Bosch Electric Grass Trimmer EasyGrassCut 23 (280 Watt, cutting diameter 23 cm, in carton packaging)

Great strimmer very good quality great value for money very strong but not heavy

My second unit to buy. Bought one for myself and my dad was so impressed with it he wanted one for himself . Loads of power in this unit for all your needs

Weighing around 2 Kg., this plastic and metal constructed strimmer was so easy to assemble, most of it having been done so already. The hollow tubular metal arm arrives folded into three section with the power cable running down the middle; think of an elasticated folding walking stick/cane, usually for the elderly. Holes in the tube allow spring loaded metal studs to click into place for assembly/disassembly (I recommend that the strimmer is left assembled.) The plastic strimmer guard beneath slides, then clicks into place. Opposite to the plastic rear guard, is an adjustable metal wire bar, which may be slideither nearer or further away from the strimmer. This pushes plants away from the strimming cord beneath, protecting flower beds, etc. The strimmer's cord cassette, simply drops into place beneath the red capped cover, that is in the base. To open, squeeze the opposite marked sides together to release. It clicks back into place. Thread the cord through the hole in the axle assembly and adjust to the length required. A two way switch arrangement built into the top handle, switches it on and the lower switches either side, keeps the power switched on during use. Depressing the main switch shuts off the power. The safety orange coloured flex/rubber plug, is 6 metres long. Use an RCD device when strimming, sensible footwear and sometimes protective eyewear for those hidden bits of debris. There is an adjustable lower front handle, angled to requirements, by depressing both sides of the handle's red buttons simultaneously; releasing them the handle clicks into a preset position. Readjust until the best comfortable position is found. I use this handle to hang the folded electric flex. Easy to store, clean and use. It's a classic well thought out, well design strimmer, competitively priced unit for these financially slimmer times; cut costs, not quality.

brilliant did the job realy great

Pretty nice, put it together without touching the manual as it's all pretty obvious. I'd only bought this to do smaller garden areas without having to crack out the petrol one. Line isn't super thick so you'll likely get through a fair amount. Only issue I have (hence 3 stars) is that the first time I was extending the line as I was putting the strimmer back the right way up the safety button/interlock failed and by lightly touching the switch was able to strim my hand. Luckilly not powerful enough to draw blood but did leave me some pretty angry marks. So strimmer is perfectly good, just gotta be careful as it's clearly cheaply built including the safety parts of it.