Gas trimmers

[RyanY]

I have a Hitachi gas weed whacker and am overall happy with it. My yard is 1/3 acre and it works fine for trimming. It is not particularly powerful but does fine for my needs. That said, I would not use it to mow an entire yard. As others suggest, a reel mower or battery would be a better choice. In fact, I had an antique reel mower when I lived at a diff place wih a small 25x35 yard. Took all of 15 min to mow and the cut was always perfect. Only maintenance was having it professionally sharpened each year and using lithium grease on the moving parts.

 

[JTK]

I very much like Hitachi/Echo OPE. A quick search showed these as <$200 units. Should be a great string trimmer for that price range.

 

[das_peikko]

STIHL FS 91 R

 

[Jmoney7269]

I have a heavy duty echo kioritz SRM3100 I bought back exactly 20 years ago and it still runs good to this day..... it's a heavy mother trucker though...... I recently bought another commercial grade husquavarna 525lst and it lighter and smoother and I love it! I maintain my 55 acre farm and a few commercial lawn accounts......
https://www.husqvarna.com/us/products/trimmers/525lst/967175501/

 

[Purpfox]

Id vote for the echo srm225. rediculisly reliable, fuel sipper. And for a 5 year warranty, they stand behind their products.

 

[earthbound]

1k sqft yard is big???um ok....my MBR is almost that size...