Black and Decker LE750: A Day In The Life Of A Black & Decker Edge Hog

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I have a love/hate relationship with my lawn. I love how it looks when it's cut and edged. I'm not so crazy about spending hours and hours getting to look good.

I have a good-sized corner lot. Please don't get me wrong; I LIKE having a big yard - but there are things about the yard I didn't take into account when I purchased this home.

A corner lot requires a lot of EDGING! Not only the sidewalk in-front of the house needs tending, but so does the walk along the side.

Plus there are curbs to take into account. When it's time for edging, there is quite a bit to be accomplished!

I spent some 'quality time' with my yard this past weekend, specifically my handy-dandy Black and Decker LE 750, a.k.a. as the the "Edge Hog". Since we got to be such good buddies, I thought I'd provide a little review of this great little edging machine.

Edging Through The Ages

Once upon a time I was in the military and living in base-housing. Our lawns were 'inspected' once a week and those living in government housing were required to keep the lawns looking ship-shape. (No, I wasn't in the Navy!)

I never really minded doing the yard maintenance as I do like to work in the yard. (I wouldn't want to do it for a living mind you, but accomplishing a little manual work on the weekend was almost enjoyable for me.)

Since we were required to keep our lawns edged, I did my best with a string trimmer to provide a nice, clean edge along the sidewalk.

Maybe it was the military in me, but I really liked the look! All nice, neat and trimmed as you looked down the walk. Very military! I had to admit, it looked sharp.

And from those days on, I preferred to have that clean, distinctive edge on my sidewalk and driveway.

Stringing Me Along

In my present house with all the linear feet that needed edging, a string trimmer, if you'll pardon the pun, just wasn't 'cutting it'.

At least not with my antiquated trimmer. It had a reversible head so you could edge with it, but it was not designed to do that particular task.

As I was edging, the string continually broke, usually INSIDE of the string housing. I'm sure I'm to blame as cement and string trimmers do co-exist all that well. And the heat of the trimmer after prolonged use sort of 'melted' the string together and wouldn't spool out properly.

It was easy enough to fix, just a major hassle having to stop, take off the string cap, pull out some string so it wasn't fused together, re-assemble and 'continue the march'.

The bad news is that this stop-untangle-reassemble didn't happen just once while doing my lawn chores, but several times. What a pain!

It was then that I started looking around for a better way to edge the lawn. My neighbor's yard always looked nice so I asked him what he used. (He was an x-military man too). He owned a Black & Decker Edge Hog and really liked it.

So in order to keep up with the Jones – AND – save myself considerable grief every weekend, I went out and purchased my own Black and Decker Edge Hog.

Black & Decker LE750 Edge Hog 2-1/4 HP Electric Landscape Edger

I've had my Black & Decker LE750 for a couple of years now, and I'm pretty happy with it.

It's an electric edger, which I like. No messing with gas, oil, and a persnickety machine that doesn't want to start.  My Edge Hog fires up every time I plug it in.

But with my good-sized yard, I do need two extension cords to reach from end-to-end. I have 2 hundred-feet heavy-duty extension cords that do me just fine.

I also use the extension cords on my string trimmer, hedge trimmer, and leaf blower, so I'm fairly comfortable with 'tethered' electric power tools.

Needless to say, the 11 Amp, 2 ¼ HP motor that powers the Hedge Hog is more than sufficient … usually. More on that in a bit.

Once I lay out the extension cord I'm ready to get down to business. I should mention that I have a little ritual with laying out the heavy orange-colored cord. You learn real fast when working with an extension cord that it gets rapped around:

• Trees
• Shrubs
• Yard Signs (My favorite college team!)
• Stop signs,
• Lawn furniture

…. and anything else that's in the yard.

But you learn and dole-out the cord, placing it on the CORRECT side of each obstacle, so that as you work around the yard, the cord doesn't get wrapped around and impede your progress.

If you've ever worked with an extension cord, you know what I'm talking about!

Cord Retension System

B&D calls a plastic hook built inside the handle, their "retension system". It's pretty clever actually and let's you loop a small section of cord there to keep it secure. It prevents you from yanking out the cord from the electrical outlet as you're edging away on the lawn.

It's simple … yet effective!

Adjustable Blades

There are three blade depth-settings on the LE750. To be honest, I just use the deepest setting for my edging. Black and Decker says it's for 'trenching', but I think it makes a nice depth for edging.

The trench setting would be very handy if you're wanting to bury a hidden cord to a light fixture or something in the yard. It's not going to be very deep though but should provide enough depth to conceal the cord.

It may be useful for various landscaping jobs too. I haven't used it for such, but now that I think about it, maybe I should! (I've been meaning to put some edging around the bushes and flower beds. Hmmmm.....)

Power To The People ... errr LANDSCAPER!

The Edge Hog is driven by a powerful 11 Amp, 2 ¼ HP electric engine. This is adequate for the majority of edging I do. With one caveat:

If I haven't' edged for a long time (like the first time in Spring), and there isn't a pre-existing 'trench' to work with, this unit can take some effort.

If the lawn has grown over the sidewalk and I'm re-claiming what Mother Nature has called dibs on, I won't lie: there is some work involved finding the outer edge of the walk.

Once the edge has been established though, it's fairly quick and easy to keep a good-looking edge from week-to-week.

It's rather easy to find the edge of the sidewalk as you're working your way down. And you'll definitely know when you hit cement as sparks will fly! This usually only happens when you get to a corner but you quickly learn when to stop to keep the fireworks to a minimum.

The motor is quiet too so you can use it a little early on Saturday morning without disturbing the neighbors. (And before it gets too hot outside!)

Cons about the B&D Edge Hog

The LE750 is not a perfect machine. I wish it had a lock-down trigger. When you've got a lot of feet to edge, gripping the trigger causes a little weariness of the hand. It's not bad, but I think having a locking trigger would help. But for safety reason, I understand why this is not designed this way.

Maneuvering around curves can be a little bit of a challenge as well. I have a curve in my sidewalk and have produced more than a few sparks when edging this section.

It hasn't seemed to have caused any damage to the blade after several years of use though. But still, the sparks do fly if I'm not extra careful when edging that section.

Overall, this is a great little edging machine. Since I'm a slow learner, I'll do a little quick edging with my string trimmer every once in awhile.

And sure enough, it will overheat, gum up the string and I have to dismantle and fix it. One day I'll learn and just use the Edge Hog for my edging!

Put A Good Edge On Your Lawn

If you'd like to have a nice 'military-edge' on your lawn, I highly recommend the Black & Decker LE750 Edge Hog 2-1/4 HP Electric Landscape Edger.

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