New Blower Vac

[Mathew_Boss]

I'm about to buy a new Blower Vac. Sold my 7 year old Toro at our yardsale today. I have it narrowed down to the Echo ES-250 and Stihl SH 86 C-E. I know both will be better than my old Toro. Main use will be the vac mulcher feature. I love my echo stuff and I can get the echo $90 cheaper but the Stihl had better specs. Is it worth the extra money for the Stihl? I will be buying the gutter kit for either

 

[CT Rob]

Save your $90 and get the Echo. Use part of the 90 for the gutter kit

 

[Mathew_Boss]

Save your $90 and get the Echo. Use part of the 90 for the gutter kit

Thanks for the reply. I ended up picking up the Stihl SH 56 C-E for $219 so I saved on the blower and Stihl had $10 cheaper gutter kit. I used 2 tanks of fuel today. My 7 year old Toro blew leaves noticeably better but the Stihl was a much better vac. Biggest complaint is no cruse control but I'm gonna try to set up a zip tie I can slide on and off. Hopefully it last longer than the Toro.