This little thing is great. I'm afraid of weed whackers and don't know how to use the gas-powered ones very well. This one plugs in and has its own little cart so you can't hurt yourself. It's so lightweight my children could use it. I'm not worried about them injuring themselves and I'm not struggling to use it myself. Everything about it is easy to use. It plugs in to an extension cord. The only negative on this is it is extremely difficult to plug in a good extension cord with a ground peg. This mower does not have a ground and the circular plug-in port is extremely tight fitting. I struggled to get it plugged in properly and it even caused a little bit of scraping on my cord plug. The connection kept coming apart it was extremely frustrating. I almost had to go find someone stronger to plug it in for me. A better plug design would be great. Overall this is an amazing product.

after a year and a half of light to moderate use one day it broke internally sending the head crashing into my neighbor's garage door. Thankfully did not injure my daughter who was using at time.

I wanted to love this thing but after two uses i have found what other reviewers have found - the base wont stay attached to the trimmer making it nearly impossible to use as mower. Maybe i got a detective model? Any suggestions for how to keep it attached?

Great Idea. A cross between a weed eater and a string mower.