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  James Brett June 23, 2016 at 8:01pm

  Red stihl round stuff at the moment. Used to use the orange stihl round quiet line on my old brushcutter
  
  If I did more rough work would probably use square, or star etc
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  Richard Gadsby June 23, 2016 at 8:22pm

  I'm on Stihl square. Red (2.7) and yellow (3.0) depending on machine
  Also got some Stihl round 2.4 sat on the shelf getting dusty:)
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  matt evans June 23, 2016 at 8:35pm

  We use around 400 meters a month. I've just switched from 3mm to 2.7mm for a better finish.
  
  Never give it any thought when I buy square or round.
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  Billybop June 23, 2016 at 10:34pm

  nylium starline for me on the rare occasions i use the petrol strimmers
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  Seth Burgess June 23, 2016 at 10:38pm

  I generally use stihl 3m round line but picked up some 2.7 round for cheap at the Arb Show and it's alright, very little difference really slightly better finish but you get more meterage per roll so I'll probably buy a roll of that when i need some more.
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  Graham Wright June 24, 2016 at 6:59am

  I didn't really put much thought into it when I bought the spool I have, but now I'm looking there does seem to be a lot of choice really.

  So I get that thinner line will give a better finish, but is it a big difference? The stuff I use is round 2.7mm and it seems ok really.

  What about the different shaped lines, square, star etc?
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    James Brett > Graham Wright June 24, 2016 at 7:03am

    The square/star is meant to give a cleaner finish as it's got a 'cutting' edge.
    
    I guess the thinner line is easier to spin and higher rpm to give a cleaner finish.
    
    I find the thicker stuff lasts better when strimming up to walls.
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  Harry@VWGS June 24, 2016 at 1:02pm

  I use a 2.4 biodegradable strimmer line called biofil, Tracmaster hooked me up with it and I've been very impressed with it mate, can't say it wears out any quicker than my old Stihl 2.7...
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    Seth Burgess > Harry@VWGS June 24, 2016 at 5:14pm

    Wear rate of the line is greatly affected by how dry it is. If the nylon dries out the line becomes increasingly brittle and thus older line doesnt last as long as new line.
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      Richard Gadsby > Seth Burgess June 24, 2016 at 10:25pm

      I think that if you buy good quality line it lasts. But cheap stuff does not last. <br />
      Not sure about old line as I use about 1KM a year so it never gets very old (apart from that 2.4 line sat going dusty but that's rubbish when it's new)
      It also depends how powerful the machine is. A big machine with thin line won't work and vice versa