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

Excellent unit so far. We've used this last fall and now this spring, and it works great. Plenty of power, stable wide wheelbase, easy to see the cutting edge and easy to guide it where you want. The KEY FEATURE for us was the drop down metal guide to run along concrete edges. This sits between the blade and concrete, letting you effortlessly track along the edge without damaging the blade or concrete if you are off a bit, or as it gets knocked around from rocks and such.

Surprised how well this works! My husband wanted a gas powered edger but settled for this electric one (way cheaper). He's very happy with the purchase. Cuts very well. Lightweight and easy to handle. Worth the price !

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.

Works well, my husband has been edging everything....sidewalks, trees, driveways. So far is is easy to use and the perfect size.

Worked very well. Had a Black& Decker before that lasted for about 10 years. This one seems to cut through much better (could be because the B&D was so old). I am very picky about my yard and this edger definitely hits the mark!

I bought this for my mother. She has a very long driveway and a bad shoulder, this was easy enough and efficient for her to edge up her driveway. She was so happy to have done this so effortlessly. Very durable and seems worthwhile.

Not a bad little unit for under $100. Minimal and easy, tool free assembly. Sturdy handles and rigid shaft for confident control. It’s way easier to use than a gas-powered unit; light enough to use on the gutter plate (curb) by balancing it on the front and blade-side rear wheels (not recommended). It cut/smoked through a couple of good-sized old roots that had started to lift the sidewalk. I just went slow and let it do the work. I could never do that with a flat shovel (my old way of edging).The blade loosened in the first 50 ft., maybe 3 or 4 minutes of light use on the driveway. I had to use my router wrench to hold the inside notched washer on the geared blade shaft because my regular wrench would not fit between the blade and the bearing housing. I suppose one could just grab hold of the sharp blade and try to tighten the nut that way. I’m quite surprised it didn’t come with a set of inexpensive stamped metal wrenches or some means of locking the shaft in place to tighten or loosen the nut. I torqued it down properly and finished the job. You will need metric wrenches. What I can see of the aluminum bearing housing/gear box seems substantial; they really take a beating. I’m curious to see how well they hold up with use. The gearing feels a little loose.The fixed shield rendered the unit useless on my sidewalk because the sidewalk has sunk over the years. The rear of the shield would hang-up on the uncut edge of the turf. If your turf (roots and soil) is an inch or more higher than the sidewalk this unit will not work for you ‘as is’. It simply could not be used without a warrantee killing modification. I used a fine-tooth handsaw and cut an inch and a half notch out of the lower outer edge of the rear of the plastic shield, just inside the blade line. After that it worked fine.Even with down time to tighten the blade and modify the shield, I edged about 300 feet, with the unit set at the highest (shallowest) setting in a little over one hour. A lot of it was 1-1/2 or so inches above the sidewalk. The blade wore down ¾ of an inch (only three teeth left) but that was expected. I didn’t use the blade guard, just seemed like it would be in the way. I bought a set of three replacement blades when I ordered the unit. They should last longer now that I can see the edge of the concrete. I can see about a 10 to 15-minute job, once a month in the future.I’ll give the unit a more than fair 3 stars simply because I didn’t expect much for under $100. If it came with a set of cheap stamped wrenches and more importantly, if it had an adjustable pivoting shield, I would give it 5 stars.

This works pretty well for the price. I needed to dig some gardens and this trenched out the shape and edges quite well. The ground was hard and dry, but it still edged with very little difficulty. I am 70 years old- so if I can do it, you can.