About 2 years ago, I wrote about wanting an edger.  I finally got one.  I have no idea why I waited that long.  I've been using my weed eater to do it, thinking that was almost as good.  I was wrong.  While the weed eater works better than a spoon, it is quite time-consuming and uncomfortable (mine doesn't automatically swivel to spin vertically), so I put it off, then the lawn encroaches on the sidewalk and driveway so much that it takes even longer to do, which makes me want to put it off longer.  I finally settled on the Black and Decker Edge Hog since I've been pleased with my Leaf Hog.  It works very well.  I edged the front for the second time with it in about 3 minutes (the first took longer because I had alot of material to cut).  Now, my lawn is the best looking on the block. (now that the guy across the street moved out.  He was a fanatic and had an amazing lawn)