Yeah really impressed with the ego stuff. I am going to get the mower when my son is old enough to mow.

Battery tech has come along way in the last decade and i fully expect the battery to last 7+ years. The ego batteries have phase change cooling and are built with spread out cells for longevity.

that's what I have.

echo makes very good stuff. I saw an article in popular mechanics
where they compared chainsaws. echo was as good or better than stihl.

the ONLY thing I don't like about my echo is the guard for the string. it is really small now and grass and dirt pepper me like a shot gun shooting birdshot. its HORRIBLE. I have to dress for combat when I weed eat now.
I looked at the one my old john deere weed eater and the JD as much better.
I even tried to put the JD one on the echo but no go.

that john deere lasted over 15 years.

Had time today to try this out. Took about 10 minutes to switch out the guard for the edger.
Very nice tool...it makes an approx 1 inch wide and deep edge in a perfect, crisp line.
Just walk it around the sidewalk, drive, or boundary and it's done. The wheel keeps it from straying.
Throws a lot of dirt at you...def need to wear goggles.

Along with my string trimmer, I have a dedicated stick edger by Echo I use for edging. I looked at this product and didn't see where it would be any improvement over my current setup.

Here's a video that goes into more detail --- and I have to agree with what is said.

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Yep..the video is exactly how it works. So much easier than trying to maintain a line by just aiming.
Makes a nice clean edge.
Took me a while getting used to using it left-handed. Works much better than RH

This is what I use.......

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^^^ Nice

For those that hate loading their trimmer, the echo quick feed head comes with adapters for pretty much every trimmer out there. Its SO much easier- take twenty feet of line, feed one end in and spin the head until its all wound in-no taking the inner spool off and futzing with two levels of line etc. 29-39 bucks depending, game changer. That and a good $13 harness from Amazon...

Went with the last one of these available directly from Amazon. I like the idea of expanding it with different attachments. I've always kind of want a pole saw, so now I can add one down the road.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DEMHEO0/ref=crt_ewc_title_dp_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A273NW1T J0FXFG