The 230 is commercial grade. Many services use them as they are very well balanced as well as extremely durable and use one of the best trimmer heads on the market. I bought one this year after buying the stihl homescaper 55 model last year that I can't believe i'm saying because i'm such a stihl fan that doesn't come close to the 230. I also started running the echo crossfire line over stihl because it simply last way longer than stihl's. I would have to tap the line out at least 3-4 times each time I trimmed but now one feed does the whole property and I have a-lot of brick border to go around. I would never buy an echo saw but would never buy anything but their trimmers from here on out. My stihl dealer would love to carry their trimmers, simply because he thinks that much of them, but unfortunately that means he would have to carry their saw line so no go. You done well even buying it from home depot. The nice part about that is if there is anything wrong the first thirty days just take it back and they give you new, no questions asked. I support the little guy so I bought mine locally, he also threw in an extra spool of line and some power blend which i'm not sure of and knocked off 10%. Things home depot doesn't do!