How to choose the rotating head of the brush cutter

This guide is an in-depth look at the more general guide to using a brush cutter. and logically follows the guide to multifunction brush cutter. If you haven't read both guides yet, our suggestion is to first read the introductory guides and then come back to this one and learn more about your brush cutter.
Once you have purchased a brush cutter, you always wonder what is the right device to attach to the rotating base to allow for a cheaper, faster and more efficient cut. There is a large assortment of gardening products and accessories on the market that often bring more confusion than solutions for the consumer. This guide is intended to help all those who own a brush cutter choose the rotating head that best suits their needs.
Like the rest Buying Guides written by Emmeti Isolanti, this one also arises from the constant need of our consumers to have precise information about the use of the tools they buy every day and the potential they could express.

Tip number one: think about the task at hand

The choice of which head to buy for your brush cutter cannot ignore the consideration of what task you intend to perform. If, for example, you are about to cut the grass in a garden, border a flowerbed or remove weeds from the edge of the road, the most logical choice is to choose a classic head with nylon threads. The high number of revolutions of the rotating head combined with the material of the thread will allow you to obtain a professional result in a short time and with little experience. If, on the other hand, what you need to cut is a bramble that has been abandoned for years, the advice is to orient yourself towards aluminum heads capable of cutting a thicker trunk more effectively. The market of brush cutter accessories offers you a wide range of heads: from the classic two-wire ones to the automatically extending heads.

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Tip number two: choose the best materials for the heads

Each head has its own advantages and disadvantages: for example, heads with nylon line on one hand are cheap and really versatile but only have the inconvenient inconvenience of having to stop cutting every time we need to change or lengthen the line because it is damaged during work. On the contrary, heads with automatic line extension cost much more, but there is no need to stop work to lengthen the line; just press the head against the ground and the line will automatically lengthen thanks to the rotary movement of the head.
The advice is to always choose the head that best suits your needs: if you don't have time to waste, if you are a professional you will almost certainly choose an automatic extension head. Again, if you are tired of changing the nylon line every two or three cuts, because it continues to break due to sharp edges or too sharp details in the garden, the solution is probably offered by the choice of heads with aluminum line. These have a higher cost but are sold in various variants whose price fluctuates depending on the length of the spool, the diameter and shape of the line, which can be circular or square.