Hard starting and noise are among the gripes about string trimmers we recently found on Twitter. Gas trimmers that fire up with fewer pulls, plus a growing list of powerful electric models—many of ...

Cordless outdoor tools reduce the hassle of maintaining gas-powered gear. But when Consumer Reports tested the $240 Echo CST-58V2AHCV, a 58-volt straight-shaft string trimmer sold at Home Depot, we ...

String trimmers can be a pain. Many an hour on a weekend day has been lost while trying to feed string into a fickle trimmer or fruitlessly yanking a gas-powered trimmer's pull cord while the engine ...

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...

Q: Even though I follow the winter storage advice in the manual, I always have trouble starting my string trimmer in the spring. What am I doing wrong? A: If you're using last season's fuel, it's ...

String trimmers are the tool of choice to cut high grass along fences, rock walls, and garden beds. These tools, which are also sometimes referred to by popular brand names like weed whacker or weed ...

I love my lawnmower. It does an excellent job cutting the vast majority of my yard. However, there are places where it simply does not reach no matter how hard I try. This is where a good string ...

These powerful trimmers make quick work of high grass and tough weeds. Here are six that perform better than the rest. According to CR's testing, a gas string trimmer is a good option for tending to a ...

Battery-powered and corded options from Ego, Makita, Ryobi, and more shine in CR’s tests Battery-powered string trimmers are more plentiful and often perform better than corded models. By Paul Hope ...

These powerful machines make quick work of high grass and tough weeds. Here are five that perform better than the rest. You have a large yard. A vast majority of the cordless electric string trimmers ...