Weed eater brand preferance?

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echo, sthil,

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hard to go wrong

I'd stick with echo for 2-stroke and stihl for 4-stroke

Any advantage into going with a 4 stoke other than not having to keep a separate gas tank?

Happy with my Stihl. As long as you stick with a quality brand you'll be fine.

I have had them all and used them all in a commercial setting. Used to swear by echo, and they are damn good, still is good as well. But the husqvarna 326 LS puts any line trimmer on the market to shame. The highest power to weight ratio you can get and it's a true 2 stroke engine. Im not partial to any one brand of handhelds. I use echo edgers, stihl pruners and chainsaws, etc. The husqvarna line trimmer is the best one you can buy. Period. I bought 2 of them last year and the guys that work for me have not touched the stihls since the first time they used the huskys

had very good record with my sthil.

I like being able to run down to the local Home Depot to get echo parts

I have an Echo with straight shaft. Had it for about 3 years now. I went in to buy a Stihl and ended up with the Echi because of the head. So much easier to load line on the Echo vs the Stihl

As to 2-stroke vs 4-stroke I'm firmly in the 2-stroke camp. Much more power.

Stihl kombi. Spend once cry once. They last forever and parts always available. I've had echo and couldn't get parts cause discontinued.

I'm in the market as well. Been having a Troy-Bilt for over 7 years and never had a problem with it. But the carb went out. Rebuilt it but it hasn't been the same.

My problem is all of the attachments that go with it. I want to make sure that whatever I get will be compatible with them. Trimmer Plus blower, cultivator, brush cutter, and pole saw.

Anybody know which trimmers are compatible with those?