Toro 10-Inch 24-Volt Cordless Trimmer 51465

The trimmer itself is 24 volt, therefore it is not the lightest of the battery selection...but I found it to be comparable in weight to a lightweight gas powered model. It does have a strap which can carry the weight on your shoulder.

The dual handle feature is nice when wanting to edge, the trimmer does not strain your hand or arm when either trimming or edging with this handle feature.

It comes supplied with a small diameter trimmer string, which I plan to replace with something a little more substantial. It is OK for grass trimming, but when edging you do need a larger diameter to handle the stress. The bump head works well with this model, if you feed out too much a blade trims the excess off.

I no longer have to mess with mixing oil and gas and pulling on a string. Simply pull the trigger and you are trimming, the sooner I can start...the sooner I can get back to the important things. Weedeating is not one of those.

The charger is also a nice feature; it mounts to a wall, which serves as the storage rack for the unit.

Give this trimmer a good look when researching, most competitors out there right now only offer 12V, this is a 24V!

23 of 23 found the following review helpful:

Will build your muscles . . .and try your patience . . .  Jul 21, 2003
By George Black
THE GOOD: Strong battery. Good run-time. Nice charger/storage setup. Attractive design.

THE BAD: Heavy, clunky, badly balanced, unwieldy. Trigger switch requires constant, very heavy pressure.

THE UGLY: The line breaks . . .and breaks . . . and breaks! And-every two or three minutes--it breaks inside the spool, requiring a clumsy removal of the spool cover and re-installing the line. Then it breaks again.

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Prompt, courteous, but completely unable to help-except to suggest "soaking the line overnight."

THE FIX: The only way I could get the thing to work acceptably was to ignore Toro's instructions and to install a carefully wound .080 "professional quality" line. It doesn't make the machine any more elegant to use, but at least it works.

If you buy this trimmer, good luck!

25 of 26 found the following review helpful:

Great Product, Too Bad Dumbed Down  Jun 01, 2003

Look, I dunno about any spool head probs or easy breaking line that I've read below - my use has been just fine in that regard. In fact, product is just fine in almost all regards. Its powerful (for my use at least - as avg. homeowner), the tap-to-extend-line is new to me from my old trimmer and works well in my opinion, the 8" vs 10" feature seems fine by me too - the 8" length (who cares if its actual 8 or 5 or 11 or etc.) keeps the line inside inside the secondary guard for sensitive trimming or for edging. Yes its heavy, but the shoulder strap helps to balance that. Yes its powerful, at least as well as the previous consumer grade electric trimmer this replaces, yes it holds a charge well (my trimming is maybe 2 hours for the whole kit-and-kaboodle).

the only problem? the ... trigger! geez, who ever designed this trigger needs to be fired. I'm a strong guy and don't find the trimmer too heavy or unwieldly (though some may), but the trigger made me stop several times to rest! yes, the trigger! it KILLS your thumb. first, some genius put a tirgger lock on the thing so you have to depress a safety switch at same time you depress trigger. Then, if you even slightly let go of the trigger, the safety lock kicks back in and kills the thing! and there's no full-lock-on I could find. So, you either have to keep trigger fully depressed at all times (by really squeezing), or you gotta keep usign that safety switch with your thumb. I'm still happy, and wouldn;t change it, but god its a really dumb thing for them to do. try it, you'll see.......

(also, i read somewhere its a lead hydride battery (or whatever) and not the NiMH battery often found in cell phones, etc. Thus, I think common wisdom holds you should fully discharge the battery before recharging since they have a "memory effect".)

good luck

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More to Dislike than Like  Jun 30, 2003

I bought this trimmer because of the 24 volt rating. Unfortunately, 24 volts doesn't make up for the overall poor design of the tool. This trimmer is so long that I have to keep my elbows bent when I'm using it and I'm 6'3" tall. This is very fatiguing since the unit weighs almost 13 pounds. The motor is powerful, so why did they use .065" string on it? The string appears to be a cheap grade and doesn't hold up well when trimming. You might as well not even try to edge with it. The changeable string length seems like a neat feature at first, but I'm not sure why I'd want to trim 8" in stead of 10". The instructions weren't very helpful in this regard either.

Pros:
Powerful, string seems to turn at very high speed.

Cons:
String is too small for heavy trimming or edging.
Trimmer is extremely heavy.
Difficult to assemble guard.
Awkward to hold.

16 of 16 found the following review helpful:

Clunky, heavy, reasonably powerful.  Jul 30, 2003
By Robert J. Mangas
I'm in agreement with the others who are unhappy with this unit. It's heavy, the strap is inadequate, and the amount of hand power required to depress the trigger and safety is ridiculous. After 15 minutes of use, I can barely manage 30 seconds of on time (male, 36 years old, no degenerative skeletal or muscular problems.) The line does break frequently. It won't take down weeds with stems bigger than pencils. Since I own it already and my yard is small I'll probably disable the trigger safety and rewind the core with heavier line, warrantee be damned. Would not buy again, would not recommend.

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