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Black Decker 24 Volt Cordless String Trimmer. A Greener Weed Wacker

By: Anna197 Comments

Black and Decker Battery Operated Trimmer

Check out the Giveaway below!

I hate weeds.  There I said it.  I know. I am the green garden girl but weeds just pop up in the most absurd places making me a little bit testy since they are hard as heck to pull out.  Plus, who has the time? I’m sorry. I just don’t buy that weeds are unloved flowers.

Personally, I want to say to all them.   Bite me. Yeah, you heard me. And what do I back up my bold threat with?  A Black and Decker 24 volt battery cordless string trimmer/edger.

Now you all know I am not the Round-up type of girl. Or getting out the boiling water and spreading some hot water love on my ever aggressive weeds.  But I can tell you that using my battery operated cordless string trimmer by Black and Decker let’s me tell those weeds a thing or two about life.  Honestly, I felt like Henry the Eight, when he said off with their heads.  Weeds just bring out the nasties in me. My apologizes, Mother Earth.

How Green is this Bad Boy?

Of course the greenest way to get rid of weeds is the old bend a knee and yank but often time (heck most of the time) you don’t pull out the whole weed.  Or perhaps use a weed tool, which I have never been good at.  Perhaps, as I mentioned above, boiling water is supposed to do the trick but I would be firing up the kettle for hours since weeds just love my property. As for the vinegar trick, tried it.  Not only have I tried regular vinegar, I have also tried a commerical vinegar product called Burnt-out but the perennials weeds just laugh at me, and asked, “is this the best you can do?”  (See here about my review of Burnt-out.)

So, if time is not your friend, the Black and Decker 24 volt battery cordless string trimmer can cut those weed/trimming grass time in half.  Okay, way less of the time.   What I like about this weed wacker is it is not powered by electricity or gas.  However, it does needs to be recharged. I can’t forget that you have to replace the string wire too so this can be wasteful as well.  But like always, it depends on how green you want to be.

And before I forget, please recycle the battery at the end of its life.

So, how did it perform?

Check out the below video as my husband trimmed around the pool equipment.  The weeds think that this area is a weed only party area.  The weed block under the pavers just packed up and left since it just couldn’t contain the weeds.  He also trimmed the walkway too.

As you can see in the video, he trimmed some taller grass and accidentally cut a branch of the wild raspberry plant.  All cordless mind you.

The verdict?

He liked the machine but wished the battery had a longer life.   When you cut tall grass or cut close to pavement, the machine works harder, and the battery deplete quicker.  Generally, you could only trim for about 20 minutes.  He recommended that you buy an additional spare battery and string trim wire too.  However, you can’t beat the convenience.

Additionally, I like that you don’t need to worry about the gas fumes or cutting an electrical cord.  Priceless, in my opinion.

Black and Decker Battery Operated Trimmer

I gave the cordless string trimmer/weed wacker a whirl and had so much fun I wanted to cut my neighbor’s tall grass.  However, one thing I want to mention, at first, I found the machine a little heavy but once I got use to it, I was fine.  (Note, I have a small frame.) My husband thought it was light and easy to use.

Giveaway

Black and Decker thinks I am the next best thing to the gardening world as compost.  Yeah.  They really do.  They love reading my gardening drama posts. Yeah, they really do.  I better end this article quickly because I see a bunch of white men with a straight jacket coming down the hallway yelling, “get the jacket guys, Anna is delusional again…” So here is the giveaway.

Black and Decker will be giving one lucky Green Talk reader a 24 volt battery Black and Decker operated cordless string trimmer (aka weed wacker and slayer of all evil weeds and unwanted grass.)  It is for real people.  I know you all are going to love this cordless string trimmer.

Here are the rules:

  • You must be over 18 and live in the US.
  • Leave me a comment here telling me why you need this cordless string trimmer.
  • To double your chances consider joining my Weekly Email Newsletter or subscribe to my RSS feed. (Don’t want to be too bias, but I would join the Newsletter which tells you about all the discounts and giveaways for the week.)  Be sure to come back and leave a separate additional comment to tell me which one you joined. If you are already a member, just say so.
  • To triple  your chances of winning, twitter about this contest. I now have a plug-in the automatically detects your tweets!
  • You must enter by August 12, 2010, 6 PM EST time to win. A winner will be chosen at random on August 13, 2010.  Good Luck everyone!

Even if don’t win, you got to have one of these string trimmers. Take your yard back from the weeds and out of grow grass.

Note, you buy the string trimmer, extra battery and string at Green Talk’s store!  As a disclaimer, Green Talk benefits by your purchases.  Help us keep bring you great content.  Plus, so you know, Black and Decker gave me this cordless string trimmer to review free of charge because they think I am awesome.  (*Blush.* It is hard to admit, but it is true.)

8/16/2010:  Congrads Roxann Trexel.  She won the trimmer! Roxann, don’t forget to let us know your thoughts about the trimmer. Thanks, everyone who entered. I love reading your comments.

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About Anna

Anna Hackman is the editor of Green Talk, and owner of The Naked Botanical and a avid (okay obsessed) gardener. She also loves video and podcasting and hosts Green Talk TV and Green Talk Radio. Her most important role is being a mother of four boys.

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Comments

  4. 7

    Ann F says

    I’d like to win this cordless string trimmer because I hate weeds also, and our property is too long to use a corded trimmer.

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  9. 12

    Jaque says

    I am a single mom, I seem to never have the time or energy for anything but work and my almost perfect children. Maybe I could keep my yard under control, without harming the environment, with this. Thank you for this opportunity. 🙂

    Reply
  10. 13

    sandy says

    well, we need one- amd tired of the unsafe cords of the old one and the old one is duct taped together and we cannot afford a new one

    Reply
  11. 14

    Dluxe Dana says

    My husband is on his third trimmer in the past two years, why oh why does he keep breaking them!! So we’ve been searching for a nice durable one for him…maybe this is it! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  17. 20

    Nanette Olson says

    I really need this trimmer because my husband will never mow or trim the lawns. I have a lawnmower and mow the lawns, but I don’t have a trimmer and the edges of my lawn are rough.

    Reply
  20. 23

    Denise B. says

    I hate the corded weed whackers. The cord is always breaking off, getting tangled, and it becomes costly to constantly replace the cord.

    Reply
  24. 27

    Susan C says

    I would like to win this for my mom’s birthday. Her weed whacker recently broke and she is very sad about it. I would love to replace it with this cordless one!
    smchester at gmail dot com

    Reply
  28. 31

    kim f says

    We have a gas trimmer. It’s heavy, vibrates and is loud. Not to mention the fumes (OK so I mentioned them).
    I would love to have this trimmer. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  30. 33

    MJ says

    My husband really needs this, our good-hearted neighbor trims around our fence posts when he’s in town because we don’t have any way to do it ourselves…

    Reply
  36. 39

    Mya Brooks says

    We are moving very shortly into a house, and anything helps!!! We have nothing for outdoors since living in an apt for years…

    Reply
  38. 41

    Aisling says

    I really need a trimmer that won’t trip me up with a cord or be too heavy to lift. Also, 20 minutes of cutting weeds is about my limit, so this sounds perfect for me.

    Reply
  42. 45

    Sue E says

    I need the cordless trimmer because we have a large yard that would take connecting multiple extension cords together to be able to reach all the places we need to mow. Gas trimmers are always hard to start and too heavy for me.

    Reply
  44. 47

    Jaclyn Reynolds says

    Yes, we really need this. Our weeds get ridiculously high so our whole neighborhood would love for us to win 😉

    Reply
  45. 48

    ellen says

    I love cordless anything- and I detest using a gas trimmer or one with a cord (cant tell ya how many cords have been chewed up) This looks nice and light and I wouldnt need to either nag hubby to weedwack or have him start the one we have. Neat!

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  49. 52

    Stacy says

    You’re probably not going to believe this but my DH went to both Home Depot & Lowe’s this morning looking for a part that broke on our weed wacker. Looks like he’ll have to order from the manufacturer or maybe I can win him a new one! Weeds love me too and I HATE to weed so a new weed whacker would be wonderfu.

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  51. 54

    Nancy says

    Wish you were my neighbor because I would let you have all the fun of trying it out on my yard:)
    I need this to keep the weeds in the yard and garden under control.

    Reply
  52. 55

    Bacallsmom says

    I would love to give this to my husband for working out in the yard. I think he would love the compact, easy-to-use design. We live in Florida, and our yard gets to looking like a jungle very quickly if we don’t keep stuff trimmed back.

    Reply
  55. 58

    Debbie C says

    I need this Black & Decker cordless trimmer because my weeds make yours look like sissies! They are so aggressive they take little kid’s lunch money when they pass my house. I have a corded trimmer AND a gas powered trimmer. I rarely get the gumption up to use them because the gas one is a pain to mix the oil and gas and I can’t start it usually, too heavy too. The corded one … well you know what happens when you have a cord tail coiling around you and a trimmer running. I really, really want to have a cordless that I can just grab when I come home and hit the weeds for a few minutes every day. I didn’t think they had any power until I read your review.

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  59. 62

    Lisa says

    Would love to have this. We have weeds and grass that’s knee high which the mower can’t get too! There’s no telling what’s hiding in there.

    Reply
  67. 70

    Cynthia C says

    I have a patch of grass that grows much faster than the rest of the yard. I could keep it neat between mowings with this.

    Reply
  70. 74

    Mark Price says

    I really need this since my wife gets all tuckered out using a corded trimmer. I really feel bad for her.

    Reply
  71. 75

    Leona P says

    I have a hard time with gas trimmers and cant start them this would be so much easier i could trim instead of waiting for my husband

    Reply
  72. 76

    Kimberly says

    I could really use this because we are trying to sell our house and buy a new home. Our weed wacker AND lawn mower didn’t survive the winter (They just wouldn’t start this spring). We got a new lawn mower because it would be a jungle without it, but not having a trimmer is really subtracting from the curb appeal of our already very modest home.

    Reply
  75. 79

    Rachel Higgs says

    we are moving to a new home in town and I need equipment to keep our yard nice. Thanks for the chance to win

    Reply
  76. 80

    Susan R. says

    We need this cordless trimmer so it takes one of the excuses away from my kids on why they can’t possibly summon the energy to fight with the grass growing up around the fence line. No cord to deal with, no gas fumes to stick up the air, no more excuses!

    Reply
  77. 81

    Tara Kate says

    I would love to win this, as though we bought our house over a year ago we still haven’t bought a weedeater. We own an acre and our backyard is fenced in so there are weeds growing around the fence, that looks so tacky. Plus with it being cordless I won’t trip over the cord and hence break a bone, haha I can be a tad bit of a spaz at time!

    tkrichardson04 at hotmail dot com

    Reply
  80. 84

    Jill L says

    Would love to have this this so that I can stop lugging my gas tank to the gas station. I always seem to run out of gas before I can finish with all the weeds that grow in my yard.

    Reply
  84. 88

    katie s. says

    We’ve never really been big fans of trimming and edging, we basically mow and call it a day. However, when we moved to a slightly more neighborhoody neighborhood, we get dirty looks now if the grass around the mailbox is a little higher because the mower doesn’t quite get to all of it. Sigh. I guess to be welcome among the Joneses, we need to start weed whacking and edging. So… I’ll throw my hat in the ring on hubby’s behalf for a freebie trimmer/edger so that we’re no longer the pariahs on our street. Thanks!

    Reply
  85. 89

    Shawn says

    We have a large yard and a lot of places where the mower can’t get at, so this would be great.

    shawn113(at)hotmail(dot)com

    Reply
  86. 90

    Jammie says

    I need the cordless string trimmer, because it is more environment friendly and the one we have now takes a lot of gas so we have not been using it and well lets say my yard is in need of some love.

    Reply
  89. 93

    Ashley says

    I am so with you on the weeds! I desperately need a weed wacker. I keep having to borrow neighbors and friends equipment because I just can’t stand the weed growth!

    Reply
  97. 101

    Valeen N says

    I need this cordless string trimmer because we live on an acre and this would really help me keep things in shape around here. Plus, battery-operated would be so much easier and greener! I’d love to have this!

    Reply
  98. 102

    taylors says

    I need this and would love to win for George he has such an old time weeding with the dinosaur he has now which is like 40 yrs old and the plug is just about broke and all the hassle when the cord falls out of the outlet so this would be a swell change of pace for him.

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  101. 105

    Barbara Fox says

    My husband works out of town for months at a time & he has left us here with a weedeater that is about 30 years old! I would love to have a lightweight cordless one….pick me please!

    Reply
  102. 106

    Katie R. says

    I need this because we have a large yard and we don’t have a cord long enough to allow our yard tools to reach the edges.

    Reply
  104. 108

    Michael says

    The main reason for our need of the Black & Decker 24 Volt Cordless String Trimmer is that our property, though not very large in area, has 10 fully grown trees, fencing and an irregular-shaped landscape which leaves a considerable portion of our lawn where a mower simply cannot access.

    Reply
  110. 114

    Elizabeth Jarnagin says

    I need this because I just moved to a new place in a nice suburban neighborhood. I used to live out in a rural area. Now that I have an actual sidewalk in front of my house, I would like to keep it clear of creeping weeds.
    Elizabeth J

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  112. 116

    Kathy S says

    I truly need this amazing cordless weed trimmer because though my dh does a great job of mowing our lawn…that’s about it! It drives me crazy that he just leaves weeds growing up against our stone walls, our nice “decorative” rocks (I say that because they were too big to move while building,) and around our walkway. I end up trying to keep up with weeds by pulling them out myself, but it is a losing battle. This would help so much, and make him feel that I’m actually pitching in with yardwork…Ha Ha!

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  113. 117

    Justine says

    I really need this cordless trimmer cause I am already green and use a corded one but geesh it’s so limiting and we have a terrible and big yard! I always do all of it myself so this would be a great present to just me 😀

    Reply
  117. 121

    Talitha Lee says

    I would love this since I’m constantly getting tangled up in my extension cord. Thanks for the contest!

    Reply
  118. 122

    Nadine Larsen says

    We have a small area right by our porch that has a rock wall and I cannot get into it with a mower, this would be perfect for that and of course the edges close to the house that i can’t get close to

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  122. 126

    Rosey says

    I cannot start the gas one we have, and I have to ask for help. Well most times when I’m ready to do the lawn, the hubs and teens are off and gone (work, school, etc.), so nothing gets done until they come home and do it.

    Reply
  124. 128

    Kristin says

    We have a BIG yard…and I have lots of corners and spots where you can’t cut with a mower…this would help!

    Reply
  126. 130

    Nikki Davis says

    Our garden ends up overgrown with weeds every year. I say that I am going to keep this from happening each time but the weeds end up winning. This would be a great tool to use in the rows and around the flower beds…..My honeydew list can grow!!

    Thank you for the entry,

    Nikki

    Reply
  129. 133

    Buddy Garrett says

    I need this because my land is being inundated with weeds, kudzu and yellow jackets. There are a lot of areas the mower can’t reach. I haven’t had much succes with string mowers.

    Reply
  133. 137

    Lesley says

    We could desperately use a cordless trimmer. We have a large lawn with lots of bushes and trees and it’s impossible to tidy up around them all with the lawn mower.

    Reply
  137. 141

    gloria mckellar says

    I could use this because our weed wacker broke a couple of years ago and my hubby won’t buy one. He just puts weed killer around everything. This would be great!

    Reply
  144. 148

    Roxann says

    I need this for 2 reasons. First, our trimmer just broke. Second,we have six acres and corded is out of the question and gas prices are so expensive so this would be great!

    Reply
  147. 151

    R Hicks says

    I would love to have this cordless. I am so fed up with my gas powered trimmer never starting when I need it!

    ardy22 at earthlink dot net

    Reply
  150. 154

    Happi Shopr says

    We have two wooded acres in Texas and since I am a house wife, the yeard work is mine too. I can’t pull up every weed on two acres by hand and won’t use nasty chemicals. This would be a dream come true for me!

    Reply
  151. 155

    Angela Gaffke says

    I would love to win this because we would love to dump our gas trimmer and go green with an electric trimmer!

    Reply
  154. 158

    Anna says

    we need this because we have some of the hardest places to get to with a mower. And with the gas prices the way they are. it would be alot of use for us.

    Thanks for the chance!

    Reply
  156. 160

    kathy pease says

    my trimmer sucks i could really use this..with the trimmer i have now i would be better off with a pair of scissors 🙁

    Reply
  159. 163

    Melissa says

    Oh my gosh..this is perfect for my hubby! His broke last summer and he always has to borrow the neighbors. I have been begging him to go get a new one since I am the one that has to go and pick the weeds! Guess this would really benefit both of us 🙂

    Reply
  161. 165

    Haylee says

    Anna, I share your enthusiasm!!! A cordless weed wacker would be wonderful: No fumes from gas (and since we subscribe to a green electric option, less pollution all around), no need to run an extension cord out the door and great for the small area between the garden fence and hedge row. Of course it would take care of all the edges along the paths that are too extensive for hand weeding and hard to cut with the mower. Oooo, pick me, pick me 🙂

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  165. 169

    Joanne Schultz says

    My lawn mower was in the shop for NINE weeks; I’d brought it home after 6 and noticed a cable had been sliced, so I brought it back. After three weeks, the part was still on back-order – see if I ever buy a Snapper mower again. They suggested that I bring it home to mow the lawn and then bring it back once the part deigns to be delivered.

    So while my lawn is now mown, there are parts of tall weeds that escaped the mower. This weed wacker would do a number on them! Plus I could use it where the weeds grow taller at the edge of the road when the rest of the lawn doesn’t need to be mowed.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  172. 176

    Sand says

    I need this trimmer because both my backyard and front yard have difficult patterns of grass that require a precise trimmer rather than the terrible one I currently have.

    Reply
  176. 180

    Pam says

    I really need this so I can help with the yard work. We have a gas trimmer, but it is too heavy for me to carry.

    Reply
  181. 185

    Ray Mayer says

    I’ve hear in the past about cordless weedwackers, and didn’t think too much about it. After reading this site and the comments, I’m going to try one. Thank you for your site

    Reply
  182. 186

    Shari says

    You state that this trimmer is neither electric or gas powered Anna. FYI, rechargeable batteries are considered electric power. The time it takes to charge the battery will be equal to or greater than the time it takes to trim weeds. It’s just a matter of whether you think electricity or gas are greener. It may be convenient but I wouldn’t call this a green trimmer.

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    • 187

      Anna@Green Talk says

      Shari, you make a good point. It does depend if you think electricity is greener than using gas. I wrote this post awhile ago. It the electricity comes from dirty coal, it is a coin toss which option is greener. Anna

      Reply

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