This is great for knocking back serious growth out here in the country, but it leaves things looking butchered. I don’t think maintaining a nice lawn would be possible with it.
This Waleensee grass whip has a commercial video on its Amazon webpage that shows an actor effortlessly cutting St. Augustine grass. How much effort do I need to trim my backyard’s 18+ inches high St. Augustine that harbors mosquitos?
I cut grass’s top portion easily but exert far more muscle power when cutting lower into grass’s numerous stems. So, taking a lesson from golf—smooth, long, full swings adds significantly more power and requires less effort. Let the angular momentum do the work!
As shown in my photo, I cut a six-foot-long path through 18+ inches high St. Augustine. Grass in the photo’s foreground doesn’t appear high because, in the middle, grass is cut, and on the sides, grass is knocked down and bent.
Walensee’s grip has comfortable cushioning. If I was more experienced in the golf swing technique, the six-foot-long path would take less than ten minutes.
Notice an electric trimmer that can precisely target and cut grass neatly. If you don’t mind messier swaths, this whip is a good value and good exercise.
So I thought what’s the big deal. It’s a scythe. But it’s not. It’s more like a putter for trimming the weeds. I really like I can take it with me on morning and evening walks with my dog and dispatch vines, briars easily and quietly. Sure the weekends were made for power tools but sometimes the old school stuff is as good or better. As long as you don’t mind a little exercise. It has a serrated edge on both sides of the head and fits in my hands very nicely. I don’t feel it will slip out or is unwieldly. I fell like the finish will last quite some time but mishaps will easily be fixed. All in all I think this is a great addition to anyone’s tool shed.
Someone reviewed this product and said they struggled to assemble. I didn’t have any trouble. That said, I use my own tools and not the ones included with the product. The tool is all metal and much heavier than the one I grew up with that had a wooden handle. That’s why I gave it only 4-stars for Ergonomic. Not really a big deal since I’m not cutting down a field with it.
My father sold a lot of these in his hardware store back in the 60’s. First to the local golf pro then it caught on. I have pretty well retired my string weed wacker. I noticed that in a review it was not easy to assemble. Far from the truth. My five year old grandson put mine together, with some help. Yes it is not sharp. If you don’t swing it like a golf shot, it will not cut everything. Let’s face facts folks. The world is complaining about gas usage and we don’t want our electric bills to increase, so for the sake of the need for exercise, by one of these. You will enjoy it.
i’m using this on bamboo shoots, and if any of you know bamboo you know what i’m talking about in the spring…..EVERYWHERE. this works GREAT, if it just stays sharp i’ll be VERY happy
highly recommended if you need something like this
The gate to my back yard is too narrow to accommodate my mower. There is not much grass, so I typically use a weed eater to tidy up. It takes some time, and I’m not great at it, so I was happy to get the chance to try the grass whip.
Pros:
–It works
–It’s fun
–Let me trip previously-unreachable grass and weeds
–Easy to assemble
–Came with tools for assembly
–Came with thread locker glue
–Comfortable grip
I am glad I got this and may even add it to my golf bag as a joke on my next outing.
Handy tool for cutting grass where mower will not fi
When you title your product “Walensee Grass Whip with Double-Edged Serrated Sharp Steel Blade”, you’d better have a sharp blade. Otherwise, someone may get you for non-truth in advertising. Although the idea of this grass whip is great, the blade, which isn’t sharp, destroys one’s joy in using it. Although it looks short, it is manageable and becomes one with your arm/arms as you use it. But, you can’t cut the grass, weeds, or forest (they had a picture of some weeds by a sidewalk and labeled it as a forest!!) when the blade is dull!! A serrated blade is going to be difficult to sharpen, too!!
I am being very generous with four stars on this review. I do think, however, that I may attempt to sharpen the blades someday when I have absolutely nothing to do. Perhaps then, it will be all I think it can be. If you have time to sharpen the blade, then I do recommend it!!
I had one of these for years and wore it out. It is handy to just to walk around the property and whack a few tall weeds in the ally, reach into my chicken coop and drag a few eggs towards me, scoop-ip debris out of my pond in my garden, etc. (I know that is not what it is made for, but). It is a handy tool to just keep by the backdoor so you don’t alway have to drag out a weed-eater.
I like the double edged serrated sharp steel blade and it’s easy to use. It’s sturdiness allow you to use for long period of time. It has a T-style long handle made of durable material, humanized design. Makes a great gift for anyone yard person. I recommend to friends and family.
I like the double edged serrated sharp steel blade and it’s easy to use. It’s sturdiness allow you to use for long period of time. It has a T-style long handle made of durable material, humanized design. Makes a great gift for anyone yard person. I recommend to friends and family.
Back in the day, this was a “weed whacker” instead of modern string trimmers. I got rid of mine a while ago, because I figured that my powered brush cutter and string trimmer could between the two of them handle any kind of weed-whacking or lawn edging job I would ever have to do. But I’ve come to regret the decision to give my old whacker away, as there are jobs that this old-school tool is well suited for: like for example my neighbor installed a stockade fence along our border, and sometimes there are tall shoots of grass that grow up between the pickets which a string trimmer can’t reach. This tool is great for reaching down under the fence, hooking the grass and pulling it forward so I can pull it out of the ground manually so it won’t grow back. For another example, it’s great for cutting through tall stands of thick grass that my string trimmer doesn’t cut, but the string gets wrapped around the stems and shreds them leaving an unsightly mess.
The problem with this Walensee tool is that the blade isn’t all that sharp. I tried it on different types of growth in my yard and it did OK cutting about half the jobs I threw at it, and failing on the rest. Soft-stemmed weeds or short grass didn’t pose a problem for the most part, but the weeds with tougher stems just laughed at me.
It looks like the blade will be easy to sharpen, however, by just filing down the cutting edges. Usually serrated blades are difficult to sharpen, but the cutting edges on these blades are consistently flat (as can be seen on a couple of the photos I included), so getting a good sharp edge on them shouldn’t be a problem when I get around to it. This would have been a five-star item in my opinion had the blade been sharp enough to satisfactorily cut ALL weeds and grasses (short of wooden stems). But because the tool is otherwise heavy duty, has a comfortable foam handle, is easy to assemble, and has a sharpenable blade, I’ll give it four stars.
Yep, our wrench didn’t fit either & so what if we needed to hit our tool box for one that did. My husband obsesses over dandelion sprouts & will mow the grass every 3 days to keep them in check in the spring. We take a natural approach to treating our lawn & usually deal with several dozen dandelions a year. Using this grass whip saved him a good hour of mowing, not to mention the gas & noise pollution :). Happy custome
Whip with serrated steel cutting edge and comfortable soft foam handle.
Shaft bends too easily.
I like the design and light weight though
This is great for knocking back serious growth out here in the country, but it leaves things looking butchered. I don’t think maintaining a nice lawn would be possible with it.
This Waleensee grass whip has a commercial video on its Amazon webpage that shows an actor effortlessly cutting St. Augustine grass. How much effort do I need to trim my backyard’s 18+ inches high St. Augustine that harbors mosquitos?
I cut grass’s top portion easily but exert far more muscle power when cutting lower into grass’s numerous stems. So, taking a lesson from golf—smooth, long, full swings adds significantly more power and requires less effort. Let the angular momentum do the work!
As shown in my photo, I cut a six-foot-long path through 18+ inches high St. Augustine. Grass in the photo’s foreground doesn’t appear high because, in the middle, grass is cut, and on the sides, grass is knocked down and bent.
Walensee’s grip has comfortable cushioning. If I was more experienced in the golf swing technique, the six-foot-long path would take less than ten minutes.
Notice an electric trimmer that can precisely target and cut grass neatly. If you don’t mind messier swaths, this whip is a good value and good exercise.
This is an easy to use product that is perfect for small lots with overgrown vegetation!
So I thought what’s the big deal. It’s a scythe. But it’s not. It’s more like a putter for trimming the weeds. I really like I can take it with me on morning and evening walks with my dog and dispatch vines, briars easily and quietly. Sure the weekends were made for power tools but sometimes the old school stuff is as good or better. As long as you don’t mind a little exercise. It has a serrated edge on both sides of the head and fits in my hands very nicely. I don’t feel it will slip out or is unwieldly. I fell like the finish will last quite some time but mishaps will easily be fixed. All in all I think this is a great addition to anyone’s tool shed.
Someone reviewed this product and said they struggled to assemble. I didn’t have any trouble. That said, I use my own tools and not the ones included with the product. The tool is all metal and much heavier than the one I grew up with that had a wooden handle. That’s why I gave it only 4-stars for Ergonomic. Not really a big deal since I’m not cutting down a field with it.
i’m using this on bamboo shoots, and if any of you know bamboo you know what i’m talking about in the spring…..EVERYWHERE. this works GREAT, if it just stays sharp i’ll be VERY happy
highly recommended if you need something like this
The gate to my back yard is too narrow to accommodate my mower. There is not much grass, so I typically use a weed eater to tidy up. It takes some time, and I’m not great at it, so I was happy to get the chance to try the grass whip.
Pros:
–It works
–It’s fun
–Let me trip previously-unreachable grass and weeds
–Easy to assemble
–Came with tools for assembly
–Came with thread locker glue
–Comfortable grip
I am glad I got this and may even add it to my golf bag as a joke on my next outing.
When you title your product “Walensee Grass Whip with Double-Edged Serrated Sharp Steel Blade”, you’d better have a sharp blade. Otherwise, someone may get you for non-truth in advertising. Although the idea of this grass whip is great, the blade, which isn’t sharp, destroys one’s joy in using it. Although it looks short, it is manageable and becomes one with your arm/arms as you use it. But, you can’t cut the grass, weeds, or forest (they had a picture of some weeds by a sidewalk and labeled it as a forest!!) when the blade is dull!! A serrated blade is going to be difficult to sharpen, too!!
I am being very generous with four stars on this review. I do think, however, that I may attempt to sharpen the blades someday when I have absolutely nothing to do. Perhaps then, it will be all I think it can be. If you have time to sharpen the blade, then I do recommend it!!
I had one of these for years and wore it out. It is handy to just to walk around the property and whack a few tall weeds in the ally, reach into my chicken coop and drag a few eggs towards me, scoop-ip debris out of my pond in my garden, etc. (I know that is not what it is made for, but). It is a handy tool to just keep by the backdoor so you don’t alway have to drag out a weed-eater.
I like the double edged serrated sharp steel blade and it’s easy to use. It’s sturdiness allow you to use for long period of time. It has a T-style long handle made of durable material, humanized design. Makes a great gift for anyone yard person. I recommend to friends and family.
Back in the day, this was a “weed whacker” instead of modern string trimmers. I got rid of mine a while ago, because I figured that my powered brush cutter and string trimmer could between the two of them handle any kind of weed-whacking or lawn edging job I would ever have to do. But I’ve come to regret the decision to give my old whacker away, as there are jobs that this old-school tool is well suited for: like for example my neighbor installed a stockade fence along our border, and sometimes there are tall shoots of grass that grow up between the pickets which a string trimmer can’t reach. This tool is great for reaching down under the fence, hooking the grass and pulling it forward so I can pull it out of the ground manually so it won’t grow back. For another example, it’s great for cutting through tall stands of thick grass that my string trimmer doesn’t cut, but the string gets wrapped around the stems and shreds them leaving an unsightly mess.
The problem with this Walensee tool is that the blade isn’t all that sharp. I tried it on different types of growth in my yard and it did OK cutting about half the jobs I threw at it, and failing on the rest. Soft-stemmed weeds or short grass didn’t pose a problem for the most part, but the weeds with tougher stems just laughed at me.
It looks like the blade will be easy to sharpen, however, by just filing down the cutting edges. Usually serrated blades are difficult to sharpen, but the cutting edges on these blades are consistently flat (as can be seen on a couple of the photos I included), so getting a good sharp edge on them shouldn’t be a problem when I get around to it. This would have been a five-star item in my opinion had the blade been sharp enough to satisfactorily cut ALL weeds and grasses (short of wooden stems). But because the tool is otherwise heavy duty, has a comfortable foam handle, is easy to assemble, and has a sharpenable blade, I’ll give it four stars.