BOSCHStrimmer AFS 23-37 (Three-Prong Blade, Spool for Cutting Line, 3x Cutting Lines, Auxiliary Handle, Protective Guard, Cardboard Box, 1000W)

A great product . I would have given this item more than 5 + stars at least if I could as no 5 star reviews are really credible in my opinion but I am a happy purchaser. This item deserves at least 5 stars. The product is well engineered. Even the packaging is well engineered with compartments to contain the constituent parts . The item is heavy but very well balanced on the shoulder strap. The support handle is ingenious. The blade cuts well. The motor is powerful and not too noisy despite the warning to wear ear protection. If you want a good brush cutter buy this one. Well done Bosch. It’s worth the price A few minor criticisms. The description did not make me aware it was mains powered and the screwdriver device does not always fit the screws very well although it worked perfectly as a spanner which is surprising in a Bosch item. I actually look forward to using it on my meadow.

Love this Bosch brush cutter, it packs a punch and nothing stands in its way. I didn’t even need to use the blade as it cut through overgrown weeds and small bushes that had started to grow in the weeds with ease. I wanted a reliable brush cutter and Bosch is a great reliable name unlike the other names you have never heard of cheaply made from China. This is heavy but the strap that comes with it makes it more manageable. Love the fact the spare lines can be kept in the handle. Only negatives are the instructions aren’t that good I had to go on YouTube to find out which bit went where! Also the cord isn’t very long had to buy an extension cable, cord should be much longer considering it’s for a garden and mine is only small but still needed an extension to get round with the cutter. Would highly recommend though.

There aren't many corded strimmer's over 500W. This is one of them.I replaced the supplied shoulder strap with a proper harness.The shaft length is not adjustable, so anyone under 5' 6" tall is going to struggle.It is nicely balanced on a harness making it easy to swing.The strimming cord will cut through anything and needs to hit something metal to be sheared off.However, it has a design fault.The cord holder is a larger diameter than the drive shaft, creating a valley between the cord and the backplate. Long grass wraps itself in the gap and jams up the strimmer, very quickly if there is a lot of grass. Pulling stinging nettles free is a right pain, literally.The strimmer comes with the strimmer unit assembled. It took a great deal of effort, not helped by grass jammed in the joint, to free the strimmer to attach the brush blade.The spare strimmer cords are stored in the handle, held in with a bung that falls out, along with the cords.Aside from those points it is a great unit for the price, sadly lacking in spare strimmer cords - two in total.

I had neglected a large patch of ground opposite my home for several years and it had become overgrown with brambles and weeds, way too much for me to manage with my strimmer and hand tools. What I needed was a reasonably priced brush cutter, preferable one that could double-up as a powerful strimmer, which I could use for dual-purposes and after checking out what was available decided on the Bosch AFS 23-37. Not too expensive and made by Bosch, a first class company manufacturing great gear, which I always look out for when buying electrical equipment like fridges, drills, vacuum cleaners etc. Never had anything designed or made by Bosch fail me.Assembly was pretty simple and today I finally decided to give it a go. Wow! The Bosch brush cutter chopped through woody brambles and young bamboos like a hot knife through butter! I could hardly believe what quick work this gadget made of everything, altogether better and more efficient than I could have ever imagined, chopping everything off at ground level in the blink of an eye. With its help I cleared the big patch of brambles and young bamboos in less than an hour and forty-minutes of that was spent by me raking up and disposing of what I had cut off! Great all round. What more can I say. Delighted.I will mention that the Bosch, because it has a very powerful 950w electric motor, might be a bit weighty for some but, thanks to the adjustable harness supplied with it, which transfers most of the weight of the tool from the arms to the shoulders, shouldn't present any problems for the averagely strong. Elderly, frail or generally muscularly weaker people however might find the Bosch a bit too much of a beast to use successfully for long.The Bosch AFS 23-37 is a first class tool, has a three-year guarantee if you register the tool online, and can be purchased hereabouts at a bargain price. If you are looking for a really powerful electrical combination strimmer and brush cutter, equal to or better than many a petrol equivalent, and are strong enough to wield it in anger, so to speak, my advice would be for you to consider it.

Very good and powerful and easy to put together, cut overgrown area with large thick weeds and brambles in no time , only thing is i found it a little heavy and a bit tricky to use at first due to health problems and bad back , but can’t blame the product for that , overall Excellent product and would highly recommend

Brilliant. Such an improvement on my petrol one. A bit lighter but sturdy and seems reliable. Strimmer blade has lasted better than I expected. A whole day of rough stuff yet still seems fine.