My husqvarna straight shaft is going 15 years strong, can't kill the thing. My echo edger has been a pain from the beginning, it doesn't not like diy mixed gas, even when using non ethanol. Only thing it will run half way decent is the premixed can stuff. I don't edge ever time I mow so I just deal with it. Had similar issues with an echo chainsaw. Husqvarna or stihl would be my choice.
I decided to give echo another try because I needed a brushcutter, had to buy the string trimmer but HD also had the brush cutting kit in stock locally. Got the trimmer for 225 and the kit for 40, not a whole lot of cheaper options out there from what I could find. So far so good but i'm been using the premixed stuff.
Last edited by killerv; 01/23/20.
