Echo equipment is bad

[Jimslawncareservice]

Originally Posted by justanotherlawnguy

Echo has always had orange in their logo and stuff, just like Stihl and husky.
In case you never noticed pretty much all lawn equipment is red or orange!!
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Deere, hustler, grasshopper, Dixon ,wright and walker just to name a few. I think its because toro and husky are well know names and colors, so others tried to copy that
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[wildstarblazer]

I think he was referring to hand held equipment.

[Outlawn]

I've had way better luck with Echo than Stihl. Just my view.
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[Outlawn]

Just bought an Echo CS-400 and I love it. I will say that I'm buying Shindy from now on though. Not that I don't like echo.
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[Chilehead]

I use Echo equipment, and have never had any problems. Then again, I routinely maintain them.....weekly. My SRM-230 trimmer is 5 seasons old and my blower is 3 seasons old. Take good care of your tools and they'll last a long time.

[M & MD Lawn]

Im starting to feel the same way, I started out with Echo back and it was great, now last year I bought two 266's and one of them are running like a piece of **** when I start it. The other is ok, it has the edgit on it. I think next year when I purchase another I am going Stihl. If the trimmer is as good as my br600 then I will switch.

[grassman177]

Still gave original green machine hedgers, solid
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[Davido]

I've had better luck with Echo than with Stihl - and I was a Stihl die-hard. I run my tools till they die as I work constantly (all day landscaping and I have a nearly full-time night job) and don't have a chance to do a lot of maintenance. Also, my trailer is open to the elements and the las vegas sun eats everything. When I go to an enclosed trailer I will be buying all Shindaiwa... I just like them.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by wildstarblazer

Except GREEN MACHINE, anybody remember them?

Had one back in the 80s.

As for Echo, you either love them or hate them. I must have had 5 SRM2400 and about that many PE2400 edgers. I wasn't until I bought a Shindaiwa T230 that I found out how bad the Echo was I don't think I ever scraped an exhaust port on a Shindaiwa. I swore I would never buy another one, but have purchased a couple of the SHC 225s hedge trimmers. Also, old school Echos back in the 80's were orange. They went to gray sometime about 1990 +/- a year or two.

[lawnboy dan]

bad experience with both echo and sthil. its shindy and husky now