Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat

Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: Thamesmeadhammer on May 25, 2010, 10:45

Title: Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 26cc
Post by: Thamesmeadhammer on May 25, 2010, 10:45: Argos have these on offer at £60.

Pretty good write and reviews.

Has anybody got one of these ?

Would like to hear from you as I'm thinking of getting one for the lotte.

thanks

Tony
Title: Re: Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 26cc
Post by: japagow on May 27, 2010, 19:25: I'm in the same situation as you. Long grass in the allotment on my side of the path. My neighbour only trims his side and pointedly leaves my bit! So I've trawled through the forum looking for advice. As a result I'm going for the Mculloch trim 25cc for sale at Argos £84.99as it gets more thumbs up.

If you buy cheap, you waste all your money when the thing busts. If you spend as much as you can afford you waste less as -hopefully - it does what it says it will do.

So now I've got a charm offensive on the wife to put into play ( much sighing and looking at weeds/grass in a wistful manner) as she will have to pay for it.

Good luck
Title: Re: Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 26cc
Post by: Baz on May 28, 2010, 23:20: I bought a cheap £60 flymo petrol strimmer about 3 years ago
Its been the most reliable 2/stroke, i've ever owned.......and i've owned a few!
Title: Re: Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 26cc
Post by: japagow on May 29, 2010, 13:01: Confused.

I will lie awake at night working out whether I am wasting £24.99 and trying to calculate whether £60 spent three years ago is now £84.99 in which case.

Meanwhile the weeds are knee high and if I don't do something then I'll be looking for an indistrial brush cutter
Title: Re: Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 26cc
Post by: Thamesmeadhammer on June 03, 2010, 11:03: Great little strimmer for the money !!!

Used it this week and made short work of my 4ft high weeds !!!!!
Title: Re: Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 26cc
Post by: plum crumble on June 03, 2010, 11:19: oooh, just what I was looking for. (Can only flutter the eyelashes so many times at neighbouring lottie holder with petrol strimmer - OH beginnning to get worried :lol: :lol:)
Will take a look at that!!
Title: Re: Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 26cc
Post by: Runwell-Steve on June 03, 2010, 14:07: I've noticed a few people around our plot using battery strimmers to cut the paths around the plot, they seem to do the job and are cheaper, smaller, lighter and less noisy and smelly. I personally haven't tried one out, I use a cheap flymo petrol strimmer.
Title: Re: Xtreme Petrol Grass Trimmer 26cc
Post by: japagow on June 03, 2010, 19:18: Received my Mculloch strimmer £79.50 from Garden Lines .co.uk (cheaper than Argos and no delivery charge) today and it is a vicious machine worth wearing heavy boots, long trousers and safety spec for.

I am totally satisfied with it. It started first time and promptly tore into the nettles and docks and other weed greenery on my embankment.

If I hadn't slaughtered 3 foxgloves along the way I'd be the mutts nuts tonight. As it is my wife discovered me shovelling their heads into the bin and we are not speaking.