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Alligator Lopper: meanest power tool you'll ever see

Friday, May 14, 2010 - 12:12pm

OK, so unless you regularly cut down errant tree limbs for a living, the chances are good that you don't need Black & Decker's new Alligator Lopper. Because really, that's all it does. But then again, this thing looks totally...

Riding mower + industrial crane = flying hedge trimmer

Kevin Hall

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 12:27pm

You call that a hedge trimmer? Now, this is a hedge trimmer. Well, it's actually a riding mower suspended by a crane, but it works just as well. Apparently, it was all actually a joke by two men in the...

Black & Decker's affordable Smart Select line takes the guess work out of power tools

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 12:16pm

You know those dials at the end of your electric drill, the ones for torque and speed? (Bonus points if you know which is which.) Well, Black & Decker wants to save the average power tool user all of the...

SmartDriver might just be the perfect power screwdriver

Monday, December 15, 2008 - 8:49am

Here's one of those ideas that you wonder what took so long: a power driver that holds your screw for you. The Black & Decker LI4000 SmartDriver's arm extends out to just the right spot, and its magnetic tip...

TriVac blower/mulcher/vacuum combo sure beats a rake

Kevin Hall

Monday, November 10, 2008 - 12:15pm

Too often, folks seem pleased enough with simply blasting all of the fallen leaves off of their property and into someone else's, into gutters, or just wherever they won't be seen. Well, if a cheap rake just isn't industrial...

Black & Decker Auto Wrench clamps down with a quick button push

Monday, October 13, 2008 - 11:22am

Now even the lowly adjustable wrench needs a battery. Black & Decker may be onto something here, though, creating an 8-inch Automatic Adjustable Wrench that quickly clamps down on any size nut or bolt up to 1.25-inches when you...

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Power Tools stories

Alligator Lopper: meanest power tool you'll ever see

Riding mower + industrial crane = flying hedge trimmer

Black & Decker's affordable Smart Select line takes the guess work out of power tools

SmartDriver might just be the perfect power screwdriver

TriVac blower/mulcher/vacuum combo sure beats a rake

Black & Decker Auto Wrench clamps down with a quick button push

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