Allotment weed clearing - strimmer recommendations

[Cocktailsorcakes]

Hi all!

I have been given my own little overgrown allotment oasis and am in need of some advice!!

It wasn't touched last year by the previous chap so the weeds are rife (& massive!!).

I'm slowly clearing it a little at a time but realistically I need to do something drastic or else those efforts will get lost in the rest of the jungle!

My plan is to strim half of the plot and then cover it to leave until next year. I don't really want to use chemicals.

I was thinking of hiring a petrol strimmer but it is quite expensive and as I will need to cut the lawn paths in the future I was thinking about buying one.

It would need to be petrol or cordless and needs to be able to handle long grass, nettles and thistles.

Does any one have any reccomendations??

Thanks!!

I have a Ryobi petrol strimmer which has interchangeable heads. So far I have a strimmer head, a hedge trimmer head and a small cultivator head. It is good but also quite heavy.

I think that the cordless ones tend to run out of steam quite quickly.

DH (who used to use strimmers at work) swears by Stihl strimmers.
We have two, they are both straight shaft. I can only use the smaller one but I do need to wear a harness cos it is too heavy for me to use without.

Pressed post too soon...

We also have these heads on both strimmers and they are amazing as you can load a lot more strimmer cord. We have had our heads for more than ten years and they are still going strong