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I'm a 72 yr old widowed woman who has never used these tools I am now forced to learn because I can't pay someone to do it.  I absolutely loved your description of how to change the string "thingy". I was able to go out and do it without a hitch.  I so appreciate your help.

Amateur tip: wear nitrile gloves when changing your string if you're working in an area with poison ivy.  Source: personal experience.

My wife was making fun of me so bad because I could not figure this out, thanks for the man card save, brother!

My dad passed away last year and strimming was always his job. I'm trying to figure it out this year and this was a god send. Thanks all the way from Ireland.

Every now and then I forget how to rewind my line and refer to this video again.😂

You are a angel sent by god. I’m a very young man trying to do right by his maw. And my weed eater has just been the bane of my existence... now I can weed eat without screwing with this spool every 10-20 minutes of using this string! 🙏🙇‍♂️

Well done on the method. I work at a STIHL shop myself. Only suggestions to make it easier would be that if you just take 4 arm lengths and cut it. Put each end in the spool as you did and spool it till you're left with a short loop. Latch each edge in the notches built into the spool for holding your line while putting the spool into the head and cut the loop of line. Pull the line from the edge of the spool into the appropriate eyelet and they hold themselves there. Put your faceplate on and go. Otherwise this is super helpful and will recommend it for people who don't have time in the shop. My method would just save you the time of measuring two seperate pieces cause you can cut it at the very end, the spool is built and designed for that. The notches on the top edge of the spool opposite each other. And the effort of holding the line once it's been spooled, hooking it into the notch on the top of the spool removes that risk/effort of holding it from unwinding completely.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I’m a 60+ years young lady that used to pay someone to take care of my backyard. I’ve found myself unemployed and taking care of my backyard myself. I couldn’t figure out how to load my “weedwacker”!!! Your video is a Godsend!!🙏🏾

Thank you, this is the first time I had to cut my small piece of lawn since my husband died unexpectedly 3 weeks ago. You explaination was brilliant, and I managed to rewire the weed eater from your video. Widow in Cape Town, South Africa

I don’t have a dad. This helped me a lot. Thanks papa

Pro tip! If you are just starting out, use
.095 line, it will help you get used to the trimmer and it's speed, then use .080 line to get a better cut, it will help you go faster if you have medium to small sized brush.

There are two slots on the spool that allow you to cam the string into the spool locking the strings to the spool. This allows you to handle the spool with one hand and guide the strings in one at a time.

I have used Stihl with the same factory head and you can’t beat it, 2 in the last 20 years.

The good thing about this video is, I only have to watch it every time I need to redo my string

This guy is a legend among men. Thanks for this tip man! Life saver

I've been doing this wrong for over 20 years. Thank you! Take my "like" and "subscribe" sir!

The notches in the top of the spool are for holding the string while you get it in place.

Simple but genius!!! After watching your video, I had 5 yards to do and when I went to do the weed eating I was out a string and tried your method and it worked fantastic!!!Thanks so much for sharing, hope you have a great day!!!!👍😃

Never thought I was UNINTELLIGENT but I've had problems  w/ this ...THANKS!