Customer Reviews

Weed Eater XT114 14-Inch 4.1 Amp Tap-N-Go Head Twist-N-Edge Shaft Electric String Trimmer

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The Weed Eater XT 114 14" electric trimmer is one of the best performers in its class. After perusing the gardening isle with my husband, we were looking for 4 traits in a "weedeater".

1. Price 2. Reliability 3. Warranty 4. Ampage

With a price tage under $40, a 2 yr. limited warranty and the name brand "Weed Eater", we narrowed the search to this tool and another generic brand. Both were in the price and warranty range; however the Weed Eater had an automatic rewind button, was more lightweight and had a more powerful motor.

Our choice was easily made; Weed Eater was the trimmer for us!

The Weed Eater XT114 Electric Trimmer/Edger has a lot of power. It is relatively light and easy to manuever. I definitely recommend using gloves and safety glasses with this one. I have found it extremely difficult to egde with this unit. It does not have an edging guide on it like many of the Black & Decker models do. This makes it very difficult to position the unit to edge properly. I find myself hitting the concrete with the trimmer line or cutting grooves in my lawn instead of getting right along the edge of the pavement as would be wanted. The other problem is that when the trimmer line breaks off, I cannot get the line to auto feed back out. Tapping the spool on a hard surface should feed it back out, but I always end up taking the spool apart instead. When the spool is apart, I find the trimmer line melted to itself. I have no idea why this happens. I have tried a new spool and had the same problem. Overall, I like the weight, power, and balance of the XT114 - but next time I will buy a different brand.

The construction of this unit is very "cheap". Lightwieght plastics, poor packaging, ill-fitting parts. Oh sure, it whacks weeds, but don't bother unless you want to pay $39.95 for a $19.95 product. Be prepared for missing or damaged parts, Amazon doesn't pack the item at all -- they just pull it off a shelf and slap the shipping label on the box.

Purchased to replace an older model.

Pros:

* Weighs much less then older model
* Adjustable height
* Motor is very powerful

Cons:

* Construction seems a little flimsy, but time will tell

Summation:

Very happy with the purchase and would recommend this trimmer.

This is my 2nd weed eater product. My first one died after 10 years of regular use. I tried a newer weed eater with the auto spool and hated it. It didn't feed properly and just felt wrong. I searched the web and found the exact same model that I previously had and I feel whole again. This is an excellent product with great power. I look forward to the next 10 years.

Poulan Weed Eater XT114, great weedeater for the price. This product is light weight and easy to use, plus the price is less here than in most chain retail stores. I would highly recommend this item, it's great!!

Purchased this product last summer, it fell apart. It was a hassle with customer servcie to exchange the. It took 2 weeks and two trips to a local dealer. This spring the replaced unit died. No motor.

I purchased the Weedeater XT114 at a local hardware store for some light duty trimming at my vacation home. I realize this is not a heavy duty trimmer, but it is so much less than that. You'd be better off buying a good pair of scissors for $5.00 and saving the $45.00. It just doesn't perform at all. Don't believe me? Try one out and you'll be cursing Poulan for putting their former good name on this worthless piece of plastic.

I am overall pleased with the performance of the weedeater Buy the product. It really is a good product. Plenty of power, easy to use, light weight.