Best Dewalt Whipper Snippers and Edgers
DeWalt 18V XR String Trimmer DCMST561N-XE
- Price (RRP) $319
- Handle TypeLoop Handle
- Shaft TypeSplit
- Power SourcesBattery (Removable)
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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!
DeWalt 54V XR String Trimmer DCM5713N-XE
- Price (RRP) $449
- Handle TypeLoop Handle
- Shaft TypeSplit
- Power SourcesBattery (Removable)
Not worth the headache – This was pretty hand up until it just decides to stop working. I have had my unit repaired once in the first year under warranty and it just died… Read more
again in less than a year. Both times the same thing happened, one day it worked, and the next it didn't.
I was a fool and didn't keep the receipt after the first claim and now Bunnings warehouse just laughed at me when I tried to claim it again without a receipt. The lady from corporate help centre in Sydney just hung up on me.
It's just not worth the hassle. Once it stops working there is nothing you can do other than to take it in, have it sent away, repaired and sent back to you. That turn around takes at least two weeks and who wants to do that every year.
Buy a petrol, at least you can work on the unit to attempt a home fix. The minute you open this thing you void the warranty.