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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Less than five minutes into your task, you notice that your weed trimmer is no longer cutting. Your trimmer string has broken in record time.

Replacing the line on a weed whacker is one of those tasks that feels more complicated than it should be. Many traditional string trimmer heads require full disassembly, winding the line manually, and ...