Get a grip : Here's the low-down on today's lighter, more versatile and easier-to-use...

Engineers designing power hand tools are finally getting a hand on the problems users have faced for years. That is, those designers are coming out of their ivory towers and making it easier for workers who use the tools to keep their hands on trimmers, edgers and cutters for six to eight hours a day.

Make it lighter and more versatile, and reduce vibration -- these are the key design points landscape professionals want in their edgers and trimmers.

Good vibrations

Kent Hall, Product Manager for power tools at Stihl, Virginia Beach, VA, says vibr