String trimmers appear to be among the simplest power-driven pieces of yard-care equipment to operate. “If you can push a lawn mower, you can run a trimmer,” says Darrell Ritchey of Central Florida ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. String trimmers can be a pain. Many an hour on a weekend day has been lost while trying to feed string into a fickle ...

Keeping your Ryobi string trimmer in working order requires more than fueling it up and replacing the line spool; here's all you need to know about lubrication.

Attempting to fix or replace parts of your electric yard equipment can seem like a daunting task. One such example is installing the line of your Ryobi String Trimmer. As Ryobi has been creating tools ...

When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission. Learn more. Buying a string trimmer can seem ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Less than five minutes into your task, you notice that your weed trimmer is no longer cutting. Your trimmer string has broken in record time.

String trimmers get into spots your mower just can’t reach. These tools, sometimes called weed whackers, are also famously tough to start, particularly if they’ve been in storage all winter. Because ...