No String Head Gas Trimmer (Stainless Steel Blades)

This product is great! It probably doesn't deserve 5 stars but I saw so many bad reviews that it didn't deserve that I gave it an extra star. If your weeds are over a foot tall it isn't great. But if you're a homeowner that cares about his yard like me and you are going to use it to clean up around the sidewalk and the kids swing set it is flat out AMAZING!! I will never ever go back to the string. In fact after my first use I ordered two more so that I would have spares. I did have to drill out the receiver end to fit it to my Husqvarna but I was glad I did: It did not fall out of balance or strip my gears. I only ran at about 1/2 throttle though. I very highly recommend this product!!!!Update; after two uses I decided to get a little crazy and used a flat file to put a sharper edge on the blades. It made a big difference, but I'm not sure its a great idea, If I continue to hand-sharpen it i'm sure that sooner or later it will get out of balance which will lead to trouble. Still, this little guy seems like a gimmicky product but it is NOT.

I got this as a Father's Day present and will cherish it accordingly, but it is a disappointing device in application. I use a variety of trim line devices in lawn maintenance, including a brush mower and two weedeaters. One of the latter has an edger attached all the time for convenience.This device seemed compelling to do all the tasks of my trim line devices, but sadly it excels at none of its functions.As a weed trimmer, it cannot get close to walls due to its outer metal ring. It also makes the trimmer itself front-heavy and therefore challenging for cutting wider swaths of grass evenly.As a hedge trimmer, it is impossible to cut across the top of hedges for obvious reasons. If you need a standard trimmer for the tops of hedges, this device won't save you any time.And finally, it fails its most utterly at edging. In my area, sidewalks are poured nearly at ground height so an edger has to have a vertical blade approach to do the job. The steel ring prevents such use completely. If you watch the videos for this device, you'll note they "edged" near concrete walkways several inches in height over the grass.My final complaint regards the installation. The directions nobly attempt to describe every trimmer manufacturer combination on the market (and adequate bolts and washers are provided) but most require a considerable amount of disassembly of the trimmer head first. If this unit becomes a permanent fixture of your trimmer, that may be acceptable....but it won't be on for long, I promise.

This could be a good product, unfortunately it absolutely does NOT work with electric trimmers. The advertisement says works with almost all gas trimmers, does not mention electric either way, so we took a chance and ordered it anyway.I am not complaining because I took on my own risk so I will keep the Orbitrim but wanted to let anyone else who has an electric trimmer that it might not work for you either.What you need to check is whether your trimmer has a hole in the bottom of the rotating section that will accept a bolt. You will know this by verifying that your trimmer's "string" section can be removed via removal of 1 bolt.It would have been nice for Orbitrin to have someone communicated with requirement then I would not have had to order the item "sight unseen" and found it will not work for my trimmer.But now that I ordered this online, found that Walmart carries this item and I could have viewed it their, thus saving me the trouble of ordering it.Lesson learned.

Not good,,think logically before purchasing this item !!! it states it edges however it only does so if you first edge with a "REAL" edger that has already created a groove for you. Also, it is not a trimmer for around your house because the outer ring protector is not sharp and does not cut, so the grass growing around your house, trees and say your shed that is growing tight against it can not be cut by this Orbitrim. You will have to put your trimmer line spindle back on, sorry guys and gals this is a useless item in that regard. It does help with wild brush though, but hedging your bushes it a bit cumbersome to use this or awkward because is very long to use as e hedger but if works for you go for it. By the way, i did contact customer support, they are clueless. They live in apartments all of them that I speak to. They have never used it and can not put you in touch with someone who has. So if you want true customer support you will get NONE.!!!

The Orbitrim had the necessary parts to convert my Craftsman trimmer. I noticed that the cutting edge was not sharp as received and that there was an issue, with cutting, in taller grass.I have since sharpened the cutting edges and will give it one more try. But in Minnesota that may not be until next spring.

I live on a 2 1/2 acre peace of property. So to run out of string when you are on the far side of my land is a royal pain in the but.The install: The most difficult part of the installation was removing the manufactures string dispenser. I did rush the install the Orbitrim and did not have it centered properly. This caused some vibration when i started to use it. I shut it down, realigned it and she ran smooth as could be.As far as performance, this Orbitrim leveled some of the thickest South Florida weeds with ease. It does take a little getting used to at first, but by the end of the day I was trimming my hedges and had my neighbor dying to get his hands on it for a try. One of the best aftermarket trimmer attachments i have ever used by far!!!