Well, seeing as there are some recent posts on Stihl trimmers, I'll throw in a real simpleton review on this one.
I'm well into my second tank of fuel, mostly heavy tall grass cutting. There is some part throttle work but a majority is full throttle.
This thing is light, well that's relative. Lighter than my 4 stroke Troy Bilt and roughly the same weight as my 36 year old Husky 32R.
The simple loop harness works quite well, it balances well and is comfortable. Just because of the hard use, I'll look at a harness.
After setup, the trimmer is well balanced and very easy to swing. The vibration isolation is good, after half a tank you can still feel a bit of hand numbness. Is it comparable to anything? Not sure but it's liveable.
Power is very good. It is overkill for a lot of our use when we are able to stay on top things, I can get it to bog a bit and reach the power limit When burried in the very tall grass. This is stuff over waist high, approaching chest high. Now a bit more power would be great but the thing still chewed through and got the job done. While whoever set it up was very generous giving us a full spool of line, to bad it is garbage. I threw in some .090 husky line and it's a new machine.
After a few more tanks of fuel, I might play with the hi/lo settings to see if there is any improvement. I did have to bump the idle up a hair as it would die randomly returning to idle after a power run. It works good now.
I'm well into my second tank of fuel, mostly heavy tall grass cutting. There is some part throttle work but a majority is full throttle.
This thing is light, well that's relative. Lighter than my 4 stroke Troy Bilt and roughly the same weight as my 36 year old Husky 32R.
The simple loop harness works quite well, it balances well and is comfortable. Just because of the hard use, I'll look at a harness.
After setup, the trimmer is well balanced and very easy to swing. The vibration isolation is good, after half a tank you can still feel a bit of hand numbness. Is it comparable to anything? Not sure but it's liveable.
Power is very good. It is overkill for a lot of our use when we are able to stay on top things, I can get it to bog a bit and reach the power limit When burried in the very tall grass. This is stuff over waist high, approaching chest high. Now a bit more power would be great but the thing still chewed through and got the job done. While whoever set it up was very generous giving us a full spool of line, to bad it is garbage. I threw in some .090 husky line and it's a new machine.
After a few more tanks of fuel, I might play with the hi/lo settings to see if there is any improvement. I did have to bump the idle up a hair as it would die randomly returning to idle after a power run. It works good now.
