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I have a stihl br800 and was thinking of adding another backpack to my artillary for when I get help. Im considering echo for 1st time as its got more power, but I recently bought a husqvarna hand held blower with supposedly more power but I preferred my stihl. The arogonomics of the echo put me off it looks cheaply built but they do get lots of good feedback.
Gary. Having had PB8010's for over 3 years I cannot agree with "cheaply built" There is a 2yr pro warranty and 5yr domestic. We have never had cause to use the warranty despite them having a hard life on very large commercial sites, they can be running 6hrs / day 7days /week in the autumn, not had a spanner on them, utterly reliable. We run nearly all Echo kit now having moved away from Stihl and this reliability is across the range. We have 4 Echo semi long hedgecutters, 1 long and 1 short and PB770 blowers for everyday use they are without exception a joy to use and go second pull everytime. The 8010 outperforms the BR 800 and is around £100 cheaper, the 9010 is in short supply at mo with the distributor FG Claymore having allocated stock to dealers, more stock available January. You may find a dealer with stock of the 9010 but the 8010 is readily available from numerous dealers, hope that helps?
It is helpful 🙂 I may well try one. I dare say the 8010 woukd be big enough for me as I find the br800 good. Thank you
We've used loads of Echo products over the years and can definitely say their reliability is excellent. The other pro for the 8010 over the BR800 is the power, it is noticeable if shifting huge amounts of leaves. The cons for us are that we find the BR800 quite a bit more comfortable to wear and just a bit nicer to use. And the noise of the Echo is noticeably louder. If we were using one to clear a commercial site with a sea of leaves we'd use the Echo, if less than that we'd reach for the BR800.
I took a punt on a new £30 handheld blower on eBay expecting it to last a month. A year later it's still going strong.
I've got a husky blower. 570 I think. It looks very similar to the echo blower in terms of build quality. But to be fair it's not let me down yet. I've had it a couple of years. I've got a husky dealer down the road so that's why I bought it. I'm not particularly brand loyal anyway. I'm sure that echo will be a good machine. Any echo stuff I've used has always been excellent.