BLACK+DECKER 900W 35cm Electric Grass Trimmer, GL9035-GB

This is a really good and powerful grass trimmer that gets the job done quickly. It's easy to use, cuts through long grass well, and the cable is nice and long, so you have plenty of reach without constantly needing an extension lead. One thing I'd strongly recommend is buying safety glasses and sturdy footwear if you don't already have them, as they aren't included. I was hit by flying debris while using it and ended up with a minor injury. Wearing the right protective gear is definitely worth it. Overall, it's a great strimmer that's easy to use, offers good value for money, and has a generous cable length. Just make sure you use the proper safety equipment while operating it.

This trimmer is brilliant. I have a small/medium garden, slightly overgrown and it mowed through the edges like anything. Super powerful. No issues with the thread breaking at all. Very slightly on the weighty side but to me that's better than something lightweight and flimsy. Great buy

This is a powerfull strimmer, I would say as good as a petrol strimmer. It cut through long grass with ease and as others have said, if not careful it will rip into the soil, the single lines are very easy to fit and also very durable. I would have given this five stars if it had a detachable power lead, the symbol on the casing and some of the published photos give the impressing that the power lead plugs in. For me all garden power tools should have detachable leads so that they can be stored properly as in use they get kinked and twisted and need to be unpluged to get the kinks out and hang them up, I also feel the little edging wheel is a gimic and just cause grass clippings to get stuck in it, I will probably take it off. All things considered this is a good tool and works well albeit with a couple of niggles, i think this thing is poweful enough for any garden unless of course you want to use it comercially. Black & Decker take off the silly little wheel and fit a plug and socket for the power cable and you will have a dam good tool.

I got fed up with my petrol engine strimmer not working at the start of every year, and then not starting at random throughout the year. So I decided to give up trying to be macho and get a powerful 240v mains strimmer instead. (The garden is not massive and unsurprisingly I already have and extension cable anyway) There aren't too many electric brush cutters to choose from in the 900W region or above, or those that qualify as a brush cutter. I don't mind Black + Decker as you can often get spares. There used to be a shop in Leeds you could just walk into and buy whatever part you wanted, BRILLIANT. but I see most spares are still easily available online. This was a Amazon second, so slightly reduced in price but you would never know it had been opened or used in this case. Assembly was literally a minute or two with no tools or scratching my head. At the first use I was a bit disappointed that the 'strong' 3mm line only lasted less than a minute. But by using the longer 2mm reel line I did the whole job in a hour or so and used the whole reel up ! Job done. But now I have the weeds under control a reel will last months. It easily went through everything except the thickest bramble, which is understandable without a metal cutter. Turning the unit around to do edging was easy to do with one lever and has a firm click (SCHNICK!) as you turn the shaft to ensure a 180 degree fit. Swapping the line over is easy too, (turn it upside down with no fear of petrol spilling out) and if you have a moderate thumb grip to open the locking mechanism it all pulls out and you quickly replace it with another loaded reel.. I really like this strimmer and it does all I want it to. If I remove all the additional time and expense needed for a petrol strimmer I got the job done in half the time ! It has done the hardest cut - the first for a long while - with ease and I hope it will continue cutting with an easier life for a while to come yet.

Delighted with this strimmer so far. It arrived promptly from Big Red Toolbox and was easy to put together. It's a dream to use, feeling light and well balanced, with no vibration. I found it a little awkward at first until I adjusted the shaft length (very easy to do) to suit my height. So far I have only used the Spool line to cut thick spring grass. It cuts long damp grass effortlessly, and the Automatic Line Feed works well. Haven't run out of line yet, after a long afternoon of strimming. The insert line provided looks good for tackling tougher vegetation, but I haven't tried it yet. I have a lot of rough grassy banks in my garden, and I can now cut in one afternoon what previously took two days with a mower, hand shears , billhook and electric hedgetrimmer. (Yes, I was a Luddite, but as I'm now approaching 70 I reckon I should be saving my energy when possible) I've used a petrol strimmer before but found it cumbersome to use when working in resricted space, and of course it's a faff to start and maintain. This electric strimmer has plenty of power and is much easier to use and manouvre, altogether a great tool. PS Do NOT buy the Amazon recommended A6487 Insert line if you purchase this strimmer: it doesn't fit!

The item is really strong, iv been using cheap replacement lines and it has enough power to cut through pretty high grass and some of the branches were bit thick. using higher quality lines definetly makes a difference and its worth spending bit extra on the strimmer line because it helps get the work done much faster. not had any reason to contact customer service so cant comment on that. strength = happy with power, cut though tall grass and common garden weeds, gives good cuts weight = some people say weight bit issue or the fact its abit on a curve but i have been using this for 1.5hrs and i find it completly fine and happy with it length of cable = i find the length of cable pretty good, i use extra extension cable so its fine, i understand why some people may not like it isnt detachable but you can still find some ways to keep it organized set up = its very easy to set up, instructions explains it quite simply and straight forward conclusion - hapy with product, happy with its power, not too difficult to use and gets the job. only thing i hoped that it would take 3mm cable instead of 2.4mm max. ALSO the price keeps changing so keep eye on offers!! it was first for £100 and then went to £77 for short periods a few times.

I have a split level garden, the bottom half of which I never use. It had gone an entire year without cutting and was starting to seriously overgrown (see first picture) After doing some research I decided on the black and decker as petrol strimmers were very expensive and battery ones would not have put a dent in my own little slice of rainforest. To say this strimmer is powerful is a massive understatement, it's an absolute beast! It tore through weeds an inch thick and at one snagged up a whole truck off one and turned it into mulch with a very satisfying ripping sound, like using a chainsaw in a zombie movie. At one point I even found myself laughing as it savaged it's way through 12 months of horticultural neglect! Once I was done, it had chewed through everything and only used one of the included heavy duty lines, brilliant! If you are after a stupidly powerful electric strimmer for heavy work, I really recommend this. It's quite heavy, and maybe a speed control would be a useful addition, but overall a fantastic bit of kit.

The device is cheap, but has impressive potentials. After going through the original 2mm wire like crazy (it was auto feeding way too often), I found a video on youtube of a guy showing the problem is the engine being a bit too powerful and "bumpy" and the auto feed giving away wire at every aceleration/deceleration. Way around that is simple: undo all the original 2mm wore and buy a spool of 2.4mm standard wire. Not only being thicker it makes better use of the 900w motor, but the weight of the wire is enough not to overdo with the auto feeder, or in many case to stop the auto feeder completely. Downside is that the wire sometimes needs to be fed manually. But keep in mind that the wire consumes a lot slower. I found it changed completely now with the 2.4mm wire, it is a different machine. It will never compare with a proper strimmer with proper 33cm+ head, no chance. However, it is a brilliant compromise that works perfectly if the job is not a massive one. Alternatives are petrol or professional ones, like the 56v battery powered strimmers, which would set you £400 down.

Goodachine so far, working well,, the wire supplied with the unit is very delicate and breaks up veg fast. No blade attachment facility for hard stems to cut. The plug was provided can use only at GULF country.

after so may grass strimmer use and replacment, this strimmer work well but its attachment (BLACK+DECKER A6489 Pack of 10 30cm 2.4mm HDL Braided Threads Red Strong Durable Replacement for Models GL8033, GL9035, GL9035KIT, GL7033, STC5433) not found in amazon india. although amazon eu shows but its cost is 12 euro which is so expensive. and not found on its website also. Altough Machine work well and satacficatory. But consumable must be avillible

Excellent trimmer with a slight drawback. The trimmer line is too thin, I replaced it with thicker trimmer line and see the wonder.extension cord is pretty long which is very handy.i think it's around 20ft.value for money product. Robust build quality. Note that is not having adetachable head unit, so you can't replace it with other blades or head unit.light weight yet powerful. Note that this is having UK plug, so buy a small conversion adapter

Product cannot be used as Power Plug builtin is BRITISH. Not as per Indian Power outlet. Product cannot be used in india with this WRONG type of Power Plug.

Product was very nice and good perfomence but very dificult ടto get spare parts including nylon trimmer line in kerala