I have one of these, and you forgot one of the most important things when considering this unit for a gas weedeater replacement - When you pull it out in the spring, IT WILL START! No muss, no worrying about gas. It just works.

Great review. We need a garage tour. I've been looking at the Jeep for over a year now and It's always under a cover. :)

WorkshopAddict ;Great video,thanks. I found the blower with charger & batt. (DeWalt 40v) at Sears for $80 bucks(big sale) and the trimmer (DeWalt 40v) at Lowes for $110...charger & batt ( hardly used) YOU made my day!!! thanks again.

Thanks for following up on this unit.

Well, you sold me on it, will be purchasing this for next season.

*My friend is in our late 60"s🌿 **allabout.wiki/DEWALT** and we are huge DEWALT fans and have been for several years. We have more than DEWALT tools. This weed eater was just what we needed. I opened the box at **2:30** and by **3:10** I was trimming weeds and I am not handy. I trimmed for nearly an hour on the same small battery. We had a larger model and gave it to our son-in-law because it was just getting too heavy for us. This has very balanced weight and we love it.*

Just wanted to pass along my appreciation for a nicely detailed video. The presentation was very well paced, easy to comprehend and annotated well. Minor suggestion, I would have liked to seen a picture of the "upgraded string" mentioned in the video and maybe some specific outside temperatures the device was tested in. Adding the operational videos in between speech points was Awesome! Great Review.

Best review I've seen on this unit .

I'm a golf course superintendent and I bought 1 of these to try as we own the chainsaw and 3 blowers in the 40 volt line. Love all of them except this weed eater. A greens keeper will need about 6-7 batteries to keep him going on a golf setting. Great unit though, he loved it, light weight, string feed was excellent, lots of power, quiet, could use it closer to golfers and no one seemed to notice the noise. I may purchase the 7.5ah battery, but not for a commercial setting in using it 8 hours all day.

You did a great job with this tutorial thank you.

Nice follow up guys I hope Dewalt will let u guys review the 20v that would be cool!! This one is very nice and have seen some nice reviews on it already but I'm just iffy as to start another battery line.. Thanks guys!!

I have this trimmer and love it except that it rotates counter clockwise and throws debris all over me as a right hand operator. Can the rotation be reversed to clock wise?

Might try some clamp on shaft collars at the cutter end as weights to improve the balance.

i have one of these... eats anything pretty much... best trimmer i ever used. just removing the line head is a pain sometimes.

Apologies if this is a dumb question, but can the head of this support things other than line? Like solid blades? My property is primarily woods (on a steep angle), with small brush and ivy i level out periodically. Would like something cordless (as my old cheapo b&d corded model is not up to the task) but also want the flexibility of being able to use different "attachments" for thicker stuff (half inch max) if that makes sense. Any advice? Thanks!

i like the echo cordless model

thanks for the follow up video😀

man awesome vids thanks for the info I will take your advice was hesitant but can't wait to get one for myselfself thanks for the honest review. Mahalo from Hawaii and Aloha from this Hawaiian 😎🌴🏄

Can you attach a different head to use this like a mulitool? Dewalt sells a universal hedge trimmer attachment.

How to adapt a cutting disc to a trimmer? Tanks, from Colombia

Bought this product and it worked great until I went to bump it and after one bump it stalled and shut off- now I can't get it to turn back on. Battery is fully charged. HELP!

I love this but it hits me w all the cuttings from neck to feet..It hurts! What am I doing wrong? !

I have this unit, and use it pretty hard on my 40 acres, doing the trim and small cleanups. Battery life, as stated is good. cuts well, line bumps out consitantly, when it is operating, I like it quite a bit. HOWEVER, as it gets worn, it becomes increasingly difficult to remove the spool to reload it with string. I am now using screwdrivers to try and pry it off (and yes, I understand how to lock and unlock it). and getting started on winding on new string, the holes they provide are way to large, and not deep enough,m and have weird angles, so it's almost impossible to get the first couple of turns of string onto the spool without the string popping out of the hole. I have resorted to jamming small shims of plastic (those gum toothpicks cut down to size work well) in to the holes to keep the string in place while I get it wrapped up. I will not buy this design again when the time comes!

Could you add a clamp or sleeve of some type to the shaft for balance?

The shaft looks like it has a lot of flex. How does the thickness/quality of metal on the shaft compare to say a stihl or husky?

Just put some electrical tape around that safety paddle. Or maybe get a Velcro strap you can put on it. I have a few string trimmers. One is a Stihl FS 55 with the bicycle handles. I use it to cut everything down on the other side of my road ditch. I have run though a tank of gas in it in one run doing the yard sometimes. But that is a big trim. I should add that for my FS 55 I have a shoulder strap for it. You'd have to be King Kong to hold that bear up and use it. But if you think that battery really weighs on your electric unit you have you should get a strap on for it.

You could always just let go of the safety trigger after its going.

Do you think that battery operated tools will be more popular than the gas powered tools eventually as time goes on?

60v trimmer is out and the battery compatible with any 20v tool including the 20v trimmer not sure what the future or purpose of 40v line

Is the battery and the charging unit the same as the the 40v lithium bryshless blower?

Good info, thanks

do you know if you can attach brush cutting blades or those chain whips to these battery powered trimmers? I'm looking for something that can do ditch side weeds, very heavy overgrowth and maybe some small saplings/trees etc... thanks.

how much does it weigh? Does it weigh or feel less heavier than a gas powered trimmer.

that's pretty sweet

Great vid man. I’m shopping for a trimmer for long term use. I just bought a cub cadet 2 stroke and it is awesome and I have no complaints. Is this a better choice or should I stick with what I bought!?

Did you compare it with the stihl trimmer? Milwaukee is going to have their trimmer and blower out soon hope you put all 3 side by side to see which will be top dog.

I'm not a huge fan of the motor being above the cutting head - I prefer the way Milwaukee do their multi-attachment trimmer/saw unit, with the motor at the back.... it just seems like the motor life will be shorter when the cooling intakes are constantly blocked by grass and debris

How to take the motor out of the 40 volt weed eater

How's the vibration compared to a gas trimmer?

How much

Does that battery fit the chainsaw as well ?

Not reversible? I'm guessing, but as far as I can tell from your review the Husqvarna 536 LiLX is a far better unit in every way...

My Husq runs 6 hours + straight a couple times a week. That toy is pretty nice though. If I werra murkin I might jump on one.

is it brushless?

TRY THIS GUY = USING ELECTRICAL TAPE . TAPE A POPSICLE STICK OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SAFETY LEVER TO EXTEND IT.

I burnt the motor in my weed eater

Line does not bump out as easily as many claim, and further it is a PAIN IN THE ASS to respool using Dewalt's rather shitty explanation.

Pretty soon someone will make one with a internal combustion engine that is more powerful, less expensive and only requires pennies worth of fuel to run 45 minuets

Watching it struggle on those tiny weeds makes me wonder what's the point?

Placing the motor at the end completely destroys the balance and makes it virtually unusable. Get a good quality gas unit and learn how to maintain it, done.