Stihl FS 38

Advantages: reliable, maintainable, inexpensive (in the season the price is 5500 from dealers), easy to operate, lightweight, nice design.

Disadvantages: expensive spare parts, low service life (because fs 38 is designed for SMALL AREAS of mowing)

Comment: I gave my mother this braid for her birthday))) I myself am engaged in the repair of Stihl equipment from an authorized dealer. I think that at such a ridiculous price, this is the best product for a small area. Here they write about the problem with carburetors. And you will forgive the vkurse that fuel cannot be stored in plastic containers? Gasoline dissolves a plastic bottle made of food-grade polyethylene and carries it with it to the carburetor, covering it from the inside with a thin plastic film, and the fuel filter does not filter out the dissolved plastic. Consequence - carbon can be thrown away, nothing can help it. Of course, it is easier to buy a new braid for 5500 than to change carbon for 2500 + work 500. But this is your fault or the dealer's who did not explain all the nuances of using the tool. Here are some of them: - Do not store fuel in a plastic container, a metal, preferably glass or special plastic canister with a certificate of conformity is suitable. Every Stihl dealer has them. - Change the fuel filter once a season, regardless of whether it is dirty or not 140 filter + change about 100. - Monitor the condition of the air filter, clean it with a brush after each cut. It cannot be washed in water. Change also once a season. You can and should yourself, no one will take away the guarantee for this! - Pour proven fuel, not the chatter from Uncle Vanya. AI 92 ONLY !!! - Do not roll the braid. This is not a car. Everything is adjusted there as it should. Those. do not run it at idle and do not pour oil into gasoline until stupefied. - Dilute gasoline with oil only in the proportion given by the manufacturer. No more, no less! Proportion for new and used equipment ODINAKOVA. Girls by the way very often forget to dilute gasoline at all))) Men less often. - Use only original Stihl oil. For this braid, semi-synthetic oil is preferable (so green). It practically leaves no carbon deposits on parts and burns out more completely in the cylinder. -Change the candle once a season 140re only bosch -Work always at full throttle - this way the engine cools better. Successful mowing to all))))

Advantages: Lightweight. Successful head design - not wrapped in grass; vibrates very moderately (in comparison with Partner Colibri II, after which the hands "came to their senses" for at least an hour). Exhaust surprisingly (well, except for the obvious unsupported wind) always remains somewhere beyond the reach of my nose

Disadvantages: It makes a lot of noise - I work in noise-protective headphones, it's uncomfortable without them.

Comment: The power of the mower is not great and this affects its capabilities: if the young raspberries (up to a meter) and high (more than a meter) nettles at the very least overpower with a fishing line, then they hopelessly pass before a burdock of meter growth. With knives, the possibilities expand, but you still should not overestimate your strength - blocking of the head in this case will be frequent. On the other hand, it is really light. I like the design of the mowing head, on which the grass does not wrap at all, and the nettle, although sometimes striving, does not form dense windings (as a rule, you can remove it by pressing the ends of the stems with your foot). Keeps low revs well, does not stall even when the head is locked. There is a feeling that the design is designed for people up to 170 cm tall, with a height of 177 I just lack the trimmer length and I can't find a completely comfortable position by moving the handle. But without any problems it fits into the interior of the car across (Logan) Please note that it mows young and thin grass much better at low speeds.

Advantages: Lightweight, cheap, simple and reliable like a Kalashnikov assault rifle. It is convenient to mow on rough terrain and in places that are hard to reach for other petrol cutters.

Disadvantages: For this price, no.

Comment: For those who have a drop in speed after long-term use - my article: http://ems81.blogspot.ru/2011/10/blog-post_24.html After three years of intensive use, a bearing broke down, which is pressed into the rod and changes with it, the price barbell 2500, bought a barbell from Viking, it cost 1200, sawed off with a hacksaw 30 mm and stood up like a friend, is still plowing.

Advantages: mows everything, there is a choice of mowing heads for different cases

Disadvantages: there are no obvious drawbacks, but really the mowed grass flies into the mower a lot, for protection I use "mowing" clothing + a plastic shield that completely covers my face and throat. With a high growth, the trimmer may turn out to be a little short, sometimes I catch myself thinking that I bend slightly, about the support belt - it all depends on the strength and endurance of the mower, someone may need it

Comment: I bought a trimmer in June 2008, worked for 4 seasons, there were problems with starting, but having adjusted the carburetor according to the instructions, they disappeared, now it starts from the first or second derg, AI-92 gasoline. My plot is large and the herbs on it grow different from lawn to wormwood and nettles with raspberries, so I bought a second coil with plastic knives, hard stems (including last year's raspberries) and she mows dead wood much better, for soft and tender grass I use a standard line with a square or hexagonal line. I do not feel a lack of power as such, although I did not mow with other trimmers, I cannot compare. I bought it on the advice of my father, who has the same trimmer a couple of seasons older, by the way with a normal wide flap that protects from flying grass.

Advantages: Lightweight, comfortable, good start

Disadvantages: No serious, little things do not count

Comment: I have been using this trimmer for more than 7 years, this year I bought the second one. During the season every week for approx. 4 hundred parts each. The working head wears out approx. for 1.5 seasons. I changed it in 7 years: 1 time (I don't know how it is called correctly) the part on which the head is put on, 1 time I changed the flexible shaft and 1 time the candle. 1 time I soaked the muffler, was clogged with soot and the trimmer did not develop full power (a consequence of not working at full throttle). This year, just in season, the ignition coil died (approx. 1100-1300 rubles). I bought the same new trimmer and left the old one for spare parts

Advantages: Quality, service centers in almost every village, engine resource, and more. dr.

Disadvantages: Price. The belt is not enough in the kit, it seems not so expensive. Noise (as a disadvantage of all petrol trimmers).

Comment: We have been using it for 7-8 years. Mostly spouse mows, copes with weight. It mows perfectly, two spools have already been cut, the third is on its way. Twice, out of stupidity, the end switch of the shaft broke (a lot of grass was wound, but instead of cleaning it, the wife pressed on the gas). It rapes the scythe to deep overheating, this is when the scythe no longer stalls when it is turned off with the button. From the very beginning there were problems with starting - my wife filled in a candle, I had to learn how to unscrew the candle and blow through the cylinder (by the way, she has the same problems with a chainsaw, but I start it with a few jerks). Conclusion - a gasoline engine is not suitable for every woman. Once the casing broke - I put a green one from Viking - it was cheaper, but it fits like a native. Now the shutdown button has broken - it does not work at all, perhaps the wire fell off from the vibration until it was disassembled. In general, we are satisfied with the purchase - a tenacious thing.

Advantages: Lightweight, powerful, resourceful, agile.

Disadvantages: No belt

Comment: I bought it only today after long agony of choice, running around the shops and digging on the Internet. Immediately I tried it at the dacha, the most positive impressions: it started up with a half kick, the noise is moderate, the power increases from refueling to refueling, obviously rolling. It cuts grass easily, including weeds and raspberry stalks (sorry for raspberries, then I adapted). Sellers advised to take a line of 2.4 mm, although at a nominal value of 2.0 mm. Really cuts better, lasts longer. I just wound a little less by 1.7 m instead of 2.0. And the belt, judging by the instructions, is easy to replace with a belt from a sports bag with a carabiner and a shoulder pad.

Advantages: Highly resourceful, Lightweight, reliable. Easy to operate Even the wife can handle

Disadvantages: A very thin line, if you mow the weeds, it quickly ends.

Comment: I got it for a summer residence. I was very pleased. Before that there was a unit "Partner" with Horns. The impression was that the power is the same. Although calm at idle works confidently and "stop" is soft. What I can’t say about the Partner. The latter has a metallic sound when stopping and it is very difficult to start up, although it may be I just had no luck with the unit.

Advantages: Lightweight and reliable device.

Disadvantages: The native line is often cut off. But you can buy a more durable one. Poor grass protection for the mower.

Comment: For 6 years of ownership, everything is in order with the device. I only bought a fishing line once (more durable). Mows properly, quite economical, lightweight and reliable tool. And without goggles, I do not recommend mowing, the grass flies very strongly in all directions. The rest is as simple as the AK-47.

Advantages: lightweight, not expensive, compact for transportation in the trunk.

Disadvantages: overheating of the tail bearing. work breaks should be taken more often.

Comment: I like it better light without a belt than heavy with a belt.