strimmer for allotment

suzy_g

Hi I have had my allotment for a year now and I love it my husband also has a plot , I am looking for a lightweight cordless strimmer for keeping the paths and edges neat
has anyone got any recommendations Thanks

Pooky

We got the Mcalistair brand one from B&Q last year for our plot, holds a charge well and is great.

GreyQueen

My allotment pals swear by the Worx brand.

Primrose

We bought a B&Q own brand one a couple of years ago and found it more effective than the more expensive Bosch one we previously had.

Don,t recommend brands which use those little plastic cutting keys. They break too easily and are more expensive to replace on an ongoing basis than the reels of thin plastic cable/wire

thriftwizard

I picked up a little old push mower at our local recycling centre for £2, and it does a brilliant job of keeping our paths down; the only ongoing cost will be a little oil every now & then. Our elderly 'lottie neighbour bought one new; I believe it was about £30, and he's perfectly happy with it too.

Strimmers etc. tend to get nicked from our plots but they never seem to bother with hand-tools!

unrecordings

Qualcast Panther (push mower) is the only thing that'll tackle our lawns, they're just too lumpy for anything with rubbish torque and/or more than two wheels. We need a goat. I got a cheap cordless strimmer from Screwfix about 2-3 years ago, still going strong and probably exactly the same as that Macalister. Also given it's fairly [STRIKE]cheap[/STRIKE] lightweight it's been much better for paths than my old Bosch