A string trimmer is an invaluable piece of your lawn care tool box. Whether you’re tidying up the edges along sidewalks, ...

These battery-powered and corded electric string trimmers perform on a par with gas-powered models—or even better—in CR’s tests.

Effective gas-powered string trimmers tidy the edges of your yard and maintain its appearance while preventing water damage and staining on fence boards, sheds, and garden-bed edging blocks.

Grass trimmers are designed to keep lawn edges looking neat, but only the best can tidy and trim hard-to-reach grass without hassle. The worst we’ve tested leave behind straggly grass and stubborn ...

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 ...

Whether your patch is big or small, tackle long grass and tricky corners with our tester’s pick of the top cordless and corded models. Plus, how to protect wildlife when trimming ...

A string trimmer is the ideal tool for reaching areas your lawn mower can’t, such as cutting grass and weeds along fence ...

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 ...

When a Stihl weed eater starts acting up, a handful of common issues are usually to blame. Here's what to check before ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These powerful machines make quick work of high grass and tough weeds. Here are five that perform better than the rest. You have a ...