This is what I envisioned 13 years ago when I bought this house. I wished I had a way to put wheels on my weed trimmer but couldn't find anything available at the time. I have a fairly small yard with too many rocky areas and flower beds to work well with a regular lawn mower, not to mention I can't tolerate the gas fumes from gas mowers.
With shoulder problems and carpal tunnel, I had a hard time keeping up the yard with just a trimmer and at the time I bought the house, electric mowers were just to costly for me and a little hard to push.
I bought the LST300 B&D trimmer with lithium battery not quite two years ago. I couldn't stand going through another summer with just this trimmer and my older electric one so I got online on Sunday and started trying to find an electric string trimmer mower. Hoping that they've gone down in price.
Found this and the two "kits" that come with either a battery operated or electric B&D trimmer. I was so sad, I just knew my newest trimmer wouldn't work but it did. Read the reviews, decided it was perfect for my needs and ordered. It came today, just 2 days after ordering.
I can get so much more done in the time that it takes to run down the battery with this base than I could using my LST300 just as a trimmer. Somehow, just having the base makes it easier to mow down the taller weeds. And with so little effort.
The people that have mentioned to use it in the same manner as you use a vacuum cleaner were spot on. No, it doesn't cut as perfectly as an expensive lawn mower with a metal blade and wide cutting path but it does do a nice job and doesn't "kill" me in the process. I figure if I just do 15 to 30 minutes on the yard every few days, I can keep up on my lawn and keep it from getting out of control. I've got another battery on the way so that I should be able to get an hour done before both batteries need charging.
I highly recommend this little "lawn mower" accessory for anyone with shoulder, wrist and back problems. My LST300 trimmer is adjustable to make it comfortable no matter what your height. It kind of looks like a toy and is lightweight but it WORKS for me!
I've already recommended this to two friends with shoulder and back problems, I like it that much!