BLACK+DECKER Electric Strimmer with Automatic Single Line Feed, 55W, 240V, Cutting Width 30cm,BESTA530-GB

Perfect for cutting thick weeds/thistles/nettles/ivy/grass plus lots more. Long cable (Over 16 feet / 5 metres) Great weight, brilliant reach with the extending arm. Very good build quality from Black and Decker. SAFETY leaflet inside the box, READ IT and UNDERSTAND it before you use this strimmer. Really good power, light to use but do take breaks when you start off if you a new to this. Very easy to manoeuvre. Real easy to assemble. I really enjoyed using it.The strimmer line included was really good. This strimmer was great for me. Brilliant for what I needed to do. Grass strimming and numerous weed strimming as mentioned above. Some light tree branches were also no problem for it. It is not a silent motor so I needed to be aware of the time when I used it. Although it is much quieter that those revving petrol ones. I would recommend this strimmer.

This is quite a powerful strimmer compared to my previous B&D , which was still working after 16 years.Uses up the nylon spool fairly quickly however hence the need to buy refills or a large backup and DIY.

Trusted brand for a reason, this strimmer is great. Why did you choose this product over others?:Great experience using other black and decka stuff previously.Value for money:was on sale for £45 when i got it. Great price considering is a solid productPower:more than ampleEffectiveness:not a flimsy strimmer. Manages overgrown grass easily.Ease of assembly:Instructions are clear

I've had a few strimmers and they have all driven me mad with snapping and or tangling cords. I bought this one and attacked my very overgrown front lawn. Did the whole lawn, then the very large back lawn ( edging in this case) and loads of quite large weeds, and it has just got on with it. No snapping or tangling, no stopping to sort out some issue. My first electric drill was Black and Decker, when I was (strangely perhaps) about 14, in the 70's. I used it well into adulthood. A good make. The longer I used it (the strimmer) the more I realised it was going to pack up on me!

I bought this to replace an almost identical one I've had for many years.This is just as good: powerful, flexible & easy to use. I'm not a fan of the guide wheel but this can easily be removed. V. happy with it.

Seems well made and strong. This is easy to assemble and use. But it needs a better,stronger cord .

Had quite a few strimmers in the past and they've always been unreliable, either with a poor feed mechanism, a lack of power or cheap crappy plastic gears that soon strip. This one so far is working well (it's actually the second I've bought, because I was so impressed with the first one I bought a year before for a different location). Cuts and edges well and the guidance wheel is a useful addition. Seems powerful enough for the average garden and the line feed is working well - haven't had to manually intervene once yet. A really good price too. Maybe Black & Decker are on the up again - after years of avoiding their products due to bad experiences, this one is a winner.

Fantastic strimmer. I've a huge garden with lots of bad bits in it. The cable never broke once. First strimmer I've had that doesn't continually need fixing