Should last a year.Then go buy a Stihl or Echo.

I don't do a lot of weed eating around here.
I use generic roundup around the house.
And I have an electric weed eater.

But at the other end of the property I like to
keep the river bank cleared off of weeds.
Tried using a power inverter run off the tractor.
But had to run the tractor at high RPM so the alternator could keep up.
And most of the time I just don't feel like dragging all that out.
So a gas weed eater would be great for me.
I did want a four stroke engine, but cheap is nice too :o)

Thanks.

Pooh Bear

Just keep in mind when they say "Factory Recon" it does not mean the manufacturer Reconned it. They do not. The "Factory" they imply is some repair shop. Maybe staffed by trained techs, maybe by some fly by night. Any warranty is through the seller so you will need to return to him if you need something covered.

Actually the Northern Tool store said they would be the
ones that would do any warranty work. So if I had any
problems just bring it back to them.

Oh, and it is a 20cc motor, not 22cc.

Pooh Bear

A good deal? Hard to say. If it works a year or more without trouble then it was a good deal. If it doesn't, well, then it wasn't.

Most of the time the cheapies are junk, but every once in a while one ends up working OK. I've got an old Weed Eater string trimmer that I just can't kill. It has never seen any maintenance in the fifteen years I've had it, it was used "commercially" when I was in high school, and it still works reasonably well. I don't use it for much, since I have other better machines, but it still works when called upon. $59.95 in the spring of 1992. I reckon I got pretty good value for my money.

If/when this machine dies, you should give the entry-level Echo units a look. Very competitive prices and good build quality for a homeowner unit.

Well, I gave up on this weed eater.
It was ok and I could have lived with it.
But I just didn't like the feel of it.
And then the recoil starter quit recoiling.
So I took it back to be exchanged per the warranty.
They were out of them so they just gave me my money back.
If I ever get another trimmer it will be a straight shaft.
For now I'll just use the electric trimmer.

Pooh Bear

I got a 26CC on Ebay for $6 bucks Plus 30 dollar shipping charge. It was new return with the cord pulled out of it. Got 32CC for 16 bucks, new return with nothing wrong with it. I don't worry about warranties, I can fix anything that may go wrong.

I say 40 bucks with so kind of warranty a good deal. There are hundreds of them on ebay all makes and models in your ebay savvy you can get a great deal. I got 4 for the price of one new one. Two of them were 4 strokes.