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arborjunky
tl;dr -- I can (and would enjoy) go get a blower with a warranty from ~half dozen local pawn shops right now, would get a 25cc unit to replace my husq 125b and don't expect significant differences between, say, a Poulan Pro model versus my 125b....but I'd rather spend $200-225 and go lithium if possible, however - contrary to my prior notions - 40V lithium simply doesn't have the same/comparable specs to 25cc petrol yet, so cannot go that route - no matter how big a boon it is for me to have lithium over petrol - if the unit is going to behave closer to a 15cc than a 25cc!!
That last-line of my Title...to be clear I think all of the 'big 3' make excellent stuff (hell I'm happy with most Poulan gear I've ever used, and love my 4218 18" rear-handle), have just developed a defaulting towards Echo after finding the 355t (for 350$) to be, on paper, basically the same - actually a touch better - than the 201t...and the 540 is great if you did want a heavier-but-stronger unit, which I certainly don't actually I can drive an 18" just fine on my 355t)
So yeah I just feel I get more for my $ with Echo but am open to anything... My Husqavarna 125b blower was one of my fave powerheads, thing was a champ but I don't have much experience w/ "decent blowers" outside of that unit (or backpack units, but am only interested in ~30cc handheld power or the lithium~equivalence thereof)
Had been thinking lithium was far-enough-along to basically be "on par" with petrol for sub-30cc engines, but when I compared 40v lith blowers' spec.s to those of generic 25cc petrol blowers, the 40v lithium units seem wayyy too far behind...maybe I didn't find the right one(s) yet...
Thanks a ton for any&all suggestions/thoughts, have been w/o a blower for longer than is acceptable "as a company" (using a broom/rake LOL) simply because of inertia Re which model to get (loved that unit, but hard to convince myself it's still the best unit to go buy for the $$...would like to spend $150-ish, am OK spending maybe 200-225, would reallllly rather have lithium than petrol but I know I can get generic 25cc blowers w/ warranties from pawn shops all day for <$100 so to justify buying-new it's gotta be nice like a 125b, or a lithium unit, yknow! Really hope lithium that's:
- on par with 25cc petrol powerheads, and
- is ~$200 price point,
actually exists!! Was/am surprised to see so many Husq&Stihl lithium Pro products coming at 40V, I see echo/shinny doing 50V and 60V units but they still seem "in beta" (the 2500 dcs top-handle has been "available, but not in-stock" for like a year, haven't heard/seen any "lineups" based around that 50V puck yet....saw shinny release a 60V strimmer last year so was realllly eager to see a 60V lineup from echo all w/ 1 battery but doesn't seem the case at least not yet!
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That last-line of my Title...to be clear I think all of the 'big 3' make excellent stuff (hell I'm happy with most Poulan gear I've ever used, and love my 4218 18" rear-handle), have just developed a defaulting towards Echo after finding the 355t (for 350$) to be, on paper, basically the same - actually a touch better - than the 201t...and the 540 is great if you did want a heavier-but-stronger unit, which I certainly don't actually I can drive an 18" just fine on my 355t)
So yeah I just feel I get more for my $ with Echo but am open to anything... My Husqavarna 125b blower was one of my fave powerheads, thing was a champ but I don't have much experience w/ "decent blowers" outside of that unit (or backpack units, but am only interested in ~30cc handheld power or the lithium~equivalence thereof)
Had been thinking lithium was far-enough-along to basically be "on par" with petrol for sub-30cc engines, but when I compared 40v lith blowers' spec.s to those of generic 25cc petrol blowers, the 40v lithium units seem wayyy too far behind...maybe I didn't find the right one(s) yet...
Thanks a ton for any&all suggestions/thoughts, have been w/o a blower for longer than is acceptable "as a company" (using a broom/rake LOL) simply because of inertia Re which model to get (loved that unit, but hard to convince myself it's still the best unit to go buy for the $$...would like to spend $150-ish, am OK spending maybe 200-225, would reallllly rather have lithium than petrol but I know I can get generic 25cc blowers w/ warranties from pawn shops all day for <$100 so to justify buying-new it's gotta be nice like a 125b, or a lithium unit, yknow! Really hope lithium that's:
- on par with 25cc petrol powerheads, and
- is ~$200 price point,
actually exists!! Was/am surprised to see so many Husq&Stihl lithium Pro products coming at 40V, I see echo/shinny doing 50V and 60V units but they still seem "in beta" (the 2500 dcs top-handle has been "available, but not in-stock" for like a year, haven't heard/seen any "lineups" based around that 50V puck yet....saw shinny release a 60V strimmer last year so was realllly eager to see a 60V lineup from echo all w/ 1 battery but doesn't seem the case at least not yet!