Comments on: Men are From Gas Powered, Women Are From Electric – Review of Troy-Bilt Weed Wacker

By: bob

bob — Mon, 03 May 2010 11:25:06 +0000

UPDATE!! A year later…since I posted above that my wife actually wanted an electric trimmer for her birthday…OKAY! I happened upon an old Toro electric trimmer at a yard sale last spring. The thing is really tiny and simple and never breaks down. It really is amazing since it works fine. MY NEW STANCE: Why would you need gas unless you must trim far from electricity? Clearly, from the other comments, those who prefer gas almost always just want to feel macho. Those who are more sensible buy an electric one that has far fewer parts to break (as in hardly any parts to break). Now my only question is what to do with my old gas powered trimmer that I can’t get to start any more? Oh, one more thing…my wife would never be able to trim around the house during our toddler’s nap with a gas unit, but the electric one makes hardly any noise. The choice is obvious.

By: Sarina

Sarina — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:35:42 +0000

Well, weed wackers are a real need for gardening. I prefer electric one and my hubby prefers gas powered one. As a result, we have both… haha.

By: gas weed wacker

gas weed wacker — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:36:08 +0000

Funny article. I have always been against cordless and electric weed wackers since I am a property manager and use more commercial equipment and really havent heard of commercial cordless weed eaters. But the residential models are getting better now a days I have been hearing. Maybe soon they will have cordless weed wackers that lawn care pros will be using. I guess we will have to wait and see.

By: Sylvana

Sylvana — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:26:35 +0000

I have a corded electric and I HATE IT!! I HATE having to get the cord out, actually several because I have to daisy-chain a bunch just to get all the way around my yard. I HATE when the cord gets hung up on something and I have to stop whacking and go untangle. I HATE that the cord always seems to be popping out of the hook-up even though I use the locking device. But I love that it is so light-weight, quiet, and easy to start. I can’t lug around a heavy whacker; and I know that people say that the re-chargeables are light, but exactly how light are they?

By: flowers

flowers — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:26:19 +0000

I got a house, not long time ago,and now, all those question, how, where, when are popping in my mind, I even didn’t know which whacker to get. Now, at least i know something