BUYING GUIDE! ► BEST TRIMMER ► LEAF BLOWER ► LAWN EDGER [STIHL, REDMAX, ECHO]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มี.ค. 2023
- Today I am taking you guys through a buying guide of the best string trimmer, leaf blower, and lawn edger for a lawn care professional. This display is at my local dealer Weingartz, and thank you for letting me film! :)
Many equipment brands were on display, but we ran through the major players and their GAS-powered product lineup.
The current equipment WE USE (and continue to invest in with OUR money) are:
ECHO Trimmers (2620's)
RedMax Leaf Blowers (8560s)
and STIHL Kombi 131R and STIHL HS56c Hedge Trimmers
We use various other hand tools from each brand, but these are the "top of the line" and BEST offerings for each category, IMO.
What do you guys think about the suggestions we made? Agree? Disagree? Let me know what you guys are rocking in the comments down below!
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Biggest advice I can give any landscaper stay away from Stihl specially there blowers stick with echos or Redmax guys a much simple unit to fix then Stihl’s there internals are junk stihl really messed up.
My younger brother who is about 15 now got hit by a 1999 Toyota Camry going 40 in front of my old house. He was doing a neighbors leaf job and blowing piles of leafs to the street. The car hit him in the back. The Br600 he was wearing broke the guys windshield, and ultimately saved my brothers life. If it wasn’t for the blower his back would have been absolutely broken. This happened in 2019. he stopped leaf blowing in 2020 but we still have the blower and it works great, there was absolutely no damage to the blower and you would have never of guessed something like that happened by looking at the blower. My brother had made a full recovery less than a year after the incident. He had a real bad concussion and his arm was torn up. Long story short, I have respect for Stihl because it saved my brother.
May not be the most popular choice among people but I am actually really enjoying the electric industry and what it's bringing to market. I'm currently a solo company and I run EGO across the board. All batteries work for every piece of equipment. Every piece has great power so far, more than enough for what I have needed and the best part, zero maintenance. Yes, batteries are expensive when time to replace them but in the end the cost of gas, oil, and all maintenance parts and headaches it most likely equals out. I'm a big convience guy, less time on maintenance means more family and me time which is the biggest win in my book. Plus in a few years it'll probably be about the only thing on the market I'd bet. To each their own, I'm liking electric
I’m a Stihl guy. We run 131R’s because we do a lot of hillsides and creek banks. 91R is good too though especially if you’re just doing residential yards, but 131 is same weight with more power.
When Stihl’s get old they can be annoying, however a lot of that has to do with carbon buildup inside the exhaust manifold. Stihl is designed to run with the throttle wide open, which burns off that extra carbon. It seems kinda ridiculous, but I asked my Stihl rep why they’re like that and they said in order to please emissions laws internationally the only thing they could reasonably come up with was “all or nothing throttle.” In my own experience I’ve found that before shutting the machine down, running it wide open for a few seconds first seems to take care of the issue. Have almost all Stihl for my setup after figuring that out and they’ve been going strong for a solid 5 years.
It's Husq-var-na. Not Husq-ah-var-na... 😂😂😂
I have done professional landscaping for years in 3 states. now on gulf cost of Florida with year round lawn care. Have used echo/shindawa, honda, husqvarna and stihl. Stihl is hands down the best . occasionally another brand will win out on a single spec but fall short else where. Stihl wins overall design, comfort/ergonomics, durability, ease of maintenance, and fuel efficiency. Br800c (side pull start great feature) best blower. Fs91 just fine for edging and trimming 131 for heavy trimming. Kombi motors for hedge trimming. Keep your fleet all one brand save on parts. Still have one husqvarna saw and one echo trimmer in the fleet because you cant judge without trying but they are the least used by the crew.
Our echo weedwhaker still works and in consumer reports says it’s the best one and it won’t stop throwing rocks at me 😢
To be honest i think the br700 is the best bang for your buck. Its comes with the retractable pipe which is really useful.
I have an echo 2320t I am surprised they didn’t have that instead of the srm 225. The 2320t is taking the 225’s place. I have a shindaiwa 262t trimmer which is my go to. Super light and I prefer the engine head of shindaiwa than echo. I have an echo pb580 t blower which does well. Used it for leaf jobs just takes longer. Definitely looking for a bigger blower in the future. Thanks for the video 👍🏼💯
I agree Stihls are frustrating when they get old. But the attachments and versatility is amazing that we still buy them for some things. We had a red max EB28500 last over 10 years, amazing leaf blower just not as power as the H 580, but way more reliable
I've had the Echo srm-266 for a year now and it still runs perfectly no problems. Lots of power at full throttle too. Best weed eater I ever used.
Love my Echo weed trimmer! Beats the socks off the other brands I've owned. Great video, Brian! I've always valued your opinions and observations of the various brands of lawn equipment out there. I'm in a caregiver situation this year, but I'm finding it hard to stay inside when the lawn is calling me and the weather is so nice! All the best to you, Brian!
Lots of good pieces of advice in here for the younger generation! Good job Brian
Great video. I run the Redmax EBZ7500, Echo SRM-2620, and hedge trimmer is the Echo SHC-225. I hear you totally on the buy once/cry once theory and so far it's not let me down. All the above listed equipment has helped me power through various jobs easily with very little struggle. I would have gone Echo for my blower too as I'm a big fan of Echo equipment but I am friends with one of my local Redmax dealers and he gave me a deal I couldn't resist on the 7500. Just like choosing your mowing equipment, it's imperative you choose wisely for handhelds too.
I really appreciate your videos. There is always timely information for my business.
I agree on the 2620. But I ran that for a month and I came across a yard that was hard to cut liek 4ft high it’s nice having extra power. That’s why I also have a 3020T that sucker cuts amazing
Awesome video!! This channel is teaching me alot.
My first trimmer was an older cub cadet cc2000 that's as old as I am. It worked well until the head wore out on it and then I decided it was time for an Echo.(I have since put a ryobi kombi shaft on the Cub cadet motor with a speed feed 400 on it.) I went with the PAS 2620 with the pro torque head and put the bigger 20in shield on it, just can't make myself take the shield off! I went the kombi route because l could get more tools for less money while still having the 2620 motor. My first blower was a 9010 echo, and l love it. We also won a limited edition 580 that's nice for grass clippings etc. I only do 5ish yards so l dont need dedicated units, but its enough to justify nice tools! When l went to buy my echo trimmer, l learned a lot from your videos so thanks!!
Thanks Brian really appreciate the videos.. me personally, im a Echo guy. I run the 225 and the 2620 love them both