I get the feeling from reading a few reviews that those guys never figured that out. Don’t be afraid to set the depth pretty deep, it leaves a beautiful edge that way and doesn’t score your concrete.<\/p>\n
Be prepared however, the first time you use is will be the most difficult. After using it for the first time this past weekend, I found that the grass along the side of my driveway had grown over about 2 to 3 inches in most spots.<\/p>\n
What a pleasure it was! There was virtually no setup required and within minutes I was walking along cutting a perfect groove along my sidewalk, driveway, and even the curb.<\/p>\n
This B&D Hog Electric Edger gives excellent results, and it is very easy to operate. I’m retired now, and I’ve used several Gas and Electric edgers before. Very simple to use and makes edging simple, quick, and easy. I purchased this unit due to all the rave reviews.<\/p>\n
I have had this over a year, so I have had plenty of experience with it. I have had to use it in trenching mode to even get it to edge. If you are installing an invisible fence, just buy one of these things. I laid around 1000 feet of cable in about 4 hours. What had been a chore for years turned out to be a short and sweet job to get the edging done and it looks a whole lot better than using a HOE. This edger works great and I am going to use it for my flower beds and plan to use it to dig me a little trench to put in some lighting along our side walk. I used full depth and the machine performed flawlessly. I bought an extra blade with my original purchase and it is still in the package it came in. I had one of the little two-stroke gas edgers before this one and I thought I would try electric but I was sorry I did. Even the little bitty gas edger put this one to shame in power and cutting quality.<\/p>\n
The hard part was crawling along the ground pushing wire into the trench. It also made the job go much faster than expected. The weed eating device just didn’t make it look right. My neighbor came over with his B&W edger one day and demonstrated it and I was sold on an edger. After several days of rain the ground was still quite damp and I was eager to use my new toy instead of waiting for the ground to dry. By clogging I mean it would no longer kick out the grass and dirt it was cutting into.<\/p>\n
This is a new neighborhood; we are all in the process of purchasing our own! Superfast shipping, like it was worth the money. Wish it would cut a wider swath as it works. Got tired of edging by hand or with a string trimmer, liked the Amazon price and the maker.<\/p>\n