Black & DeckerBESTA530-GB BESTA530 Corded Strimmer, 550 W, 240 V, 30 cm

I have used countless strimmers over the years and this is by far the best to date. It is well made and very easy to use. Not too heavy and it can tackle even the longest grass and the toughest weeds ! It arrives with just the handle and guard to fix which takes just a few minutes to sort out. This strimmer is also great at edging lawns. The strimmer line is a breeze to fix on the strimmer, just remove the empty spool and the new strimmer line takes literally seconds to fix into place. I use this strimmer to maintain a small field and it manages the job perfectly. Just take my advice and always wear gloves if you have a lot of strimming to do, as it avoids those nasty blisters on your hands ! Excellent value for a great strimmer.

Tackled my lawn for the first time this year, also my first use of the new B&D strimmer.I have been mowing the same lawns for more than five decades, giving my age away here.I reckon that this is at least the fifth strimmer that I have used over this time, so I can speak with some degree of experience.The first thing that I noticed was the weight of this machine, this was the heaviest that I have used. I soon noticed the second negative point. The cable fitted was shorter by quite a few meters than any of the others used previously, quite disappointing as for the first time I was obliged to use an extension cable.B&D are scrimping here.I then used it for edging the lawn as suggested. This was another minus for me, I found it extremely difficult to use for this purpose. In my humble opinion it could be regarded as a gimmick and not practical due in part to its weight and awkwardness in handling.On a more positive note, it was more powerful than any of my previous machines and did the task required as a strimmer successfully.In summing up, I would recommend this machine to a much younger and stronger person than myself. Not for an old timer like me!

If you want a decent strimmer just buy this one! I have tried every make every kind this is the only one I would bother to recommend, it is well thought through, not used to the guide which looks a bit like a wheel but I will! Black & Decker should have known yours would have been best paid a bit more waited a bit longer but hell it was worth the wait!

Replaced the same model which had provided year of trouble free service. Wheel makes edging very easy.

Excellent value- great service thank you