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: Belt/Pulley failure
Summary: 1 Stars
This item has a design flaw as all these 1 star reviews point out. I have had this trimmer for less than a year and while I was using it for the first time since the fall the string head stopped rotating but the motor kept going. Being an engineer I take everything apart, so I found out that the belt had broken and the pulley had melted. Would a metal pulley really cost that much more? This is one of the most expensive corded trimmers and at the time that I got it the reviews were a little more positive and it had also gotten favorable reviews from consumer reports. I guess they just don't make things to last. Everything else about the trimmer is fine. The reason they don't sell replacement pulleys is because the pulley and the bearings are press fit on the shaft and therefore it is not something the average homeowner will be able to replace.Customer Review: Best weed trimmer I've owned.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had and used several gas and electric weed trimmers over the years, and the " Electric String Trimmer/Edger #GH1000 " is by far the best. It is light weight, easy to use as a trimmer and as an edger. It has plenty of power. I was pleasantly surprised upon first using it.
Customer Review: Beware of flying parts!
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this string trimmer several years ago, but have had problems with the cap flying off, and the spool following right behind it. As a previous reviewer said, half of the time spent trimming was spent looking for the cap and rewinding the double-string spool and trying to get it set up properly again so that both strings would feed out properly. I fixed part of the problem by spray painting the cap fluorescent yellow on both sides so it was visible under shrubs and in the garden, but still wasted a lot of time fiddling with the cap instead of trimming.
I requested a recall package from B&D, but it took forever for them to send me a kit. FIrst they sent it to the wrong address, then told me they were out of kits, then finally sent me a kit consisting of an orange cap of stiffer plastic and a new spool. My recall kit did not contain a spring that I have seen in other kits (?). After 2 minutes with the new parts, the cap and spool flew out again, so there was not much improvement. One of the guys who helps with my lawn came up with an idea to use ~1/4" wide tie wraps inserted in the string slots instead of the string and spool, and it seems to work remarkably well, as long as my supply of tie wraps lasts. But not what I had anticipated when I bought a product with the Black and Decker name.
Customer Review: Big hassle
Summary: 1 Stars
The line constantly binds and doesn't feed even with the pre wound that B & D sells. Then 8 uses later on grass and dirt, the bottom of the reel wears out and you can't get it at the hardware store where you bought it.
My cool looking Grass Hog is, after 2 months of light use now in the land fill. Even Good Will realizes its short cumin's and wouldn't take it.
Customer Review: Black & Decker GH1000 Grass Hog XP
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a replacement for a smaller Grass Hog that died recently. We chose the larger one because the price was right and because we liked the previous B&D unit we used for years. This larger, more powerful, and much heavier unit is targeted to larger yards with heavy duty trimming and edging requirements. Although it's a great product, the weight and bulkiness makes us wish we had gone for the smaller, less powerful unit for our limited yard trimming. We thought we could use the same replacement strings that we had for our old Grass Hog, but no such luck. Now we have 2 packages of new string that can't be used with this trimmer. Hope this helps someone.