Tesco petrol strimer

toejumper

Bought a petrol strimmer from tesco direct, thought it was a good deal was £80 reduced to £56, £5 off if you use voucher code and triple points and dont forget quidco as well. sorry you will have to copy and paste i cant do the cliky thing, dh used it tonight and thinks its exellent for the price been looking for one for ages, this is the cheapest iv seen.
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.202-2926.aspx
if you pm me i will give you the voucher code as iv had to remove it. as its not allowed on this thread

baccyman

thanks toejumper just ordered one total price £51 and 216 clubcard points.
went through quidco not tracked yet so not sure how much cashback.
pick it up Monday afternoon.

sillygoose

I have had a petrol strimmer for a few years and while it may seem an extravagance at 1st its not. Its not fussy about the old petrol I put in it and uses a tiny amount. It fires up each year without complaint. Its very powerful and as I have a lot of obstacles in my garden it saves a lot of time.

I have had several electric ones and they all failed, the main problem is the electric motor is down the bottom and relies on sucking cooling air through it. Its only a matter of time before dust, grass and moisture kill it. The petrol ones have the engine at the top well away from contamination and will outlast several electric ones, saving money long term.

baccyman

the amount of electric strimmers that i have got through over the years because the motors wear out or the line does not feed properly,
hope this will sort that out.

Slapps

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7201242/Trail/searchtext%3EBRUSH+CUTTER.htm

i just brought this one from argos as for the money i thought it was a better buy.
no doubt someone will rain on my parade and tell me it's carp lol but not everyone can like everything.
i'm happy so i don't care lol

lulugirl

The cable keeps snapping on my electric one & I have to keep stoppin to replace it. Is this the same with this petrol one?

Johnnypanic_2

Tesco emailled me this morning at 0603 to say this was back in stock, but when I checked at 0800, no stock

Poppy9

Are petrol strimmers heavier than electric ones? Weight is an issue for me as I have a bad back.

We need a new strimmer as our electric one has a piece broken off (not bad for 8 years wear - longest we've ever kept one for).

I did buy a Flymo in Focus yesterday reduced to £21.99 but haven't used it yet so if the petrol is better I could return it and buy a petrol.

photome

Slapps wrote: »

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7201242/Trail/searchtext%3EBRUSH+CUTTER.htm

i just brought this one from argos as for the money i thought it was a better buy.
no doubt someone will rain on my parade and tell me it's carp lol but not everyone can like everything.
i'm happy so i don't care lol

Looking at the two i would say you have made the right choice.

Just a question tho how quicly do these go through the cutting line

sillygoose

About the weight, probably a bit heavier but totally different as they are balanced (or should be) from the handle you have the weight of the pole and cutting head on one side, the engine at the top on the other side so it seesaws. electric ones have all the weight down the bottom. I find my petrol one balances nicely at my hip, word of advice wear something long sleeved and old, as the engine can get pretty hot and the 2 stroke mixture makes the exhaust a bit smelly which can make nice clothes smell a bit oily.

sillygoose

Also mine has a bump line feed, everytime the line gets a bit short or snaps I just 'bump' the head on the floor the spin speed feeds a bit more out, a shielded cutter blade in the cover then catches any excess and trims it to the ideal length so I don't ever need to stop!