so she could
charge the machine up overnight. The battery pack - which is attached to the
top of the trimmer - is a real improvement over her older model's version,
says Jill. "I had to sling that battery pack over my shoulder while I worked
the trimmer," she recalls. "That was a real pain to deal with."
Jill also likes the Weed Eater's lead-acid battery. "It's recyclable, and
you can recharge it when it's not completely dead without damaging it," she
explains, adding that "I've prematurely killed the nickel-cadmium batteries
that came with other tools by putting them back in the recharger before they
were completely run down." (Such charging greatly shortens the life
After a night of charging Jill put her HandyStik trimmer to work whacking
all the weeds and grass around the garden beds and outbuildings of the 200
acre farm where she's now living. The trimmer's nylon line "cut cleanly and
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