Whats a good home owner weed trimmer. I've had both a craftman and a Roybi they are both in the trash.
computeruser said:The straight-shaft Echo trimmers that they sell at HD are probably the best homeowner trimmers out there. Echo really has figured out how to build a good trimmer, and they've been doing it right for a long time now. Their motors are still two-stroke, which is nice - fewer parts to break, simple to work on - and with proper care they last forever.
As for the Ryobi/Craftsman/PoulanPro/TroyBilt/Etc. trimmers, I would sooner buy a pawnshop machine from a proper manufacturer than one of those. And this isn't even so much an indictment of their quality as the fact that you can't get parts for them without ordering them, waiting, waiting, and waiting some more. At least with the major brands - Echo, Stihl, RedMax, Shindaiwa - you can take advantage of the huge network of dealers that actually have parts in stock when you need them, and that have the skill and knowledge necessary to get your equipment serviced and back in action without having to ship it off to a "service center." That sort of stuff is worth something to me.