GAS STRING TRIMMER BUYING GUIDE: How To Pick The Perfect Gas String Trimmer. Mowers Direct product experts compiled a string trimmer buying guide to help you buy a string trimmer. Included is string trimmers buying advice and expert insight.
No one wants their lawn or garden to turn into a jungle of overflowing weeds and ugly grass.
To keep your property manicured and pristine, get a gas string trimmer.
Easily trim unwelcome grass and weeds around fences, flower beds, retaining walls or other obstacles you can't mow around closely.
Gas string trimmers come in two styles: 2-cycle or 4-cycle.
Engine Style 2-Cycle 2-cycle engines require a mixture of gas and oil in the fuel tank. Also known as 2-stroke engines, this type of engine is lighter and simpler to maintain than a 4-cycle engine.
2-cycle engines also have the potential to pack about twice the power into the same space as a 4-cycle engine. This combination of light weight and twice the power gives 2-cycle engines a great power-to-weight ratio compared to many 4-cycle engine designs. This makes a 2-cycle engine an ideal solution for powering a hand held gas string trimmer.
4-Cycle
Models with 4-cycle engines are very similar to the car your drive – gas goes in the fuel tank and oil goes into the crankcase. They work in the same manner as a car engine as well. They are more fuel efficient than a 2-cycle engine, so you get more “mileage” out of every thankful of gas when using your 4-cycle string trimmer.
A 4-cycle engine also has the capability to produce more power overall than a 2-cycle engine does, although this will result in a larger engine in terms of size and weight, which may not be a good thing if you’re the one lugging the string trimmer around all day.
Shaft Style Curved-Shaft String Trimmers are easy to maneuver for flower bed trimming and more simple tasks. Because the head of the trimmer is curved inward, you do not have as much flexibility to trim in hard-to-reach corners and crevices.
Straight-Shaft String Trimmers are the tool of choice for landscaping pros because they have plenty of power and torque to rip through thick grass and brush. This is the tool for trimming under fences and other tight places.
Swiss Army Trimmer If versatility is the name of your game, then consider a power head capable of running multiple attachment tools. A power head is basically just the engine of a string trimmer with a shaft connected to it.
You can attach a number of different tools to the power head: edgers, hedge trimmers, string trimmers, cultivators, pruners or even a brush cutter.
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Curved-Shaft String Trimmers are easy to maneuver for flower bed trimming and more simple tasks. Because the head of the trimmer is curved inward, you do not have as much flexibility to trim in hard-to-reach corners and crevices.
If versatility is the name of your game, then consider a 
