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are the$200 Echo trimmers at Home Depot better than $100 Homelite trimmers? ,for twice the money ,only have small yard to trim ,looking for longevity with less problems ,my Ryoby trimmer lasted 14 years ,my Homelite just died at 7 year old ,only have a 60 x 90 lot ,so not much mowing ,and yes i get gas that is supposedly ethonal free
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Echo trimmers in my opinion have no equal. I'm still using the same one that I bought new in 1998. You can buy cheaper trimmers but they simply won't last as long as an Echo.
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Echo is good, I have Stihl.
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Out of those two.... Echo is better. if little yard.... have you considered battery operated?
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I've got a gas Snapper and it's fine but I'm seriously considering the Dewalt 60v battery unit.
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If you have a small yard and you want ease of use, don’t even mess with a gas trimmer. Get one with a lithium battery and never look back. It’s like a different world. Pick it up and squeeze the trigger. It works all the time every single time and it is instantaneous.
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I agree with Devnull. Top notch. I have one that has to be around twelve years old or more. When going along a fence runner you still have to hold on to it or it will want to make you run behind it. I finally serviced it myself last year but after a few weeks of stellar performance something happened. I finally had to take it to a pro for a rebuild. That cost me about as much as a new cheaper trimmer model would and I asked why I should just do that. The- trusted - mechanic told me that was in no way apples to apples to what I had and to keep mine. He could have sold me a new one. if he wanted. I use tru-fuel and recommend it.
Along this same line I had always bought inexpensive B&S push mowers and thought I was happy to do so. Two years ago tried one with a Kohler motor but the inside of the deck got all bent up on something and I yanked it off and gave the mower to a friend who uses it in the country not minding the obscene amount of clippings in the air. When reshopping same ole same-o I noticed all were poorly designed, allowing clipping to immediately coat the air filters. I decided it was time to try a Honda- engine at least, but after shopping ended up buying the buying a proper Honda mower. This one is self propelled and I got to say- it is a better mower all around and in every way than anything I ever used ( and I used to cut lawns for a company) and a friggin joy to use- and it wasn't a lot more $$$.
All that to say- buy better stuff and be happier. I liken it to the old adage that I can't afford cheap scopes.
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of . Confucius
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RoundUp is better than both of them.
I got 6 foot wide yellow patches of dead grass along all my fences and down my entrance road.
Life is good
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Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I have used both Echo and STihl, would be a waste of money to try any other brands. IMHO
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I have the Echo Lithium-Ion battery trimmer and it's a beast.
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"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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I have the Echo Lithium-Ion battery trimmer and it's a beast. My next trimmer and mower.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Buy Echo or Stihl, you only cry once. They just....work.
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have a Stihl Chainsaw and Husqvarna trimmer and leaf blower. No complaints with any of them
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Only Echo I have is a smaller leaf blower, maybe 10 years old. All I do to it is add fuel, starts on the second pull every time.
Looking to add a straight shaft weedeater and a small chainsaw. Strongly looking at Echo for both. I don't have any Stihl products, but a couple of Husqvarna's. for my small curved shaft weedeater I'm always dorking with the carb settings to make it run right. Every few weeks it seems they have changed.
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I run Stihl chainsaws, but the Stihl weed eater I had sucked schit.
The snapper mo betta.
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I bought what I saw on landscapers rigs the most, Echo. I haven't regretted it.
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