BLACK+DECKER 20V* MAX String Trimmer and Edger, EASYFEED Weed Wacker, 12 Inch Cutting Width, 2 Speed Control Weed Eater, (1) Battery and Charger Included (LSTE523)
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Style: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
Features
- EASYFEED allows you to advance your line with the push of a button - no bumping required.
- 2-speed control lets you boost power or extend runtime.
- PowerDrive Transmission increases torque for more cutting power at the string.
- Adjustable height and handle with premium soft grip improves comfort and control.
- Part of the 20V MAX* System - 1 System. Endless Tasks. Power for your Style.
- Part of the POWERCOMMAND Family of tools EASYFEED, POWERCUT, POWERBOOST helps solve common user frustrations when using outdoor power equipment. Included components: (1) LSTE523 20V MAX Cordless Trimmer/Edger, (1) LB2X3020 20V MAX Extended runtime Lithium Battery, (1) Charger, (1) AFS Spool, (1) Guard
- 2 Year Limited Warranty
Description
Easy feed string trimmer is designed for trimming areas of overgrowth, & edging along borders, sidewalks, & flower beds. Features power drive transmission which increases torque & 2 speed control to choose between more power or extended run time. Easily converts from trimmer to wheeled edger. Easy feed advances the line with the push of a button, No bumping required. Adjustable height & handle with micro texture Soft grip. Includes: 20V Max extended run time lithium battery, charger, AFS Spool, & guard. This product is Manufactured in China. This product meets customer requirement.
Brand: BLACK+DECKER
Power Source: Battery Powered
Color: Black
Item Weight: 6.3 pounds
Cutting Width: 12 inches
Power Source: Battery Powered
Cutting width: 12 inches
Speed: 7200 rpm
Number of Batteries: 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)
Battery Average Life: 30 minutes
Color: Black
Pattern: Solid
Style Name: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
Item Weight: 6.3 pounds
Item Dimensions L x W: 41.3"L x 9.2"W
Size: One Size
Brand Name: BLACK+DECKER
Model Number: LSTE523
Number of Packs: 1
Global Trade Identification Number: 61
Number of Items: 1
UPC: 885911450461
Unit Count: 1 Count
Manufacturer Warranty Description: 2 year limited warranty
Included Components: 20V MAX PC EASY FEED TRIMMER/EDGER
Item Type Name: 20V MAX PC EASY FEED TRIMMER/EDGER
Manufacturer: Black & Decker Outdoor
Manufacturer Part Number: LSTE523
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Style: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
This is a great trimmer for home use. It's light, can do both trimming and edging, and has improved significantly over the previous model. The cordless concept gives you a lot of freedom. I have a corded edger with a blade and it's great for the really challenging parts of the lawn, but nothing beats the convenience of this cordless model. How well does it trim? For a home with a front and back yard (probably around 4000 sq ft lawn space) I found the 3Ah battery just enough to cover both yards if using a judicious mix of the two power settings. The low power setting is fine for most of the trimming and even some of the edging, but I use the higher power setting for thicker growth. This is for St. Augustine grass common in the south. If you have hardier substances to cut or if you need to use the higher power setting more than I do you may have to charge in the middle of the job and it does take a while to charge an empty battery. You can also buy additional compatible batteries on the Black and Decker 20v systems on Amazon which I would recommend for those with larger/tougher jobs. Which one is for you? The biggest differences with this model series are the batteries they come with and the string feed mechanism. I've included a chart to help understand the differences between the models. Some thoughts: - The basic 522 and 523 appear to be physically identical trimmers except for the string feed. The 522's is automatic, the 523's is manual. My old 400 had an automatic feed that worked but there were times I would have liked to have been able to feed it when the automatic didn't trigger. - The 523 appears to be sold in two options (at least it was when I bought mine). One option comes with a 3Ah battery, the other comes with a 1.5Ah battery. The bigger battery is heavier but lasts longer. If you have a smaller lawn, or you want the lightest weight, maybe the smaller battery unit is better for you. Although the unit is not heavy, you may feel it after using it for forty minutes. Again, if battery life is an issue, Amazon sells additional batteries separately, and they're compatible with the whole line of Black and Decker devices including cutters, drills, and more. - The 525 seems to be identical to the 523 but comes with a choice of either a 3Ah battery or two 1.5Ah batteries. - The entire 500 series (522, 523, etc) are a big improvement over the 400 series due to modifications to the trimmer/edger conversion mechanism and also the change of the auxiliary handle's friction clamp to instead a fixed pivot point on the handle assembly. This makes the 500 series easier to use and more reliable. 6-Jun-2019 update: Saw a bunch of negative reviews from people that had issues with quality control on their units. I don't doubt them. I had issues with the previous generation of this unit. All I can say is that even with issues, I got four years out of the previous model and this one so far has worked fine. Stories of the awful (and probably outsourced) support from Black and Decker are disappointing, but that's the price of dealing with some corporations.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018 by Amazon Customer
Style: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
Very easy to use: twist the shaft to go from horizontal cutting to vertical; battery attachment couldn't be easier. However, recommend larger battery for all but tiny yards and requirements. It is light weight compared to the bulky electric cable or gas edgers. Trims both weeds and borders usually on low power. Has a higher power usage switch for stubborn weeds. This is designed as a grass edger, but as stated does light weeds as well, especially at higher power offering. It certainly would have now replaced my Stihl gas trimmer I needed 25+ years ago where I chopped down 4-6' weeds. Now that I am back to civilization and have just a grass property, this is fantastic. Stores easily in the golf cabinet in my garage that came with the house. I bought extra spools of cutting material, but haven't replaced the original yet after all Summer. The automatic spool advance works without any trouble as does the manual advance when desired. Couldn't be happier unless wife wants to do the outside trimming.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2024 by Nancy or Rich
Style: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
I recently had a two year old, $200 gas powered trimmer go out. Tried to get it repaired, but the motor had lost compression and was not economical to fix. Needless to say, I have been extremely dissapointed at the longevity I got out of that one and decided to explore some alternatives. I have just under a 1 acre lot, so quite a bit of edges to keep trimmed. After researching, it seemed like the main negatives to battery powered models are: 1. Batteries don't run very long in a cycle. 2. Batteries have a short lifespan. I ended up going with this model over the more expensive, but similarly specc'd Dewalt version when I found that there were replacement batteries available on Amazon at a reasonable price. The available/cheap replacement batteries take care of issue #2 for me. As far as #1 goes, the run time I get off a charge is acceptable. I only run it in the high power mode (power issued addressed next) and I comfortably get 20 minutes. I don't generally don't do the entire yard every week, so this is more than enough time for my needs. I presume that it would get substantially longer run times on the low power mode. My main complaint is something that wasn't on the original list -- lack of power. Even when I run it at the high power setting, it isn't anywhere near the level of a gas powered version. "That's not a fair comparison" you say? I disagree -- this is sold as a trimmer tool, and it should meet the performance expectations of that tool. Electric motors should be able to put out plenty of torque. Part of the power issue is that the string dispenser lets out only one strand instead of two that you normally see on a gas powered version. Even if it spun at the same speed/torque, it just doesn't have the same ability to mow down grass. That said, it does get the job done, albeit a bit slower than I'd like. Of course, this version has several benefits over a gas powered trimmer: It's lighter, it doesn't require me to maintain a oil/gas tank, it's easy to start, and the string dispenser is easy to change. Battery charging time is a non-issue for me, and the battery charger included is compact. If I can get a couple years out of this tool, I'll count it as a success.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2017 by Steve Kranyec
Style: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
I got the LSTE523 and got tired of remembering to get gas and lug around the gas powered eater. So I ordered this item and used it for 3 weeks so far and it has been great. I use this 4 times per week 30 mins each time in different areas that I help mow for and all i need to do is remember to charge the battery which can be easily done. It does take a little longer than gas to get through a heavy patch but its so light and maneuverable that it's no problem. I am still on the initial spool and refills are cheap to buy. The feeder is easy to use just pull trigger then let go and push the feed button and you good to go. The edging on this is easy to use while being easy to change between the 2 modes. I can even have this in the back seat of the truck so i don't have to worry about it sitting in the bed and possibly getting stolen. Honestly, it has cut some time down on my mowing when all i have to do is set height, put battery in, and pull trigger. Gas trimmer needs to fill up with gas mix then push the bubble in a few times then make sure choke is on then pull rope then half choke then pull again to start then off choke to keep running. Call it lazy but i call it efficient. For the level of pricing and features i think this is a great buy and will be glad to get another.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2019 by Johnny D
Style: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
I bought the LSTE523 which comes with a single 3.0 Ah battery instead of the LSTE525 which has a pair of 1.5 Ah batteries. The main reason is because I have a bunch of the 1.5 Ah batteries for my other Black and Decker 20V Lithium Max devices. The 3.0 Ah battery comes with a 400mA charger, whereas the normal charger is 200 mA. So if you wanted a higher capacity battery to use for other devices (like a leaf blower/sweeper), this is the model to get. That being said, I ran my LSTE523 in Mode 1 (power saving) with one of the 1.5 Ah batteries I had (not fully charged) and was able to clear up my yard of weeds and even edged the front lawn on that single battery. So I am unsure why others said their batteries only lasted 5-20 minutes. I was able to run it longer than 20 minutes on a half charged 1.5 Ah battery, basically doing the front and back yards without any hassle. The unit is very lightweight and easy to use by anyone. Switching to edger mode takes half a second by using 2 knobs. The unit takes 0.065 string and comes with a small spool of clear trimmer line. I didn't really need to extend the trimmer line during operation. What impressed me the most was the power of the motor on the lowest power setting. It make short work of thick grass that my mower couldn't reach. I hated using the gas trimmer, especially the 2-stroke trimmers. They were heavy, finicky, hard to start, and smelled terrible. I recommend the 3.0 Ah just to get the bigger battery and faster charger.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2018 by Chaz Turbino
Style: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
Won't turn on here's what I found on a 2nd season trimmer. How to get it apart so it will go back together easy 30 min job after a lot of frustration. Place on bench with 2 2x4s stacked on top each other. Place a 11"wire tie under trimer on the orange part 2 inches from the black piece trimmer screw side up. While holding the orange cover down tight, remove all T15 torx screws with T15 Torx driver. Now hold down the cover with both hands take the hand close to the shaft end and place it on the black piece at the end of the orange cover while holding down tight on it. Remove the cover now while still holding it down tight put the wire tie on tight about 2 inches up from the black piece.leaving the slide on the wire tie outside of the trimmer. You can now release from holding it down. Now you can pull the trigger and see that the micro switch is not pushing in the micro switch or not all the way. Here's the fix that worked for me. I filed down a standard orange wire but so it would fit tight between circuit board and a post on the housing the open end of the wire but fits over a chip on the board which should keep it in place. Next I noticed there was still a bit of movement of the board so I drilled two holes in the housing big enough for the wire tie. I put the wire tie over the board just inside the the black wire by the top side out the way of every thing that could cause an issue. Tried it dozens of times works every time. Did noe yet have an issue but I added a wire tie on the micro switch for the line feed button as well. Now check make sure all the wires are tucked in and springs all in place as well as handle springs and buttons battery slots in right. Hold the black piece down tight on the 2x4s and put the cove back carefully put on the cover . keep holding it down once the cover is close to being in place cut the wire tie holding the shaft in place push the cover home and replace the screws while holding it down tight . put the battery pack in and try it a few dozen times also check you lime feed. All should work great now. Hopefully I hope to get another 2 or 3 years out of it. This is designed it fail if you ask me. This would be something I will get with B&D about.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2019 by Gregg Henrikson
Style: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
I chose the option of getting one large battery over the two smaller ones which works better for me. Even at about half a charge I completed the entire front of my house, with it torqued to high speed, almost half of the time and the battery never cut out. It’s easy to assemble (you screw the guard in; use a small screwdriver or you will strip the screw) and luckily it only has the one cutting line which makes replacing the spool a hell of a lot easier. Never once have I had to press, to extend the line so it either does self feed or this stuff is indestructible. My biggest complaint is the exceptionally cheap ass charger that comes with it. Seriously, I own many battery powered tools and other devices and this is the cheapest crap I have ever seen. If anything takes a dump, it will be the charger. The large battery takes about 8 hours and up, to fully charge so don’t expect the minute this package comes the battery will be fully charged and ready to go. Other than the crap charger, the rest of it works awesome. For people that hate having to deal with gas or dragging a 100 foot electrical cord all over the yard, this works perfekt and I took down some hefty roots and used along the side of brick and concrete without line breaking off everywhere. The hassle free trimming in 100F heat makes the $80 dollars spent, a great deal, in my opinion.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017 by linchetto
Style: 20V Trimmer Kit - 1 Long Runtime Battery
The trigger switch WILL FAIL after two years... MAX. I replaced my first one of these with another due to the perennial problem with battery-op equipment; if you buy a different brand or model, you need to also buy new spare batteries... which you WILL need unless your yard is a postage stamp, as well as another charger. What happens to the old stuff? It goes in the trash. 'See how "green" that is? The trigger switch was failing on the original one, requiring fenagling the trigger around to get the thing to power on. When the new one arrived I took the bad one out to the barn to see if I could fix it. I found two things out here. First thing, the trigger rubs against a nub on a microswitch that's part of a small printed circuit board. The nub gets pressed down by the trigger to actuate the switch. The nub was worn down from rubbing against the trigger. You can't replace the switch. I figured I'd dab a tiny bit of epoxy on the nub to rebuild it to try and get a little more time out of the trimmer. After doing that, I discovered the second thing; it is IMPOSSIBLE to reassemble the trimmer after it's been taken apart. I'm QUITE mechanically inclined, but after about an hour and a half of trying, the whole thing was tossed into the trashcan. 'See how "green" that was? Almost EXCATLY two years later, the second one suffered the same failure. I knew better than to try and fix it this time. In the trash it went. 'See how "green" that was? I ordered yet ANOTHER one. "WHY???" you say. Well, because this trimmer has exactly ONE saving grace. My wife LOVES to work in the yard, but we're both getting old, and arthritis id becoming an issue for her. Unlike every other electric or gas trimmer we've checked out, this trimmer is incredibly LIGHT. This third trimmer arrived in November. We live in southern California, so yard work goes on through the winter. It's April now. My wife used the trimmer yesterday, for about the tenth time since receiving it. Guess what... The trigger is going out on it already... I can't return it under warranty because I voided it by bypassing its TRULY AWFUL safety interlock. You know the one that requires you to somehow press the interlock sideways while squeezing the trigger with the same finger. Try doing THAT for an hour! Long story short, this trimmer is a cheap piece of Chinese crap. Save yourself the frustration! BUY SOMETHING ELSE!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2024 by Peter T. Horacek