MarkO

Need some more twine for my Stihl FS55 strimmer. Where's the cheapest place to buy? Doesn't need to necessarily be the Stihl own-brand twine if an alternative is cheaper/better.

Brendan Hughes

You still having fun with that?

I got annoyed with the way twine ran out and you had to keep buying stuff. On your other strimmer thread, didn't someone come up with a moneysaving alternative, like tying a five-inch bit of electrical flex around the hub? Hey, you of all people should have a short section of brake inner cable lying around?

ProperCharlie

Put a blade head on it - won't run out then, and you've got a greater chance of doing yourself a life threatening injury.

Brendan Hughes

I can imagine the next Viz Top Tip - "To clear up grass after you have strimmed it, simply invert the strimmer and continue, using the fan blast from the motor along the ground to blow all the cuttings into a tidy pile."

MarkO

ROFL.

Had to use the blade for a bit yesterday afternoon, but got some superb 'angle-grinder' style sparks yesterday, so really need some more twine for strimming around the edge of stones, paving, etc.