Bosch ART 35 600W Corded Grass trimmer

I bought this strimmer as my father in-law has the same and said its fantastic. Very easy to assemble, and very powerful! so I bought the 4mm thick cord as it will cut through anything and last longer than the thinner stuff, if you stick to the cord they give it will snap very easily.

I bought this product about a year ago as I have other superb Bosch products. However, the same cannot be said about this. I have constantly had to manually feed the cable. every time I use it I spend more time doing that than actually strimming. Now it is broken. The motor works but it will not turn the spool. Worst strimmer I have ever bought.

I bought this to replace an 8 year old flymo trimmer that had seen better days. I have used it once and won't be using it again. The cord keeps breaking (in seconds) and the spool real needs unscrewed to loosen more cord to start again. it's a terrible design and completely unworkable. I spent more time taking the spool real off and on than I did strumming. Don't buy it as its expensive and really doesn't do the basics well. I expect more from Bosch

I've owned this item for around 2 years. The strimming line snaps down to nothing in seconds, every, single, time. It's very fiddly to sort the spool and reattach it over and over again. I spend more time fiddling than strimming. The power cable is too short, it's heavy and it's noisy, mine fell in half today. It's awful in almost every way.

I should have carried out more research. Easy to assemble a will tackle most garden jobs, but I spent most of my time manually feed I g cable which will snap much too easily. Very disappointed as I'm a fan of Bosch products.