EGO String Trimmer

[zendriver]

Anyone have this, or another model?

Recently purchased the blower, seems like this would be a nice addition to the battery line.

POWER+ POWERLOAD™ String Trimmer with Line IQ™

The world's first String Trimmer with LINE IQ™ Technology. Continuous 16" cutting swath delivers non-stop high-performance trimming.

egopowerplus.com

 

[77thor]

I have an older model and am very happy with it.

I really wish mine had that "power load technology" for re-loading the line.

 

[regguy1]

I have one (5 yrs old now) I'll never buy a gas one again. Mine isn't auto loading but not hard to restring, put the battery in and go. Strong as any gas model

 

[cherryred]

I have this. It totally rocks. I paid extra for the lighter shaft and was glad I did. Power feed works great.

 

[billconner]

Good to hear. I have the pole saw and hedge trimmer, and planning on string trimmer. May get roto tiller.

 

[tncatadjuster]

On my third year, no way will I use any other trimmer. The auto load is wonderful.

 

[Treeman]

Project Farm gave a favorable review of the EGO string trimmer recently.

 

[cherryred]

Project Farm is the gold-standard.

 

[mike93lx]

I have the carbon shaft model.

If you are really tall, be careful. I am 6'5" and it's a back killer. I grabbed a Darwin Grip handle and it helped a ton.

The power, feeding, string loading, and weight are all awesome. I use the 2.5ah battery it came with the 5 can work, but it's way out of balance with the 7.5

 

[Ms6peters]

I just got the carbon shaft version, one level down w/o the IQ auto-feed.
I though the larger battery & balance not to my liking on the IQ-feed model.
So far, so good. I auto feed with only 1-string coming out of the hub; used for edging grass.

Only wished the variable speed trigger had a lower minimum speed for detail trimming/corners etc.

 

[M635_Guy]

Only wished the variable speed trigger had a lower minimum speed for detail trimming/corners etc.

The lack of a variable (squeeze) speed control is the only beef I have with their mower, but now I've mainly gotten used to it and extremely happy overall. If I see a good enough bundle I'll probably move my Kobalt 80v blower and trimmer and go with Ego, though my understanding is they use a proprietary connector for attachments, which displeases me. My edger and pole saw attachments have been very handy, and I'm loathe to re-invest there...

 

[mike93lx]

I just got the carbon shaft version, one level down w/o the IQ auto-feed.
I though the larger battery & balance not to my liking on the IQ-feed model.
So far, so good. I auto feed with only 1-string coming out of the hub; used for edging grass.

Only wished the variable speed trigger had a lower minimum speed for detail trimming/corners etc.

I'm surprised about your comment regarding the trigger. Mine runs quite slow on a light trigger pull

 

[txvwnut]

I have looked the EGO trimmer and see they have attachments, is their attachment system proprietary or is it a universal setup like my Ryobi? I have a Ryobi gas trimmer that I use a tiller attachment on and wonder if it would fit the EGO and if the EGO would power it.

 

[billconner]

Ego string trimmer aficionados, do you like one of the single purpose trimmers or the multi tool attachment?

 

[mike93lx]

Ego string trimmer aficionados, do you like one of the single purpose trimmers or the multi tool attachment?

I went single purpose.

I really don't need the attachments, so simplicity was the goal and the cost was better. I also have their hedge trimmer

 

[volpster31]

ive had one for about 3 years and love it...i also have the blower which is also awesome.i did get the one with the "auto load" and would highly recommend it.