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My old Black & Decker CF10 is past it's prime, and with a top mounted spool that has to have new cord wound on manually, it's a pain to use.

I went to B & Q to look at current models, the Bosch easy grass 26 was around £30, but the Bosch ART27 looked a lot more substantial at £65.

I left not knowing what to buy. :?

Any recommendations in the £30 - £70 range ? I'd not considered rechargeable, but should I ?


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No idea, but need a new one too. My ancient black and decker is yet another thing that has given up the ghost, the bump feed mechanism ate itself a few weeks ago.

Im inclined to buy a cheap one given my run of bad luck with garden appliances of late but need to give it some thought too
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I don't think I'd buy a corded tool again if I had a battery option. Probably depends on how big the garden is, and going battery adds significantly to the cost, unless you're already invested.

I used to have a corded Bosch strimmer 10/15 years ago but never got on with it, it just wasn't comfortable to use and didn't do a very good job. I bought a B&D cordless which has been good.
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I've a decent petrol strimmer and a cheap rechargeable one, the rechargeable gets used nearly everytime, cost about £70 made by cobra. I've had it about 7 years so far, the stihl gets used every blue moon.
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"Blue moon
You saw me strimming alone
Without a dream in my heart"

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The Cobra GT600e (corded- 600W) looks quite nice at under £50.

There is a lawn mower dealer at Hempstead (near Saffron Walden - not far from me) I'll give him a ring Friday morning and see if he has one in stock for me to look at.


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IslandPink wrote: Thu May 12, 2022 8:05 pm "Blue moon
You saw me strimming alone
Without a dream in my heart"

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If anyone has an old (unused) strimmer that takes plastic blades I'd be interested in the hub/head/blade holder to see if I can adapt it to my old B & D strimmer.


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