As lawn and garden equipment goes, none seems to have as many names as the noble weed trimmer — aka weed wacker, weed eater, weed cutter, string trimmer, strimmer or, in some circles, brush trimmer ...

String trimmers (or weed eaters, if you prefer) are indispensable tools in the yard, capable of a wide range of tasks from cutting tough weeds down to size to creating razor-sharp garden edges. The ...