Black & Decker 12 in. 6.5A Corded Electric Push Lawn Mower/Trimmer Kit

This unit allows me to cover all three needed areas, Edging, Weed/Grass cutting, and mowing with easy conversion to any of the three platforms quickly and easily.

I bought an MTE912 in 2023, and it worked well for 2+ years. It is really a great concept for use in smaller yards like mine. But I have two complaints about the implementation: 1) the latching mechanism for attaching the wheeled base to the main unit needs improvement (others have mentioned this); I find that the latching mechanism is not strong enough to keep the wheeled base and main unit together, and 2) the gear drive in my unit started to fail, and, when I took it apart, I noticed that the gear system that links the rotating head to the electric motor is kept together by the plastic casing, i.e. no visible reinforcement to keep the gears together (!?); in my unit, the gears are simply no longer securely held together by the plastic case, which causes slipping; this design needs to be improved for durability. Were it not for those two design flaws, I would have given this product 5 stars. The design concept is solid, but the implementation needs work.

No good. Poor construction.

This is the best weed eater for seniors. I’ve had mine since it came out. Lost the charger but just found one at a yard sale with another weed-eater. Most of my weed eating I can do with the deck so little lift and holding up. The new one has auto feed too.i have a strip I need to do now I just slip in deck and all done in 5 minutes. Would recommend. People that saw me out front using asked about it. Right after got one for themselves. I’m 68 years old any way I can make things easy I do.