Is an edger worth it?

Absolutely. Edging is the fastest and most rewarding part of my lawn care.

I have a Maruyama 30cc edger. Nothing bogs that thing down and I can edge my front yard in under 5 min. Wayyyy easier than my old sting trimmer method.

I recently bought a Masport edger and installed an Echo rapid loader head on it, works awesome and the strings are much more efficient than a blade. (Cheaper too)
I highly suggest giving it a try.

I got the Southland walk behind edger from Home Depot to edge maybe 500 feet. You can pretty much jog behind it. Ive had it almost 10 years and it still cranks after 1-2 pulls, surprisingly.

I have an edger attachment for my Milwaukee weed eater and I use it probably every third to fourth time I cut. It’s nice to have the option especially in heavy growth times when it’s hard to get a clean line with the strong.

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It chews up the string so quickly and it’s so slow.

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That's my issue. It kills my string and honestly all it takes is 1 wasp zipping by me for me to gash the yard.

Seems the consensus here is clear. I'll pull the trigger on one.

I have a Stihl KombiMotor setup, takes just seconds to swap from the trimmer head to the edger, absolutely prefer using the edger vs edging with the trimmer. Faster and cleaner results.

I'm still faster with the string trimmer, usually a very brisk walk. I get my 300+ feet of curb plus the 50 foot driveway and a walking path done on the same string most of the time, and in 1 charge of the kobalt 80v. I assume one day it will get harder. I hate the rolling edgers, they never cut worth a crap and took way longer when my dad or grandma insisted I used them on their yards years ago. Maybe they just had crappy ones.

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Is an edger worth it?

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for myself, no its not, but the job looks better with the edger since its a clean sharp defined cut vs the weed eater leaving less of a neat job of it after you are done.

the weed eater does the same job but the edger digs down to create a small gap between dirt and concrete, so it stays clean longer than the same job with weed eater.

so its mainly the frequency of time between redoing the trimming/edging that is the difference

I got a McLane because I have a lot of concrete.