Customer Reviews

Black & Decker CST800 8-Inch 12-Volt Cordless Electric String Trimmer and Edger

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This trimmer is a little bit small, and the guard is a little small also. It is a well balanced unit and seems light enough to use, esp as a trimmer. When you turn it over to use as a edger is is a little difficult and off balance then. Also, like they said, if you beat it up against cement or rocks the line does tend to break. If you just want to trim grass and weeds, it works great for that. But if you want to dig down into the dirt to burn out the weeds or grass, then you will need a bit of patience as it will not do the heavy duty stuff as good as the corded trimmers do. They want you to leave it on the charger and the charger is made to hang on the wall. It does not tend to stay pluged in if you just lean the unit against the wall and try to plug the charger base in with out first mounting the base to the wall. But you can charge it that way if your careful to make sure that the light comes on. I plan to keep & use this unit, but I will not get rid of my corded trimmer. They both then to have their place and what they are good at.

Simply put, this trimmer is suited for light jobs at best. I don't consider my application heavy duty. It's just your normal yard trimming around trees, fence, sidwalk, etc.

The .060 trim line just doesn't hold up and the bump line feeder either continually jammed or didn't work at all. During the first and only use, I had to take the feeder apart roughly 6 times.

The battery charge held up as I didn't loose power in the 15 minutes of actual operation time (not including repair time).

It is light weight and easy to handle. Easy assembly.

The unit was returned to the store after it's first use in exchange for a slightly more expensive gas trimmer.

I would give this a one rating, but I'll give this trimmer the benefit of the doubt in hopes it can function in maybe a smaller setting. However, like I said, my application is not heavy-duty.

I used this trimmer for the first time last night and it was GREAT!! I trimmed around my entire yard and it was still going strong! No cords or gas/oil mixtures to mess with is GREAT!!
Per the owners manual, you don't have to let the charge go completely "dead" before recharging, unlike some of the other cordless trimmers. When your done just hang it back on the wall bracket/charger(it was included), and it will be ready for the next time. It does need to be charged for 24 hours before the first use, but it was worth the wait!

The .065 trim line just doesn't hold up, and I had to open the feeder and redo the trim line almost every minutes.
I am gonna return it this weekend.

I am very dissapointed in this product. I've owned it less than 2 years and it has already fallen apart and I need to buy a new trimmer. I have less than 1/8 of an acre and the battery only lasted long enough to do the inside or the outside of the fence, not both. So it would always take me 2 days to do the yard. The line jammed a lot and had to be refed constantly. I'm not buying another black and decker.

Overall the machine is OK, my biggest complaint is the release mechanism, the string constantly jams and has to be pulled out manually.

This product should never have been placed on store shelves. The cord breaks approximately every two minutes. I have a tiny yard and just wanted a trimmer that could work for five minutes. Sure, it holds a charge for that long and is light weight but with cord problems it is no fun to use. My experiences has proven over and over again, that B & D makes bright colorful disposable products that aren't meant to be used!

Needed a trimmer for mostly around walkways and fences and it lasts pretty long and charges fast. The only issues we had was with the bump feed, I felt like I was going to break it,because you have to hit it pretty hard.

this is the second one I have brought. Light enough that a small woman can use it with ease.

I've had this trimmer for less than 5 years and I've always had trouble with the string getting trapped - take the spool apart and refeed. Two weeks ago it started turning super slow, so I tested the voltage of the charger and the battery and found the battery was bad. With this model you have to take upper part of this unit completely apart to remove the battery, which costs $27.00 at the local battery store. I tried the Black & Decker website and it's not listed. Not worth replacing, only to have small change when I get it running.