I've had this weedeater for about 2 years and I come back to your video every time I need to replace the line

I haven’t trimmed my yard in 3 week because I was afraid (that I broke it and was missing parts) and more bummed out that I thought I messed up my new trimmer. Thanks for this video!!! I’m back in action! So glad I live in the age where videos are at your fingertips 🥴😂😂

Thanks for this. Putting new line on my trimmer has been one of the 12 mysteries of the universe for me.

For the last 18 months I've not let the lawn crew edge or use a weed eater in my back yard. kzfaq.infoUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG I didn't like the fact that they just kept cutting the edge of the lawn further and further from the rock lining the flower beds and leaving bare ground. And the grass was trimmed or scalped several feet around trees, etc. It was a constant battle with them so I told them to just mow and no trimming. I have Zoysia grass so it grows pretty slow. Obviously after a while it could use some trimming. I'm in my 80's so I can't do much of it myself.Finally I decided that if I could find a lightweight battery powered trimmer I might be able to do some light trimming. I decided to buy the LST201 20V trimmer. And it works great for my needs. I have back yard with about 150' of flower beds and several trees to be trimmed. I can lightly trim the whole yard with a single charge! The grass I trimmed was only a few inches high but the trimmer was more powerful than I expected.

As much as I cringed at when you said “expand it”, this helped me tremendously to finally load up my line. Thank you.

Thanks for the video, kept me from having to read the directions. Yep, the line should thread thru without too much difficulty. I did have to twist it a bit to get the proper alignment. Instead of using the pre-cut lengths of line, if you are using bulk line, per the directions: do not load more than 10' (feet) because if you do, the line may jam-up.

Bought these lines yesterday from Home Depot, same prize as amazon and had them the same day . Worked like a charm. All my old trimmers i had to spend more time unscrewing the line holder and trying to feed it in. This makes it so easy .

Thank you for this video! My husband was frustrated and I needed to get some stuff done. So thanks to you, I was able to do it on my own 😉😃

Thanks for the video. The wrench tool (as you called it) makes this job super-fast. It’s actually the money of this design. Once it’s through, you can wind it at lightning speed. Thanks again!! 😺😺

Thanks!!!! was trying to spool it the old school way and something told me to check out youtube.... This was the first and ONLY video I needed to watch.

Expand-it! Whooossshhhh! Lol. Thank you for the walkthrough and the laugh! Be well.

Thank you so much for the video. Since the line comes out on both sides my hubby was curious on how to replace the line so he took it apart and spent the next 30 minutes putting it back together lol.

LOVE the sound effects!! You don't need a professional sound maker!

the cat is an excellent addition to the video. just look how curious she is! she wants to know all about whats going on in there

Thanks! I really needed to see this video. My line ran out and there were no instructions on how to restring it. This morning will now be a busy day with the Ryobi.

Thanks! My husband has been puzzling about this for weeks. I just sat down in front of the computer and GOT IT DONE! (with your help) lol.

Dude, thanks. Before this video I took the head apart and getting it back together was like a Chinese puzzle and took me an hour. Great sound affects...better than most commercials.

Man I spent 30 mins cussing up a storm before find this video. Talk about feeling like a dummy. But this was an excellent tutorial and now I can rest assured my line changes will be so much easier

Dude! Your style and simplicity is crazy funny but also extremely useful. I was reading the instructions and thought, WTF! My arrow line in the bumper is worn off. Haha! But I just rotated it until it lined up so I could feed the line straight thru. Like you, I tried one side and then the other. The second try worked perfectly just like your video instructions. I appreciate the knowledge you shared.

Reloaded mine like this last summer when I became a homeowner and complete forgot how to over the winter. Now I remember and I’ll definitely be making the same sound effects when I use it! Thanks! 😂

I loved the random “EXPAND IT!” plugs hahahaha

Excellent video. A couple of additional tips that might come in handy. The markings referred to in the video are for Ryobi's pre-cut line, which is basically 16 feet, the optimal length. It's easier to just spool the line through and make sure the two ends are of equal length. And in the future, it's more cost effective to buy uncut line. Just pull off 16 feet. Second, and this is possibly much more helpful. if you find - as I did this morning - that you cannot get the line to spool through the holes on both sides, or that it's very difficult to wind the line onto the spool, it's very possible that there is still line inside the housing that is obstructing the new line. You can remove the top cap by pressing in on the tabs (doesn't take much pressure) and it will pop off. Remove any loose line hiding inside and then reassemble (very easy to do). You'll find that the line spools through with no problem now. And the entire assembly will also turn more smoothly, making it super simple to wind the line around the internal spool.

Thanks! Super easy to follow and I, for one, appreciate the "expand it" and the cat cameo.

Thanks for a VERY helpful video. Greatly appreciated. This task comes under the heading of "everthing's easy when you know how"

This was super helpful. WAY better than the directions. I was doing it the hard way, manually winding. Thanks! Oh, and the sound effects are hilarious. (Maybe just one or two times less...) Expand It! Whoosh! 🤣

Thanks a lot for this, it was way easier than I thought but man now everytime I trim I'm gonna be hearing EXPANDED WHOPSHH ! 🤣

At first I was wondering why the video seemed to deliberately cut out when you couldn’t get the string to go through and then it magically went through after the skip. But I decided to try one more time and despite failing all previous attempts, the string fed through easily! Can’t believe how much time I wasted on this! And as an added bonus I now know how to properly advance the string which was something I was doing entirely wrong previously. Thank you for the video. Showing you struggling helped me realize mine wasn’t faulty somehow.

Thanks! This video shows how easy it can be to replace the line and help me a lot (I had taken the spool apart for no reason). On my pre-cut line the middle is "marked" by a kind of crimping or flattening of the line in two places about the width of the spool itself.

Very helpful video! So the green crank tool helps you wind up the line quicker! Thanks sir!

Thx! After I messed up the lawnmower, I definitely looked this up.

Almost quit watching this, have no idea why you're using sound effects but, you got your point across it's easy to use thank you for your sharing of the information

I thought I was smart but had a tough time Figuring this out. I appreciate the video; I looked at many, but yours was the Absolute best! You are my hero, my Paramedic!

Thank you for all your help I bought this trimmer to use around my home then you it came to adding line I did not know what to do had to watch were video to figure it out I got it now

I love your sound effects and did not have any idea I had the dang expand it model til you did that haha! I also was able to load the stringer in two minutes including opening the package. So I took an extra sixty seconds to say thank you! I’m a huge ryobi fan too🥂

I could not figure this out to save my life. Thank you.

This was actually a lot easier than I expected. Thank you

The expand it sound effects made my inner child so happy 😂😂😂😂

I knew I was doing it wrong! I thought you didn't have to take the whole thing apart and hold the string on like the old ones, Thanks man!

Thanks for this! I was dinking around with mine like it was a Stihl and jammed mine all up. I used a regular roll of line. Which btw does work. This is so simple and I like this design.

Thank you. Mine just ran out of line and I was terrized on what it might take to rewire this. Wow never thought it could be this easy. I did what you showed and it worked perfectly. My line didnt have any markings on it but all you do is keep feeding it until both ends are equal length then start turning the knob. PS Since your giving kudos to Ryobi I should mention for others, my string trimmer is a replacement for a gas powered Poulan and I finally got tired to try and get started, mix gas, oil the whole thing. The reason Ryobi is they do accept other attachements. I had an edger, a string trimmer and a blower and they all work with it so the new electric trimmer for 189 at homey depot was worth it since I had all the other tools already. When I finally give in to the electric mower it will be a Ryobi as well because the batteries are the exact same for the mower as the trimmer. Again thanks for the help.

Lining up the arrows is the part you don't want to miss. I was almost surprised when it threaded correctly. I tried a few times without aligning the head properly and even had disassembled the cap a few times needlessly. The plastic cap turning tool does make winding quicker.

MAKE SURE all 4 arrows on the head assembly are aligned. It creates a channel for the string to pass through the center before spooling it.

Super helpful my dude thanks, also nice sound effects

It's been decades since I actually changed string and i recently bought this weed whacker and its is awesome. Anyways growing up my Dad showed my how to change string and its was pretty much wind it up yourself. I attempted to do that this morning and I was getting nowhere and I said man let me go to KZfaq 😂. Thanks for the video 🐱

Showed me exactly what I needed to see. Thanks.

2 minutes into the video and you’re finally getting into how to do it.

Rotating the bump knob on mine doesn't "catch" the string and feed it in. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Thank you so much for this easy instructional video!! It was exactly what i was needing!

Thank you for this, I usually figure out these things without instructions… and somehow I lost them…lol. Very helpful… rock on!

Loved the sound effects... low tech rules, and you are hilarious! Thanks.

Awesome instruction.. just keep expanding

This showed exactly what I was hoping for! Thanks!

By the third time you made the sound effects I wanted to scream but thanks for the help

I love your commentary, especially 'expand it" anyway your video helped me restring the whacker. Thanks.

Thanks Bro you helped me figure this task out!!!! 😂😂

I had to stop and say, you definitely don’t need a sound effects budget. That was SPOT ON and I love it!! Ok. Carry on... 😊

You just saved me a lot of time and aggravation. For those having threading issues, try straightening the line as much ad possible before inserting.

Just the information I needed! Thanks so much for sharing!

This is edited from a bad comment. I enjoyed the accurate video- but had difficulty getting the head back on from last year. Arthritis makes pushing that head down very painful. I followed your directions and it loaded easily enough. The red line is cheap and breaks quickly, I have the same package you showed and once the head arrows aligned I could load the line. Winding was painful, I couldn't find the winding tool. All in all the ryobi worked well. Battery is heavy for me at 75, but it sure beats yanking that cord. Over and over and over. Thanks for the video.

Life saving vid lol I took it all apart trying to load wire until I saw this! Thx 🙏🏼

I keep havin an issue. I turn the head but the line doesn't wind up. I've watched several videos and I'm fairly confident I've assembled it correctly but the string just doesn't wind up. My biggest suspicion is the silver bolt. I've haven't read or seen just how tight it's supposed to be. I've played with enough that I should've found the right tension but no luck yet. The frustration got to be to much so I left it and the work unfinished. Got any idead?

Thanks cuz I couldn't figure it out. I'm glad I found your video. Note: I seen a video on just removing the quard for longer lines at all time. I'm go without the guard

This is the most complicated and hard string loading procedure I have ever had to figure out. Maybe this video will help me.

I hope you never get a sound effects budget, the "expand it!" was the funniest thing I've heard all day long!😂

Thank you for explaining this..my wife and I just bought one.

Definitely clearer instructions than Ryobi and other videos I've seen. You Definitely want to get that .095. Mine came with .080 and it wasn't great, so I ordered one that a yard guy I know likes. Unfortunately, I ordered the .105 model instead. I can't remember if I just wasn't paying attention or didn't check what this model could handle. It worked a lot better than the .080, but I noticed I wasn't getting the speed I wanted and things got caught up more. Then I realized I had the wrong one and went and got a good .095 from my local store.

Thanks for the helpful vid! Back to trimming

Great video, finally had to replace my old Ryobi Trimmer that I’ve had almost 12 years I was just in the garage staring at the new one trying to figure out how to put the line in, couldn’t be any simpler. Love the expand it sound effects! Ignore all the haters, they obviously have too much time on their hands and are feeling in adequate in their own life so they want you to feel bad about making a video that they watched and probably found helpful! Keep up the good work!

As soon as you said EXPAND IT the first time, I quit the vid and figured it out...thanx bro

Thx for the instructions! I nearly set mine on fire 3 times trying to get that thing loaded! Somehow the spool was getting stuck on top of the removable parts and started smoking really bad

Because the bump knob is so thick do you find that you can’t take weeds or grass right down to the bare ground if you wanted to? I have heard others complain about this issue. The line is easy to reel on but it being so thick places the line way too high. Any advice you could give would be appreciated. Thank you for your time.

It was as simple as ABC. And that definitely works for me👌👍

Yes!!! “EXPAND IT!!” I love this. Thank you

thanks...easier than I tried...really helpful....

I loved your sound effects 😂

Question with string left in spool at the start goes back into spool how do you remove

Thank you for this video. I used mine for the first time yesterday and like you I tap it every 30 seconds and ran out of string. There instructions suck. I had no idea it was that easy. Although it will be my last time using it. I'm hiring a lawn crew. It's to hot in Florida!

Good video.. simple.. Its to take a long while to bump clockwise to even the strings . Is it suppose d to be smooth pulling in. Seems Mine not catching .

Thanks so much. There were no directions in the weed eater box for how to do this. Thanks again. Oh I have a question. I have a bunch of .105 line left over from my gas weed eater. I know it’s not the size recommended for the ryobi, but do you think it would work in it?

I spent hours trying to do this thank you so much i did it in two seconds after watching😂😂😂

Stupid question since I only just got mine. To remove the old line, how far down do you let it go and is it easy to pull out? I don't want to take it apart (since I really can't due to neuropathy in my hands...if you guys can think of an easy way for me to do it great. Cause right now I can't). All the videos I see are about putting in the new line, not exactly how to remove the old. Thanks.

I took the head off and now I cant get it to clip back in any advice?

Can you please make a video on how to keep the string going automatically, because what I do with my ryobi trimmer is I put the string but once it gets short I have to take the piece out and make it long again. So please tell me how do I keep it going by itself. It takes twice as long with that problem

The dramatic effect every time you said “Expand it” was ultimately what made me purchase one. I have never owned one that loaded string that way so thank you.

Great video. How do you replace the entire head for this expand it attachment??

I bought one the other day. It came with .095 line but all the instructions said to use .080 line. - the box and the owners manual. I googled and it warns you not to use the wrong size line or it will bind up. So does yours suggest .095 or .080. Thanks.

The only Video that made it happen! Thanks so much 😊

Thank you for making this video!

Thanks for the video cuz i was lost for a minute

Thank you SO Much! You gotta be careful, they will break if you're too rough.

Thank you for the video. When I did replace the line for the first time by following the instructions that came with it, I had to disassemble the whole thing. I never had idea that this could be done without splitting the head in half. I now used the provided toll for spinning and did it in no time. You are the man.

I can’t get my line to go through! I have tried for hours! Super frustrated. Yes I have the arrows lined up! I’ve moved it around/ it’s like there is something in the middle but I don’t know how to get the spool off to see if something is stuck

Are you able to show how to get the head back on ? I took mine off and don’t know how to get it back in without the spring popping it back up

B&D workmate on an office chair - nails it !

It was time to buy more cutting line so this time I bought the bulk roll of the .092 extruded line instead of the precut ones. I did not see any indication on the line as to where the proper place to cut it was. So I just used my 16ft garage door as measuring device by clamping one end of the line to the door and cutting it at the other end. This length seems to be working fine, although I did have to manually advance the line a few times right after loading the line this time.

"Expanded It! Whisch!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That made my whole day better

Love the sound affects and the cat 😄😄😄

Good video but my problem is there is string stuck inside so I obviously can’t load anymore string in until the old comes out. How do you open it to get the old string out? Thanks

Mine has done well for me, but I'm thinking of changing mine for for one thar can handle more rhan .095. I've experimenting with the line that's smaller than this one to see which one spins better and gets caught up less.

For future reference, doing work like this, people would rather you get straight to the point. The first 2 minutes was really a waste of time