trimmer edger

[pauld3]

Just starting out and on a budget, whos not, but looking at an echo trimmer and edger and thought about buying the trimmer with the split shaft thing and getting the edger attachment. good idea or bad. any advice.

thanks paul

[JDiepstra]

It will be a pain in the next. I tried it for a week or so. What model are you talking about?

[pauld3]

210sb trimmer and dont remember on edger

[benjammin]

It will be a pain in the next. I tried it for a week or so. What model are you talking about?

others disagree:
the hand held tiller is awesome, tons of power. 26cc power head, i also have the extended reach hedge trimming that goes on there too. buying the combo was a better deal than 2 separate units since we only use the tiller in spring and fall for color plantings. extended hedge trimmer only a few times a month.

I bought a PAS-230 4 years ago along with a edger attachment, not once have I taken it to get a tune up, it still runs perfect.

Bought the hedge trim attachment about a year ago, it makes it really easy it to get a straight hedge. I consider the break apart trimmer the best purchase I have made for the business.
I have had observing homeowners who do their own lawns ask if they could purchase it from me and i just cant give it up after all this time, light as a feather too.

I dont care how many times I hear "the break-down model isnt for pros"; Wrong. I doubt I will ever buy another single use handheld, if the power head breaks I could replace it and still have all my tools.



I'm just a homeowner landscaper but I love my Echo split shaft and variety of attachments.

[mowerdude777]

It will be anoying, and echo sucks if you ask me

[SangerLawn]

I love echo to be honest with you. I do recommend putting in a grease nipple at the trimmer head though. I wouldn’t bother buy an edger. I bought one and used it like 5 times in the last 3 years. I know there are a lot of people that swear by an edger but in my opinion a trimmer edges much prettier. I have a lot of customers that don’t like me using an edger after they seen our edging done with a trimmed. Plus you can do all different type of edging with a trimmer that you can’t do with an edger.

The only real plus in my eye with an edger is a new lawn that has never been edge before. But..some people simply can not learn how to edge with a trimmer.