ECHO, I have a trimmer and blower, they are great.
I would get an ECHO weedeater, preferably straight shaft from Home Depot. with using the choke properly, I am on my 4th season of using it and it starts within three pulls, one to prime, one to mess with the choke (casue I forgot it), the next it starts.
I have used ECHO commercial weed eaters in the past, and the residential unit, has more than enough power to edge, and knock down large weeds.
You guys fail to realize the products they made 15 years ago are not the same as 5 years ago or those 5 year olds are not the same as last years models.
My homelight from 20 years ago lasted over 15 years..Then i got an Echo new from home depot.
lasted 2 years..POS!
I used their oil and real gas...Seems there is a plate with some faulty check valves or something init..
I got another with a 5 year warranty and i use quicksilver oil in it no issues at all..except the primer bulbs dry and crack.
They must make them from biodegradable stuff as i have had some last 20 years.
Good luck with today's cheap built crap!...I know of a fridge i gave away that was built in the late 40's
No cooling fan on the motor..The thing has huge cooling fins and purrrrrs like a kitten..actually like a deak kitten as you can barely hear it running. Works great to this day.
They make the refrigerators today to have a life expectancy of about 10 years.. I have had some new ones die in 5-8 years.
Fix your old stuff if you can ...I hate new stuff, my last pair of shoes lasted 1 month, Nike's lasted 4 NB lasted 3 months I used to get a couple years out of shoes and had to actually replace strings in them.
1 year on a 1/2" milwaukee drill smoke came out of it..4-6 months on B&D 1/2" drills.
The old aluminum case tools lasted so much longer.
Hate the new crap they pawn off on us.
Rant over!
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