Snapper 1697211 Edger Attachment, Red/Black

I like this tool , really get the job done

Excellent performance & well built. Expect it will last forever.

I compare this nozzle with the one I bought earlier. My old Edger nozzle has a black painted pipe and a curved one. As well as a shaft of twisted thin rods. In the new nozzle, the pipe is straight, light and the shaft is made of a solid bar. The protective casing of the nozzle is made of metal. Knife length is 8.6 inches instead of 7 as in the old attachment. Robust and big gearbox! This is an excellent nozzle, I recommend it for purchase.

I don't normally write reviews (I should). I took a slight gamble with this edger head as I have the 80V Greenworks line. So far I have a push mower (Costco) and weed wacker (Amazon Prime Day) in the Greenworks line. The weed wacker says it is attachment capable and Greenworks has an edger but I saw no way to buy just the head, I had to buy a whole new motor and edger head. I didn't want or need that. I have been reading that the Snapper 82V, Kobalt 80V, Menards MasterForce 80V are all made by Greenworks and most things are compatible. This went on sale for $77 and I grabbed it. It snapped right onto my Greenworks motor head and worked great. Now I can have the crisp lawn/pavement lines that drive all the bored housewives wild.

This review is for the edger attachment.Anytime I buy any piece of equipment, before I use it the first time, I check it all over and make sure all screws and bolts are tight. The first time I used it, everything was great. It does a really good job making a clean edge. Much better than the Black and Decker electric edger I've been using for years.The second time I used it, about halfway through doing my yard, it was rattling. I shut it off and went and checked out the problem. There are three little bolts that hold the blade guard on. One of them was missing and one was very loose and would've fallen out soon and the third was slightly loose. I had just checked that they were all tight when I started. Of course I couldn't find the screw that was lost somewhere along the 150ft I had just edged. I tightened the two remaining screws as tight as I could so I could finish the job.Last weekend I used it for the third time. Since I know these screws have been coming loose, I of course checked them again. Both as tight as possible. I am almost done with my yard when suddenly the blade guard is rattling violently. I stopped it and checked it. I have lost another screw and the final one was barely hanging on. The wheel that you use to adjust for depth of cut is also attached to the blade guard, so when you only have one screw holding the blade guard on, the whole thing pivots and just makes it impossible and dangerous to use.I have looked at Snapper's website and all over the internet and I can't find anything that says what the specs are for these screws. I contacted Snapper via Facebook and after a week they told me to call. When I call it says they are experiencing extremely long hold times due to the pandemic. Now I need to use the edger this weekend but I can't.So this seems to be a design flaw to me. If simply using it is going to cause enough vibration that these screws work themselves loose, that means you need to keep a bucket of extra screws for it or carry a screwdriver with you while you edge so you can stop and tighten it constantly. Looks like I'm back to using the B&D.