I am looking in to buying another backpack blower I am poen to any of theese listed modals. If you have expeirence with one of theese blowers please list the pros and cons
Out of all you listed, I think they are all decent blowers. If it was me, I would look at RedMax, Shindaiwa, or Stihl. What does your dealer sell? I have a BR600 and I love it... when it's running good. I really don't think you can go wrong with any of those blowers you listed. Everyone is going to tell you something different. A lot of people on here like RedMax and Stihl and I've heard good things about Shindaiwa too.
I see you have a Kawi now, why not get another?
Here's some pros of my BR600:
Light
Comfortable
Lots of power
It's a hurricane
Out of all you listed, I think they are all decent blowers. If it was me, I would look at RedMax, Shindaiwa, or Stihl. What does your dealer sell? I have a BR600 and I love it... when it's running good. I really don't think you can go wrong with any of those blowers you listed. Everyone is going to tell you something different. A lot of people on here like RedMax and Stihl and I've heard good things about Shindaiwa too.
I see you have a Kawi now, why not get another?
Here's some pros of my BR600:
Light
Comfortable
Lots of power
It's a hurricane
I have the krb 300(wayy to small for me) I do not like it all that much, I perfered my pb265l (got stolen) I have all redmax handhelds at this point except for blowers ( I have a sthil bg 55 and the kaw krb300)
I have both Stihl 550, 600 and a Red Max 7100. The Stihls are more comfortable but the redmax can't be beat in my opinion. My guys go for the redmax every time--no problems with it.
We have the br600 and love it. Always easy to start always runs good. I hate my echo stuff and as it fails I get stihl.
My friend has the redmax and its a great machine but the stihl feels more comfortable on my back with less vibes. The br600 is around 40 or 50 bucks cheaper than the redmax 8000 too if I am not mistaken. When I add a new one to my truck this year it will be one of these 2 units because my dealer sells and services them.
The echo stuff is garbage in my experience and the shindawa dealer is too new to trust. No kawi dealers near by and never seen one up close to pass judgement.
weve been running the redmax 7001's for all 8 years ive been doing this and imo they are great . built tough / good power / very dependable
they and the exmark 32" metro with 15 horse kawasaki are my two favorite peices of equipment ive ever used in lawn care . well also the pre strato charged redmax bc225 whips were great as a light tough powerful every day whip
weve been running the redmax 7001's for all 8 years ive been doing this and imo they are great . built tough / good power / very dependable
they and the exmark 32" metro with 15 horse kawasaki are my two favorite peices of equipment ive ever used in lawn care . well also the pre strato charged redmax bc225 whips were great as a light tough powerful every day whip
i like rmax a lot, I love my edger and trimmer. I am leaning tward The 7001 or8001, the main thing I do not like about it is how heavy it is, the sthil is nice as well, My fav peice of equipment is my exmark 48 and my 2401 trimmer
Most people seem to follow the leader with anything in life and hence Stihl and Redmax receiving the most references but I would not look to a 4 cycle blower (Stihl) unless I had too and the Redmax EBZ8001 is a bit heavy. The EBZ7001 is much more reasonable in terms of weight but less powerful than the Shindaiwa EB802 which is also 2cycle and relatively light. I own an EB802 and can only say good things about it and so far I have not heard of any issues with the unit. Though sporting a larger displacement than the EBZ8001 (79cc vs 72cc) the EB802 is less weight and more comfortable. Power is comparable to the EBZ8001 and the build quality is second to none. Given the fact that you can purchase the Shindaiwa EB802 for 50.00 less than the 8001, I think that it should be a no brainer to go with an Shindaiwa EB802 at this time.
We've run SHin, Redmax and sthil. We still have the Sthil BR600 which gets almost no use. The Shins where sold and the Redmax are preferred. We run the Redmax EB7001 and EBZ8001
BR600 ALL DAY. Most landscapers have had to do little to no service on these units till after two seasons work. New filters, spark plug, quick valve adjustment, throttle adjustment, and off for a another two seasons of hard work, before there seen again. More powerful, more comfortable, and more environmentally friendly and fuel effecient.
The company I used to work for had a shin. blower, it had a mind of it's own and was heavy, the redmax 7001's were heavy and very uncomfortable, my BR600 is by far the best blower.
Don't get a Redmax strato-charged blower! They take a long time to warm up, especially the 5100 and 7100. The old EB7001 was much better. I would get the Shindaiwa EB802. I do have the BR 600, and it's great, and will rip the leaves and moss out of the grass down to bare dirt. First pull every time, and ready to go with no warmup. But I am pretty much certain that the Shindaiwa EB802 is quite a bit better than my BR 600, and certainly much better than the ridiculously heavy and expensive Redmax's.
I agree, stay away from the Redmax strato charged units. The older Redmax EB7001 is the sister unit to the Shindaiwa EB630 and both were bullet proof.
Never had any issues with any of my Shindaiwa stuff. However, I do maintain my own equipment which is all in good shape and I use Stabil (always). The Shindaiwa EB802 is 2 cycle, has the same output of the big, bad and blue Shindaiwa 4mix backpack blowers. Check out the specs @ Shindaiwa.com
Also, Shindaiwa has a seven day return policy. If you don't like it, bring it back for a full refund. What do you have to lose ...??? :weightlifter:
At this point I assume I will not get this untill october, since I am getting a trailer and may get another string trimmer but imput is still aprichatedas I will get it sooner or later
i love my BR600. i would suggest looking at one of those
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