WORX WG896 12 Amp 7.5 Inch Corded Electric Lawn Edger & Trencher, Orange and Black

I was torn between corded, battery, or gasoline versions of this. I'm really glad I got the corded version. It's quiet, easy to use, light weight, and makes crisp edges on my lawn. As a bonus, you can lift up on a lever to raise the guide plate (usually guides the cut by riding along the edge of the concrete walkway) and use the machine to shallow bury a cable in a lawn, so it's a trencher too. The cut depth is easily adjusted over three settings from 1 inch to 1.5 inches. Good tool, I like it. My wife also seems to like it, so that's a big bonus for me (maybe).

Pros: A great investment if you’re looking for a more professional touch. I’ve used gas edgers in the past and didn’t have high expectations for a corded unit, but this all but weightless little dude impressed with its power and performance. Although incredibly happy with my first pass, I’m 100% confident that each further usage will only clean it up better. A little back & forth in the denser soil, but no big deal. Moreover, once you get the excess soil out the first time you won’t have to deal with it again. Cons: The angle of the lever is not adjustable, and anyone taller than 5’ 10” will have to lean forward a little bit. However, it’s very light and manageable so this shouldn’t be a deal breaker. Enjoy the fruits of your labor while neighbors walk/drive by and take notice of your tidy lawn.

This is a decent product. If you are going to do a lot of edging, or want to do deep trenching to run conduit, etc. this is NOT the product you want. It is electric, so you are tethered to an outlet, and of course, the farther you go on extension cords, the less of the 12 amp juice you get. It also trenches to 1 1/2", which is OK, but not enough to dump conduit, etc. That said, this is a very good edger. Out of the box, it is minimal assembly. You connect the three pieces of the shaft, removing some edge tape from it, and inserting two metal bolts and plastic knobs, similar to most lawn mowers these days. Then you install the plastic handle with another bolt. That's it. For use, you have a lever which you pull up for edging and lower for trenching to adjust the group clearance. You also choose 1", 1/4", or 1 1/2" depth. Then you plug it in. There is a white line on top of the blade cover so you know where the blade is. You just pull the trigger to run the blade, or release the trigger to stop the blade. Be careful not to lose sight of your electric cord so you don't hit it! I edged along my driveway, about 50' on each side, as well as my front of my lawn, so another 85' along the lawn and the apron (both sides). That's over 350'. It cut through the grass and dirt easily. It struggled a couple of times, on some tough mounds of grass, but like any other tool, you don't force it when that happens, just back up and do that area again slowly. If you come too close to blacktop, Belgian block, stone, etc. you will see sparks so you will know. Just keep in mind, this is an edger. You will be left with the severed grass/sod to remove. In my case I was loooong overdue for a edging, so I spent a long time scraping the sod off the pavement with a shovel. I expect with more frequent ending, and now working with a cleaner edge, this will be less of an issue. Either way, that is not on the product, but the state of the lawn. The edger has 2 read wheels and one smaller front wheel so , although this is not like a big, gas-powered curb jumping unit, you have the option of attacking a curb edge from either the blade side or other side of the edger, so you can get real close to a Belgian block curb. I also did the edge where my grass meets my mulched flower bed, but that was more of a trimming than a edge removal. Overall, the Work edger did as good, or better, a job than my string trimmer, and I didn't have to stop every few minutes to rewrap string. Plus it trenched enough to give me a definitive edge, whereas the string edger just cuts into the grass, not a real trench.

I have 2 acres of lawn and this works great. A little hard to adjust the depth. But it’s a good product

Outstanding machine. It trimmed some of my sidewalks, that had not been trimmed in 5 years, like there was no overgrown grass. I bought this for my wife because of it's features, mainly three wheels. That made it easy to use. While I was trimming the overgrown sidewalk it kicked up a lot of dust but that was to be expected, not the machine's fault, mine for getting letting the sidewalk get in that poor of a shape. I most defiantly was worth the money.

Works great and the lawn looks amazing when I finished edging it. Very easy to use!

The unit itself works great. My only issues are I am tall (6'3") but the handle length would indicate that it's designed for people 5-5 and under. Fortunately I don't have a whole lot of edging to do so I will tolerate the tired back. The other issue is, as someone else pointed out, the blade's wear out fairly quickly, but I too edge close to the concert and some asphalt so if it weren't for the handle length and blade, it would probably get 5 stars.

I replaced a gas edger with this item. The gas edger was hard to start, took up a lot of space in the garage, and was not easy to use. I had a great first experience with this edger today. I needed to cut through some dense ornamental grass roots on the side of my driveway, and this handled the job nicely. Some effort was needed to push the machine, but it is light and easy to maneuver. Next, I edged around the rest of my driveway, curb, and sidewalk. It had been more than a year since my last edging. It did a fine job. My old gas edger had a longer blade and cut a bit deeper, but this was so much easier to use. It cleaned up nicely and easily, and then I hung it from a hook in my garage until next time. I have plenty of extension cords and outlets, and using a corded model was not an issue. I've had some other corded lawn equipment that was a pain because of back-and-forth patterns that were needed. Edging is just a couple of straight lines, and the cord did not get in the way or become a pain. I'm happy I saved the money on a corded model vs. buying a more expensive one that required a custom battery and charger.