Einhell Agillo 36/255 vs Worx WG183E

The Einhell Agillo 36/255 and the Worx WG183E get grouped together mainly because they’re both cordless and both aimed at everyday gardens, but they solve very different problems. The Agillo is a brushless 36V brush cutter built to chew through tall grass and light scrub with a metal blade. The WG183E is a featherweight 40V line trimmer built to make lawn edging as effortless as possible. Comparing them isn’t really about which is “better” — it’s about which job you actually have.

At a glance

	Einhell Agillo 36/255	Worx WG183E
Power	36V (2× 18V Power X-Change), brushless	40V (2× 20V PowerShare), brushed
Cutting kit	255 mm metal blade + 300 mm line	Line only, 33 cm width
Weight	~6 kg without battery	~2.2 kg excl. battery (very light)
Batteries supplied	No — sold bare (“Solo”)	Yes — 2× 2 Ah packs + charger included
Line feed	Standard head	AutoFeed (no manual tapping)
Best suited to	Tall grass, light scrub, brambles	Lawn edges, tidy grass
Price position	Mid-price, value in its class	Budget-friendly, batteries bundled

What each one is actually built to cut

This is the real dividing line between these two, and it matters more than any spec sheet number. The Agillo 36/255 ships with a 255 mm metal blade as standard, backed by a brushless 36V motor across two Power X-Change packs — it’s a genuine brush cutter that can take on tall grass, brambles and light woody scrub without complaint. The WG183E has no blade attachment point at all. It’s a pure string trimmer, designed and marketed for grass and lawn edges, with Worx itself pointing buyers toward its blade-capable Nitro range for anything tougher. If your ground throws up brambles or saplings even occasionally, the WG183E simply isn’t built for that fight — the Agillo is.

Weight and handling: a genuine trade-off

The WG183E’s headline feature is how light it is. At roughly 2.2 kg without a battery fitted, it’s among the lightest cordless trimmers you’ll find, and that translates directly into comfortable one-handed edging sessions with none of the arm fatigue heavier tools bring. The Agillo, at around 6 kg bare, is a considerably chunkier, heavier machine. That’s not a design flaw so much as the cost of what it can do — supporting a metal blade, a gearbox and enough torque to swing it through scrub demands more mass than a line-only head ever will. If low weight is your top priority, the WG183E wins outright; if you need cutting capability beyond grass, the extra kilograms on the Agillo are the price of admission.

Batteries and what’s actually in the box

This is where the WG183E pulls ahead on convenience. It’s commonly sold with two 20V PowerShare batteries and a charger included, so it’s ready to run the moment it’s unboxed — genuinely grab-and-go. The Agillo 36/255, by contrast, is sold as a bare “Solo” tool: no batteries, no charger, just the machine itself, running on two 18V Power X-Change packs you need to already own or buy separately. That makes the Agillo far better value if you’re already inside the Einhell PXC ecosystem, but a less immediate purchase if you’re starting from nothing and just want to plug in and go.

Line feed and everyday convenience

Away from the headline blade-versus-line question, the WG183E has one small but genuinely useful advantage day to day: AutoFeed. The line advances automatically as it wears, so there’s no stopping to tap the head on the ground mid-job — a minor irritation on any trimmer that adds up over a season of regular edging. The Agillo’s line head, when fitted, uses a more conventional feed, and general user feedback on its string-cutting performance is mixed compared with its blade work, which is the stronger part of the package.

Choose the Einhell Agillo 36/255 if…

• You need to cut brambles, saplings or light woody scrub, not just grass
• You already own — or are happy to buy into — Power X-Change batteries
• Brushless 36V power and a metal blade matter more to you than raw lightness
• You don’t mind a bare tool with batteries bought separately

Choose the Worx WG183E if…

• Your work is strictly lawn edges and tidy grass, nothing woody
• You want the lightest possible trimmer for long, fatigue-free sessions
• You’d rather have batteries and a charger included and ready to go
• AutoFeed’s no-tap convenience appeals more than blade capability

Which should you buy?

These two rarely compete for the same buyer once you’re honest about the ground you’re clearing. If brambles, saplings or dense grass are part of the job, the Agillo 36/255 is the only one of the pair actually built for it, and its brushless 36V motor and included blade make it good value inside the Power X-Change ecosystem. If your reality is simply keeping lawn edges tidy with the least possible fuss and weight, the WG183E is genuinely excellent at that single job, and having batteries bundled in makes it an easier first purchase. Match the tool to the vegetation, not the other way around.