My brother has asked for a strimmer for Christmas. I believe the bump feed heads are more reliable than auto feeds, but is a double feed head required on anything that is decent ? ** This looks good to me, mid-range, etc. but is only a single feed head? * * I also looked on the Which site, and they said "most" strimmers have dual l ine, which is patently not true from my web search, so I gave up on them at that point. They did say a dual line lets you cut quicker, which is sort o f obvious, but there are various other factors that could also affect cutti ng rate. So a more powerful single feed might be a good choice. Simon.

In message , sm_jamieson writes I've always found the dual feed feel more comfortable to use, possibly due to balance? What I have also recently discovered is square cord, it was recommended by a local agricultural merchant, it cuts a lot better than the round cord, maybe because there are 4 sharp edges?

strimmers - dual or single ?

Dec 13, 2015 23 Replies

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harry 10 years ago

omplain that their bump-feed strimmers are not auto-feeding ! I also suspec t that the problems with the line disappearing back into the spool are when you do not bump-feed often enough.

Bump feed is OK. The reason the cord disappears inside is that when you hit something too th ick, the cord winds round it and yanks the spool tight instead of cutting. The cords weld together and the end breaks off. Usually inside the layers, so making it hard to find the end.

When this happens, time to fit the brushwood cutting head. Doesn't cut as close though.

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cl 10 years ago

The electric motor has a flatter torque characteristic, so when you hit a wodge of grass both types will slow down but the electric one slows down less because it still produces much the same torque as it slows down. At least that's the way it feels to me.

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Adrian 10 years ago

Sounds underpowered... My Stihl petrol (nowhere near top-of-range) doesn't really slow down much at all, no matter what you throw at it - even with the death star in thick stuff.

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cl 10 years ago

Now don't be silly, something must slow it down - solid rock etc.?

I find that the stuff which slows mowers, strimmers etc. down most is really thick green grass, even our big Kubota struggles on that sometimes. The strimmer (whether petrol or electric) does too, it's much harder work than nettles or other weeds.

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