had a "Pope" lasted 13 years. was only made for home use, used it a lot.
mouse265,
Apr 30, 3:32am
stihl husquavara echo are used by contracters so must be ok
bill1451,
Apr 30, 3:58am
depends if you want a "toy" cordless one or a real petrol model, stihl husky or dolmar in that order.
jmma,
Apr 30, 4:29am
Shindaiwa
lovelurking,
Apr 30, 4:52am
We have Ego garden tools. The man of the house loves them. We buy them at Mitre10 Mega.
stevo2,
Apr 30, 5:43am
Shindiawa Stihl Husky in that order.
peacebird15,
Apr 30, 8:16am
Some of the stihl cutter heads are sealed units, they cant be grease and cost a pretty penny when they loose there grease and the gearbox lunches itself. Some MUST go to stihl agent because of some electric trickery. I will gladly sell you my POS
Echo, shindaiwa, husky and stihl- if you get a good one
stevo2,
Apr 30, 5:40pm
Shindiawa and Echo are the same company. When I bought my Shindaiwa, 6 years ago, I was told Echo was aimed slightly at the more budget conscious end of the market.
lythande1,
Apr 30, 6:23pm
Stihl or Honda. Honda if you can afford it. Stihl if you can't. Not worth buying cheap ones.
biscuitd,
Jul 27, 1:59am
Stihl. Costly at around $900 - grunty, easy to start (female user here!). Comes with a harness - wouldn't be without it! Thanks to the lady at Stihl, who sold it to me!
Have used other ones 1/3 the price and had to give them away, as just couldn't get them started - this one is SUPER easy! Rips through weeds and paid extra $80 odd for super heavy duty metal plate that is for heavy duty weedwhacking!
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