Extremidades caseras diarias de la renovación

A few weeks ago I was in our neighbourhood Goodes Home Hardware, which I wrote an article about previously, looking for some supplies.

I happened to notice a collection of McCulloch electric grass trimmers for the unbelievable (to me) price of $19.99.

I did need one. Our current model was meant for a very small postage stamp sized property like we used to have and would not do for our current home that has much more land.

I asked the sales associate if it was last year’s model that they were trying to sell quickly. The answer was no. I then asked what was wrong with it? I can’t remember the last time I saw a gas or electric grass trimmer for under $20. Again, the answer was ‘nothing.

I was told that the local Home Hardware stores got together and placed a single, sufficiently large order to receive a significant discount from the manufacturer; bulk buying at its finest.

So, I figures for $19.99 what did I have to loose.

Now, there is some assembly required, but it is not much. You just need to insert the Debris Shield and the Edging Guide (the U-shaped black metal piece in the picture below). The instructions for assembly are actually quite easy to follow.

I like how the main shaft is ‘expandable’ as well as the handle, both of which allow an individual user to ‘configure’ the trimmer to length and position of most comfort. Here is a picture of the fully assembled unit up against the box it came in with the shaft fully extended.

I have used this device now and it works fine. It is sufficiently powerful to meet the needs of our property in trimming the grass. It is more light weight that the previous grass trimmer, but that could be because the prior one we had was cordless with a very heavy battery while this version is corded.

I can’t really demonstrate in pictures how this or any grass trimmer works. However, here is a picture of a corner of our lawn that had very thick grass. The device worked fine on this with no issues.

Additionally, this unit also has the feature that you can reposition the trimmer head 90 degrees for a different cut angle. There is a ’shaft locking button’ on the unit which works pretty nicely. I haven’t had need to actually use it but I did try out this feature to see how easily it could be used and it was pretty easy to use. 

So, it doesn’t have to be the most expensive device with the most bells and whistles that will do the job. Be on the lookout for those ‘deals’. Do question why they are such a good deal and if you can’t find anything wrong, take it … as long as there is a money back guarantee or the retailer has a no worries type of return and refund policy.