HyperEcho Cordless Grass Trimmer and Edger Review

First I’ll discuss some of the features of the cordless trimmer. It is, in fact, a 2 in 1 weed trimmer, It converts from a standard grass and weed trimmer to an edger with the simple press of a button and a twist. It gives a 10 inch cut radius. When the trimmer is fully assembled, it only weighs 4.6 pounds. So it’s lightweight and easy to hold. The telescopic handle makes it easy to adjust for your height and comfort. So the HyperEcho string trimmer is easy on the back. It features a “D” shaped auxiliary handle that has adjustable positioning for added comfort adjustment. The grass cutting string feeds from the spool automatically as needed. So, there’s no need for bumping or manual recoiling required. It comes with a 2.0Ah battery and a fast charger that charges in 75 minutes. There’s plenty of power to trim a medium yard on one charge.

The battery came with a partial charge and I finished it up on the charger. Charging is easy and quick. Just slide the battery onto the charger and plug it in. The lights on the front of the charger let you know when it’s done charging. The red light is on while it’s still charging, and it’s fully charged when it switches to the green light.

There was a little bit of assembly to do when I opened the string trimmer. Nothing difficult, and all I really needed was a screwdriver with a philips head. I simply had to slide the flower guard on the head of the weed trimmer. Then attached the guard cover with the two screws that came with the tool. Then I attached the “D” handle by pushing the button in and snapping the handle in place. Then you can adjust the position of the “D” handle by pushing that same button and moving the hand into the position that makes operating the HyperEcho cordless string trimmer comfortable for you.

First I took it right outside and tried the string trimmer around the wood shop. It worked great. It cut the taller grass well and I was ready to see what it did as far actually trimming and edging the grass. I don’t really have that much to try it on in my back yard, so I took the string trimmer out front to edge around the walkway and driveway. This is where I get a bit critical of the HyperEcho string trimmer. I converted it to use as an edger and placed the wheel on the concrete and began edging the walkway. It trimmed and edged fine.

But the design of the wheel seemed to want to jam and stick on the concrete. I checked to make sure it was spinning freely. It was. But the spacing of the grooves are so far apart that they want hinder it from turning when the wheel contacts the cement. Things would go a lot easier if those grooves where smaller and closer together. But the string trimmer is so light that you can hold the wheel up off the concrete and work around that issue.

I continued to use it. Cutting the weeds that had grown up through the relief cracks that separate the sections of driveway and a few extra cracks that have appeared in the cement over the years. The HyperEcho grass trimmer cleared them away with no issue. I trimmed around our pitiful little shrubs and azaleas. The flower guard worked well at keeping me from getting to close and damaging them. I trimmed the grass and some poke weeds around our Japanese maple. It cut through the thick poke weed like it was nothing. Next I trimmed around the house. Again, it performed wonderfully. And the flower guard worked well at preventing me from damaging parts of the house by letting the string get too close. Yet still allowed me to achieve a close, well manicured cut.

I returned to the backyard, but I was not ready to quit using the HyperEcho Cordless String Trimmer / Edger yet. So I decided to knock down a few elephant ears which have spread like wildfire in the yard. Again, the tool performed wonderfully. My battery was still showing 3 bars. So I decided to cut my path to the woodshop with the trimmer. It did well and didn’t over tax my back. I honestly think I could have cut the whole yard with one charge.

My final opinion on the HyperEcho Cordless String Trimmer and Edger is that it’s a very good 20 volt battery operated weed trimmer. Even though I did find the wheel design for the edger to be a bit of a let down, the over-all light weight design of the string trimmer made it easy to work around that issue. And let’s face it, no tool of any kind is perfect, let alone a yard tool. It has enough power to cut through thicker weeds and grass, though you won’t be cutting down any small trees or saplings with it. And it’s not designed for that. But you know us rednecks gonna try. hehehehe...

The string feeds out nicely and automatically. I didn’t have to keep bumping the ground. And it rarely tangled up and backlashed on me. It only happened once to me and that was my fault when I tried to cut down one of those trees I mentioned up there. I have no doubt that if you have a small to medium yard, the HyperEcho will trim the whole yard on one charge. And if your mower is broke down, I’d say the trimmer would cut the whole yard in less than two charges. And the charging of the battery only takes 75 minutes, so that gives you a nice lunch break.

At the end of the day, this string trimmer is a good tool for light to medium yardwork. It’s lightweight and easy to hold. And adjustable to suit any height. I would recommend this tool. If you’d like more information about the HyperEcho Cordless String Trimmer and Edger click here. Or watch me put the string trimmer through it’s paces in the video below. Thank you for reading and have a lovely whatever you’re lovelyin’.