Robert subscribed then hit the bell. Be more like Robert. In all seriousness I was impressed by how quickly he came up with a well thought out, nuanced hypothesis without even a moment’s notice. Huge thanks to Robert. Also, a huge thanks to everyone who supports Smarter Every Day on Patreon at www.patreon.com/smartereveryday Thank you! Destin
Stihl brands' inverted hexagon shaped line has been the best trimmer line i've been able to find i was hoping to see it compare here. Still an amazing educational vid just like everyday. :)
"random weedeater dude we picked off the street suggested we calculate the linear density of each wire". Never change Destin. Your enthusiasm and good nature are a contagious blessing.
I love Robert’s humility when he doesn’t consider himself an expert, yet works with a string trimmer 8-10 hours per day. Compared to me, a weekend warrior, he’s a freaking professor in the art of weed wacking! ❤️
The humble-smart type, downplaying his own intelligence like so many Destin interviews. Thank you for bringing the experience of real people to the forefront of your videos
He seems way too good of a critical thinker to be weed eating every day. Edit: is it sad that this is my most liked post on YT? by a long shot! I'd say thanks but honestly that man is way smarter than his job would have one assume. Read books don't look at the covers my friends.
People you never hear before might be the best dude you'll ever know Idk fam, back when i was in highschool, people that are considered beta are much more.... unpredictable.
What Idiot Would Argue With The boss! Robert Cuts His Grass As well! Yeah Alabama From Near Jasper Wont Claim It as My City/Town Because All Jasper has Ever Done For Me Is Tax Me and Harass My Children! Thats Why I go To The Gateway in Curry To Buy Groceries I Automatically Save 4% and they have Better Meat! I Hate to Have to go to Walmart and Pay 10% Tax 4% Goes To This Corrupt City Who Gets 15% on Every Alcohol Beverage Sold In our Their City In A Dry County! They Have Legalized Bootlegging!
Robert: "It seems likely that this line, being lighter and possessing a smaller diameter, would travel at a greater velocity, perhaps facilitating a cleaner cut." Destin: "ShARp shARP sQuaRE"
@@kristianhaverasmussen8558 Robert is a professional tradesman. He is skilled and knowledgeable in his field of expertise. Robert and his colleagues possess a set of skills that we do not. We need to get away from the assumption that those that work with their hands aren't smart.
Robert is probably the best guest that you have had on here for the reason of him just randomly being there and you pulling him in because of his expertise with weed eaters.
Experience teaches a lot more than you can usually learn from books or even just being smart. Not always but experience requires a pretty full interaction whereas school or books is usually just auditory or visually and leaving your brain to connect the dots.
Goodness for you: Shyness is not a personality trade. You can just decide to try and do it. Maybe get more involved first with people you already know and built yourself up. I did it too...
I thought I was an introverted shy boy until my friends told me that they admired my ability to walk up to people and strike up a conversation. Can't seem to do it with pretty girls, tho. Hahaha
One main problem I see is the tension put on the blade of grass. In the “field” the blade is sorta just hanging there freely, I think it messed with the dynamics of the cut by putting the blade of grass under tension…and we’d see very different behavior if only one end was held in place and the other allowed to dangle freely.
@@BlueChickenFarm btw, I've settled on that either the Husqvarna Titanium, or the Husqvarna XP+ Line as the best trimmer line. That stuff is strong, flexible, and cuts clean. Most pros that care use either the stuff I listed, or the Echo Black Diamond.
@@BigBear-- echo crossfire line, husky titanium line imo are probably the 2 most durable weed eater lines on the market. I have never been much focused on shape of the line but durability of it and tracking capability unlike that sharp, sharp square that was all over the place.
THIS! Easy way to think about it is cutting a piece of rope with a knife. Unless you have an incredibly sharp knife, you aren't going to cut through a piece of rope hanging in mid air as it will just be pushed away. It has to be held under tension for the knife to cut through. Inversely, by hold the grass blade tight, you are making it easier to cut and distorting how it cuts.
@@ADBBuild Over a year later my bottom line is when it comes to trimmer line - get yourself either the Husqvarna Titanium, or XP+, or get the Echo Black Diamond. I personally prefer the Husky line. That stuff is super tough, tracks straight, and cuts clean. Also a small recommendation is soak the line for about 24hrs in some water...cause a lot of the time you never know how old it is, or how it was stored or transported. Soaking it in water sorta re-hydrates it, and prevents it from getting brittle. You can also do that to bring it back to life, if it goes stiff on you from dry storage every season.
I like how experts often times say they are not an expert. They realize that there is more to learn after all the time they have perfected their craft which I think truly shows their intelligence
@@_egghead That's imposter syndrome. Dunning-Kruger effect is the opposite of it. Its when people who are incompetent at something are unable to recognize their own incompetence.
@@mirzacandrei5143 Impostor syndrome is feeling undeserving of what you get, thinking you don't and never will deserve it. The Dunning-Kruger effect is someone who understands the true size of their field realising that even though they know far more than others, they still have way more to learn.
@@microman502 Everyone here is wrong and it's hilarious. Straight from Wikipedia: "In the field of psychology, the Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their competence or incompetence.[1]"
Idk why but Robert gave off the friendly like “oh how nice this dudes making a little RUclips video” vibes (but like not in a bad or demeaning way like a genuinely interested and helpful way) so I like to think when he subscribed at the end he was all “oh wow he’s got 8 million subscribers this isn’t little at all”
People down here are generally friendly in that manner anyway. Asking someone to come to your garage and "check this out" as they're walking by is going to be all smiles.
I can't remember a single one of Destin's videos that didn't seem authentic and well thought out. He works so hard to get any kind of bias out of his findings.
Been using that "Titanium" line for years. Does not cut as cleanly, but lasts significantly longer on properties with chain link and retaining wall stones
Thanks for this comment! I live in house with all brick exterior and have a 24 x 24 detached shop building with all brick exterior. Also a long concrete walkway. I am ALWAYS cutting grass and weeds against rough surfaces that love to eat my trimmer line!!! 😆
Should be another experiment. I do the same thing and don't even notice it usually. Haha. Why do our brains allow us to slightly change accents to feel like we fit in more with our audience??
Yep, my accent can be turned on and off depending on who I'm talking too. Sometimes its quite useful, tho. When you run across someone who automatically thinks southern accent = dumb.
Destin: "Random weed eater guy! check this out!" Weed eater guy: "I suggest you should weigh each line in a certain length and calculate its linear density"
Let me just say, you have got to be the most socially adept person I've ever seen to inform masses. you're always so nice, considerate and full of compliments. The way you acknowledge everyone else's strengths is just amazing!
I live in Seattle but I’m from Oklahoma. The minute I get on the phone with someone from back home with people around they always look at me funny and ask where my accent all of the sudden came from.
Dunning-Krueger is poorly understood. The study, and subsequent efforts, have demonstrated that people tend to presume they are average in performance regardless of how their performance ranks in absolute terms. If I were to take 100 people sampled at random and have them run, say, 3 miles, we would see them string out, with a few running far ahead and a few practically walking from the beginning. Most will be relatively close to each other or even herd together. Run them all individually to see how they perform, and you will break up the herding but not the statistical clustering of scores. Most people see themselves as "part of the pack" - be they at the rear of the pack or the front. Only when you have them perform as independent individuals can you properly assess their individual capabilities - the fast will not slow down to lead the pack, for example, and the slow will pick up their pace to not lag behind. Our perception of our individual capabilities is seen through this lens. People naturally perceive their performance as existing relative to this pack cluster with those tat the front not understanding how easy/naturally they dominate and those at the back not understanding how hard they have to try to keep up relative to others. Thus, people at the back think they are closer to the middle than they truly are while people at the front do not understand their own superiority.
Before you make a decision you need to go cut some real life stuff weeds shrubs etc and also what cuts the best doesn't mean it lasts longer I've been in the field for twenty plus years and I've found that the Husqvarna titanium x pro is about the best all around line sure sharp square may cut some stuff better but takes more power your friend there is right smaller line does cut some things better but not the thicker stuff I also believe that the round flies straighter and thus less drag anyway thanks for the time you put into your video
This is totally one of those "if you told me 10 years ago I'd spend 16 minutes watching a video about weed eater line and be riveted by it I'd have called you crazy" moments.
I don't know man, I remember how cool it was in high school (decades ago) watching a drop of water into water then a drop of milk into coffee at slow motion. All of us went "whhaaaaaattt" when the entire rebound out of the coffee was almost pure milk. Pretty sure we'd all have been cool if the teacher said "next, weed eaters (cause we're in Texas) cutting grass in slow motion"
Destin, you are legit one of the best parts of youtube and literally a validation of the reason the internet was created in the first place. Never stop being awesome.
The internet was "created in the first place" to ensure strategic communications in the event of a nuclear war. If Destin is contributing to that, he's certainly not allowed to tell us about it.
"I'm no expert" ... "You should probably weigh out each one" Theory: The star shape having 7 pointed edges, is more likely to hit the blade of grass with said edge, leading to a cleaner cut.
It's about maximizing shear force at the contact point. The star shape does it the best. But with thicker diameter material, the square has a better chance of avoiding the flat contact scenario.
I would love to see the rate of wear for the gatorline and the star shaped line. The line we use at work is rounded, but its actually closer to 2 different strands of small round line twisted together and it doesnt cut as clean but it is extremely durable and i can get 2 days out of a length thats 2 of my wingspan long. Other styles similar to the traingle line or the round line seem to wear out after just 1 day of trimming.
I have that wire (like a 8 in a spiral orange). Quiet and stable. I took the guard off my trimmer and run each side about 10-12 inches at 1/4 throttle and tilt the head slightly to each direction like a helicopter would fly.
Because you move it like a scythe. Makes some sense. But a scythe actually cuts. In Spanish you can call it motoguadaña or bordeadora. Guadaña is scythe.
Yeah you do it too with certain accents when talking to certain people, but usually it goes unnoticed and probably makes the whole conversation easier on the brain
@@davidaustin6962 Well as an overanalytical person, I notice it more too. I think it's more of a survival trait, making yourself more endearing and seem like less of an outsider.
Robert’s the real MVP. It’s really interesting how the people who use a tool or practice a subject so much everyday will say they aren’t an expert, but when you get in the weeds (pun intended) on the subject they know more about it than they first think.
Tendency towards the mean - people who are knowledgeable also tend to know there's much to learn and thus underestimate their knowledge level, while people who are not knowledgeable tend to think there isn't much more to know and thus overestimate their knowledge level.
You learn stuff all the time. The more you learn, the more you learn what you don't know. You might know a lot.... and you know you know a lot but you know that you don't know everything.
I really appreciate your respect to others around you in your travels, you treat people with respect and quick friendliness, and are quite willing to ask for informed opinions (strangers obviously or really good acting). Cheers from Canada.
I grew up in NC so most kids had southern accent of various amounts. One kid I knew went to a military school in North East US for a year and when he came back he had a northern accent.
Another thing to ponder (or at least which i ponder) is wether the person with the thicker accent gets a "thinner" accent when interacting with someone with a more standardized accent.
@@Considerers meanwhile I just suddenly slipped into a Boston accent in the middle of a conversation, much to the confusion of my friend and myself. And if you can’t tell from the context, I’m not a Bostonian
"Code switching". Basically everybody who interacts with different groups of people in different contexts does it to some extent. My most interesting personal experience. Had a friend who was not bilingual, only spoke English (without an accent), and grew up in the US for the most part, but came from an Indian family. Often when speaking to family members he would start to have a light Indian accent as if he was a bilingual Hindi speaker even though the conversation was entirely in his native English, and he didn't speak Hindi.
If he is in the neighborhood all the time, (since you can't mow/weedwack everyone's yard in a single day), and the time to record a single video takes hours and hours,... I would say about 50%.
The fact that he understood shape , drag, weights, all the physics involved and all he does is landscape shows there's some seriously smart, undervalued people out there
I mean, it does make a certain amount of sense as higher density should equate to more durable line strength plus higher density should also equate to cleaner cutting power thanks to e=mc(2).
So glad to know that years ago when the new lines came to life, my take is the same. Star and gater line is the best over all. The 4 edge (squared) like Robert mentioned how it will do for roughs and can cut through tough grasses is not a go to for manicured lawns. It wants to climb down into the grass and get away from you before you know it and then you have a bad spot that is there for the customer to see. All in All a round weed eater line will give you a smooth cut like butter in grasses such as Bermuda & Zoysia grass. In doing so it kind of rolls over the top of the grass while you are cutting without digging lower than what you want to go. And in working throughout the years you learn to slow down your weed eater throttle with your smaller line along your fence so you don't go through it in the first 20 feet.
Destin messed it up. The Google info says 93% of Australia uses the whipper snipper or as you spelled it, whippa snippa. It's the British that prefer strimmer (98%).
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I love how he's able to make friends with literally anyone in this planet, Nobel prize of peace.
The reason we call it a Weed Whacker makes the most sense because it’s literally smacking tf out of the grass and anything else you’re cutting it with.. not “eating” it
That’s science vs experience. Robers has different motives when choosing line that is cost per job so a stiffer line is more durable so will be cheaper to run for him.
@ You also have to factor in the power of the machine. The professional probably has a more powerful machine so the thinner line would snap easier. Also if you try and use a thicker line on a less powerful machine it can struggle to spin it fast enough to cut things and can burn out the engine.
From what I learned in the video the brand is that I use which we will call sharp sharp square is most efficient in all categories of the scientific breakdown it is cost-efficient more durable and also given the cleanest-cut
I thought that might be the case as well, however in one of the later shots I think it was with the sharp square the line cut a free hanging portion after the bottom was cut free and the cut looked very similar. I think the action is so fast that the inertia of the grass blade dominates that part of the physics.
My thoughts exactly. I feel like the cutting capability would be better demonstrated if the grass is not in tension. You could use twine as your cord and I bet that would cut tensioned grass just fine.
My family cut lawns and cemeteries for a side business. We call them “ Trimmers “. We also only used the orange star. We pride ourselves by leaving the customer with a beautiful lawn. The orange star cut cleaner and doesn’t brown the cut tips. The strings that shred and delaminate, the grass browns a lot more.
*THIS* is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night.... not to mention standing and staring at rolls of line for embarrassing amounts of time. You are the man we need, Destin!
I have a friend who lives in Virginia, though native, he has a very plain “American” accent. Until there is another Virginian in the room, then all of a sudden he’s a southerner.
Fun Note: Truck drivers put a single twist on the belts securing loads to flat beds to prevent the belts from vibrating. If you follow a truck with belts not twisted you will notice the belts vibrating but the belts with a twist will not do anything. Your mention of the triangle twist at 7:25 made me think of this.
Most of the time if the belt is vibrating, it's simply because it's not tight enough. I never twist the straps, and the only loads I ever get any vibration in are loads that can compress over time. I have been told that on some loads though (mainly wood), you don't want the twist cause it can cause friction and possible problems. Not sure how true that is, so don't quote me on that.
@@Nozerone I twist my straps. The best example I can think of 'off-hand' is hauling some furniture on a flatbed trailer a few years ago. I had to get out on the side of the road and twist my straps because it was literally starting to friction burn the fabric where the straps were fluttering. If I'm concerned with surface damage, I twist. Otherwise, I don't care. It's probably better to twist, as you're putting less wear on your tie-downs by not making them flutter.
Destin: *Attaches weed-eater to trolley* "Weed-Eater Approach-O-Matic." Me: "Destin, what you've made there is traditionally called a lawn mower..." Destin: "... Did I stutter?"
I'm from GA and do the same thing. If I'm talking to a local I know they will understand me, but someone else might have a more difficult time so I drop a bit of my accent when speaking with people not from the south.
I'm in my second year as a homeowner in the TN, with a big yard to mow/string trim and blow. I started with sharp square Stihl. Then round Stihl. They were both okay but at the church, I lead the "mow team" and noticed they have the Husqvarna titanium stuff. That stuff seems to last forever! I mean we have a ton of trimming to do and it wears down slow. I can do the entire church grounds on one fill up. At home it take 1.5 fill ups. I love the slow motion and super crisp, close up camera work! Great job guys!!!
He is perfectly OK with not telling you to subscribe to the channel, only asking that you consider it. BUT, you SHOULD use his term for a yard tool. People have strange priorities. j/k Destin if you read replies to comments.
Harry M no, the dunning Kruger effect shows that people with high knowledge often say they are not as skilled because they know how much they don't know
Thanks, I have always wondered about which whipper snipper line to use. I use electric garden tools for my corner house and the 2 neighbours' front gardens. Noise is much less with electric and now I might try a triangle for even less noise. Any affiliate link? 1st priority for residential use might be noise. Commercial probably need strength like the sharp-sharp square whipper snipper.
Lol yup it happens 😂 I live in Mississippi. Young people have less thick accents than older people typically so if I’m talking to some older people (or just people from more rural areas) my accent gets THICC. But when me and my husband went to Colorado together, everyone said they didn’t even notice our accents! I also tend to talk more southern if I’m just passin by someone or talkin to a stranger in the grocery store.
It's called "Code Switching" and is a phenomena noticed in law enforcement to bilinguals to psychopaths. It's a super interesting thing to learn about through neuroscience and linguistics. Hope ya learned something!
I Have called it heard a technique called "mirroring." Similar to what was mentioned previously, He switches to a similar accent to the one used by the person he is talking to. It in turn makes the person more receptive towards you. Its just that, Destin is such a good conversationalist, he does it subconsciously.
Welcome Robert. I've been watching this show for a while, I truly appreciate that someone takes the time to test things like this. Coincidentally I use a 'sharp square' it just looked nice and aggressive, I like something I can dig a trench with.
Professional landscaper here. Love the inclusion of Robert! Our company does high end residences and townhouse community. Collectively our company "mows" through up to 1000 hours of work a week. One of the things we do is trim grass next to sidewalks and patios vertically. This eats trough the line quickly. And I would love to see something like this tested. As of now our preference of string in the "sharp sharp square" that Robert uses. A suggestion for a more real world test would be to cut pieces of sod out of the ground and lay them in front of your trimmer cart.
Hey smarter-- I have been a weedeater guy for my own service about 10 years, and I think it's important to do this test on free standing blades because that is what you are cutting... the lack of tension is what the real working weedeaters are dealing with... so it's important to know how each string does against free standing blades.
When I had my lawn service I used miles and miles of trimmer line and found out the shape really didn't make much difference but found that even though a thinner line cut through grass quicker a heavier line would hold up better against obstacles so I always use a heavier line unlike trimmer.
The only thing that matters is how durable the line is. All of those line types are gonna work fine as far as cutting goes. What matters the most is how often you're restringing
Overall great video! Ive been working in the landscape business over 5 years. Now there really isn’t “the best line”. It all depends on what your doing. There is pros and cons with every string shape. Another thing to consider is the thickness of the line, for every shape and brand there is different thickness sizes. If your edging sidewalks, or weed eating somewhere with a lot of rocks, or metal or debris, then you would want a thick round trimmer line. This shape is especially made for not breaking as easy. If your weed eating thick grass or brush with no rocks in the way then I would use the diamond shape. Which looks like a twisted string. An example is the echo black diamond. Also known as “sharp square shape. This line is meant for thick grass and weeds. It is not meant for edging, nor weed eating around rocks, fences or debris, because this type of line breaks easy. In my business I only use Husqvarna titanium force. Which is a thick round line. I use this because this line does not break easy, it is durable, and can cut through thick brush. This line is not meant for thick brush, but because we have high power commercial trimmers it knocks down weeds like nothing.
We have a triangle line up here that the corners are actually stronger than the core, so it splits apart through the middle of the line making each string actually three cutting pieces at the end of the line while trimming instead of one big piece
@@Angel.76239 closest thing I can find (and pretty sure it’s the same line since I hardly ever keep the packaging) is called Ugly Line, there are apparently several types of Ugly Line though it seems, mine is bright yellow with more squared off triangle points so it cuts better when the end splits
I’ve personally used all of those exact brands and shapes, a whole roll of each and more than that of good ones. And the star one is one of the worst, I thought I would be good because of all the points around it but it breaks SUPER easy and you end up going thru it super fast so I’ll never use it again. And surprisingly the titanium round one works really good and is strong. So that’s the one I’ve been using along with a twisted one. Strength is what really matters since they all cut, you need them to be able to stand up and not have to waste time and money replacing line every 5 min.
you're probably right, star-shaped being lighter is more brittle compared to other ones. That might well be one con for that. But is there any titanium in that one which you use or is it just advertisement?
@@challaahlad its def advertisement as actual titanium would be far too heavy and costly, however the core of the line is made of a more dense plastic which gives it some extra weight and likely durability
This is a very real and observable phenomenon. I'm from Texas and anytime I get around someone with a thicker accent my accent gets thicker... also when I get pissed off.
he should do another video on this topic where he compares different weed eater "heads" and then merge all the results. In this video, he used the heads with only two lines coming out, on my weed eater I had 2 different types of heads (also the way you put the line into the head is different, you have to cut it a certain length and then bend it so both of the edges stick out) I had one head where you would put 4 lines resulting into 8 lines that cut and now I have one (different shape too) with 3 lines so 6 sticking out. When I first switched I noticed a lot of difference in terms of cutting grass and overall managing of the weed eater
I use a speed feed dual head with black diamond line from Amazon. It’s the most popular line with a sharp sharp square. Next time I’ll get the star shaped!
I came to a decision about trimmer line, even before watching this video! My take-away from all this testing is, if you have to get down to the macro-lens level to see a difference in how your line cuts grass, then save yourself some bucks and buy whatever is cheapest, in the diameter(s) you need. Guaranteed, NO ONE is going to walk by your yard and say "Oh look, he used the wrong shape of trimmer line."
@@leeditor7906 "uneducated" just means you didn't get brainwashed by a leftist "education". It speaks nothing of one's IQ or overall intelligence. Also leftist are dull minded brainwashed sheep who know so little that they believe the hilarious BS spread by the media. I bet anything you try and hold against Trump right now is either outright fictitious or a misrepresentation (What we call lies) so bad that they're actually gross. Leftists don't know anything about politics, they're very very ignorant on the subject. - There are peer reviewed studies on the subject that find leftists virtually all live in an echo-chamber (The vast majority) whilst 'trumpies' tend to have a 40/50 mix of left vs non-left news sources. It's because we pay attention and we watch what the elites are trying to feed to the public, you're just gobbling it down as soon as it hits your plate and our news is like healthy vegetables which you avoid at all cost because realizing your entire world view is a complete fiction is a hard pill to swallow. PS: Studies also show us having a higher IQ on average, but there's more to it than us just physically thinking faster.
It’s a "weed whacker" for a few reasons: - Alliterative naming - It literally whacks weeds with the attachment - You get to pretend you’re a green thumbed gangster "whacking" weeds It doesn’t eat weeds at all. At *most* it’s a weed chewer, but really that’s just a lawnmower anyway.
Always heard it referred to as a "weed wacker" until I moved to Australia where I heard it continually called a "whipper snipper". I have always called it a "line trimmer" if electric powered and a "gas line trimmer" if combustion powered.
I've been cutting grass "professionally" for 8 years. I prefer a thinner line over different shapes for less bog on the engine. Assuming less surface area which can lead to a better cut.
I am a professional landscaper. The thickness of your line doesnt truly bog your motor down. Length of line coming from the head and shape of the line factor into the drag you'll get when running different rpms on your whip. Thinner line breaks far more often as it should. You'll use alot more line with a thinner gauge.
Can Destin take a look at these comments already?? The amount of different physics that affect the same thing talked on a single thread is excellent. Let's add wind created by the lines, which may tumble the grass down. And perhaps the factor that having the blades shredded is good for the soil.
In my part of PA, it was always "eaters" not "whackers" - but then, we live near where words like pop change to soda. And all "cutting" is tearing, just get better shears with finer edges - which strings can't have. Oh, and if you ever retest, see if you can find types; we weed-ate some less-thready grass, but mostly ran the machine through weedy ditches.
@@rootz420 yeah a New Hampshire accent sounds like your spitting dirt to a real southerner , in the early 80s they had no idea what to make of it , I changed in a week or less. Fla in the 80s was a blast, I miss it.
I worked as a carpenter for several years after college. Our crew had college grads with Architecture, Business, and History degrees; a professional certificated Draftsman; and our boss who only had 2 years of History in college. There were lots of in depth philosophical discussions and we'd change the radio from classic rock for certain NPR segments each week.
Years ago I tried to make a forever line. I tried a piece of wire cable. Unfortunately it frayed apart (unwound). I wonder what a piece of spring steel wire would do? Maybe spring steel ribbon? Graphene? Kevlar? Technora?
At the end there when they were talking about how the star line has less drag my guess is that the grooves of the star shape are similar in arc to a golf ball dimple, which are proven to reduce drag.
EverNewb if that’s the case why are F1 and Indy cars not covered in golf ball sized dimples, check your facts dude! The dimples don’t reduce drag, they do affect the airflow around the ball, which makes it more stable in flight.
Dustin's "Disinformation on Reddit and how we beat it together" vid goes into this idea of kindness on social media in detail. Definitely check it out, it's one of my favorites he's ever made.
Robert subscribed then hit the bell. Be more like Robert. In all seriousness I was impressed by how quickly he came up with a well thought out, nuanced hypothesis without even a moment’s notice. Huge thanks to Robert. Also, a huge thanks to everyone who supports Smarter Every Day on Patreon at www.patreon.com/smartereveryday
Thank you!
Destin
Robert the homie
Oh this was just posted
Greetings to Robert! 🤘
Stihl brands' inverted hexagon shaped line has been the best trimmer line i've been able to find i was hoping to see it compare here. Still an amazing educational vid just like everyday. :)
Your right in the UK we call it a strimmer. Most likely dirives from the word trimmer.
"random weedeater dude we picked off the street suggested we calculate the linear density of each wire". Never change Destin. Your enthusiasm and good nature are a contagious blessing.
The world I want to live in
I have no doubt that the man meant linear density, but I also equally have no doubt that the word he used probably was not linear density.
Alan Ball oh for sure😂
Destin's greatest achievement was introducing us to Weedeater Guy.
Robert's a real one, good call on asking him to be involved. He really added to the video and made a great outro.
Agree. Definitely added value to the video.
Yep
yeah! He really made the video, he seems pretty cool.
Robert seriously just showed up and dropped mad knowledge then dipped
What a madman
Absolute madlad
Legend
I love Robert’s humility when he doesn’t consider himself an expert, yet works with a string trimmer 8-10 hours per day. Compared to me, a weekend warrior, he’s a freaking professor in the art of weed wacking! ❤️
Time and efficiency is everything in his line of work.
Robert is ACE .WE ALL NEED MORE ROBERT!!!
The humble-smart type, downplaying his own intelligence like so many Destin interviews. Thank you for bringing the experience of real people to the forefront of your videos
This Robert guy was so entertaining, id love to see him in another video. Seems like a chill dude
Reminds me of "There's great people all across America" 👌
He seems way too good of a critical thinker to be weed eating every day.
Edit: is it sad that this is my most liked post on YT? by a long shot! I'd say thanks but honestly that man is way smarter than his job would have one assume. Read books don't look at the covers my friends.
People you never hear before might be the best dude you'll ever know
Idk fam, back when i was in highschool, people that are considered beta are much more.... unpredictable.
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Agreed. Your username is fantastic, btw.
The fact that Robert is not objecting and play along is quite admirable
LOL I want a link to Roberts channel.
What Idiot Would Argue With The boss! Robert Cuts His Grass As well! Yeah Alabama From Near Jasper Wont Claim It as My City/Town Because All Jasper has Ever Done For Me Is Tax Me and Harass My Children! Thats Why I go To The Gateway in Curry To Buy Groceries I Automatically Save 4% and they have Better Meat! I Hate to Have to go to Walmart and Pay 10% Tax 4% Goes To This Corrupt City Who Gets 15% on Every Alcohol Beverage Sold In our Their City In A Dry County! They Have Legalized Bootlegging!
@@kevinlsims7330 Calm down
@@kevinlsims7330 you must be a really free person to caps almost all of your first word
When you’re out there working 10 hours a day in horrible heat, this is a most welcome distraction 😂
Robert: "It seems likely that this line, being lighter and possessing a smaller diameter, would travel at a greater velocity, perhaps facilitating a cleaner cut."
Destin: "ShARp shARP sQuaRE"
He's a genius.
How’s that guy only a weed eater guy... maybe he’s retired and just like to help the local community. Who knows, right
Haha weedy der go brrr
@@kristianhaverasmussen8558 Robert is a professional tradesman. He is skilled and knowledgeable in his field of expertise. Robert and his colleagues possess a set of skills that we do not. We need to get away from the assumption that those that work with their hands aren't smart.
Micah Robbins headass
Robert is probably the best guest that you have had on here for the reason of him just randomly being there and you pulling him in because of his expertise with weed eaters.
He also made a valid point regarding the rotational speed of the head changing due to the wgt/density of the line.
8:50 I love how Robert the Weed Eater dude came in and improved the experiment almost immediately.
Experience teaches a lot more than you can usually learn from books or even just being smart. Not always but experience requires a pretty full interaction whereas school or books is usually just auditory or visually and leaving your brain to connect the dots.
Destin: HEY WEED EATER MAN!
Robert: what in th-
Robert: What is a weed eater??
@@fordtechchris Yea it's a grass cutter
@@jaydeep-p that's a lawn mower. You don't cut your grass with a weed eater. You just trim your yard with it
@@fordtechchris whipper snipper
I'd argue that its to be called a weed wacker
I wish I had the courage to just yell out "HEY WEED EATER MAN" to someone I don't know, and ask them to come over.
Goodness for you: Shyness is not a personality trade. You can just decide to try and do it. Maybe get more involved first with people you already know and built yourself up. I did it too...
Tobias Tho It’s not that deep
Tobias Tho r/thanksimcured
@@tobiastho9639 good advice honestly. easier said than done for most. most people are afraid of change.
I thought I was an introverted shy boy until my friends told me that they admired my ability to walk up to people and strike up a conversation. Can't seem to do it with pretty girls, tho. Hahaha
One main problem I see is the tension put on the blade of grass. In the “field” the blade is sorta just hanging there freely, I think it messed with the dynamics of the cut by putting the blade of grass under tension…and we’d see very different behavior if only one end was held in place and the other allowed to dangle freely.
This!!! I would have liked the clip mounted below holding a piece of grass upright
@@BlueChickenFarm btw, I've settled on that either the Husqvarna Titanium, or the Husqvarna XP+ Line as the best trimmer line. That stuff is strong, flexible, and cuts clean. Most pros that care use either the stuff I listed, or the Echo Black Diamond.
@@BigBear-- echo crossfire line, husky titanium line imo are probably the 2 most durable weed eater lines on the market. I have never been much focused on shape of the line but durability of it and tracking capability unlike that sharp, sharp square that was all over the place.
THIS! Easy way to think about it is cutting a piece of rope with a knife. Unless you have an incredibly sharp knife, you aren't going to cut through a piece of rope hanging in mid air as it will just be pushed away. It has to be held under tension for the knife to cut through. Inversely, by hold the grass blade tight, you are making it easier to cut and distorting how it cuts.
@@ADBBuild Over a year later my bottom line is when it comes to trimmer line - get yourself either the Husqvarna Titanium, or XP+, or get the Echo Black Diamond. I personally prefer the Husky line. That stuff is super tough, tracks straight, and cuts clean. Also a small recommendation is soak the line for about 24hrs in some water...cause a lot of the time you never know how old it is, or how it was stored or transported. Soaking it in water sorta re-hydrates it, and prevents it from getting brittle. You can also do that to bring it back to life, if it goes stiff on you from dry storage every season.
Robert: I'm no expert.
Also Robert: Lemme school you up on linear density.
I like how experts often times say they are not an expert.
They realize that there is more to learn after all the time they have perfected their craft which I think truly shows their intelligence
@@kyle18934 that's called Dunning-Kruger effect
@@_egghead That's imposter syndrome. Dunning-Kruger effect is the opposite of it. Its when people who are incompetent at something are unable to recognize their own incompetence.
@@mirzacandrei5143 Impostor syndrome is feeling undeserving of what you get, thinking you don't and never will deserve it. The Dunning-Kruger effect is someone who understands the true size of their field realising that even though they know far more than others, they still have way more to learn.
@@microman502 Everyone here is wrong and it's hilarious. Straight from Wikipedia: "In the field of psychology, the Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their competence or incompetence.[1]"
Idk why but Robert gave off the friendly like “oh how nice this dudes making a little RUclips video” vibes (but like not in a bad or demeaning way like a genuinely interested and helpful way) so I like to think when he subscribed at the end he was all “oh wow he’s got 8 million subscribers this isn’t little at all”
I think he knew it wasn't that little when he saw the bigass camera
@@tommihommi1 doesn't work that way with bigass trucks... "He must be compensating for something teeheehehe".
tommihommi1 oh yeah. Forgot about the $100k or something camera there...
Jason Snow yeah but most people have no idea how much cameras cost. He easily could have thought it was 100 dollars
People down here are generally friendly in that manner anyway. Asking someone to come to your garage and "check this out" as they're walking by is going to be all smiles.
I love how Destin took the liberty of asking Robert's opinion, it gives us an in the field perspective and makes the video feel more authentic
I can't remember a single one of Destin's videos that didn't seem authentic and well thought out. He works so hard to get any kind of bias out of his findings.
Been using that "Titanium" line for years. Does not cut as cleanly, but lasts significantly longer on properties with chain link and retaining wall stones
Possibility of using titanium to do the heavy lifting and then trim up with another?
@Madgythumtas yes if I was working a weekly property which had very little chain link or stone edge then I would use thinner X shaped line.
Thanks for this comment! I live in house with all brick exterior and have a 24 x 24 detached shop building with all brick exterior. Also a long concrete walkway. I am ALWAYS cutting grass and weeds against rough surfaces that love to eat my trimmer line!!! 😆
I love how much more Alabama Destin's voice gets when he is talking to a neighbour as opposed to the camera
Should be another experiment. I do the same thing and don't even notice it usually. Haha. Why do our brains allow us to slightly change accents to feel like we fit in more with our audience??
Brandon Fisher it’s all about fitting into a tribe
Yep, my accent can be turned on and off depending on who I'm talking too.
Sometimes its quite useful, tho. When you run across someone who automatically thinks southern accent = dumb.
It's called code switching.
Brandon Fisher would he do a psychology episode? That’d be cool. It’s a field he hasn’t touched on a bunch on the channel
Destin: "Random weed eater guy! check this out!"
Weed eater guy: "I suggest you should weigh each line in a certain length and calculate its linear density"
I hope he used those exact words too just to say that blow Destin's mind.
Weight per meter not linear density. Density is mass per unit volume.
@@rogerandlyndabeall3840 When you're right, you're right. It can be called linear weight or linear mass as well.
@@rogerandlyndabeall3840 what if the unit volume is 1 meter 🤔🤔
@@topchoppers7980 unit 1 meter is length not volume.
Let me just say, you have got to be the most socially adept person I've ever seen to inform masses. you're always so nice, considerate and full of compliments. The way you acknowledge everyone else's strengths is just amazing!
"Whipper Snipper" ha. Don't ever change Australia.
No it’s “strimmer” according to Destin.
My family calls it Whipper Snipper or Weed Whacker... Southern, Ontario, Canada.
It’s an onomatopoeia. Us Aussies are all about the onomatopoeia.
@@hutchy2907 That's the UK. Shortened from string trimmer, which is what the manufacturers call it.
I live in Sydney and every calls them wiper snippets or line trimmers
I love how Destin's accent gets much thicker when he starts talking with someone from around the block.
Yeah, it's a pretty interesting natural thing. I see it with people all the time. Completely subconscious.
Omg I know, myself can become an English man without ever been across the pond 🤩BB
I live in Seattle but I’m from Oklahoma. The minute I get on the phone with someone from back home with people around they always look at me funny and ask where my accent all of the sudden came from.
it’s called code switching look it up lmfao
Code switching. I do this and didn't realize it until it was pointed out to me.
“Hey weed eater dude !! Come check this out!! “
bahaha, I love how much Destin gets joy out of sharing the science. Good stuff
And every time he does that, he follows up by politely introducing himself. Thumbs up!
Gets me excited too.
Robert: I wouldn't say expert
Also Robert *is clearly an expert*
This is the less often seen end of the Dunning-Krueger effect.
I should say middle.
No one really gets to the far end lol
You have to know something to realize you know nothing.
Dunning-Krueger is poorly understood.
The study, and subsequent efforts, have demonstrated that people tend to presume they are average in performance regardless of how their performance ranks in absolute terms.
If I were to take 100 people sampled at random and have them run, say, 3 miles, we would see them string out, with a few running far ahead and a few practically walking from the beginning. Most will be relatively close to each other or even herd together.
Run them all individually to see how they perform, and you will break up the herding but not the statistical clustering of scores.
Most people see themselves as "part of the pack" - be they at the rear of the pack or the front. Only when you have them perform as independent individuals can you properly assess their individual capabilities - the fast will not slow down to lead the pack, for example, and the slow will pick up their pace to not lag behind.
Our perception of our individual capabilities is seen through this lens. People naturally perceive their performance as existing relative to this pack cluster with those tat the front not understanding how easy/naturally they dominate and those at the back not understanding how hard they have to try to keep up relative to others. Thus, people at the back think they are closer to the middle than they truly are while people at the front do not understand their own superiority.
Before you make a decision you need to go cut some real life stuff weeds shrubs etc and also what cuts the best doesn't mean it lasts longer I've been in the field for twenty plus years and I've found that the Husqvarna titanium x pro is about the best all around line sure sharp square may cut some stuff better but takes more power your friend there is right smaller line does cut some things better but not the thicker stuff I also believe that the round flies straighter and thus less drag anyway thanks for the time you put into your video
I love that you included the weed eater guy, it probably made his day.
Well, it made *my* day :)
Weed eater guy is now a legend.
HIS NAME IS ROBERT
Weed wacker*
@@unclepaul3113 eater*
Destin: "Alabama people are with it!" Robert: "Some of us are..."
Most underated line in the video
@@brianevans4 where is the line for rating lines? Im waiting.
Whoever is reading this I hope you have a great rest of your day and keep growing as a person!! :)
james, Dustin just did a video of them. They come in all shapes and sizes. 🤪
This is totally one of those "if you told me 10 years ago I'd spend 16 minutes watching a video about weed eater line and be riveted by it I'd have called you crazy" moments.
I don't know man, I remember how cool it was in high school (decades ago) watching a drop of water into water then a drop of milk into coffee at slow motion. All of us went "whhaaaaaattt" when the entire rebound out of the coffee was almost pure milk. Pretty sure we'd all have been cool if the teacher said "next, weed eaters (cause we're in Texas) cutting grass in slow motion"
You better hope to god you don't stumble upon coin collecting channels or number channels
I love random inane experiments
Destin, you are legit one of the best parts of youtube and literally a validation of the reason the internet was created in the first place. Never stop being awesome.
The internet was "created in the first place" to ensure strategic communications in the event of a nuclear war. If Destin is contributing to that, he's certainly not allowed to tell us about it.
My main takeaway from this video:
“Don’t underestimate the intelligence of the whipper snipper guy.”
What on earth would lead you to tie his intellect to his occupation?!
From the google statistics at the start, you seem to be an Australian
@@LomidzeDavid - That’s a coincidence, my passport and birth certificate also say I’m Australian. 😉
I’m Canadian and I call it a whipper snipper 😂
@@awesomedevil4471 Canadians are North Australians or Australians are South Canadians?
"I'm no expert" ... "You should probably weigh out each one"
Theory: The star shape having 7 pointed edges, is more likely to hit the blade of grass with said edge, leading to a cleaner cut.
yeah that's what i was thinking too !
The clean cut also being healthier for the grass.
It's about maximizing shear force at the contact point. The star shape does it the best. But with thicker diameter material, the square has a better chance of avoiding the flat contact scenario.
But then wouldn't the round shape be better since a circular shape has an infinite number of edges?
@@JeffreyMyersII it may have an infinite amount of corners, but the angles of those corners tend to 180°, so it's not much better than a flat edge
“Man buys eight different kinds of trimmer line then cuts his yard with scissors”
For science!
When you put it that way, yes think about that.!!! 🤣
What a man
Man buys eight different kinds of trimmer line and ends up using a gallon of gas and a match
Op you made my day xDDD
I would love to see the rate of wear for the gatorline and the star shaped line. The line we use at work is rounded, but its actually closer to 2 different strands of small round line twisted together and it doesnt cut as clean but it is extremely durable and i can get 2 days out of a length thats 2 of my wingspan long. Other styles similar to the traingle line or the round line seem to wear out after just 1 day of trimming.
I have that wire (like a 8 in a spiral orange). Quiet and stable. I took the guard off my trimmer and run each side about 10-12 inches at 1/4 throttle and tilt the head slightly to each direction like a helicopter would fly.
weed eaters are sometimes called 'motor scythe' in german, which I think is objectively the coolest name
I'll second that. Accurate AND badass-sounding.
The same in Hungarian!
Because you move it like a scythe.
Makes some sense. But a scythe actually cuts.
In Spanish you can call it motoguadaña or bordeadora.
Guadaña is scythe.
I could get behind that.
my stihl strimmer is now a motorscythe. that'll get me a strange look everytime in the UK.
Funny how Destin gets into his Alabama accent quite quickly while talking to Robert. :D
I noticed the exact same thing.
Heck, that linguist psychology could be a SmarterEveryDay episode.
Yeah you do it too with certain accents when talking to certain people, but usually it goes unnoticed and probably makes the whole conversation easier on the brain
I always do it, never realize it until others point it out. I shouldn't be embarrassed but I always am because I kinda go overboard.
@@davidaustin6962 Well as an overanalytical person, I notice it more too.
I think it's more of a survival trait, making yourself more endearing and seem like less of an outsider.
Robert’s the real MVP. It’s really interesting how the people who use a tool or practice a subject so much everyday will say they aren’t an expert, but when you get in the weeds (pun intended) on the subject they know more about it than they first think.
humility
Tendency towards the mean - people who are knowledgeable also tend to know there's much to learn and thus underestimate their knowledge level, while people who are not knowledgeable tend to think there isn't much more to know and thus overestimate their knowledge level.
You learn stuff all the time. The more you learn, the more you learn what you don't know. You might know a lot.... and you know you know a lot but you know that you don't know everything.
I really appreciate your respect to others around you in your travels, you treat people with respect and quick friendliness, and are quite willing to ask for informed opinions (strangers obviously or really good acting). Cheers from Canada.
I love how your accent gets thicker when Robert comes in. This is actually a very common phenomenon among humans. You should do a video on it.
I grew up in NC so most kids had southern accent of various amounts. One kid I knew went to a military school in North East US for a year and when he came back he had a northern accent.
Another thing to ponder (or at least which i ponder) is wether the person with the thicker accent gets a "thinner" accent when interacting with someone with a more standardized accent.
@@Considerers meanwhile I just suddenly slipped into a Boston accent in the middle of a conversation, much to the confusion of my friend and myself. And if you can’t tell from the context, I’m not a Bostonian
"Code switching". Basically everybody who interacts with different groups of people in different contexts does it to some extent.
My most interesting personal experience. Had a friend who was not bilingual, only spoke English (without an accent), and grew up in the US for the most part, but came from an Indian family. Often when speaking to family members he would start to have a light Indian accent as if he was a bilingual Hindi speaker even though the conversation was entirely in his native English, and he didn't speak Hindi.
Whenever I race NASCAR online my accent goes down three states.
Robert “Weedeater Dude” stole the show. He gave me Caddyshack vibes. What are the chances he showed up at the perfect time?
If he is in the neighborhood all the time, (since you can't mow/weedwack everyone's yard in a single day), and the time to record a single video takes hours and hours,... I would say about 50%.
Considering that he was there, the chance at the time of filming was 100%.
“So I got that going for me, which is nice.”
@@alanbutler7712 I'd say more than 5
The fact that he understood shape , drag, weights, all the physics involved and all he does is landscape shows there's some seriously smart, undervalued people out there
Random WeedEater dude: "Ya'll need to weigh the line by length and calculate the linear density."
🧐
I'm guessing he probably didn't use those exact words
I mean, it does make a certain amount of sense as higher density should equate to more durable line strength plus higher density should also equate to cleaner cutting power thanks to e=mc(2).
@@Dargonhuman thats not really the right formula here, also density will only give a cleaner cut in dense grass
yet, that random guy made actual sense. Because the end of the day we all do not just "CUT" one strand but massacre a whole backyard.
haha yep I was just thinking that - ya know spend enough time with a tool and you're going to know what makes it work well
So glad to know that years ago when the new lines came to life, my take is the same. Star and gater line is the best over all. The 4 edge (squared) like Robert mentioned how it will do for roughs and can cut through tough grasses is not a go to for manicured lawns. It wants to climb down into the grass and get away from you before you know it and then you have a bad spot that is there for the customer to see. All in All a round weed eater line will give you a smooth cut like butter in grasses such as Bermuda & Zoysia grass. In doing so it kind of rolls over the top of the grass while you are cutting without digging lower than what you want to go. And in working throughout the years you learn to slow down your weed eater throttle with your smaller line along your fence so you don't go through it in the first 20 feet.
Can we just acknowledge that the Aussie’s call it a “whipper snipper”
finally getting the recognition the name deserves
praise be to the whipper snipper
Steve Reeves IV yeah mate that’s what we call it
I mean it describes what it does. Weed Whacker is also acceptable.
Yeah, it kinda ticked me a little seeing green for australia, which is whipper snipper, but he said strimmer. Good work on the clarification.
Weadeater guy: "I wouldn't say I'm an expert," however I AM savvy in string theory.
Brandon haney a veritable Sheldon Cooper over here!
String theory expert: Sometimes I spend 8-10 hours a day testing my hypotheses. Let's compare
@@DaleHarris no
A more tangible type of String Theory. 😂
Ba dum tss!
After reviewing all these trimmer lines I've made a decision: I'm getting a goat.
This is a legitimate solution which i really want to do
Depending on wether you have any flowers bordering the gras.
Less plastic ! ^^
Or do you want a cow?
lmfao
Okay I'm calling in a whipper snipper for now on. Freaking love Australia
I live in Canada and I've always said and heard Whipper snipper, too.
probably pronounced whippa snippah in Steve Irwin:ish
@@rosen9425 That was a nasty one.....but....xDD
@@rosen9425 as an Australian i can confirm.
No one in Australia called it a strimmer. I’m sure everyone will agree when I say it’s called a whippa snippa.
Sure do! The Google info there agreed too lol
I've seen it called a Line Trimmer, but whippa snippa / whipper snipper is definitely the go to.
Got a new one from bunnings last month and i agree 1000% mate, they only sell whippa snippas here in stralya..
Yep whipper snipper! 👍🇦🇺 🍻
Destin messed it up. The Google info says 93% of Australia uses the whipper snipper or as you spelled it, whippa snippa. It's the British that prefer strimmer (98%).
I love how he's able to make friends with literally anyone in this planet, Nobel prize of peace.
Someday come and meet me
Literally my entire experience while living in Alabama. Southern hospitality.
Pretty much just anywhere in the south.
Dustin for President
It's a reflection of Christ.
Robert is the GOAT. I bet he’ll have that lawn looking like carpet. 💯 👌🏾🖼
Goat?
The reason we call it a Weed Whacker makes the most sense because it’s literally smacking tf out of the grass and anything else you’re cutting it with.. not “eating” it
Weed eater was the name of a brand of weed whackers- everyone just started calling it that
@@Realm2t6 same as saying cleanex instead of tissue or how british people say hoover instead of vaccum
Even Q-Tips even though Q-tip is brand and not the actual cotton swab
@@Realm2t6 Ik that, I'm just saying that's where we came up w/ it
@@vasaus Do people really call tissue cleanex?... because I've only heard people say tissue from all parts of the U.S
That’s science vs experience. Robers has different motives when choosing line that is cost per job so a stiffer line is more durable so will be cheaper to run for him.
I had to comment after I liked this comment to say that I like this comment :D
@ I thought the whole purpose of using a seed water was to trim weeds, grass and brush.
[ and yes I'm also an engineer ;) ]
@ You also have to factor in the power of the machine. The professional probably has a more powerful machine so the thinner line would snap easier. Also if you try and use a thicker line on a less powerful machine it can struggle to spin it fast enough to cut things and can burn out the engine.
@@MrDanny644 i guess you also "an engineer" 😂
From what I learned in the video the brand is that I use which we will call sharp sharp square is most efficient in all categories of the scientific breakdown it is cost-efficient more durable and also given the cleanest-cut
I feel like the tension on the grass would affect the cutting... If the grass was able to bend out of the way, I wonder if the ranking might change!
I thought that might be the case as well, however in one of the later shots I think it was with the sharp square the line cut a free hanging portion after the bottom was cut free and the cut looked very similar. I think the action is so fast that the inertia of the grass blade dominates that part of the physics.
@@doseven its...just...cutting...grass
@@Can_Head Exactly, so its a science that further research will benefit us all directly, we all gotta cut grass
My thoughts exactly. I feel like the cutting capability would be better demonstrated if the grass is not in tension. You could use twine as your cord and I bet that would cut tensioned grass just fine.
guys just buy a goat.. you'll have no grass to cut in a day lol
My family cut lawns and cemeteries for a side business. We call them “ Trimmers “. We also only used the orange star. We pride ourselves by leaving the customer with a beautiful lawn. The orange star cut cleaner and doesn’t brown the cut tips. The strings that shred and delaminate, the grass browns a lot more.
Canadian gardener here, we call it as Trimmers as well, weed eater is something else....
*THIS* is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night.... not to mention standing and staring at rolls of line for embarrassing amounts of time. You are the man we need, Destin!
Destin's southern accent came through more when he was talking with Robert.
I have a friend who lives in Virginia, though native, he has a very plain “American” accent. Until there is another Virginian in the room, then all of a sudden he’s a southerner.
bruh when that sounds very normal to you and you dont relize it '_'
Happens to the best of us
Same with my mom from NJ, when she is around family she starts saying qoffe and like she adds a w to every word. We live in CA
You should watch his video about the silo. His accent really popped out.
"Today on smarter every day, I'm justifying to my wife why it's taking so long to do the lawn"
Fun Note: Truck drivers put a single twist on the belts securing loads to flat beds to prevent the belts from vibrating. If you follow a truck with belts not twisted you will notice the belts vibrating but the belts with a twist will not do anything. Your mention of the triangle twist at 7:25 made me think of this.
Interesting fact! Thanks.
Unfortunately twists are not legal in our tie down straps, but I know this trick myself.
us surfers do the same with our board straps. Otherwise it flaps up and down and scratches your board and car!
Most of the time if the belt is vibrating, it's simply because it's not tight enough. I never twist the straps, and the only loads I ever get any vibration in are loads that can compress over time. I have been told that on some loads though (mainly wood), you don't want the twist cause it can cause friction and possible problems. Not sure how true that is, so don't quote me on that.
@@Nozerone I twist my straps. The best example I can think of 'off-hand' is hauling some furniture on a flatbed trailer a few years ago. I had to get out on the side of the road and twist my straps because it was literally starting to friction burn the fabric where the straps were fluttering. If I'm concerned with surface damage, I twist. Otherwise, I don't care. It's probably better to twist, as you're putting less wear on your tie-downs by not making them flutter.
"Australia calls it strimmer"
Nah, the chart was correct, we call it nothing but a "whippa snippa" (sic)
the whippy
Who TF calls it a Strimmer?
It's likely my first time hearing it called that in a very long time
@@scooterkid01 everyone in the UK. 👍
Destin: *Attaches weed-eater to trolley* "Weed-Eater Approach-O-Matic."
Me: "Destin, what you've made there is traditionally called a lawn mower..."
Destin: "... Did I stutter?"
🤣
yes.
That rig is not a Lawnmower, that a wimpy Bush-hog. It's got a flexible cutting head mounted on a chassis
Love how Destin's accent does ultra-Alabama when he starts speaking to locals
Destin always changes his accent unconsciously when speaking with people with different accent.
@@martiddy Everyone does it.
I really noticed that on the silo-building episode!
I'm from GA and do the same thing. If I'm talking to a local I know they will understand me, but someone else might have a more difficult time so I drop a bit of my accent when speaking with people not from the south.
Everyone will change their accent depending on who they are around
Who else would love to see Project Farm and SmarterEveryDay do a collaboration.
They pretty much already are haha
I legit thought it was a project farm video when I saw the title
Me
I have the project farm video queued up in my watch later list. I guess I'm watching now.
Yes it needs to be done!
I'm in my second year as a homeowner in the TN, with a big yard to mow/string trim and blow. I started with sharp square Stihl. Then round Stihl. They were both okay but at the church, I lead the "mow team" and noticed they have the Husqvarna titanium stuff. That stuff seems to last forever! I mean we have a ton of trimming to do and it wears down slow. I can do the entire church grounds on one fill up. At home it take 1.5 fill ups.
I love the slow motion and super crisp, close up camera work! Great job guys!!!
When you criticize a guy's word choice and he brings out a by-region breakdown of dialect variances.
@Ashton Peacock annoying bot
@Ashton Peacock How about no.
He is perfectly OK with not telling you to subscribe to the channel, only asking that you consider it. BUT, you SHOULD use his term for a yard tool. People have strange priorities.
j/k Destin if you read replies to comments.
can we all settle on whipper snipper?
Erik Bär u mean weed whacker?
Wife: Just pick a line for the grass trimmer, they're all the same.
Me: no they're different, I saw a RUclips video.
Wife: Divorce.
@@danielduncan6806 yes you divorce that easily
Project Farm is the best channel for comparison testing tools.
Legend επιχ Maybe you can in a no fault divorce state
Yup, Protestants don't believe in till death do you part. They can sleep with as many women they want, as long as it is one at a time. Sad.
"so you're an expert?" ...
"I don't know about 'expert'" ..
..is exactly what an expert would say
spot on
Dunning-Kruger effect 😅
@Harry M huh? thats exactly what renda said
Harry M no, the dunning Kruger effect shows that people with high knowledge often say they are not as skilled because they know how much they don't know
@Harry M it also works the other way, people with very high skill tend to underestimate their skill
Thanks, I have always wondered about which whipper snipper line to use.
I use electric garden tools for my corner house and the 2 neighbours' front gardens.
Noise is much less with electric and now I might try a triangle for even less noise. Any affiliate link?
1st priority for residential use might be noise. Commercial probably need strength like the sharp-sharp square whipper snipper.
I freaking love weed eater guy he was like a guess star and he even gave us some line
Anyone else notice how Destin’s accent got way thicker when speaking with a fellow Alabamian?
It's interesting, I wonder why his accent changed.
Lol yup it happens 😂 I live in Mississippi. Young people have less thick accents than older people typically so if I’m talking to some older people (or just people from more rural areas) my accent gets THICC. But when me and my husband went to Colorado together, everyone said they didn’t even notice our accents! I also tend to talk more southern if I’m just passin by someone or talkin to a stranger in the grocery store.
It's called "Code Switching" and is a phenomena noticed in law enforcement to bilinguals to psychopaths. It's a super interesting thing to learn about through neuroscience and linguistics. Hope ya learned something!
Haha for sure, but it makes sense since you'd want to be relatable to your audience/other people.
I Have called it heard a technique called "mirroring." Similar to what was mentioned previously, He switches to a similar accent to the one used by the person he is talking to. It in turn makes the person more receptive towards you. Its just that, Destin is such a good conversationalist, he does it subconsciously.
"...AND I *will*
...like and Share"
-Robert
Welcome Robert. I've been watching this show for a while, I truly appreciate that someone takes the time to test things like this. Coincidentally I use a 'sharp square' it just looked nice and aggressive, I like something I can dig a trench with.
Professional landscaper here. Love the inclusion of Robert!
Our company does high end residences and townhouse community. Collectively our company "mows" through up to 1000 hours of work a week. One of the things we do is trim grass next to sidewalks and patios vertically. This eats trough the line quickly. And I would love to see something like this tested.
As of now our preference of string in the "sharp sharp square" that Robert uses.
A suggestion for a more real world test would be to cut pieces of sod out of the ground and lay them in front of your trimmer cart.
Hey smarter-- I have been a weedeater guy for my own service about 10 years, and I think it's important to do this test on free standing blades because that is what you are cutting... the lack of tension is what the real working weedeaters are dealing with... so it's important to know how each string does against free standing blades.
good point.
I feel ashamed I didn't think of this... so true.
When I had my lawn service I used miles and miles of trimmer line and found out the shape really didn't make much difference but found that even though a thinner line cut through grass quicker a heavier line would hold up better against obstacles so I always use a heavier line unlike trimmer.
The only thing that matters is how durable the line is. All of those line types are gonna work fine as far as cutting goes. What matters the most is how often you're restringing
That's what I'm saying
Rest of the world: weed eater
Australia: whipper snipper
lmao
in the uk its a strimmer
Lol, sounds like the perfect Australian term for this. I can just imagine it in their accent. I might just start saying it in my American accent haha.
@@BobCat981 I'm in Illinois and I've mostly heard weed whacker. Rarely hear weed eater.
My family in Canada still call it Whipper Snipper
As a Lowe's worker, I'm just impressed at how clean/stocked their seasonal department is right now
Outdoor power equipment
"I just made you an expert"
Such power.
Overall great video! Ive been working in the landscape business over 5 years. Now there really isn’t “the best line”. It all depends on what your doing. There is pros and cons with every string shape. Another thing to consider is the thickness of the line, for every shape and brand there is different thickness sizes. If your edging sidewalks, or weed eating somewhere with a lot of rocks, or metal or debris, then you would want a thick round trimmer line. This shape is especially made for not breaking as easy. If your weed eating thick grass or brush with no rocks in the way then I would use the diamond shape. Which looks like a twisted string. An example is the echo black diamond. Also known as “sharp square shape. This line is meant for thick grass and weeds. It is not meant for edging, nor weed eating around rocks, fences or debris, because this type of line breaks easy. In my business I only use Husqvarna titanium force. Which is a thick round line. I use this because this line does not break easy, it is durable, and can cut through thick brush. This line is not meant for thick brush, but because we have high power commercial trimmers it knocks down weeds like nothing.
We have a triangle line up here that the corners are actually stronger than the core, so it splits apart through the middle of the line making each string actually three cutting pieces at the end of the line while trimming instead of one big piece
@@kyoswkyosw1216 Awesome! What string is it ?
@@Angel.76239 closest thing I can find (and pretty sure it’s the same line since I hardly ever keep the packaging) is called Ugly Line, there are apparently several types of Ugly Line though it seems, mine is bright yellow with more squared off triangle points so it cuts better when the end splits
"I'm not an expert" Immediately suggests other quantitative data you can use! Expert for sure!
A true expert is willing to admit they don't know something. Robert is definitely an expert.
I’ve personally used all of those exact brands and shapes, a whole roll of each and more than that of good ones. And the star one is one of the worst, I thought I would be good because of all the points around it but it breaks SUPER easy and you end up going thru it super fast so I’ll never use it again. And surprisingly the titanium round one works really good and is strong. So that’s the one I’ve been using along with a twisted one. Strength is what really matters since they all cut, you need them to be able to stand up and not have to waste time and money replacing line every 5 min.
ok
Dude im so high and I've been trying to read this for an hour
you're probably right, star-shaped being lighter is more brittle compared to other ones. That might well be one con for that. But is there any titanium in that one which you use or is it just advertisement?
@@challaahlad its def advertisement as actual titanium would be far too heavy and costly, however the core of the line is made of a more dense plastic which gives it some extra weight and likely durability
@@challaahlad It is not unlikely to have titanium as coloring.
Destin: "What line cuts best?"
Me: "Well 'I think we should just be friends' cuts pretty well"
O U C H
It's not you it's me.
Well played, Chase
Took me a second but I finally got it! Too bad the setup isn't used very much in the average conversation. I'm still going to try and work it in!
I'd say having your girlfriend break up with you by having her new boyfriend who was your friend tell you cuts even better.
Did you calculate the speed of each line? It'd be interesting to know the momentum of each string as it hits the blade of grass.
Destin's accent became 20 times stronger whilst talking to Robert
This is a very real and observable phenomenon. I'm from Texas and anytime I get around someone with a thicker accent my accent gets thicker... also when I get pissed off.
@@ZeeroDubs
Or drunk? Hah.
@@PiousSlayer AKA "pissed" without the "off" :)
Larry: In the future entertainment will be randomly generated
Robot: weed eater
SunOnShine wat
Oml yes! I quote this constantly and nobody ever gets it!
SunOnShine
Not all police are bad
@SunOnShine well yeah but what's that got to do with weed eater
he should do another video on this topic where he compares different weed eater "heads" and then merge all the results. In this video, he used the heads with only two lines coming out, on my weed eater I had 2 different types of heads (also the way you put the line into the head is different, you have to cut it a certain length and then bend it so both of the edges stick out) I had one head where you would put 4 lines resulting into 8 lines that cut and now I have one (different shape too) with 3 lines so 6 sticking out. When I first switched I noticed a lot of difference in terms of cutting grass and overall managing of the weed eater
I'm into this...
I use a battery powered weed eater that has a single strand sticking out of it.
Too tired to read this.
@@soronorjspro3516 TLDR; There are different type of weed eater heads which differ in the number of strands sticking out.
I use a speed feed dual head with black diamond line from Amazon. It’s the most popular line with a sharp sharp square. Next time I’ll get the star shaped!
I came to a decision about trimmer line, even before watching this video! My take-away from all this testing is, if you have to get down to the macro-lens level to see a difference in how your line cuts grass, then save yourself some bucks and buy whatever is cheapest, in the diameter(s) you need. Guaranteed, NO ONE is going to walk by your yard and say "Oh look, he used the wrong shape of trimmer line."
Smartest comment on this board. And that was my decision as well. Also, real metal wire works great too.
If there's one thing I've learned from SmarterEveryDay it's that everyone in Alabama speaks physics.
If only... :)
Its because of the rocket industry. It has the highest concentration of rocket scientists in the world.
no one unfortunately most of them are uneducated trumpies
Nope!
@@leeditor7906 "uneducated" just means you didn't get brainwashed by a leftist "education". It speaks nothing of one's IQ or overall intelligence.
Also leftist are dull minded brainwashed sheep who know so little that they believe the hilarious BS spread by the media. I bet anything you try and hold against Trump right now is either outright fictitious or a misrepresentation (What we call lies) so bad that they're actually gross.
Leftists don't know anything about politics, they're very very ignorant on the subject. - There are peer reviewed studies on the subject that find leftists virtually all live in an echo-chamber (The vast majority) whilst 'trumpies' tend to have a 40/50 mix of left vs non-left news sources.
It's because we pay attention and we watch what the elites are trying to feed to the public, you're just gobbling it down as soon as it hits your plate and our news is like healthy vegetables which you avoid at all cost because realizing your entire world view is a complete fiction is a hard pill to swallow.
PS: Studies also show us having a higher IQ on average, but there's more to it than us just physically thinking faster.
It’s a "weed whacker" for a few reasons:
- Alliterative naming
- It literally whacks weeds with the attachment
- You get to pretend you’re a green thumbed gangster "whacking" weeds
It doesn’t eat weeds at all. At *most* it’s a weed chewer, but really that’s just a lawnmower anyway.
This 👆
This☝️🤦♀️
Ya honestly, I mean, a weed eater is what I would call my stoner friend. This thing whacks.
I reject your reality and substitute my own
I live in Minnesota and I can confirm that that graph is wrong
Weed eater is a meme so ppl look it up more
Who tf looks up a weed whacker
My favorite part of this is how you called out your own bias. Bravo, sir! You're doing a great service with these videos.
Always heard it referred to as a "weed wacker" until I moved to Australia where I heard it continually called a "whipper snipper".
I have always called it a "line trimmer" if electric powered and a "gas line trimmer" if combustion powered.
"Here's a Google trend.. how convenient" 😂 savage.
I've been cutting grass "professionally" for 8 years. I prefer a thinner line over different shapes for less bog on the engine. Assuming less surface area which can lead to a better cut.
I am a professional landscaper. The thickness of your line doesnt truly bog your motor down. Length of line coming from the head and shape of the line factor into the drag you'll get when running different rpms on your whip. Thinner line breaks far more often as it should. You'll use alot more line with a thinner gauge.
@@brett9121 lol dude "ok"... Its all about the material you use.. thin and strong is faster cleaner and less demanding on the rotor.
Can Destin take a look at these comments already?? The amount of different physics that affect the same thing talked on a single thread is excellent.
Let's add wind created by the lines, which may tumble the grass down.
And perhaps the factor that having the blades shredded is good for the soil.
US: Weed eater
Australia: *w h i p p e r s n i p p e r*
Definitely catchier
W I P P A S N I P P A
We're creative like that 😂
Hey man what else can we say we do be kind of quirky Doe😂
I'd give anything just to see an australian say that in the funniest voice possible
In my part of PA, it was always "eaters" not "whackers" - but then, we live near where words like pop change to soda. And all "cutting" is tearing, just get better shears with finer edges - which strings can't have. Oh, and if you ever retest, see if you can find types; we weed-ate some less-thready grass, but mostly ran the machine through weedy ditches.
I like how Destin's Alabama accent comes out more when talking with Robert.
he probably wants his accent to seem more "neutral" on video, its very common in radio and TV
Yeah, lived in the deep south and far north seasonally for yrs, I had to switch accents from yankee to rebel and back every 6 months.
@@zak-a-roo264 from yankee to rebel i'm dead. 😂😂😂😂😂
@@rootz420 yeah a New Hampshire accent sounds like your spitting dirt to a real southerner , in the early 80s they had no idea what to make of it , I changed in a week or less. Fla in the 80s was a blast, I miss it.
@@zak-a-roo264 yeah accents are weird. I've moved around a lot so I know how it is. I just found it super funny you chose the words yankee n rebel.
I love how smart the yard worker guy turned out to be
Unskilled labor is a myth; if you do anything long enough you'll learn more than the average person would guess there even is *to* know about it
@@killerbee.13 Yepp, work done does not equate to more or less intelligence or even understanding.
@@killerbee.13 Bingo!
I worked as a carpenter for several years after college. Our crew had college grads with Architecture, Business, and History degrees; a professional certificated Draftsman; and our boss who only had 2 years of History in college. There were lots of in depth philosophical discussions and we'd change the radio from classic rock for certain NPR segments each week.
The pros aren't stupid. When you've got time, money, and effort on the line (no pun intended) you learn.
no one:
robert: "calculate the linear density"
Years ago I tried to make a forever line. I tried a piece of wire cable. Unfortunately it frayed apart (unwound). I wonder what a piece of spring steel wire would do? Maybe spring steel ribbon? Graphene? Kevlar? Technora?
At the end there when they were talking about how the star line has less drag my guess is that the grooves of the star shape are similar in arc to a golf ball dimple, which are proven to reduce drag.
EverNewb if that’s the case why are F1 and Indy cars not covered in golf ball sized dimples, check your facts dude!
The dimples don’t reduce drag, they do affect the airflow around the ball, which makes it more stable in flight.
Dustin: Give me your thoughts on the different lines in the comments!
Comments: WHIPPER SNIPPER
@somewhatoriginal and seal bloody oath
It’s just the best name
@@mrdudepuppet2339 Fair Bloody Dinkum
Swiper no swiping
Huh, his social media folder on his phone is labeled “Be Kind.” Very cool reminder we all need before jumping into social media.
@@wetworkwolf 13:13
Dustin's "Disinformation on Reddit and how we beat it together" vid goes into this idea of kindness on social media in detail. Definitely check it out, it's one of my favorites he's ever made.
YES! love this guy
No one should be on social media to begin with
Billy yeah reddit is insanely leftist it’s sad
Robert totally needs his own channel.