Mathias NY said: (quoted from post at 00:36:18 07/10/11) . I'm 6'2" so I also prefer straight shaft over curved.
Amen to that! Being on the tall side myself I'd have to say that fitting a weed whacker to yourself is important.
I bought the Echo 17" 22.8cc straight shaft last year and so far it's fired up every time with no problems. (only have about 10 hours on it). It's got plenty of power and I rarely have to give it full throttle to trim grass. I use the round up around the fence line where the field wire likes to eat my string.
I'm a stihl fan and was looking into them but I ended up stopping off at home depot and they had a good deal on the echo I bought.
The only stihl I have is my ms290 farmboss chainsaw. That thing has been running strong for 10 years now.
This post was edited by 641Dave at 11:20:13 07/11/11.
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