Battery-powered and corded options from Ego, Makita, Ryobi, and more shine in CR’s tests Battery-powered string trimmers are more plentiful and often perform better than corded models. By Paul Hope ...

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Across the U.S., the roar of gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers, string trimmers, and other outdoor power tools is being replaced by the less punishing whir of their electric counterparts.

A string trimmer gets into places that a lawn mower can’t. It’s the ideal tool for keeping the edges of your garden or walkway neat and tidy, and for manicuring around fence poles and tree trunks. It ...

A reliable string trimmer enables you to easily cut grass along fences, around tree trunks and bushes, and near flowers and edible plants as well as tackle weeds, brambles, and other unwanted growth.

Professional guitarists frequently insist on non-coated strings because any sort of coating on a string can dampen its sound, robbing the guitar of its brilliant highs and change its tone–almost ...

If you love the appeal of lawn tools that start instantly and require minimal maintenance, you now have lots of options. More than ever, electric string trimmers—whether it’s a battery-powered string ...