# Does anyone else hate weed whackers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-weed-whackers/696710>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 28, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-weed-whackers/696710 "2014-08-28T00:44:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-weed-whackers/696710/41 "2014-08-30T14:12:11Z")

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My weed whacker is a pump sprayer full of RoundUp.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-weed-whackers/696710/42 "2014-08-30T16:18:41Z")

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Weed whackers make me feel incompetent and stupid. I don’t think I’ve ever, once, rewound the empty spool and had the damn thing operate properly after that. I hate 'em.

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**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-weed-whackers/696710/43 "2014-08-30T16:28:18Z")

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I love 'em. Of course I remember edging, and trimming around walls, fences, and trees before they existed.( and for quite a few years after…before they existed at our house).

I have a Stihl. Gas powered. No problems with it, have had it for about 12 years now.

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**Author:** ![Time\_Shift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Time\_Shift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Shift)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-weed-whackers/696710/44 "2014-08-31T03:18:27Z")

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Yes, which I why I stopped using mine, and switched to using a reel mower. In the few areas where a mower is just not feasible, like a rocky area, my yard is so small, it’s easy enough to pull the weeds in a area like that by hand.

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