Customer Reviews:
 Don't buy this trimmer August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't buy a Homelite. You are wasting your money. My last string timmer, a different brand, lasted 12 years before it went. This one didn't make it 15 months. I bought a Homelite because a major consumer magazine (CR)gave the Homelite string trimmer a best buy rating. For a few weeks, it seemed to start easily and ran smoothly. Then, I started having problems with the string not coming out of the reel. Here I was having to continuously shut the unit off and run the string back through...a major pain. So I bought an adaption kit at Home Depot which replaced the reel with one that holds two precut pieces (this is great and I thoroughly recommend it). Now, after 14 months of owning the trimmer, I am having trouble with the engine. It runs fast, then slow, overheats and shuts off after 5-10 minutes. I have to be careful not to burn myself. I took good care of the unit....used the right gas/oil ratio, changed the spark plug, cleaned the filter, and even removed the gas during the winter months. It didn't really matter. Why bother fixing it...its a piece of junk.
TRASH WEED EATER July 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ran for 5 minutes, and never could get it started again for months. Makes a great wall decoration in my shop though.
 Remanufactured trimmer May 4, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
It came fast. The trimmer looked new, came with all paperwork and hardware. Didn't start as well as was stated(sticker) for starting the machine, but, if you have worked with 2 cycle machines that I have in the past you can't go by the instructions. After I got it running. It works fine. I got what I paid for.
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