Black and Decker Grass Hog Electric Trimmer

Pros: Light, durable, comfortable grip, automatic feed
Cons: Cord "clip" is a bit tight for the thickness of most outdoor extension cords

When I inherited the chore of mowing our lawn as a teen, it wasn’t the mowing that annoyed me so much as the edging afterwards. Edging, with one of those manual tools, with the cutting edge that looked a bit like a tilted diamond. Maybe it was trying ...

Pros: cheap, good on short grass
Cons: not as durable as I hoped, struggles with thick brush

We have an average sized yard (roughly 4000 sq. ft. of yard) with a large easement that we have to maintain (a drainage area that is roughly 2500 sq. ft.), and we wanted to get something that could both help with the front yard and the drainage area. We ...

Pros: Reliable, easy to use, light weight.
Cons: It has a cord, but I was looking for a trimmer with a cord.

I use this trimmer for the relatively light trimming and edge work in my yard. I really only edge around my foundation and mailbox, and I edge every few weeks along the road. I get by with 75 feet of extension cord, but obviously different yards will ...

Pros: Quality, power, functions pretty good, reasonably priced
Cons: Lets out a lot of line with it's autofeed

Most electric yard trimmers these days die on me after a year or two. This one has hung in there for several years now and has always been stronger than the other ones I got. I like the extension cord holder, works well for my cord. Only downside is that the autofeed is pretty generous and I go through a lot of trimming cord. But I got a big spool of that and this trimmer holds a decent amount of it, so no biggie.