Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17338 in Home Improvement
• Brand: B/DGL656
• Model: B/DGL656
• Released on: 2009-01-01

Manufacturer's Description
The Black & Decker GL656 500 watt trimmer is ideal for trimming lawns or cutting grass in awkward places. With its 500 watt powerful motor you can be sure to get the job done with no hassle and limited effort. This trimmer has a 28cm cutting spool and a intelligent cutting system that instinctively knows when to feed out more line. It's powerful motor gives increased torque for greater efficiency and a quicker cut. You can cut around trees, garden furniture and underneath shrubs quickly and easily. A secondary handle is set making it supremely comfortable and very safe to use.

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Customer Reviews

Black and Decker GL656 Strimmer
Have used the product 3 times so far and quite happy with it. I had read that the "auto line feed" mechanism could be troublesome but so far I have had no problems at all.
It is fully adjustable to suit people of different heights and it works well, the edging feature works well and overall it gives a good finish.
By shopping around I got a really good price which meant it was actually cheaper than some of the lighter duty models.
The only downside is that it is a little on the heavy side if using for any length of time. I guess that's the trade off for it being more heavy duty. However, hopefully it will last longer than the lightweight versions.

great purchase
I did read the reviews on all your stimmers and found that this one was just what i was looking for.When I recieved the stimmer I was right to buy it you reviews are great.

Good reliable workhorse
I need a powerful and reliable heavy duty strimmer to help deal with a large and overgrown garden. The last two strimmers I had were not really up to the job and both packed in.
I searched around and this seemed the best of the bunch in terms both of price and user recommendations. So I ordered it.
It is no lightweight but seems well built and hopefully should last. The more powerful motor made short work of even the thickest shrubs and gorse, perhaps due to it's use of two separate cutting twines. It is easy to use, not too noisy, and has a reasonable length of cable supplied.

I doubt if a better strimmer can be found for the price

To summarise:

Good:

Great Price
Strong construction
Deals with thick clumps of weed and undergrowth easily
Seems to be reliable
Good length of cable supplied
Fairly quiet

Bad:

Heavy to hold and operate for any length of time
Assembly instructions are not so good as they might be
Complex twin twine assembly makes changing twine difficult and fiddly
The (unncessary) metal guide bar came off on the first day and has been lost.