Advantages: Cheap, cheerful, ideal for trimming grass edges and smal gardens Disadvantages: Cheap and nasty, not man enough for the job, made out of inferior materials
I am currently on my second Black & Decker GL301 strimmer (“301”) so thought I would share my experience of the 301. My first 301 lasted about an hour and a half an hour before giving up the ghost and packing in. Whilst I did attempt to fix the 301, unfortunately it was beyond repair since many of the moving plastic bits had become so hot they melted and stuck together. You may ask how and why I got another 301, especially given the short life span ... ...bit of whinging to the retailer the manager of the store reluctantly agreed to give me a replacement. I could not get my money back, I was not offered an alternative and as there was no way the manager was going to give in (and I didn’t want to push her to the point the offer was totally withdrawn) so I reluctantly accepted another 301. However, this time I was in a fortunate position and knew how and when to use it and how to treat it to elongate ...
yackers1 19.07.2009
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