I’m generally a fan of Echo and own several of their products. However, my less than one year old PB2620 has been nothing but trouble and I regret purchasing it.
My experience might be due to one bad unit or representative of a larger issue, I don’t have any way of knowing. However, since day one it has started right up but runs terrible until warm. After warming up the engine is inconsistent. Sometimes it over revs but most often it struggles to hold rpm’s and either sputters a bit or revs up and down.
Echo tech support was no help and misled me when I reached out the first week I owned it by telling me to wait a few more weeks to see if the issue resolved.
When it didn’t get better, they advised that the issue was likely carb related, and that they won’t cover it now because more than 30 days had elapsed (even though they were the ones that made me wait)
I spoke to a local mechanic who advised me to remove the spark arrestor and that helped a little, but at some point I’ll have to have a new carb put on at my own expense. So, while I still prefer echo trimmers, I won’t buy another Echo blower again.
By contrast my Stihl BR800 is a beast and very reliable and I can see myself buying the BG86 in the near future.
