Hi - I tend three gardens now and am thinking of buying a petrol strimmer.
The ones I'm looking at are a McCulloch or a Flymo, priced around £90. They
just seem a bit beefier than the electrics.
Has anyone had either of these or any thoughts?

Thanks,

Trevor P.

"Trevor" wrote in message
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Hi - I tend three gardens now and am thinking of buying a petrol strimmer.
The ones I'm looking at are a McCulloch or a Flymo, priced around £90.
They
just seem a bit beefier than the electrics.
Has anyone had either of these or any thoughts?

Thanks,

Trevor P.




Its a must to physically try before buy..........some styles are just not
ergonomic.......

PLUS don't forget the old saying YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY
FOR...........cheapness is not always the economical route.

aim for something in the mid price bracket

as for the maker who knows just buy a known make.

dj

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"Trevor" wrote in message
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Hi - I tend three gardens now and am thinking of buying a petrol
strimmer.
The ones I'm looking at are a McCulloch or a Flymo, priced around £90.
They
just seem a bit beefier than the electrics.
Has anyone had either of these or any thoughts?

Thanks,

Trevor P.




Its a must to physically try before buy..........some styles are just not
ergonomic.......

PLUS don't forget the old saying YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY
FOR...........cheapness is not always the economical route.

aim for something in the mid price bracket

as for the maker who knows just buy a known make.

I recently bought a Ryobi 3046 (30cc) and am very pleased with it. One of
the key benefits is that it is one fo the "expandit" compatible ones and the
strimmer/brushcutter head can be swapped for a hedgetrimmer, tiller, pruner,
etc, etc......

having recently nearly chopped a finger off using a grass hook i looked around at strimmer prices in the big diy chains then visited a garden power tool specialist who told me strimmers are classified by weather or not the bar is straight or bent at the business end...apparently only straight bars will take the steel brushcutter blades.

if its just rough grass that needs cutting the bent bar will do and he quoted me around 130 pounds for a Stihl (that doesn t look spelled right but you know the brand i mean)

finger needed ten stiches...so much for trying to be eco freindly and avoid power tools...i ve been telling people that peter kaye joke where he keeps asking people " do you use your left hand or your right to wipe your bum ?" and when they answer he says " oh...i use toilet paper."

Thanks for the advice, think I 'll get a Ryobi.

Cheers,

Trevor P.

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Trevor Wrote:
Hi - I tend three gardens now and am thinking of buying a petrol
strimmer.
The ones I'm looking at are a McCulloch or a Flymo, priced around £90.
They
just seem a bit beefier than the electrics.
Has anyone had either of these or any thoughts?

Thanks,

Trevor P.

having recently nearly chopped a finger off using a grass hook i looked
around at strimmer prices in the big diy chains then visited a garden
power tool specialist who told me strimmers are classified by weather
or not the bar is straight or bent at the business end...apparently
only straight bars will take the steel brushcutter blades.

if its just rough grass that needs cutting the bent bar will do and he
quoted me around 130 pounds for a Stihl (that doesn t look spelled
right but you know the brand i mean)

finger needed ten stiches...so much for trying to be eco freindly and
avoid power tools...i ve been telling people that peter kaye joke where
he keeps asking people " do you use your left hand or your right to wipe
your bum ?" and when they answer he says " oh...i use toilet paper."


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"Glittery Gary" wrote in message
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"Trevor" wrote in message
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Hi - I tend three gardens now and am thinking of buying a petrol
strimmer.
The ones I'm looking at are a McCulloch or a Flymo, priced around £90.
They
just seem a bit beefier than the electrics.
Has anyone had either of these or any thoughts?

Thanks,

Trevor P.




Its a must to physically try before buy..........some styles are just not
ergonomic.......

PLUS don't forget the old saying YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY
FOR...........cheapness is not always the economical route.

aim for something in the mid price bracket

as for the maker who knows just buy a known make.

I recently bought a Ryobi 3046 (30cc) and am very pleased with it. One of
the key benefits is that it is one fo the "expandit" compatible ones
and the
strimmer/brushcutter head can be swapped for a hedgetrimmer, tiller,
pruner,
etc, etc......

Same here, very useful.

Hi Trevor

I've had a few petrol strimmers over the years, the current one is an Echo that you can add a long reach hedge trimmer to and has been very reliable - cost about £250 but will last a lot longer than the cheap ones. Also one point, the cheaper ones are generally much heavier and less ergonomic than the better ones, same with hedge trimmer and blowers. I've got stihl chainsaws and blower and again are excellent, always start. Also got a ryobi hedgetrimmer which so far seems really good. (also bear in mind a lot are made by the same company (electrolux - yes petrol kit) and rebadged, so are identical except for colour and price.

As you might guess I've done garden maintenance on a professional (ish) basis (now retired) and you do get what you pay for, I tried a couple of the diy store own brand blowers on a 'disposable' basis but they were a pain and ended up with the stihl which was only about 50% dearer but far lighter and more powerfull.

Hope this helps

Dave