®Worx GT Trimmer and Edger

When I bought the Ryobi® I bought it at Home Depot. So that is where I went to get more line. Once I bought a package of line and my intention was to fill up the empty spool for less money than to buy the spool already loaded. This did not work out over time because I had to keep stopping to take off the spool cap and manually unwind it.

The Ryobi® battery is too big for my smaller than average women’s hands. It takes two hands to remove the battery from the weed eater. It also takes two hands to remove the spool cap from the Ryobi® and remove the spool to either put on a new spool or to unwind the line by hand. The Ryobi® guard was much easier to put on than the ®Worx GT guard. The Ryobi® does not vibrate while you are using it and it is heavier than the ®Worx GT. It takes about four days to do the whole yard, alleyway and where the cars are parked with the Ryobi®.

When I got my ®Worx GT, I was working so I had to wait until I was done working to play with it. The ®Worx GT battery is smaller and so is the spool cap and so is the spool. Even though the spool is smaller it has more feet of line on it. The ®Worx GT has 16 ft of line compared to the Ryobi® which has 9 ft of line on the spool. The ®Worx GT guard was a caution to put on. It was the hardest thing to do as far as the ®Worx GT goes. Putting the guard in place and then screwing the screw in took some doing. I think though that the screw will stay in place and not fall out like the Ryobi® screw guard did.

So then the next morning I took the ®Worx GT lithium battery from the charger and put it into the ®Worx GT trimmer/edger. It only took one hand to do so. I took off the spool cap to take a look at the spool housing. That only took one hand so even before I use my ®Worx GT trimmer/edger I am liking it very much.

So then I go out to the yard and start whacking weeds. The ®Worx GT vibrates and it vibrates so much that I was wondering if I could finish before my hand got tired. Well I did not have to worry. The ®Worx GT is not as heavy as the Ryobi® so my hands did not get tired as fast. I did the whole yard then I decided to do the alleyway then after I was done with that I did where the cars are parked. ®Worx GT vibrates a lot so I am going to try wearing gloves next time to cut down on vibration.

I won’t be needing to use the edger feature on the ®Worx GT as I have no lawn to speak of to edge. The ®Worx GT would be just a bit heavier with the edger tool attached to it. The Edger looks like a nice little tool and maybe if I put the edger tool on the ®Worx GT it would be heavier enough and maybe that would offset the vibration.

So here is my assessment briefly. Ryobi® battery bigger. Ryobi® spool bigger. Ryobi® guard easier to put on. ®Worx GT spool has more feet of line. ®Worx GT battery and spool cap are made for a woman’s hands. ®Worx GT vibrates. ®Worx GT is not as heavy. ®Worx GT is easier to adjust for angles. The ®Worx edger feature is nice.

Overall I like the ®Worx GT trimmer/edger much better than the Ryobi® weed eater. The next time I used the ®Worx GT timmer/edger the vibration did not bother me and I didn’t have to wear a glove to offset the vibration.

On the floor was a screw

I saw it just as I entered from taking the trash to the bin. My gut said don’t throw it out it belongs to something. I thought it belonged to the weed whacker. I was out in the yard whacking the weeds on the perimeter the ones growing next to the fence. The previous day I had given up on using the weed whacker and got out the push mower. It took a while but by using the push mower, I got the weeds mowed down all except those growing close to the fence. So today I got those with the weed whacker. All of a sudden the guard fell off.  I left it there and continued without the guard and got all the weeds growing close to the fence. So my weed whacking is caught up for a while. So then I worked on fixing the weed whacker. The screw I found was not the one that fitted the weed whacker. So then I had to look for a screw that did fit and I did finally find one. So I put the weed whacker back together. I read the instructions on how to fill the spool with line and then to put the spool back in the weed whacker. Maybe I have finally solved this problem. I recharged the battery and put that back in the weed whacker. Right now I can wait a few days to look at the yard to see if it needs whacking again. I am ready.

I am looking at portable air conditioners because I do NOT want to be sweating taking calls and the evaporative cooler aka as swamp cooler won’t work when July and August get here. Portable air conditioners are expensive but I can afford one this year and it will be worth it to take calls in dry cool air.

Went to the Asian take out but won’t go back. I like the ‘vegetarian delight’. I thought maybe it would be similar to the Asian take out in Ypsilanti, MI on Washtenaw Ave but I was disappointed. It had the same ingredients as far as veggies go. It had, yuck, white rice. I like brown rice or fried rice. The veggies were soggy and not crisp. The sauce was very sparse and essentially not there. So I will have to try to find another Asian take out to replace the one in Ypsilanti, MI.

Some days I get a whole lot of things done before I go to work. One day I sat in my car and read while I charged up the car battery. Then I whacked the weeds next to the fence on the way to the entrances to the apartments, the weeds were getting out of control. Then I posed a new entry to my blog a short story. Plus I took a class for work. Just think all this before work and had some time left over to boot.

Ok I finally started the Brazil Butt® Lift workouts. I had to rearrange the living room to make room to move along with the video. I put in the DVD and started with the Basics video. I drank some water while it was loading. Started doing the basics exercises but doing it while listening to the neighbor yell was not fun. I couldn’t do all the basics. So I am going to put in the Basics video and practice, practice and more practice until I can do all the basics. Meanwhile I played the Bum Bum and started with it but was not able to keep up so I guess it is back to the drawing board and back to the Basics video until I can keep up with the person showing how to do the basics. I need to get either a mat or maybe use a pillow. I did get a small workout so I did do some good anyway, Snicker.