Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As lawn and garden equipment goes, none seems to have as many names as the noble weed trimmer — aka weed wacker, weed eater, weed ...

Picture this -- you're ready to get into some extensive trimming work around your yard and take your Ryobi weed wacker out of the tool shed. You check that it's got enough gas, don your protective ...