When I bought a home 25 years ago, for the first time, I needed to mow my own yard—an 80-square-foot, postage-stamp-size area. I got a hand-me-down corded string trimmer and started hacking away with ...

I selected the best battery-powered string trimmers based on a mix of hands-on experience, past testing from the Popular Mechanics gear team, and product research. Many of these models, including the ...

When I bought a home 25 years ago, for the first time, I needed to mow my own yard—an 80-square-foot, postage-stamp-size area. I got a hand-me-down corded string trimmer and started hacking away with ...

This simple string trimmer offers decent performance for the price, but it lacks the power to tackle large areas or bigger plants. Why you can trust T3 Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and ...

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As lawn and garden equipment goes, none seems to have as many names as the noble weed trimmer — aka weed wacker, weed eater, weed cutter, string trimmer, strimmer or, in some circles, brush trimmer ...