Price / performance adequately 1

I have decided after a long search for the Alko GTE 450 grass trimmer. Used I have just to trim the grass at the places where the mower can not reach: Blades of grass along the fence, under the children's slide, along the lawn edge stones, etc.

The GTE 450 is the middle model of Alkos lawn trimmer series. Alko distinguishes between grass trimmers and brushcutters, although I have not used the trimmer unlike a brush cutter, even tall grass I have thus been cut.

Decisive for the purchase of GTE 450 was that it can be adjusted, unlike the smaller model in the slope and thus it allows even inaccessible places (such as to intersect at the children's slide). Although I had played with the idea of ​​a Petrol lawn trimmer to buy, but to me the prices for the intended use were too high and the gasoline engine usually more maintenance than an electric motor.

In the early betting weeks, this decision has proven to be very good. The Alko GTE 450 is processed fairly robust and a quality image. Although it is made entirely of plastic (except for the tube), but this is very stable and can withstand the loads during operation stand. The tube of the trimmer is in two parts and can be when not in use easily push together, so the trimmer can be stored space-saving. The handle is large and easy to grip and can be locked in any position on the pipe, which actually every user should find its proper working posture. The head of the trimmer as described above in the inclination adjustable.
When Alko is not advertised that the yarn length adjusts automatically, but Alko missed his device an automatic tip. For this purpose it is necessary to briefly touch the ground with the device, and it automatically wraps thread from. A small knife severs the thread, should be a little too much to have been unrolled. This works in the operation also very good and reliable, I had never once struggling so far even with a malfunction of the bobbin. Just having at one or the other competitor held me back from buying because it often gave negative reviews about the thread adjustment there.
Another feature of Alko has a plant guard, which indicates the distance to cutting plants or walls etc., also a useful feature, then you can see exactly how far to trim. From a performance point of Alko 450 is sized more than enough in my eyes, but it comes at a very high, dense and slightly damp degree but to its performance limits. If you want to cut more frequently degrees higher than 30 cm, so it is advisable to be possibly the more powerful model GTE to see 550. During normal trimming and even in long grass up to 30 cm sufficient but this model also.
A small flaw there yet, but this is more due to design. The connection cable is very short, so that the plug connection hangs during the use in the air. You then pulls cable after, so it can happen, that triggers the cable connection. This happens only if the connection cable for example depends somewhere and you move during the work forward.

All in all I am very satisfied with the device. The replacement coils are not quite as expensive as those of many other vendors and the thread keeps in operation a long time. The tilt adjustment is quite helpful and the unit is the high price more than reasonable. So I can recommend without hesitation the device. However, those who regularly cuts very long grass, rather picks up the larger model GTE 550th

Update: The summer is almost over. The unit has really proven. Even a wild meadow mowing the neighbor was not a problem. Four coils are used up and the device is running without any problems. The line feed made no mosquitoes despite a tough and frequent use of the device so far. I can recommend the device calms with 5 stars on.