They are officially known as string trimmers. Where are you geographically and what do you call them? (reddthat.com)

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I grew up in California near the bay area calling them weed whackers.

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[-] scytale@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

On a related note, are the reloadable plastic strings on electric trimmers intentionally designed to unravel within a few uses so you have to keep buying replacements?

[-] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

They usually only dispense when you tap them on the ground.

Just don’t do that

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