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Originally Posted by willshak
The KwikLoader company makes the Samurai. Look at the bottom of the
Samurai web page.
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I saw that, but this head's package said "Arnold" as the manufacturer
and KwikLoader as the brand name. I Googled a lot of combinations and
could not find neither an Arnold site nor a KwikLoader site. On one
store page I saw the Kwikloader I have with the name 'Oregon' as the
manufacturer. It could be the same but I didn't want to take a chance
and assume it was the same manufacturer. The one in Lowes says Arnold.
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Bill
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I'd seen the TV Ad also & thought it seemed a little too good to be true. However after fighting with the spool on my trimmer three times yesterday & having it "break" (need a part or two) I decided I'd give one a try. Coincidently, I found it for sale at Home Depot. [BTW: it's made by Kwik Products, Inc. - not KwikLoader]. Pretty simple install & it works great. It was cheaper at Home Depot than on TV, but only came with 6 "blades" instead of 24. Also didn't have the "free" replacement blade offer. The "fine print" in the TV ad says there's a ~$9.95 S/H charge for them, so not too free (and I don't remember if it said how many were included). Their site offers 100 refill blades for $24.95. I didn't notice if Home Depot sells refills for this unit, but I'll check next time I'm in.
I think the solution mentioned of getting heavy replacement line & cutting your own replacements seems like the least expensive way to go 'cause $25 for just 60" of line cut to 6'' pieces is a bit much!
Hope this helps.