Black & Decker GH1000 Grass Hog XP 14-Inch 7.2 Amp Electric String Trimmer/Edger
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Black & Decker GH1000 Grass Hog XP 14-Inch 7.2 Amp Electric String Trimmer/Edger
Customer Review: Absolutely the Worst
Summary: 1 Stars
I have the post-recall model, and yet this remains a front runner as the most poorly designed line trimmer being sold. The power of the motor is great, but that power is too much for the rest of the components.
To wit: the spool housing is dense plastic connected to a metal "driveshaft". After only a few uses the plastic became deformed and stripped out. The driveshaft spins, but the spool does not rotate. The replacement part is about $15.00 delivered. What's the point.
Just another problem to add the the growing list of issues with this item.
Also, this unit has major line feed problems. I was constantly taking the spool out to re-feed the line. And when it did work, it used way more line than necessary.
Customer Review: After one year
Summary: 2 Stars
Purchased last summer. After less than one year of moderate use, something snapped. Took it apart to find that rubber from th drive belt was cooked on the drive gear to the point that the belt rode over the edge of the drive pulley and came off. Price to fix myself is half the cost of a new one. Not first B & D item with problems in recent years. Will be looking for a different brand, no more B & D anything.Customer Review: Aggrevating!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I am quoting another review I read on Amazon. My experience was exactly the same.
"Bought this B&D trimmer locally. Used it 1 year with no problems... powerful, reliable, quiet, worked well. Had to reload the trim string head quite often. 2nd year... the drive system inside the handle self destructed. The motor would spin, the trim head would not."
This quote is from the manufacturers website. "AFS(tm) dual feed spool advances line automatically - no need to stop or bump". This is a lie. I had to manually advance the line multiple times each use. I wasted $70 on it but I am glad it died!!!
Customer Review: Almost a great trimmer... but NOT
Summary: 1 Stars
As the other reviews say, everything about this trimmer is good except for the poor design of the head. I used mine for about an hour before taking it back to the store. The "line hub cap" flew off FIVE times! I had to rewind the string twice. 3 of the 5 times the cap flew off it was a projectile - hitting me in the leg twice, and the neighbor's house once. After getting hit in the leg for a second time, that was it. I was frustrated and knew this thing was dangerous.Customer Review: And they honestly STILL sell this unchanged?!?!
Summary: 1 Stars
Picked up one of thse GH1000 trimmers when our local Home Depot was going out of business 2 year ago for $80. It was (and still is for some reason) a best buy on Consumer Reports, so I figured it would be great for what i'm needing. I've gotten tired of using gas on everything lately and never really minded the cords, so a powerful electric motor seemed great. Even came with a "no nonsense 2 year warranty". Read on...
2 years and 15 days later, I was using it for MAYBE the 6th or 7th time since I bought it, and all of the sudden the head stops spinning and the motor revs way up. So I stop, check my receipt and the warranty only to find that i'm 2 weeks out of warranty. So after finding out that it's no longer covered, I unscrew everything and take it apart. As everyone else has found, the belt and the pulley is where the problem lies. On mine, the casing started to literally melt and contort and since both the pulley AND the frame holding it in place is made of plastic (see the added image to the "customer images"), the support frame bends which has the belt flying off since there is an inward bend between the 2 pulleys. My model hasn't even been used enough to melt the pulley yet!
All said and done, this is a less-than 1 year throw-away weed whacker. I honestly haven't even used it more then a 1/2 dozen times or so, and each time I stayed within the manual's listed limits for constant power. Replacement parts for the casing and motor will be more then a brand new model itself, and they STILL (4 years later) haven't replaced the cheap parts with metal or at least alloy parts.
This is a blatant act of ignorance on Black & Decker's part, and just completely unbeliveable that they would STILL offer something for sale that's been proven to have at least 3 BIG shortcomings.
In the end, others have summed it up...it's a great, powerful motor with unbelievably cheap plastic internals. I'm thinking of making a grinder out of the motor now.