Customer Reviews for Milwaukee M18 FUEL 18V Lithium-Ion Cordless Brushless String Grass Trimmer w/ Attachment Capability & Replacement Should Strap

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...

This has worked great for about a year. Despite me being short, I was able to adjust it just fine, and it has helped with weight distribution making it easier for me to use the string trimmer/edger. However, after 1 year the metal clasp slipped beyond the stopping point and is now just flipped open. It falls right off. I managed to use pliers to move it back in place, but then the next time out it just slipped out of place again. Hoping this doesn’t become a yearly expense.

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.

Holds my string trimmer up...yep.. that’s what it’s for and that’s what it does.

Powerfull tool and excellent service in the store,

Needed this strap. My Milwaukee String Trimmer gets very heavy after awhile.

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

Doesn't stay adjusted and shoulder pad never stays on shoulder

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

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.