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: Black & Decker String Trimmer problem!
Summary: 2 Stars
Ths trimmer itself isn't bad for what it was designed to do, but there's a BIG PROBLEM trying to find replacement spools for the $#@$%^&%$#@! thing. Home Depot, where I bought the unit, never seems to bother to keep them on hand and of course when you try to describe the item, no one there seems to have the least idea where to look for them (or even if they have them). I've even tried the B&D on-line store and cannot find them there, either! This rather good weed cutting product is about as useless, without a source for obtaining replacement string spools, as a purebred race-horse stud that's been 'fixed'. My advice to anyone reading this is, next time you select a product from a company (no matter how 'great' it seems to be), ALWAYS first determine whether or not you will be able to obtain expendable supplies for it (i.e. replacement string spools) without having to suffer the agonies of the damned, as I have. [I wish I knew who the B&D CEO was....I'd take my useless string trimmer and put it into extended storage in a certain part of his nether anatomy!]
Cheers, another victimised 'consumer'
Customer Review: Black & Decker Trimmer - defective design
Summary: 1 Stars
I was unable to complete my first trimming job, as the trimmer stopped working.
This is my second, and LAST, Black & Decker trimmer.
The design of the line feeding mechanism is defective. In their smaller model it is a small plastic swivelling piece which wears out.
Apparently recognizing this, in the 7.2 amp version, the plastic knob has a thin metal jacket which, at some point, must have come off, since the small plastic knob on the mechanism has once again sheared off, preventing the line from feeding. Making the entire (small) piece out of metal would solve this problem.
I would never consider buying this product again. The 10 cent piece that wears out is not replaceable. UGH.
I also had a problem with the cap coming off and flying across the street into my neighbor's yard, where it landed next to their infant.
Customer Review: Black Crap Decler
Summary: 1 Stars
Like everyone else, I bought this junk thinking it would work. It does; but if the string jams, the belt destroys the plastic gear it winds around.
Buy 3 or 4 if you want it to last. Black and Decker is worthless and I advise shunning all their products.
Customer Review: Black and Decker Grass Hog
Summary: 5 Stars
The Black and Decker Grass Hog is very effective in efficiently mowing down dense grasses and weeds, It is relatively light weight and comfortable to maneuver around obstacles. I like the quick change string spools.Customer Review: Black and Decker: the WORST string trimmer I ever had.
Summary: 1 Stars
Black and Decker GH100 Grass Hog String Trimmer is dangerous in use and brakes down too often. I bought it in Home Depot on May 28, 2008. First I discovered that the Automatic Feed Spool (AFS) is dangerous and wasteful. It does not feed the cutting line when you need it, but when you work close to an expensive shrub, all of a sudden it decides to feed extra 10 inches of line, which cuts through the bark on the $70 juniper an kills it completely. I spent near $200 on replacing the plants in my yard that were killed by the Automatic Feed Spool (AFS). Also the Automatic Feed Spool (AFS) uses about ten times more cutting line than the normal push-on line feeder.
The worst part of this product is its reliability. After about one year the toothed belt inside the unit raptured. I purchased on the internet two replacement belts for $3.55 a piece, which was much cheaper than shipping the whole thing to a Black and Decker service center. I replaced the toothed belt myself and used the trimmer for a few months, but then the second belt got destroyed. So I replaces it again. When the unit stopped for the third time, I found that the plastic toothed pulley inside the unit was completely melted, and it is not possible to purchase this part on the internet. This happened two years and one month after I purchased the trimmer, i.e., one month after the end of the warranty period. Bottomline: I am not going to buy Black and Decker products anytime during the rest of my life.