String Trimmer, Battery Powered, 16" Trimmer for Weeds and Grass with POWERLOAD, LINE IQ, Telescopic Carbon Fiber Shaft, Includes 56V 4.0Ah Battery and Charger - ST1623T

So like many I hate yard work. It's friggin hot in Florida. I have a kid that mows the front of the house but the back cannot be mowed because I have solar panels everywhere. Plus the kid just has a riding mower its not like he's doing the worlds best job. But I'm lazy, I have health issues that screw up my body and well it sucks. I bought this because I needed to do the backyard as well as clean up the front lawn. I had never heard of this company but the more research I did, it kept coming up as either a top choice or close. It had lots of good reviews so I said sure I'll try it! I was torn between which model to buy but ended up going with the top of the line one the 16" diameter with the automagic line release when chopping away. I always HATED putting line in my gas trimmer, it was always something and just was irritating. I liked that it came with line pre-loaded and how the system works to load new line when its time. It also came with an extra set of the yellow/orange line. So I went to town with this thing, I chopped down all kinds of weeds and edged the front of the house. You can kinda feel and even hear when the system releases more line. I'm a trained engineer and I'm very stumped on how it knows it needs to release line. I abuse my tools and this thing is a champ! The only major gripe I have is that they don't sell branded line in 16" diameter yellow/orange line replacement. They have 14 and 15 but no 16. Weird. So I bought their premium braided line which I will have to use one day. So far the line holds up well. The battery well its basically a 60V Lithium Ion setup that stores 300wh of power. I happen to have as a hobby batteries! (remember the solar? yeah) The battery life was approx 50 minutes give or take. If you let the battery sit a few mins in between jobs Li Ion batteries by their chemistry will slightly increase the voltage of the battery. The charger is nice and fast, I don't think its loud but I have all kinda of fans and gadgets with fans. Ironically I build Lithium battery packs to power parts of my own, that recharge via solar. So I thought to myself "what if I built a bigger battery and stored it in like a backpack? Guess what the company sells!!! They have a backpack style power system but its not using a different battery. So I picked up a backpack and cut away everything I was only interested in the wire and the connection system. I used Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries(LFP) which are safer than Li-ion. And I built a mega battery that stores around 3kWh of power. So I gained 10X power. Of course that pack is heavy so its more of a 'I wonder if I can do it' but its nice not to ever worry if I'm going to run out of power. I also got the strap for it, mostly for my g/f. Bleh its ok its not the best and I bet one of my rifle slings would do better lol. Some things to remember for safety about Liion batteries. NEVER leave them. completely discharged for a long time, now I'm sure the battery management system on-board takes care of this by calling out "dead" at a safe voltage for storage. Rule of thumb for extended store for those type of batteries is to store them around 30% full. It's actually not great to store it completely charged either for long periods of no use. This is true for your Telsa, and anything else using LFP and Li-ion batteries. Also best practice is the wait a bit before charging it after you just ran it for 50 minutes. If you can, give it 2-3 hrs of rest before recharging it will make your battery last much longer if you follow basically rules of Lithium based batteries. I'm a battery nerd I told ya, engineer, and solar DIY hobbyist. Do not charge or leave your battery somewhere that gets crazy hot OR cold. I'm very happy I went with I call a 'no-name brand' trimmer. Even though it sounds like it IS a name brand up there with DeWalt and the others. I really do hope they make more of the pre-cut 16" string. It's a PITA to cut sting, drop it hot water to get it uncurled and then feed it into the trimmer. I love the already cut stuff!! String seems to be lasting well, I beat it hard. I have had "delayed" automatic line release happen a few times. I'm talking 2-3 minutes tops. I don't think you can go wrong w/this brand and exact model. I love it. Beats my gas powered one that would just leave me stinking of gasoline exhaust and had to deal with the stupid line. Plus the gas powered one likely doesn't work anymore its been sitting rotting for a long time. I may try to take the engine out of it and see if I can play with it. Yeah I wrote a book. I do that sometimes. Whatever. Yellow/orange line = 5/5 Automagic line release = 4.9/5. (only cause of that delay sometimes) Weight = 5/5 (and I have a bad back) Toughness = 5/5 Cutting through deep stuff! - 5/5 Strap = 2/5 Battery = 5/5 (50 min runtime is respectable) Charger noise = 5/5 (I dont think its loud but YMMV) Cost = 4/5 Overall = 5/5

This weed eater is an absolute unit! I was very hesitant to buy electric as I remember when I was a kid the electric mower we had sucked. Needless to say the technology has come a long way since then! So far I’ve been very impressed with this weed eater! It takes a little getting used to as compared to gas but once you do it’s straight power which I love. Yesterday I stress tested it as we had a section of our property that had gotten rather long and overgrown. I figured that would be the perfect opportunity to test it! The weed eater ate right through even some of the thickest brush! I was very impressed! I will say to the battery is very good! I was able to do 3 properties with it before it was low on battery! I think for my needs this will do me very good! String also auto extends which is cool! Length is nice because you can extend or shrink the unit! Overall the unit just works well and the design is well thought out! In terms of ease of use it doesn’t get much better than this unit! If you are hesitant about buying one like I was I’d encourage you to just press the order button!

I've used this for 3 years and have had no trouble whatsoever. I have 6 acres and use this moderately along our woods. I like how easy it is to load new string. I just thread the entire length through (this is simple), even both ends so that the head is in the middle, and then press the button which auto-winds the string pulling it in evenly. Absolutely easy. Is it the "best" of the Ego products? I don't think so... pretty good for a trimmer, but my wife would like it to be lighter, shorter and with more features (for trimming along an edge like a driveway or pond). This is a decent trimmer, and I have not gone back to my wired trimmer at all. Like other Ego products I own, this one is good enough to ditch my former gas and electric tools. Is it worth $300+? I'm not sure. I like the convenience of interchanging batteries, so I'm probably paying a premium unnecessarily if all you need is a trimmer. If you have other Ego products, then this is a no-brainer and useful to add. I don't use the speed function, it just doesn't feel relevant. I wish this was just one more head attachment to the Power Plus tool (like the hedge trimmer and tiller). I would give this 4.5 stars if I could... good enough and durable over the yeas and reliable. Not the fastest, lightest etc. but "good enough".

Love this trimmer! Pros: Powerful and battery life is pretty good. Mostly use it on low on full throttle on thicker weeds. For even thicker stuff you could use high setting but drains battery quicker. Love the ease of feeding line and auto feed of line is an awesome feature. Cons: It is a little heavier than my Ryobi trimmer but so worth it. Have never used anything else so idk if the weight of this is better than other brands. Honestly the battery is as heavy as the trimmer. Does go through string pretty quick. Prefer to use actual Ego line, because other brand line doesn’t seem to feed properly or well. Overall it is a great trimmer. I got it on sale with the extra battery for $299.

Une qualité exceptionnelle de fabrication. Puissant moteur très doux à l'oreille surtout. La même pesanteur que mon ancien coupe herbe au gaz. Mais vraiment polyvalent a toute sortes d'herbes. Je l'ai utilisé avec la vitesse basse seulement et il est très puissant. Je l'ai essayé avec la deuxième vitesse.... Une bête de puissance. Et surtout avec une garantie de 5 ans sur le coupe herbe et 3 ans sur la batterie., ce qui est dur a battre. Lorsque que l'ai sortie de sa boîte. Au premier touché on sent la qualité de ce merveilleux coupe herbe. Construit pour durer longtemps, Ça c'est sûr... Je conseil ce coupe herbe pour ceux qui veulent puissance et polyvalence. Insérer le fil est une beauté a voir aller. Et le fil se rallonge tout seul lorsque qu'il devient trop court... Une merveille... Chargeur avec ventilateur pour prolonger la durée de cette merveilleuse batterie de 4 ampères. J'ai coupé pendant 20 minutes et seulement une lumière sur 5 c'est éteindu. Ce qui veut dire que cette batterie est vraiment ce qui disent. D'après moi cette bête dur environ une grosse heure... Un vrai bijoux... Plus de mélange de Gaz, plus de côgnage sur le sol pour rallonger le fils et plus de casse tête pour insérer le fil... Je conseille cette merveille à tous. P.S... Pour ceux qui ont un petits terrain., je conseille un plus petits modèle de EGO aussi fiable... Car EGO= Fiabilité

C est ce que je voulais ne tarder pas a faire cette achat il suffit d entrer le fil et peser sur le bouton et le fil s enroule tout seul

Excellent tool, but very heavy, be sure to get the optional strap. Battery lasts forever and the respooling system for new string is excellent.

Best Trimmer ever owned. EGO by far is the best for garden products. Own a mower, blower and now the trimmer. So great to swap the same battery for all prodicts

Really like this string trimmer. It is very powerful. I would say it is a tad heavy, but the shoulder strap helps a lot. Wishing it would last a bit longer on one charge but you can get a lot done in 45 minutes.