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

[Vibe Ray]

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??

 

[Keith]

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.

 

[Lazer]

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)

 

[script]

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

 

[sunrise]

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

 

[Runner]

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.

 

[fa35jsf]

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???

 

[newz7151]

But if Shindaiwa pulls the plug on internets sales like Alamia and others, I may try a Redmax or maybe even.

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

 

[EJK2352]

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???

About 3/4 horsepower.

 

[EJK2352]

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.

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.