review – I was lucky to finally get an in-ground pool in my house this year. When planning the landscaping around the pool, I try to be very water-focused and use as little grass as possible. On the back left side of the house where the pool pump is, I have a small 30 x 12 foot patch of grass that I plan to replace the cornhole competition area with artificial grass. Well, it happened, I can’t afford artificial turf in the area. So now I’m stuck with this Bermuda grass and I can’t get a lawnmower due to the landscaping around the pool area. I had planned to buy a lawnmower and try to mow it that way, but I knew how uneven the cut would be since I didn’t keep the trimmer level all the time. When I saw the Eleciopo Grass Trimmer under review, I thought it might be the tool I’ve been looking for. Let’s see how it works!
What is it?
The Eliciopo Cordless Weeder and Gas Trimmer is what it says it is. It has wheels mounted on the blade guard to help you keep your cutting tool at a constant level.
What’s in the box?
I have to say that the box is not very well packaged. There is no air filler, foam or paper around anything. They are individually wrapped in plastic. Goggles/glasses have broken arms due to poor transport protection.
- 1 x Electric Weeder
- 2 x Stainless Steel Blades
- 1 x Circular Metal Saw Blade
- 5 x Plastic Blades
- 2 x 21V batteries
- 1 charger
- 1 wheel
- 1 goggles – these are broken.
- 1 installation tool
- 1 manual
Hardware Specifications
Design and Features
The lawn mower comes with an adjustable head. It goes from 90 degrees from the straight line of the handle (which I’ve never used since I don’t need to mow along driveways or sidewalks) to a 45 degree angle that you can keep in mowing position. The two pictures below show you how the head is tilted.
The length of the extension rod can be adjusted from 35.43 inches to 50.39 inches by simply pressing the black button shown below. When mowing, I unfold it fully.
In the image below, you can see the grooves on the rod that you can lock in at different lengths.
In the handle on top of the rod, there are triggers and buttons for starting the lawnmower/trimmer. As a safety feature, you have to press the small button before you can pull the trigger. Below the trigger is where you slide the battery into place.
set up
There are many steps in the setup. The first step is to install the wheel onto the blade guard. You can set three levels. Replacing the wheels can be a pain if you get it wrong and don’t cut enough or too little grass. It’s not like a lawnmower where you push in a lever to change the level of cut.
I took a photo of the guard with the wheels installed in the lowest position, which will keep your grass at the highest level.
The next step is to install the blade guard and blade. The image below shows the nut, washer and plate mounted on the head of the machine.
Before installing the plate, you will need to install the blade guard. It takes some pushing and twisting. You place it on your head and push and rotate 45 degrees until it locks into place. In the image below you can see the extended circular part that has locked the unit in place.
At this point, I’d put the wire guard on the front of the unit, but I knew I needed the blade to work like a weeder on my house and metal-edged grass, so I skipped it. Since I was only going to mow the grass, I installed the plastic blades, washers and nuts. I use the included socket tool to tighten the nut.
The next photo shows the lawn mower ready to go! Let’s go mowing!
oops! Before that, I had to charge the battery. I think it’s pretty cool that they include two batteries. I just plug the adapter into the top of each battery and plug it into the wall.
The plug adapter has an LED light that glows red when charging.
Turns green when finished. Now we’re ready to mow!
Performance
Here is a photo of the back left side of my house and the grass. There are metal-edged rocks around me. The builder only gave us so much grass, and as I said, I plan to put artificial grass throughout the area. That’s why I have this weird patch of grass with dirt around it and then the edges. I also have two tubs, one with chlorine and the other with hydrochloric acid, for the pool where we sit. Just to the right of these tubs is a small slab with pool equipment, with stone behind it.
Before mowing, I move the wheels to the lowest position to get the shortest cut I can. I have Tiff Tuff Bermuda and need to cut a little shorter than St. Augustine or Zoysia. After my first short run, you can see that the mower is doing a good job, but it’s too short in this case. So I took the time to move the wheel to the middle slot.
This is part of setting up mowing with an intermediate wheel. much better.
I took the photo below because I wanted to show you how close you can get to a stationary object to trim. The wheel is far from the blade. Cut the grass on the bottom tub as close as possible. I now have to push the mower forward towards the tub to try and cut the grass to that point.
Unlike regular string trimmers, plastic blades don’t handle hard objects well. With the thread cutter, you can cut out more rope. In the case of these blades, they just snapped off when I tried to trim the grass on the sides of the slab.
At this point, I decided to switch to a stainless steel blade. I find mowing more consistent than with plastic blades. I still can’t trim metal edges or slabs because the metal blade will spark and it’s not safe to do so. Below is a video of the lawn mower in action.
I have used the mower twice since I received it. Below is a photo of my last mowing. You can see the tall grass still leaning against the slab of my house and back along the far metal edge that I couldn’t cut safely. I also found it very tiring to hold the trigger while I was mowing. I switch hands after every run.
Also, since there are only two wheels on the mower, you can still tilt the blade forward or backward while walking. As I go faster, the angle changes and I find myself having to go through the same area multiple times.
what do I like
- Multiple blade types to cut grass into small limbs
- Comes with two batteries
- Adjustable rod length.
- This is a small and lightweight mini lawn mower.
- Easy to store compared to lawn mowers.
Areas for improvement
- The trigger was hard to pull in, and I found my fingers tiring to hold it.
- You can still tilt the mower back and forth and end up with different lengths of mowing. A third wheel behind the blade would be beneficial.
- I still need a string trimmer to clear grass from edges or walls.
final thoughts
For a small patch of grass like this, a lawnmower is fine. Because it has such a small cutting area, you’ll be cutting it back and forth in the yard. I also found that I had to control myself and walk slowly to make sure all the grass had time to be mowed. It’s small and lightweight, making it easy to carry to the area to get work done. I’ve cut this area twice now with one battery and don’t have to charge the battery. But if you can afford a lawnmower and get it where you need to mow, I think it will do better in less time.
price: $134.99
where to buy: Amazon
source: Samples of this product are provided by Elecicopo.
