Are ECHO 2400's really as bad as they sound???

It seems like every post I've read about an ECHO 2400 anything(trimmer,edger,hedger,etc.)they have either broken or stopped working or just been problematic. Is this true and why??

 

I had five of them. Then I discovered Shindaiwa. But if Shindaiwa pulls the plug on internets sales like Alamia and others, I may try a Redmax or maybe even....(gasp)a Echo 2601.

 

COMPETITION makes the world better.

If you had a 2000 Echo 2400 trimmer in 1980, it would have been the most wonderful, reliable piece of equipment on your crew.

Today, it's a distant runner-up compared to the competition.

(No, they're not problematic)

 

I have a PE2400 edger and an SRM2400 trimmer that I've been using for about two and a half years now and the only problem I had was the pull starter rope on the trimmer. I average roughly 50 to 60 yards weekly. No problems yet so I can't complain.

bobby

 

We use there edger and love it also there hedger great just too darn heavy.
But we have been leaning towardsShindaiwa in the last year

 

I've had nothing but good experience with Echo. I have been using Echo since 1983. The trimmers I have now are 2501's (I thought they were 2601 but I was wrong) and I have had those for 4 years now, and they are still running strong. The only thing I had wear out was the reel where the string goes through the loop. It just wore all the way through this last time I respooled. My blowers are about that old too(Well, except the one that was stolen that I no longer have)and are going strong. No complaints, and I know what my next trimmers and blowers will be.

 

I have a 21.2cc engine from a ECHO SRM1501 trimmer. It was bought in July 1990. I need to know the HP of this engine as it is important to a prodject I am doing. Can anyone help me???

 

I believe both of those companies (from lurking on here for a while and reading) already prohibit online sales.

 

About 3/4 horsepower.

 

Same good experiences here too!!! I bought a PAS 260 this past spring and it has been trouble free. I also have a set of HC 150 hedge shears that have been trouble free.