Customer Reviews for Greenworks - 82V 16" (1.5kW) Brushless Prosumer Cordless String Trimmer, 2.5Ah Battery and Dual Port Charger Included - Green
Customer Rating
5
Durable, Compatible, Flexible!
on July 16, 2020
Posted by: kujawskir
from Carlisle, PA
Gender:Male
Picked this Greenworks up two months ago, now I can use the Battery from my Greenworks Snowblower in the summer too without paying for a separate battery. Well balanced with shoulder strap tethered near controls, motor and battery compartment for maximum reach of each tool's business end. Compatible - I loaned out my Ryobi plug-in last season and lost a few parts of it to neglect. Great to be able to step to no cords, keep using existing tools, and the power of this 80V system eases through everything I've thrown at it. Brushless, and build quality seems good. Should last many seasons as has the Greenworks Snowblower so far.
I bought this tool about 3 months ago. I did a lot of research after my first purchase of electric yard equipment turned out to be a big mistake. But I’m really really happy with this equipment. I’m so happy I’ve actually bought two more pieces of Greenworks equipment (the backpack blower and the hedge trimmer attachment which I swap with the string trimmer attachment)
Easy to use and no gas! Battery last long and trimmer has more than enough power. I bought the 80v version so my blower, trimmer and my next purchase, lawn mower, can use the same battery. Big fan.
I like almost everything about this unit. Works well with my attachments. The only two things I don't care for are that I have a really big yard and I can't trim it all on one charge. If I get a second battery down the road, that won't be a problem. Second, I wish they would design the trigger so that it felt more like a gas trimmer when you pull it instead of having that long delay to get going. You get used to it after a while. Other than that, this thing is super quiet and works great!
The trimmer is a solid built. It would have been a 5 star if they have a lock-down system for the trigger-start after the trimmer started spinning. Because they don't have this lock-down system. It is very tiring on the hand constantly holding on the trigger-start while trimming. It would also been very helpful to list all attachments in the booklet that this trimmer could handle. But don't have this information. Left me in the dark, and I had to get the information from else where.
I generally LOVE this trimmer. It has done well with all the attachments I previously had for my gas trimmer, aside from the blower attachment. Hedge, edger, pole-saw, tiller... work great. My only problem is that the listed part for the spool cover (aka "bump knob") is "34108178A" in the manual - but NOBODY carries it (and it isn't even listed in Greenworks' parts directory. Therefore - it's life as a string trimmer is about to come to an abrupt halt :(