Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Good Until It Broke - Homelite Lawn Edger Review

By Ashley Martin


The electric start is far more reliable than a gas engine. While the Edge Hog can't trim next to trees or the house, of course, it clears a straight line next to walks with ease and can trench a line around garden beds.

I am a fanatic when it comes to edging and this tool is up for the job. All of my neighbors are jealous of my perfectly manicured lawn, Very easy to use. I bought this edger along with the trimmer several weeks ago. See review on trimmer I posted if interested in seeing that review.

Twenty years later I was a homeowner, edging my own lawn with a manual (push and grunt) edger that worked as well as the spade and bayonet, but with less time and effort from me. Ten years after that, I graduated to a string trimmer, and was able to groom my lawn with much less effort, although much more dirt and noise.

It is easy to use and did a fantastic job with little effort on my part. My significant other uses this Black and Decker Electric Lawn Edge Hog and he is extremely happy with it!

My husband had never edged before, doesn't like anything not gas operated; but even he said the same thing. I would recommend it to anyone.

I found it to require a very short learning curve and worked very nicely on our lawn (read the manual). The lawn has lots of concrete to edge around the driveway, front patio and the back patio and pool with lots of curvature and corners. Got ours a few days ago, and went to work. We have Zoisa in our front yard. It worked beautifully and felt great. I got some goggles out, and whenever I hit a rock, I used a small garden shovel at that very moment to dig the rocks out from the immediate area in front of me and kept moving. The original blade has hardly any wear on it. The accuracy of the "cut" is remarkable.

One thing that's nice is the adjustable depth but don't count on it being accurate. As soon as the blade wears some, it's worthless for that.

Myself, I used a $5 sweeper nozzle, which was highly effective. The whole yard has a much better look. It will fill with mud but is easy to clean out. Real easy to assemble but the grass was over the driveway about three inches in places.




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