Strimmer cord continuously breaking

topmanamillion

I recently bought an Alpine strimmer and the cord continuously breaks.
It's a self feeding strimmer yet the cord breaks every couple of minutes and I have to open it and refeed the cord.
I am using the cord that came with the strimmers so I'm thinking it's poor quality.
Anyone recommend a good quality heavy duty cord?
Maybe I'm doing something incorrect?
Thanks

CJhaughey

Try soaking the line in water before use, nylon absorbs a certain amount of water and becomes less brittle.
Some trimmer line is sold in little packs with a thin sponge to enable it to stay damp.
What diameter line are you using? If your strimmer can run it Oregon flexiblade is good stuff, if expensive.

topmanamillion

CJhaughey wrote: »

Try soaking the line in water before use, nylon absorbs a certain amount of water and becomes less brittle.
Some trimmer line is sold in little packs with a thin sponge to enable it to stay damp.
What diameter line are you using? If your strimmer can run it Oregon flexiblade is good stuff, if expensive.

Thanks.
How would I find out if I can use the Oregon flexible?

Couldn't tell you what cord I'm using as it's the stuff that came with the strimmer. Poor quality cord I reckon.

I was doing along a wall today and lengths of cord kept falling off. I'm aware hitting off the wall may cause it to wear more but I was struggling to get 2 yards out of it!

CJhaughey

Measure the diameter of the line and you should be able to work out what diameter is the right one for your head, most can take a few different sizes of material.
Try the soaking first then see how it holds up, its frustrating I know to have line break like that but you won't believe what a difference a little water makes.

my3cents

Also check the grommets the strimmer line comes through on the head. They should have nice round edges, sometimes they are a bit too square or damaged so they contribute to the line breaking.