Trimmers, or manual mowers, differ in many parameters. But it is possible to refer to the main selection criteria: energy source, power, arrangement of the engine, type of the handle and drive.
To decide on the manual mower, it is necessary to deal with the main characteristics of this tool. Otherwise, to make right choice it will not turn out.
Types of trimmers
Accumulator manual mowers are interesting, but ineffective look. They have too low power. Such trimmers are suitable only for infrequent application in the small territory. The accumulator will last maximum for forty minutes of continuous operation. And here process of charging can take the whole day. It is possible to carry the small weight and compactness to advantages of such manual mowers.
Electric trimmers are the most demanded. Their power is rather big for use on the seasonal dacha with dense grass. However, the dependence on electricity will be convenient not for all. But electric manual mowers almost silently work and have small weight. In the professional purposes or on big sites it is recommended to use petrol manual mowers with the maximum power up to 3 kW. Such trimmers can be equipped with two-stroke or four-stroke engines. The first use oil mix with gasoline, and in the second oil and gasoline are filled in separately. Usually four-stroke motors consume very insignificant fuel quantity. If to sum up the result, it is possible to call petrol trimmers the most powerful and universal. But electric and accumulator models differ in the small weight and noiselessness.
Key parameters of manual mowers
The main parameter defining overall performance of the trimmer is power. For grass mowing on flat sites there will be quite enough mower with power of 500 W. If at the site there are small bushes, it is better to use more powerful trimmer. And on absolutely started sites it will not turn out to do without trimmer with power more than 1 kW. Also there are trimmers with the top and lower arrangement of the motor. The mower with the lower arrangement of the engine is not recommended to be used on wet grass. But such arrangement of the engine allows to use the trimmer during the long period of time. Much more trimmers meet with the top arrangement of the motor more often. They can be used even on wet grass. As the drive the manual mowers are classified on trimmers with flexible and rigid shaft. The last differ in the increased reliability. Also there are trimmers with D-shaped and Tee handles. The first allow to hold the tool with two hands, and the last help to imitate movements by the normal spit. The weight of the trimmer is the also important parameter to which it is necessary to pay attention. When choosing the manual mower weighing from 5 kg pay attention to availability of belt. The belt of ryukzachny type will help to distribute optimum trimmer weight on all body.