Need a good Weed Eater

[BuckingFastard]

stihl or echo... youll never turn back. decide how powerful of one you need and make sure its the straight shaft.

[Lil Silver]

Got the Stihl "Kombi" system several years back. Can change the working end. Got the weed eater head, blower, and cultivator. Ends swap out in about 20 seconds. They also have the brush cutter head and a sweeper too I think. Got too many motors around the house already. Only one motor for these items this way.

[mnormand]

Originally Posted by keakar

he finally just gave up and bought a cordless battery one and a spare battery, with both of them charged he easily trims the whole yard and never has to fight with the damn thing to get it to run, plus its quiet and no gas or oil to mess with.

this is the one he bought http://www.homedepot.com/p/Ryobi-ONE...2052/202556442

been using it for 4 years now trouble free and he trims a 100x140 ft yard with it and gets about 3/4 way through before needing to swap batteries in it. I think he said he gets 20 minutes continual full speed running time on one battery
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About same size yard here...
Couple of years ago I bought a Ryobi 18v lithium kit, (the green one).
Now I have a drill, work light, circ saw, recip saw, blower, string trimmer, 4 batteries, and 3 smart chargers. And a corded electric chain saw. About to buy a Ryobi torque drill driver.

Let me tell you my life got much easier after losing about 2-3 small gas engine yard tools. Highly recommended for smaller yards. I catch grief from my co-workers about all this sissy yard gear, but you know what? It ALWAYS starts, no more gas cans, different mixes, out of gas, no starts, repairs, etc etc ! The Lawn Boy 4cycle self prop pushmower gets non-eth, and that's it. Best thing I ever did!~