WILD BADGER POWER 26cc Weed Wacker Gas Powered, 3 in 1 String Trimmer/Edger 17'' with 10'' Brush Cutter,Rubber Handle & Shoulder Strap Included

I use this trimmer on a farm as a replacement for a standard trimmer and it is a BEAST yet extremely cheap. Go to Home Depot and see what a standard trimmer costs these days. These are better and half the cost of a name brand with half the power.It came with everything you need. For someone using it all of the time you would want to get a better harness. But the included one works fine. You cannot use it without a harness unless you have four hands.Assembly is easy. It comes with all tools and parts.The motor is a very high compression motor. It starts with a tiny pull (maybe 1/3 of the length of the starter cord or less. Literally one compression cycle of the cylinder). I mean VERY tight compression. In fact, my wife probably couldn’t start it. But the short pull is welcome if you don’t start it before harnessing.It doesn’t smoke. It doesn’t die. It doesn’t bog down. It doesn’t act stupid like some of my past trimmers have. It doesn’t die when it gets hot. It hasn’t overheated and I’ve treated it like a swamp mule.I use .105 trimmer string in it and it has no trouble happily spinning it through very dense weeds and brush. I have never felt that it lacked for power. With .105 string it has flung a half buried brick a couple of feet.The parts seem heavy duty. It is not light. But if you really need to cut large swaths of dense weeds and grass, this thing is unstoppable.It has never failed to start on the first pull in a couple of months of medium use.Note it takes a 50:1 mix. Don’t be dumb and buy premixed gas for 24 dollars a gallon. Get a gas can, ethanol free gas, and several months worth of oil for the same price. Take a sharpie and mark the fuel tank 50:1 and mark that gas can 50:1 and you will live a happy life.The plastic is heavy duty. Nothing has broken. This has a heavy duty shaft as well (hence heavier) that should last a long time. I haven’t tried the blade attachment and don’t plan to.Refilling the trimmer line is easy and parts don’t pop off and spring away when you do it.Zero complaints. Just get one.I paid full price. No one wants to give me free things for my reviews and I wouldn’t take them if they did. I’m a proud farmer and I don’t BS.

I don't think you will find a better deal on a Bush cutter. I thought I wanted to an Echo bush cutter since my Echo string trimmer has been so reliable but at nearly $600 and with a significantly smaller motor home depot cured me of that. My experiences so far are as follows: I have a commercial lot that I have to maintain to certain level to avoid citations that has several areas that have deep rusts or old hidden stumps I dare not venture with my mower and my string trimmer constantly gets weeds wrapped around the spindle which need to be cleared and needs an adapter for brush clearing blades which is a hassle getting the right components so I decided to buy the right tool for the job. First attempt I loaded up and as a precaution I tried to start it and made many attempts to start it following the supplied instructions but was unsuccessful and wasted an evening thinking it must be old gas which ran fine on my string trimmer. Apparently there are 2 sets of starting instructions, the one that comes in the box and one online here. The next time I tried to start it days later according to the online instructions i started it without issue. Mine however does not or has yet to start on 2nd pull as it claims and is actually almost difficult to start cold. I am using it strictly as a brush cutter and have used 3 different style blades. The supplied blade does an ok job however the guard needs to be removed or modified as mine has been to make it of any use because the curve of the guard goes down so far it hits the groud several inches below the blade not allowing a very close cut at all. This can be remedy with a heat gun or torch bending the guard upwards as in the attached photo. I can't speak to the level of safety this modification provides but any guard is better than no guard. The circular saw blades work good but with those the fewer teeth the better and buy a heavy or thick one. The kind I used are a bit flimsy since the first collision with an unseen obstacle warped it beyond any quick fix I could make. I next tried the blade with the chainsaw teeth,, a 2 pack cost about what a 3 pack of the flimsy blades did, and it cuts like a dream in open areas but forget about edging or string trimmer work. I cut through thickets without effort and at times when weeds would seem to be wrapped around the blade and spindle which would need to be manually cleared before, only required the application of throttle and a brief shaking to sling it off and work resumes. I also cut a few oak tree branches, the largest cut was 4 to 5 inches and it handled it with ease doing the work of a pole saw. You will need a harness of some type, and adjusting the handle bars to your preference will take some time but easy to do. The supplied harness is not good quality and I bit and bought the Amazon recommended harness which is slightly better garbage than the supplied harness and didn't last an entire session before requiring some in field repairs. I bought a much simpler, better padded over the shoulder type of sling and found it performs as well or better and far less complicated and cost the same $15 as the harness that the front clasp kept separating on although was not overly tightened or under stress and has a quick disconnect that is a joke and far more dangerous than not having a quick disconnect at all. So forger about the quick start, buy a chainsaw tooth blade And a padded sling you will have a powerful brush clearing, limb cutting inexpensive beast in your tool arsenal.

Disappointed that the weed whacker would not run for more than a couple seconds. It was brand new. I put in fresh gas mixed with a 50:1 ratio of STP 2-stroke engine oil. I have emailed the company and am awaiting a reply. I will update the review when the issue is resolved. I knew that ordering an inexpensive gas powered tool was risky. Too many things can go wrong and resolving them is not worth the headache. Never again. I'll pay extra to buy it from a local retailer. Then it will be simpler to replace it or return it.UPDATE:Never did hear back from the manufacturer, but Amazon did offer me a refund and told me to keep the weed whacker. I guess it is so junky they don't even want it back. But I can't complain. Not sure what to do with machine. Guess I'll put it curbside and give it away. Maybe someone can fix it?UPDATE:It looks like the spark club wire may be broken. I went to the Wild Badger website to buy a replacement coil and wire, but the site says it is SOLD OUT. HUH? Is this the reason they told me to keep it -- because even they couldn't fix it? Never again will I buy a gas powered machine from an online retailer. I want to be able to return it locally. It will cost more upfront to buy it from a brick and mortar shop, but in the long run it will probably cost less.