BLACK+DECKER Combination String Trimmer, Lawn Mower, and Edger, Cordless 3-in-1 (MTC220)

I bought this mainly because we need a weed eater. My uncle has a tractor mower, and comes and mows our lawn and my grandparent's lawn (they live right next door to us) every other week or so, but the weeds close to the house, and off the curb need to be cut. He used to bring his weed eater too, but hasn't at all this year, and they got to be almost 4' tall by the time I found this to purchase. I did a lot of research on weed eaters. I needed one that was light enough for me to handle, didn't vibrate as much as most do, and also had the edger function. Yes, you can turn any weed eater into an edger by holding it differently, but the guide on this really helps me out. It's super easy to do with the twist of the handle, lock it in place, and you're good to go.Our sidewalks at both places, haven't been edged in goodness......many many many years. The grass and weeds had grown many inches past where the sidewalks actually end on each side. This made the first couple of times edging a bit difficult, and cumbersome. It wore out the batteries really fast, which was frustrating. However, it did make me take breaks. Long ones. I would love to get the fast charger for the batteries, since it takes many hours to charge each one. I highly recommend, making sure both are fully charged before starting any project that will take more than 20 minutes.I do love that the batteries stop blinking when they are charged. You also cannot overcharge them, which is huge to me, because I always have a tendency to forget batteries that are being charged, and leave them on the charger for days on end. That is perfectly ok with these! No worries!My grandparent's lawn is more of a fescue......very thin blades, and easy to cut. Our lawn is more like bermuda grass, and is very very thick, and takes more energy to cut. I am able to cut their front lawn in 20-30 minutes with this mower. Then I switch out the battery to do edging and weed eating. I love this mower/weed eater/edger!!! It's great! It's super lightweight, and the vibrations are definitely there, but not noticeable when in mower mode. I do notice them when using the edger/weed eater though, so I need to get some anti-vibration gloves to help out with that. My nerves have a difficult time handling vibration, even from a shopping cart across a parking lot. They vibrate for hours afterwards, it's quite irritating. So, most probably would not think the vibration is an issue at all is what I am trying to say. I am just way more sensitive than most people are when it comes to that.It was super easy to put together. I did it by myself in about 15 minutes or less. It's mostly put together anyway. I did watch a youtube video on the assembly that someone did, and I highly recommend it. It was very helpful. I watched it before it arrived, and then I was ready to assemble when it got here.The weed eater is a breeze to remove and put back into the mower section. Just press your foot on the handle and it releases it. To put it back in, just place it in the open section matching the shape of the weed eater, and lock it in place by pressing down with your foot on the segment. It really couldn't be easier. I can lift the entire mower/weed eater/edger with one hand, and that is including with the battery. It can't weigh more than a few pounds. It's probably the lightest mower out there, and probably weed eater too. It feels like a child's play mower it's so light.It cuts nicely, and evenly, and it's easy to see where I have mowed and where I haven't. It does a nice, clean job. I am quite impressed with it, as is my grandpa. I never thought I'd be mowing a lawn with a weed eater, but it works great! Now, I have not attempted to mow our backyard with it, because of the thick bermuda grass. It is quite a large yard, and it would take me several days to mow it just because of all the charging I'd be doing with the batteries. I figure, my uncle is going to mow it no matter what anyway, so I'll let him do the backyards, and I'll handle the front yards, and do all the weed eating and edging. It works out great for us, and I definitely recommend it, but do recommend either another set of batteries, or the fast charger for them. I would definitely buy it again, no doubt!*This product was purchased at full price, for our own personal use.

DEFINITELY AN EXCELLENT BUY. THE DESIGN IS TINY, AND WILL MAKE YOU DOUBT IF IT WOULD BE POWERFUL ENOUGH WELL IT IS. I HAD MEASURED MY YARD IN DIFFERENT ARES TO MAKE IT EASY FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH SPACE YOU WILL COVER WITH THIS YARD. MY BACKYARD MEASURES 25 FT BY 10 FT. IF I DID ONLY THIS PART THE BATTERY SHOULD VA LASTED FOR ME TO MOW THE VERY HIGH GRASS THAT I HAD SINCE MY GAS POWERED MOWER DIED AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO MOW IT UNTIL I DO SOME RESEARCH AND FINALLY BOUGHT THIS UNIT. THE MOWER COMES WITH 2 BATTERIES WHICH LAST FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES EACH. KEEP IN MIND THAT MY GRASS WAS WET SO IT MADE IT WORK A LITTLE BIT HARDER. SO IF YOU HAVE A YARD THIS SIZE IT SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR YOU TO MOW ON 1 BATTERY AND TRIM IT AFTER THAT.I WOULD NOT SUGGEST USING THIS MACHINE ON WET GRASS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A WELL BUILT MACHINE IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR YOU TO MOW SPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE NOT MOWED FOR A GOOD PERIOD OF TIME. SO GOING BACK TO MY YARD SIZE I MEASURED NE PART (THE BACKYARD 25 X 10 FT) THE SMALL FRONT YARD, 8 FT BY 8 FT THE OTHER PART OF THE FRONT YARD 25FT BY 6 FT AND THE OTHER PART OF THE FRONT YARD 15 FT BY 7 FT. I THOUGHT THAT MY YARD WAS SMALL COMPARED TO MY OLDER SINGLE FAMILY HOME WHICH HAS A HUGE YARD. NOW I LIVE IN A TOWNHOUSE CORNER LOT SO THE YARD IS MUCH BIGGER THAN INSIDE TOWNHOMES.ALSO FOR TALL GRASS YOU WILL HAVE TO MOVE IT BACK AND FORWARD BECAUSE AS I SAID IT IS TALL AND JUST LIKE A GAS POWERED MOWER THAT YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT SLOW OR IT WILL GET STUCK, THIS ONE CAN OVERHEAT AND YOU CAN DAMAGE YOUR UNIT. I GUESS YOU WILL BASICALLY MAKE THE MOVES LIKE IF YOU ARE VACUUMING A HOUSE, THIS IMPORTANT STEP MAKES YOUR LIFE EASY.HANDLE IS EASY AND COMPACT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO NOT NEED TO PUSH LIKE THE HEAVIER GAS POWERED ONES. THE ONLY CON IS THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP PRESSING AND YOU CAN EASILY GET TIRED BUT IT IS NOT A DEAL BREAKER. IT ALSO HAS A AUTO FEED SYSTEM SO LIKE OTHER TRIMMERS YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP FEEDING THE LINE ONCE IT GOES OFF, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY FEED ITSELF BUT ONCE IN A WHILE IT MAY GET STUCK OR THROW TOO MUCH LINE AND YOU HAVE TO STOP AND CORRECT IT. TO CORRECT IT TAKE THE CAP OF THE FEEDER AND MOVE IT WHILE PULLING IT A BIT OUT COUNTERCLOCK WISE UNTIL YOU ARE LEFT WITH LITTLE LINE ABOUT 2 INCHES THEN YOU PLUG IT BACK IN. YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH IT SO YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT.I WAS MOWING MY GRASS WITH MY SPEAKERS ON AT 6 AM, AND MY WIFE SIAD THAT SHE COULD HEAR MY MUSIC BUT SHE COULDN'T HEAR THE MOWER SO IT IS PRETTY QUIET, SHE IS VERY SENSITIVE WHEN IT COMES TO NOISE SO IT MUST BE VERY QUIET.ANOTHER PRO IS THAT YOU WILL NOT GET AS NASTY AS YOU DO WITH A GAS POWERED ONE. REASON FOR THIS IS THAT SINCE IT IS SO TINY IT DOESN'T MOW AS MUCH AS A REGULAR GAS AND HAS LESS POWER THAT IT DOESN'T THROW TO MUCH AT YOU. REMEBER THAT WHEN YOU MOW YOU GET ALL GREENISH, WELL THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN I POSTED PICTURES OF MY SOCKS AFTER MOWING A LOT OF GRASS EVEN ON WET.YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO USES GLOVES OR A BRUSH TO GET THE GRASS AT THE BOTTOM, JUST LIKE A GAS PWOERED ONE YOU WILL ACCUMULATE GRASS UNDER THE TRIMMER AND YOU WILL HAVE TO STOP AND MAKE A CLEAN JUST TO BE SAFE AND NOT TO OVERHEAT THE UNIT.IT IS VERY LIGHTWEIGHT EASY TO USE AND A PERFECT REPLACEMENT FOR A GAS POWERED ONE, I M GIVING FIVE STARS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DESERVE TO GET LESS BECAUSE OF THE CONS THAT IT HAS. NO MAJOR ISSUES. IF PEOPLE GIVE IT LESS THAN 5 STARS IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT USING IT ON WHAT I WAS MADE FOR.....SMALL LAWNS......AS YOU CAN SEE ON MY PICTURES MY LAWN WAS VERY TALL IT WAS MORE THAN 12 INCHES, BUT THE MOWER DID A GOOD JOB AND DID NOT WEAKENED AT ANY POINT. BATTERY DOES NOT LAST AS LONG AS IT SAYS BUT HEY IT IS WAY ABOVE AVERAGE IT LASTED MORE THAN I WAS EXPECTING IT. I WAS ONLY EXPECTING IT TO RUN FOR 10 MINUTES ON EACH BATTERY.I WAS ALSO EXPECTING IT TO EAT A LOT OF THE LINE CUTTER BUT IT DIDN'T YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ON A GAS PWOERED YOU HAVE TO SPEND ON OIL, GAS MAINTENANCE AND HOPE THAT NOTHING HITS THE BALDES BECAUSE AS SOON AS THEY ARE TORN YOU ARE OUT OF A MOWER. MAKING THE MATH IT WILL BE ABOUT THE SAME BUT WITH THE CONVENIENCE OF A MUCH SMALLER MOWER THAT YOU CAN HANG ON ANY WALL YOU HAVE USED FOR TOOLS.I HOPE MY REVIEW HELPS BUYER AND DEFINITELY IT IS WORTH THE TRY.GREAT QUALITY BUT REMEMBER IT WILL BE BEST FOR SMALL LAWNS BUT YOU CAN USE IT ON LARGER AREAS BUT IT WILL REQUIRE YOU TO WORK A BIT MORE.PROS

I LOVE IT!! I have small hands and had never mow a lawn before, so this is perfect for my hands, the only reason I guve it a 4 star is because you have to keep pushing the button while cutting the grass and that hurts my hands alot. But if that was fixed, it would be the perfect little mower. PS..my grass was over 10 inches high...works awesome!