With the guard both lines cut okay but I just prefer to have no guard.Īs far as blowers I've had a redmax ebz8500. This trimmer has the power to swing it around without the guard. 105 oregon magnum gatorline square and love it. 95 crossfire without the guard and it cut good with it but now I use. This trimmer has tons of torque and power but does suck fuel compared to the others I've owned. The only issue I had was a bad coil after a few weeks of daily use. Great trimmer for weekly lawn maintenance. With the guard it definitely had super high rpms and seemed to cut okay like that but not enough line out imo. Was okay for cutting weekly and some heavier stuff but just didn't have the power you'd expect from such a big trimmer engine. Has more weight since its a bigger trimmer. Very quiet trimmer for the size engine it has. With the guard it had okay power but just seemed to over rev too much imo. I was told it was a bad diaphram in the carb. If you pull about 100 times it would finally start some how. For some reason the primer bulb wouldn't like to full with fuel so it wouldn't start easy.Tank full of fuel, brand new trimmer, but just wouldn't prime. Great trimmer for weekly maintenance but its very weak if you run without the guard.

With the guard it had a tiny bit more pep to it but still not much power really. It had a rattle noise from day one and come to find out it had a bad crank bearing and the dealer I got it from wouldn't cover it because I didn't use redmax two stroke oil. Its very light weight but took forever to warm up and once warmed up just didn't have much power. Another great trimmer for weekly lawn maintenance. With the guard the rpms seemed super high imo.

No issues with it as long as your only using it for weekly accounts. Great trimmer for light trimming and it sips fuel. I'll start with what trimmers I've ran and the issues I've had with them.

Stihl vs echo trimmer 2016