The other two guys that weedeated for us, use Stihl straight shafts(FS-56's), I just never could get used to a straight shaft, they turn opposite directions, and much heavier Lol. The flex shafts normaly won't give any problem if you take them apart when you buy them new, and grease the flex shaft with a good marine grease, and pack the tube full of grease as well, and put it back together, they last for a long time doing that, it's is much better than the little grease they come with. I have broken a few flex shafts in them, and had to replace the bump knob about every 3 or 4 weeks, but that's about it. One would last a home owner no telling how long. I weedeated for 10 years working for my brother and his lawn care business, and call me crazy(I have been many times Lol), but I cant stand using a straight shaft weedeater, so I used the cheapo residential FS-38 curved shafts, and with around 125 accounts total, and doing 15-18 accounts daily, Monday-Friday, a new FS-38 would last me about 1 1/2 years. The commercial market has not really accepted the 4mix design despite it being a clever new design, it would work great on small stationary engines like small pumps or generators but not so good in H/held OPE.Īnother vote for Stihl. The 4mix are bulky and heavier than the 2mix strato design 2stokes and have much lower working rpm. I just think there is much better options on the market especially for the money. All the gearbox main bearings are now a unknown Chinese make where they used to all be German INA. Using these systems as much as I do commercially they have a big amount of room for improvement. Look for a homeowner the km-94 is quite good and will serve someone well. They should have made a spring loaded locking pin like other designs. The coupling for the tools is a complex poor design that wears and stops working properly. I own km130 & km-94 power heads and all the attachments even 2 hedgetrimmer ones. The 4mix engines have great torque and power but are difficult to control throttle, its either idle or wide open, this is not good when trimming around small shrubs, edges etc. But as you can see from the chart above, the Stihl model is slightly more powerful in terms of engine power. The blower attachment it good but bulky as. Both the Husqvarna 122hd60 and the Stihl HS45 are gas-powered hedge trimmers. The pole saw has no articulating option its just straight which means your not in the best safest position to make cuts. The hedgetrimmer HT attachment has two grease ports for the two gearboxes and is a well made unit. The kombi FS attachment (trimmer) used to have a grease zerk to fill gearbox grease now the new ones as of about 15 months ago don't, the gearbox is sealed. That's what a bush hog is for lol.All kombi equipment is in the 'pro' grade designation. The only people you will ever find who have had a problem with stihl are usually the type of people who don't believe in reading the owner's manual or expect a grass blade to cut through 2" thick saplings. Go with the stihl, you won't be disappointed. The last husqvarna trimmer I had (a $400 "commercial" model) lasted one year, and I'm not doing this professionally, I only cut my own yard (5 acres of centipede sod in the yard and about 1/2 mile of 10 feet or so wide grass on either side of the driveway of planted sod that seperates the driveway from the woods.) I have a stihl chainsaw that is probably 35 years old and still fires up on the first or second pull. Also, Keeping the cooling fins free of grass and debris will add to the life by making sure it always cools properly and never overheats. I always dump the tank when I'm done and run it until it cuts off, but there's always a small amount of fuel left in the carb. Sure, you can use cheap mix and regular gas, but mine always seem to have less problems with the carb gumming up if I dont use it for a few months (during winter) when I use better mix and gas. That way you have one power head, and as long as you use good mix (I always use the stihl synthetic mix) and premium gas it will last you FOREVER. I have a KM130 right now with the trimmer attachment, pole pruner, hedge trimmer, and edger. Also, have you considered the KM line? Those are the split shaft models. I would definitely go with the FS130R if you are looking at the 4mix models. I've owned both and in my opinion the Stihl is far superior, especially when you get up into the mid sized straight shaft models.
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