Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. If the notion of buying and maintaining another gas-powered yard tool doesn’t appeal to you, you’ll be pleased to know ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Along fences, rock walls, and garden beds, you can let grass do its thing, or you can easily cut it down to size with 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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Both sold at Home Depot but created by different manufacturers, Makita and Milwaukee are constantly being compared to each other. This is ...

String trimmers get into spots your mower just can’t reach. These tools, sometimes called weed whackers, are also famously tough to start, particularly if they’ve been in storage all winter. Because ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Weed eater, grass trimmer, weed whacker, string trimmer. Whatever you want to call it, the tool that helps clear up overgrown patches of grass ...

A reliable string trimmer enables you to easily cut grass along fences, around tree trunks and bushes, and near flowers and edible plants as well as tackle weeds, brambles, and other unwanted growth.