Cons The trigger pull is a bit heavy when new, but to be fair that speaks to the fact that it is a good quality switch.

I would buy this unit again. It just works.

The product is good. But the after sale is terrible. My Line trimmer has gone mulfunction after 2 years using, I sent it back to Coopers Plains Total… Read more

Tools for repairing. I have been told it will be around 3 weeks but now I have been waiting for more than a month. Called twice and told me still need to wait.

Their products are really good,, and the price is much expensive than other brands. By spending that much money consumer not only aim for good quality product but also after sale service. Left customer in no where does not make any positive reputation for Ego.

Very impressed. Far more powerful than I imagined. As good as a petrol trimmer. Very happy with this purchase. Show details

I bought this whipper snipper a few years ago and love it. I am a small senior woman and find this lightweight and easy to operate. I sometimes have… Read more

to hold the plastic blades with pliers to get a grip to attach a new one but that is a minor inconvenience.

Very Disappointed – Very disappointing considering price point not Japanese now made in China with one of the worst line changers I've ever encountered I worked with… Read more

brush cutters professionally for years but this has one on the worst functioning trimmer heads I've ever come across so hard to put line on and no longer Japanese quality but cheap Chinese.

easy to use, and lightweight, except for reloading the line cartridge – This is a good line trimmer in general. It is also fairly light. It did pack up a week after its use by date (end of guarantee period) and… Read more

Bunnings told me to drive it 35 km west, accross Adelaide to some service centre. They repaired it as if under guarantee, which was decent. Now that I have excellent green Stihl line in it it works well on long grass. The Stihl guy in Mt Barker kindly loaded it for me. It is very difficult to replace the line. A really fiddly job that also requires strong hands to get the line cartridge out of its socket. I highly recommmend the bright green Stihl line as the unit works much much better with this line, rather than what it comes with.

not a good experience as the red blades are continuously coming off despite being put on properly, a real nuisance and one that i am advised can not be fixed Show details

Not quite as good as thought but serviceable. Quite happy. Show details

Absolute junk and a complete waste of money. Can be used a a kid’s toy only. Show details

Utter garbage. Do not waste your money. I purchased one of these and the line kept sucking back inside the head. After a year of being annoyed with… Read more

it, dewalt refused to warranty it saying it was past the 1 year warranty. A bit later I purchased another under the lie they had changed the design. They have not. Brand new, off the shelf using genuine dewalt string supplied with the trimmer and the same thing keeps happening. These trimmers are utter trash and dewalt refuses to stand behind their product

Do not waste your money!

And first place goes to the Ryobi 36V Edger – I got the old Victa edger out again to obviously do the edges after 3 pulls I thought to myself not again ! So I did a little research then went up… Read more

to the local Bunnings and purchased the 36V Ryobi after some consideration of the competition . I must admit the edges gave this machine a challenge as it was the first cut and the machine stalled a few times (yes stalled ) I think it just got to hot and seized briefly for a few seconds then continued without any problems. The second time I used it was lighter work and hassle free . I was very pleased with the results which are much better than you will ever get using a whipper snipper My problem now ! I'll have to do the edges a lot more often , You win some ! you loose some ! Great little machine ,4 year warranty , It'll do me ,but not cheap !

Let down by very weak bump head – The machine itself is quite good, but the bump head is made of soft plastic and is not fit for purpose. Mine lasted about two months. Renders the… Read more

machine unusable.

Contacted Ryobi, asking if there was an alternate head that can be used.

Apparently there is not, and customer service were very unhelpful

Don't take my word for it, you'll find lots of reviews saying the same thing about the bump head on these machines.

Very disappointed...! The motor of this whipper snipper fatally failed three and a half years after I purchased it, although I used it carefully and… Read more

for domestic purposes only. The local dealer's quote to repair it was excessive and I decided not to accept it. My next available option was to place this machine where it belongs: at local council's rubbish disposal centre. Another machine that I bought from Stihl (battery operated lawn mower) also failed in its fourth year of life - I will never buy anything made by this, once very reputable German manufacturer...!

Just not as heavy duty against a petrol powered line trimmer . Running a 2 AH battery supplied it didn't get much run time as I thought plus I'm… Read more

always always having to manually extend the cutting line which doesn't last long . This unit is ideally suited to a very small property and only good to maintain the edges and not do heavy work . Also my battery died and the replacement cost will be $179 which is excessive considering other company batteries prices .

Really happy with this, it's powerful enough to do a 600sqm block with heaps of edging and large garden beds to trim. I just switched over to battery… Read more

after using a powerful Echo petrol snipper, and while the Ryobi isn't a big monster like the Echo, it more than does the job. I get a full hour as long as you stay on the low setting rather than high, which is totally fine to work with. It's SO much easier just switching it on instead of getting petrol in the can, filling the machine and worrying about spillage. You can just grab it anytime and do a quick 10 minute trim rather than cranking up the petrol. Line system easy and feeds out well, no snaps.

I was reluctant to make the switch from petrol and wasn't sure after reading the reviews, but have been very pleasantly surprised at how good it is.

The best edger I have ever owned – I find it is by far the best and easiest lawn edger I have ever owned, once I got used to using it after the about three times. I have owned other types large and small petrol and hand operated.

Spare blade replacements no longer available – Poor battery life and the plastic blades didn’t stay on for more than a minute and it was really difficult to fit replacements. But now you can’t… Read more

even replace them at all, because there are no replacement blades available in any Bunnings store, and apparently the manufacturer has ‘suspended’ them.

If it would normally take you 20 minutes to trim your yard but you would really like it to take you and hour, this is the perfect trimmer. This POS… Read more

is under powered and can only use the lightest trim cord, it constantly breaks the trim cord inside the reel so you will need to take it apart several times each time you trim. I only purchased it because I needed an extra battery for my leaf blower and Stihl was running a sale for the FSA 57 and battery so I actually got the trimmer for about $25. I still overpaid for it. Do yourself a huge favor and stay away from this trimmer.

Too many short comings for the price – I am somewhat disappointed with the FSA60 Considering the $600 expense and 5 month delay at getting it in the store. I was expecting better. The… Read more

motor seems to weak to me, as it does not feel there is much torque in it. I'm going to try it on buffalo soon, and it does not feel it is going cope, it seems to only just do my kikuyu edge. The so called safety start is a pain in the wrist- You slide a lever forward than hold another down whilst operating the trigger.. as soon as you let go the trigger you need to go through the procedure again. I've already taped it up. The brackets that hold the handle onto the pole did not fit into plastic handle. I had to grind one of them. Also the bolts came with a flat washer not a nylock or a locking washer. Basic, to prevent it coming loose. Lastly ergonomics of the straight pole are out of balance. and there is no shoulder strap accessory.

TERRIBLE battery life! – Anyone considering this purchase needs to know how TERRIBLE the battery life is! I tested every line trimmer I could before deciding on the Aspire,… Read more

which had by all accounts, good reviews. I wanted something lightweight and with decent battery life. I made sure to fully charge the battery before my first use, but I was very confused when it died after a short time (about 20mins I thought). I thought maybe I hadn't actually charged it all the way, so charged it fully again and used it for a second time while timing it on my phone. It lasted just over 16 minutes before running out! I jumped on live chat with Husqvarna customer service and was told the battery life was meant to be 25mins (?! still poor in my opinion), but depended on many factors such as what type of line is used—I am using all the components as they came out of the box. It looks like I will now have to invest in a second, very expensive battery just to get through trimming around portions of my tiny 350sqm garden! I am NOT happy with my purchase at all!

Fantastic until motor failed – Loved this on my 4 acre property, but 3 yrs in and the motor died. One year out of warranty and the cost of repair isn't worth it, so now I have to buy another one! Really annoyed and not happy Show details

Don’t buy – Awful design to the trimmer line. Never lets the out, always have to let the line out manually. Show details

Can't trust Makita line trimmers – Mine was subject to recall and Makita are disgraceful the way they deal with recalls. I’ll never buy a Makita product again because of the way they… Read more

dealt with my situation.

I bought a Makita line trimmer from Bunnings.

I used it a handful of times, 5 at most, until I realised it was defective a couple of years later and found there was a recall notice on it.

I took it back to Bunnings to have it ‘repaired’ by a Makita authorised repairer.

After I got it back, I spent months trying to get it working without any success, then just started borrowing line trimmers from friends and family.

I tried to get it going again this year and took it to a Makita service centre at Keilor Park in October and they said an angle grinder had been taken to it and that's why it’s not working. I dealt with a donkey who was the service manager who just had a good laugh at my predicament and suggested I did the damage – brilliant customer service! Yeah, so every tool I have that doesn’t work, I unscrew the casing and go to work on it! Don’t have an angle grinder also by the way. What a drongo!

While Makita think it’s a joke and have no concept of customer service, $200 is a lot to families who have little to no additional income to spend these things.

My advice is to avoid Makita like the plague.

A nice toy for the courtyard not for the garden – To replace my 20 years old two stroke engine line trimmer, I was searching for a battery powered line trimmer with easy to operate. Based on high… Read more

star review & experts' recommendation, I bought this cordless line trimmer from Amazon. But I was extremely disappointed after opened the case – the trimmer designed to have only a single & very thin (1.6 mm) line - definitely not designed for the garden work! Tested WORX WG163E.3 line trimmer and two batteries are good for just over 1 hours’ work without interruption. It works but it has less power to trim the edge of strong buffalo grasses – spent almost double time to do the same job compared to the petrol line trimmer. For just over an hour, half roll of manufacturer installed trim line has gone. This is not surprised me as it uses only 1.6mm thin line! But what will be the ongoing cost just for the trim line? The weight distribution is completely not balanced at the handle position – feel so heavy compared to my much heavier petrol line trimmer. It is good for a courtyard but not suitable to maintain the lawn.