Echo String Trimmer purchase advice

[Runner]

Sounds like I should hold off and get the srm 2620.

I have an Echo PPF-2620 power pruner with the same 25.4cc engine as the SRM-2620 and I love it. Starts first pull every time, lots of power and has been dead reliable for the last couple of years of fairly heavy use. My next string trimmer will be an Echo.

 

[nybirdman]

Echo 58V battery trimmer,replaced my gas Stihl.VERY good,also have their chainsaw,also very good.

 

[Torvy]

Echo 58V battery trimmer,replaced my gas Stihl.VERY good,also have their chainsaw,also very good.

Exactly what I have, too. The chainsaw was the 1st one. I got tired of dealing with fuel. I get pros wanting longer run time. I've got 3 batteries. Way more time than I'm working, especially in summer!

 

[subhunter]

I have a Echo 36v trimmer now. Well two of them. My dealer said he was having trouble selling them. The lawn maintenance co's wouldn't buy them. He sold me the second one for $100. They are really nice. I like that speed feed head. The reason I want a gas one is every month I cut a section and it ends up taking 4 batteries.

 

[subhunter]

Just talked to my dealer. He said he has a Shindaiwa T262 that is marked down. I pick it up Wednesday.

 

[ACfixer]

S guy here, plenty of dealers in my neighborhood so that wasn't an issue. I can't really comment on Echo because I don't own them except to tell you if you're going to spend more than a half an hour with that thing get the biggest one you can afford and see walking around with for more than a half hour. This is just my opinion like an old timer once told me, nobody ever buys a boat and later wishes it had a smaller motor.

Since I'm not familiar with the ECHO line I can say when I bought my Stihl that even local dealers told me to buy the 91 for my property. I ignored them and bought the 131 and to be honest with you if I did it again I would buy something even more powerful. If you have anything other than juicy green vegetation, running a heavier line kicks butt. For the real light stuff I have a DeWalt cordless trimmer that will handle grass, but for anything heavier than that I'm sure glad I bought a professional grade trimmer.

 

[jyoutz]

I have the Echo-pas-225 and it works well, except on heavy thick-stemmed weeds. I think that’s more of a limitation of the 0.95 string size than engine power. For heavy weeds, I use my Echo wheeled trimmer with 1.55 string.

 

[mkruger21]

I've bought and worn out several brands of weed eaters. Echo was my favorite gasoline powered one. It started the easiest. I'm not familiar with the model numbers, and it's been years since I owned a gas weed eater. Eventually the Echo fuel primer, then the fuel line got all gummed up from the gasoline I was using, and it sat for too long over the winter that I decided it wasn't worth the money to have the Dealer fix it.

I bought a Makita dual battery cordless weed eater off of Amazon that's been amazing. I put two 18 volt batteries on it and I've never had them die on me before I was done weed eating. It's amazing not having to fuel it up, or wear ear plugs to use it.

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I wholeheartedly second this comment- and would add that the Milwaukee is a great choice especially if you already have M18 stuff you're invested in. I have the weedwhacker, edger, hedge trimmer and polesaw attachments, and do not miss the gas versions one bit. 2 small (3.5A) batteries last longer than I do.

 

[DRE97]

subhunter, I just went through same process.
Went to my local ECHO dealer with the intent of purchasing SRM2120 and ended up with the SRM225 .
I just take care of my own 2+ acres. The SRM225 is more than adequate.
All of the trimmers you are looking at a basically the same.

 

[homey53]

Sounds like I should hold off and get the srm 2620.

I just bought the SRM 2620 a couple weeks ago. Like all Echo products, it's a great machine. Figuring it will be the last one I'll buy, I decided to move up from the SRM 225. It's noticably more powerful and hopefully just as bullet proof as the 225. Good luck.