Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I cannot tell you how much I wanted to love this thing. Alas, it stinks. Really. I live on one-third or so of an acre in the 'burbs. The first time I used it, I went through one entire spool of string. I returned it to Amazon because I thought the feeder must've been broken. Nope. Got the new one and one spool lasted about 1.5 uses. No, I'm not doing big, deep woods brush; I'm just doing light grass trimming around my mailbox and sidewalk. I recently purchased a non-B&D (generic brand) roll of spool on Amazon to see if that would help. Nope. Did as good of a job (FYI), but lasted one trip around the yard. Today, less than 2 years after owning this thing, I noticed my battery charger is broken. Sigh. My previous B&D trimmer lasted about 10 years. The only reason I replaced it with this one is because the battery (about the size of a small toaster and twice as heavy) needed to be replaced. One spool of string would last me 2 or 3 MONTHS on that one. It's no surprise B&D makes their money on the spools of string; it's just stupid they've reengineered their once amazing trimmers to blow through a spool in 20-30 minutes. If you have a LST136 where a spool lasts you more than 30 minutes, congrats. This thing has great power, is so light, and I'd give it 5 stars if it didn't shred string. B&D - I doubt you care or will ever read this, but please make a product you care about that actually does a good job and doesn't take your customers to the cleaners (& by "cleaners" I mean sending us here to Amazon once a month to buy non-B&D string).