I got a five pack of trenchblades for my ECHO PE-200 stick edger from Trenchblade. I had seen some positive reviews and trenching my beds with the old edging shovel was too much of a chore for my bones. A stick edger can maintain an edge, but trenching? Not so much.

The trenchblade is similar to a regular edging blade but has some slight angling at the ends. At first glance, it doesn't seem like much...but too much angling, and the blade would hit the edger's shield.



My PE-200 edger has a somewhat enclosed plastic shield. I have found that even edging sidewalks and my driveway, dirt became trapped so I cut out the outside face similar to the open face of professional models. I do not know if this is necessary for the trenchblade but I had no clearance issues with this blade the way my edger is setup.



Periodically, because my dirt was somewhat moist, the unit got clogged (as shown). I merely dug the dirt out and was good to go again. I bet the trenchblade would work even better with the dirt a little bit dryer.

Second to last pic showing an example of the bed edge with some bevelling. It's hard to tell from the pic but the trench is only 1" wide, the rest of the soil showing is bevelled. You can make a larger trench by angling the head or going over the adjacent area next to the trench you just made. Too bad I didn't do this before I spread my bed mulch a month ago.

Last pic shows blade wear after just one use (about 8-9 small beds). Not too bad considering I'd be doing this only once or twice yearly. Each blade costs $4.20 and s/h was reasonable.

Recommended!

Excellent review and pics, thanks!!!

It's funny you mentioned that you walk backwards when you edge the lawn. I'm the only one on my street who goes backwards. People look at me funny (like they need Another reason), but I do it cuz it keeps the crack clean.

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Huge thanks for the review!! I'm going to put in my order today.

I have a 3.5 hp walk behind edger as well as a stick edger so I need some blades for each.

Hats off to you Carleton. That was a GREAT post! Thanks for taking the consideration to do so!

Well, I`m a little disappointed. I ordered my blade on 7/30 and the money was debited from my account on 8/2. I`m still waiting.......Numerous calls and emails have gone unanswered. I payed through PayPal so I`m not to worried about getting back the 10 bucks. I just want the blade to give in a whirl.

That sucks. I bought mine last year and don't remember much of a fulfillment problem. From what I understand, they are a very small outfit.

Sadly, it looks like they are having supply issues and complaints about poor customer service.