swift 40V Cordless Grass Trimmer 25cm Strimmer Edger & 40V Cordless Leaf Blower Twin Pack with 20 Spare Blades, Battery and Charger

Exceeded my expectations, well done the Swift design team. After lots of researching on which make of switch start strimmer to go for I took a gamble on ordering a maker I was not familiar with. This is the 3rd switch start strimmer I've bought over the years, the other 2 cost a lot more. No 1 was petrol, heavy and got hot when being used - fuel tank split in the end. No 2 was ok but after just one year the head of the line spool broke and you couldn't get spare parts. The Swift strimmer design runs off a powerful battery, no other fuel. Smart blade system for cutting means no more wasted time struggling with threading line through an awkward spool. Genius design Swift well thought out. The materials of the body are strong and not flimsy plastic- again great design from a UK company.As a mature female this strimmer solves a lot of issues for me - really looking forward to telling the man next door his services are no longer needed. I will have paid for this strimmer in 3 months from what I was paying the man, plus I'll do a better job and eliminate being ripped off.Swift team - now have my sights set on the hedge trimmer.Great Job!!

I sincerely wanted to give this product five stars, But Oh ! The model I received, did not match the fixing description in the instruction book and fixing the handle assembly I found so fiddly. The design assembly in the instruction Manuel, has been changed ( Why)? As the new version = [two small nut and bolt fitting along with two small spanners supplied for fixing the handle into a hollow compartment, I found most difficult and could not have fitted it without the use of a small box spanner I had from my workshop. Something so simple ; now made quite difficult; and how a lady purchaser gets on via fixing this new upgrade, I would be interested to know? I'm sure Swift can do better than this upgrade, via using two square head bolts, inserted into a square hole on one side and tighten two wing nuts on top, thus saving two spanners?. A perfect design spoiled . Brian H.

We are v pleased with this. It is well balanced and light to use even if you have arthritis. As we have a large demanding garden we can still keep it tidy. We also have a heavy petrol one with strong metal blades, but it is just too heavy now. However our window cleaner would like it so not wasted. We have done the full under hedge bank with the new one and only lost the tips of the blades. Good idea to have replacement blades discreetly on the handle. Saves the legs! We now hope that it continues to live up to this recommendation and will last many years.I would like to add a codicil to the above review, the replacements blades can run out of stock and the order is just cancelled. The strimmer and blades have to rely on the Chinese delivery service. Unfortunately Swift do not advise that they are waiting for stock so there will be a delay, they just cancel. I have spoken to them via their call centre and pointed out that this is not acceptable and asked for reassurance that there will be blades in UK. A strimmer is no good without the blades. But I reiterate that we are very pleased with the machine's pereformance.

This trimmer died on me while cutting the grass today. It was its second use since ordered. I fully recharged the battery just to make sure it wasn't empty (although it was showing 3 bars out of 4) and gave it another try, but still no joy. It's simply dead, something must've fried inside.Too bad, as it was quite a powerful trimmer, and the battery lasts a lot. Mostly plasticky and quite cheap build, but really powerful.The handle can be a nightmare to fit, but I managed it eventually. Also, it is advertised as a quiet trimmer, but it is quite noisy if you ask me. It's pretty ok for the price, considering the battery is included, but only if it didn't die after 3 weeks... How wonderful that would've been...I've put in a return and refund request. Waiting on the seller to approve it so I can finally send the fallen "warrior" back to its origins.*I will update my review accordingly after the replacement is delivered to me, provided it will be a better quality item than the first*UPDATE 1: Replacement received and working properly. I'm reverting back to 4 stars and will upgrade to 5 stars if this second grass trimmer doesn't break again in a few weeks.UPDATE 2: It's May 2020 and still going strong. Gave it 5 stars.

Previous reviews had commented on how easy this is to put together. No longer. Given that the manual supplied with the product did not match what was in the box it would appear the fixing for the handle has been changed. For the worse it would appear. You now need the dexterity of a pianist and the strength of a prop forward to attach the fixing bolts. I contacted the company who advised me to use pliers and download an updated manual online. Hmmm! I eventually got the bolts in (the wrong way round) and the trimmer works very well, easily outperforming the Black & Decker it replaced. The blades are pretty strong (the did come off a couple of times when they hit an oak tree but were not broken and are simply reattached). It's well balanced making it easy to manoeuvre around a garden full of obstacles. The battery recharges quickly. Were it not for the assembly it would warrant an outstanding review. But Swift have scored an own goal with the changes to the handle assembly.

I already have the Swift cordless lawnmower and was excited to order the strimmer. It is very good, easy to assemble (even for a female 😉) and very powerful! It took a while to get used to!The one minus point is that within 20 minutes one of the ‘blades’ broke when I hit a stone! That’s one disadvantage against the standard ‘line’ strimmer. I have a pretty wild, natural garden with lots of big stones, rocks, trees and shrubbery. I came against one shrub and it took the bark off, I hope the shrub survives! All in all a super grass strimmer and I would recommend it for lawns and rougher grass areas with no stones!