Has anyone ever owned or tried one of these

[Tooljunkie]

Just a little more input. I bought a 6hp walk behind trimmer, husqvarna with a briggs motor on it. I love it. No more carrying nothing. Big wheels and easy to start. 18” strings and simple to change. I wear a leatherman so having a knife and pliers makes the string change a breeze. I have despised every weed trimmer i used, until i bought this one.
You all are correct about the longevity of stihl trimmers, not difficult to repair. I maintained a variety of trimmers for parks maintenance and stihl put up with hundreds, if not thousands of hours of abuse.

 

[ipz2222]

I recently purchased an echo trimmer, can't remember the model but is was a step above the economy model, had a stronger head for the saw blade. I had started clearing under brush and my old green machine was getting harder and harder to start. I could only cut about 20 to 30 minutes with the green machine and it would be out of gas. It was almost a month before I had to put gas in the echo. Granted, I wasn't cutting every day but I was useing it at least as much or more than the green machine. I put a 7 1/4 circular carbide saw blade on it and it will cut a 3 inch brush in less than 2 seconds. You do have to buy an adapter to fit the saw blade to the head and HD won't have it. The Echo dealer does or maybe on line. As usual , why did I wait so long???

 

[bearbait]

I ended up buying this X Series 30.5cc Gas 2-Stroke Cycle Brushcutter and 2 days later I sold my home so now I'll have one for each hand and may not need either depending on where I buy. One thing sure is it will have a much shorter driveway. Thanks once again guys.

 

[Black1Star]

I have one of these trimmers... Very high quality. Recently studied the MAKITA LM2300 MANUALS http://makita.manymanuals.com/lawnmowers/lm2300 I found out what is made in Britain, it has many hidden features and functions that I did not know about. Uses a super-heavy gauge string that has a square profile and cuts like crazy.