Weed Eater  Weed Eater FL20 20cc Gas Line Trimmer (Refurbished)

i have bough this gas trimmer and very satified it was easy to crank and does a excellent job on my yard,

I bought this weedeater thinking it would be better than the one I used to have. Needless to say, I'm not impressed with it. First thing I don't like is that I'm only 5' 2" tall, and holding this long shafted weedeater is difficult because I have to hold it much higher than my old one for it to reach the right angle to the ground. It's not so light either, so forget that unless you're a strong person. I noticed that the dual trimmer line tends to get caught up in things and shuts it down very easily. I suppose if you just weedeated around a few flower beds it would be fine, but to get around fences and vines it isn't so good. When it shuts down, it's hard to get it started again. I've had to crank and crank to start it. Saying one good thing about it... it does chop up a good bit of stuff at a good rate of speed. Just be careful of the flying debrise it shoots out.  In general, it just wears me out way too fast with an acre of yard to go over. I won't buy another one, but will go back to the smaller version with a single line and a shorter shaft for shorter folks like me. Just makes me tired to think about using this thing again!!

I had a featherlite before, at least 15 year, and I loved it. The F20 is no comparison. The instructions said to use synthetic oil with the gas and I could not start it. After several attempts, I put the usual oil gas mix in it and it started. Oh yeah, it started, but wouldn't stay running.  My husband adusted the idle the best he could, but now I have to run it on 1/2 choke.  Do not buy this weedeater.

I've had this unit inexcess of 6 years. It has FAR surpassed my expectations given its price. I always hosed it off when I was done with it and it has always started. I did have to replace the gas line this morning at a cost of $1.63 It is light duty though, as my needs/demands of it have increased it has forced me to upgrade.

When it ran it worked well and it was more than powerful enough for my needs. The first year I had it, the pull cord snapped. It had a 2 year warranty so I brought it to a local repair shop and they fixed it. The second year I owned it, the unit keep stalling after about 10 minutes of use. The gas mixture was proper and I keep good care of my equipment. I got by that summer but I was very frustrated. Beginning summer #3 I had the same problem with stalling. I threw it out and bought an Echo line trimmer.

I bought this,took it home started it up & the line spool would not turn.I realized the shaft was not engaged in the power head,no biggie I just wiggled it so it was engaged & when I went to tighten the allen head screws one was already stripped out & would not tighten.I tightened the other one & went on my merry way weed eating.Well that lasted about 5 minutes & the shaft came loose again! So I loaded it up & went & got my money back.I would not recommend buying this.I would give it less than 1 star but that's the lowest rating you can give.

Purchased this product at Sears on Saturday, tried to use it on Monday, it would not start. Keep trying and it would not turn over at all. Then when my 14 year old son tried to start it, the trimmer seperated from the actual gas engine and ended up in 2 seperate pieces. I will be returning it to the nearest Sears/K-mart store today, Tuesday for a full refund.

I had this wacker for 14yrs and never had a problem with it. I will be buying another soon only because I tried to cut more than this wacker is rated for.

Followed the instruction by using 40to1 mix. Tried starting for a good 10 min. When it started it would die. When opening throttle, it died every time. This is very unusual for Craftsman equipment, but I think there are problems with this line of this line of weed eaters. Returned it with no hassle and purchased a Craftsman Convertible 25cc Gas Line Trimmer that ran for about 1 hour (so far) without stalling once.