I get frustrated when my trimmer jams while I mow my lawn – my zip-tie trick works like a charm
A TEXAN lady has inspired awe with her followers after she shared her trimmer hack.
The frustration felt when a trimmer jams has been felt by many gardeners, but her zip-tie trick worked like a charm.
Its simplicity has appealed to TikTokers in their hundreds of thousands and has seen her post go viral.
So far, her video has been liked over 605,000 times and attracted an extraordinary number of comments.
These have reached upwards of nine thousand, with one viewer describing it as the “best hack ever.”
The idea came from practically-minded Leighla (@leighlakazen) who has over 68,000 followers and another 2.2 million likes.
She is not averse to a bit of garden graft and DIY on her property, but her trimmer hack has had enormous appeal.
In her post, Leighla could be seen in a typical trimmer scenario.
She stood on her lawn holding her garden tool but her efforts were stymied by the string.
“Do you get frustrated as me when you trim?” she asked. “String always jamming?”
But she had a nifty solution.“Try this,” she suggested and held up two zip ties.
“Surely you have a couple of zip ties laying around?”
She then attached them around the string head and pulled them tightly, then cut off any excess, and returned to her trimming, and it worked effortlessly.
“Works like a charm,” she said with some satisfaction.
Commenters were bowled over by her hack.
“Girl, where have you been all my life,” gushed one viewer.
Another was equally impressed: “I woke up this morning and had no idea a stranger on the internet would change my life drastically. Thank you.”
It was a similar reaction from this viewer: “Okay, I’m truly effing impressed. That’s an awesome life hack.”
For the mansplainers in the comments section, this gentleman had something positive to say: “I’m a guy and I have to say that this is one of the smartest things I’ve ever seen.”