Customer Reviews for Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18V Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless QUIK-LOK String Trimmer with 8 in. Edger Attachment (2-Tool)

Waste of 200. First milwaukee product thst has missed for me. Stick with gas on the weedeater. Paper on the head not even plastic

If you like weedeating for more than 20 minutes at at time, or 30 feet sections without overheating, this is not the weedeater for you. Even with the 12.0 high output batteries it struggles to do the most basics of tasks. 10 minutes into a job it will have a noticeable dip in performance. By 20-25 minutes in you are forced to stop and wait an hour or two for it to cool down. If you have a very small yard than I can see this working, but it does not live up to the price tag.

It was easy to assemble. I have found that the spool wears out and needs to be replaced. Plenty of power for trimming.

I am happy with the operation of the unit overall, but it has melted the negative contact on my XC8.0 battery pack. I have seen many reports of this problem.

For the second Milwaukee M18 trimmer, it has had a failure in the head unit and is non operational. Here is a summary of the situation (and my next steps): PROPERTY: One acre property, with about 1/2 an acre in grass (with long common area with culvert and community mailbox). The remaining property is wooded. USE: Personal use around house, approximately every other week for about 2 hours of run time. FAILURE: At the head unit and shaft (breakage) PICTURES: Attached RESULT: Move to new brand

I love the trimmer. Weight, power and performance is as good as my heavier gas trimmer. My issue is that it has melted the terminals on a 12 and 5 aH battery. One battery is 6 months out of warranty. The other has a month left. I’m afraid to use it again with a $300 battery at risk.

Thought Milwaukee built quality products, I guess not...

I purchased the interlock Milwaukee pole saw as well as the edger attachment which was a seperate purchase. Does the job well. This is my 4th Milwaukee purchase and 3rd for the M18 series. No more special fuel mixing. All battery powered. For light work 1 battery got my about 30 mins run time. It is recommendation you start off with 1 bateery but for heavy use more than an hour will need to consider purchasing another battery. In short, edger does work, plenty of power, no complaints.

These tool systems attracted me because I can change out the business end of the tool but only have the one motor and control unit to be concerned with. That saves storage space. In use the string trimmer is easy to load and a quick knock on the ground advances the string when necessary. The trimmer line is tough enough not to break too easily and it does a great job of cutting through grass, weeds and some woody material. Control at the trigger is very good. The edger is amazing and it cleans up the edges of the lawns very well. The 8.0 Ah battery still had half its power in reserve after string trimming and edging for about 50 minutes and walking about a half mile.

This is an awesome trimmer! It replaces a Ryobi cordless unit which I now see was a total waste of money. I switched over to Milwaukee cordless tools a few years ago and it is awesome that alll of the tools run on the same battery packs. I must have a dozen batteries so I never run out of juice. I look forward to adding a couple of the other accessories that are available for this unit.

I'm very impressed with the edger. It's fast, easy and very convenient. Wish I upgraded sooner to electric. Would definitely recommend it.

CORDLESS; EASY-TO-USE; QUIET — The Milwaukee M18 FUEL 8 in. Edger Attachment for Milwaukee QUIK-LOK Attachment System is a pleasure to use for edging. Our previous edger was electric which meant we had to string extension cords, and not just any extension cords but 12/2 extension cords to keep the unit from overheating. Since the motor of this edger is in the base unit, the edger itself is lightweight. It has a blade ridge and slots in the mud flaps to help align the blade next to the solid edge. It may take a little practice to get a uniformly clean edge. The depth of the cut is easily adjustable by changing the height of the trailing wheel. Since the edger is open on one side, it is easy to clean after use. This attachment includes a scrench for changing the blade but the holding pin is included with the base unit rather than this attachment.

excellent lightweight powerful worth the money especially the variable speed and I also purchased the stronger batteries

Powerfull tool and excellent service in the store,

Ready to go once I arrived at the store. Straight forward on how to put it together and start using. Can’t beat Milwaukee

Returned does not fit attachments I have

Very powerful. Uses same line as my gas trimmer. I got carried away when I first tried it and weed eated for about 30 minutes. The 6 AH battery was only down 1 bar. I cut some tall tough weeds and it didn't seem to care. Very impressed.

Just as expected from Milwaukee. Much nicer than my old gas trimmer

Great addition to our lawn care tools. Sturdy, efficient and light weight.

Had a vibration & handle to long

Great product. Pretty close to gas. Also the control is variable so power and speed can be feathered with the trigger for better performance.

I bought the Milwaukee string trimmer and was excited not to have to worry about carburetors again. I used it twice and it broke. I’m extremely disappointed. I thought I was buying a high quality product, I was wrong. Do not waste your money.

Bought 1 in May. It overheated at 6 wks. The unit overheated to the point I can’t get the battery off. Writing to customer support was no good as they kept saying I needed to detach the battery & send in the unit. Called & got someone in tech. They are sending me a replacement. 2 wks later I called to get a status. Was told it was on backorder & they didn’t know when they’d ship it (my guess is spring next yr). Bought another one. It overheated after just 20 minutes Considering another brand.