Rechargable Strimmer using Cable Ties

RomfordNavy

Has anyone tried one of these strimmers which uses cable ties as the blades, sounds like a good idea but don't know how effective they are?

twopenny

Interesting, maybe for heavy duty.
My first thought was if a  bit flew off on hitting  a stone say, it's going to hurt a darn sight more than a small bit of 'string'

I've got a lawnmower with similar, tried it once years ago just to see but the blade was easier to manage and lasts longer.

Slinky

We had a strimmer with a fixed length of 'string'. It was a complete pain because when the string broke, which it did often, you had to stop strimming and replace it with a new piece. We had a replacement strimmer which had cable in a drum which you just fed out more of when it broke.

Muppet_194

RomfordNavy said:

Has anyone tried one of these strimmers which uses cable ties as the blades, sounds like a good idea but don't know how effective they are?

We have one and it’s absolutely brilliant! No effort at all to use, so much more convenient. And plenty powerful enough.