Which backpack blower

KenB2920 · Mar 31, 2014

xring100 said:
Ken
I normally buy stihl stuff but I've had 2 echo blowers and I love them. They cold start so much better than any of my stihls ms361, ms660, FS100RX. The first echo lasted 20 years. I now have a pb-770t it really Blows .

You are correct, I love my stihl saw but also love my echo products( which have all worked flawless, knock on wood). I am also hesitant as someone here mentioned the stihl DB level is loud. I checked one site which said it was about 108 DB where most of the competition is around 75 DB.

So, I think of my chart, I have narrowed it down to redmax EBZ6500, shindaiwa EB633rt, husqvarna 560bts, or possibly echo PB770.

The redmax and husqvarna are the same blower different colors :-/

KenB2920 · Mar 31, 2014

Ok, the deal on the shindaiwa is to sweet to pass up.... Can anyone tell me the difference between eb854rt and eb802rt... They are the same price

KenB2920 · Apr 1, 2014

Ok, well thank you for all help and PM's.

I went with the EB802rt..... The difference is this model is 2 stroke and the 854 is a hybrid 4 stroke which made it a no brainer for me.

I gave it about 10 minutes of work and it blew the rocks out of the grass with ease. Hopefully this turns out to be a nice machine.