Regarding your "lower hassle factor" comment, if you stay gas, give the
canned fuel like Tru-Fuel a try. My blower, string trimmer, and chain
saw always start right up, even after months or 2 years for the chain
saw. Yes it costs more, but it makes it super easy not having to keep
fresh gas, especially with the mess they have in California.
I had problems starting my Echo string trimmer and went back to the
dealer and the first thing they wanted to blame was my gas. I said that
I never used anything other than Tru-Fuel and he became super helpful.Â
Turns out I shouldn't have followed the starting directions as written
and was flooding the engine. No problems in the 6 years since and it
gets worked very hard 4-5 times a year.
My previous string trimmer was a Ryobi and when the engine died at 3
years and 2 month, all the service places blamed my gas and said to just
toss it. Have not bought a Ryobi product since and never will. The
semi-pro Echo is far superior. Especially like the easy loading string
in the Speed-Feed head - Just take a 20' length of .095 line, stick it
through the hole and twist the head to wind it up. No more trying to
wrap a spool then install it in the head. This alone is worth most of
the price difference from a home center product to a real outdoor
products dealer.
Also like my Sthil low noise backpack blower. I have a corded electric
Toro, but it seems louder and has much less power. It too always starts
right up on Tru-Fuel. When I use it, I'm running it 30-45 minutes.Â
Could never expect a battery product to work for me.
Battery products may work for some, but for my situation, I don't
consider them an option and I have zero issues with gas products since I
stopped mixing with pump gas.
Brian
On 8/20/2019 3:26 PM, Karl Vacek via Shop-talk wrote:
> Related topic. I recently went through this consideration (still don't have
> a new string trimmer or edger) and became convinced that the EGO stuff was
> the best. Based on reviews and videos - never touched one till I ordered it.
>
> I started with their biggest blower, which came with the 5-AH battery and a
> charger. It's fine, I guess, but unless you push the "Turbo" button it's not
> close to the power of my 50 year old Echo gas blower. A fast clean-up after
> mowing, using full trigger but not any time in Turbo mode, and I'm down to
> half battery. If it was leaf season I'd be taking a 1-1/2 hour break every
> 45 minutes. And I swear it slows down as the battery runs down, though maybe
> that's just my disappointment kicking in.
>
> It was an Amazon purchase and it's going back. Now I'm not sure the lower
> hassle factor of a battery tool is worth it. I still need a string trimmer
> and an edger.
>
> Going to the Stihl dealer next, and probably resigning myself to putting up
> with 2-cycle engines for a while more.
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.96
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/bk13@earthlink.net
>
>
_______________________________________________
Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Suggested annual donation $12.96
Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive
Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/mharc@autox.team.net
|