Best Stihl Whipper Snippers and Edgers

A Reliable Brush Cutter/Whipper Snipper. Comfortable To Use & Easy Start Every Time – This is a great brushcutter/whipper snipper. I've had it just over 3yrs. My last Stihl whipper snipper was 21yrs old but wanted the harness & bike… Read more

handles for ease of use, it's so comfortable to use & I can cut all day if required. It only takes a few minutes to setup the handle bars & harness to get the right balance point & cutting angle to suit your height. The start function is effortless & still reliable. I got lazy & stopped mixing my own fuel & now just keep some 1L cans of motomix which ensures correct mix & fresh fuel. When the cutting line in the original head ran out I removed it & put on a Champ Jnr 2 from AlexBrushcutterHeads. The original Stihl cutting line & head work fine, I just prefer the 3rd party head & left the old Champ Jnr 2 on the old Stihl model when I gave it away. My son has used the FS94 C-E with the Stihl brush knife I'd purchased later "just in case" for a couple of weekends cutting thicker scrub on a friends property & it didn't miss a beat. He just had to keep adding fuel.

If you want to spend more time trying to coax the line out of the spool, constantly re-feeding the line because it’s disappeared inside AGAIN, all… Read more

the while practising your swearing, this is the line trimmer for you. The tap and release feature has NEVER worked so the line constantly disappears inside, resulting in you having to take it apart and re-feed the line several times while trying to work on the garden. Nightmare piece of kit and a waste of money.

I'm getting a collection of these. When they run they'll run but don't walk too far away from the house or they'll conk out. The coils are terrible… Read more

quality and the best thing you can do is change the standard carb to a chinese copy straight away. I'm trying to make one good one out of three and I can't even get enough decent parts together to do that. I have an FS131 and for the money that's not much better. Buy a different brand and have a happy life.

This battery grass trimmer is well balanced and light to use. Easy for an older gardener. Also low db to reduce the risk of hearing loss. The plastic… Read more

blades stay on longer than other brands.

The inbuilt battery makes the on sale price of $150 very good value! Rotate your work tasks by using with other inbuilt battery appliances. The sound level will please neighbours

I had an old Stihl FS 55 RC for 20 years, it works so well , so I bought a new fs 55 RC, returned it to mitter 10 after one month because it would… Read more

start then stop, they said it was my old mixture, ( which is incorrect as I made in fresh) and charged for the service. Then with their mixture, after a month had the same problems, this time they fixed it and it know works and they did not charge the second time. However when I use Home made mixture , even using Stihl HP ultra, it stop working, even though I use purpose bought petrol syringes for accuracy. However, if I just use ready mixed motor mix, Stihl approved, it works all the time. I find this a rip off, never buying a Stihl again.

Very disappointed...! The motor of this whipper snipper fatally failed three and a half years after I purchased it, although I used it carefully and… Read more

for domestic purposes only. The local dealer's quote to repair it was excessive and I decided not to accept it. My next available option was to place this machine where it belongs: at local council's rubbish disposal centre. Another machine that I bought from Stihl (battery operated lawn mower) also failed in its fourth year of life - I will never buy anything made by this, once very reputable German manufacturer...!

at 1.4 kw its a power house so you dont have to reeve it very hard but if you need power there is lots of it in a very quiet mode run the thickest… Read more

string you can i took my guard of so i can run a 50 cm long string radius it ads a lot of speed to your cutting unless you are in nut grass and she has a lot more power to pull then the string radius she was designed for

FCB-KM failed my expectations – I bought the curved attachment edger FCB-KM. have had it for 4 years worked fine until a few weeks ago. The blade would not turn or real slow. I… Read more

checked the attachment and even bought a new cable for the inside and still nothing working. my trimmer attachment works fine. I have alot of Stihl products this one not so good.

Stihl's claim of 20mins running is rubbish. The best I've had is 10mins, average would be 7 mins if lucky. And you have to endure over 2 hour charge… Read more

just to get that. After about 100 uses it now runs intermittently even though the battery is charged. Absolute garbage. They should reclaim them all and give us our money back. Too much of this sort of poor quality foistered on the public these days.

If it would normally take you 20 minutes to trim your yard but you would really like it to take you and hour, this is the perfect trimmer. This POS… Read more

is under powered and can only use the lightest trim cord, it constantly breaks the trim cord inside the reel so you will need to take it apart several times each time you trim. I only purchased it because I needed an extra battery for my leaf blower and Stihl was running a sale for the FSA 57 and battery so I actually got the trimmer for about $25. I still overpaid for it. Do yourself a huge favor and stay away from this trimmer.

Great so far! – I purchased from the Stihl store and it was more than the RRP shown on here ($649 if i remember correctly). I would give it 5 stars if it had a… Read more

better harness, and because of the poor harness you find yourself holding the weight more with your arm which has caused some vibration soreness/sensitivity in my arm from long periods of use. PROs - Ballsy little engine, starts easy, good size fuel tank. You will be doing well to not need a short break before the fuel runs out (unlike these battery units). CONs - Harness is poor quality, shaft is shorter than the Makita and this makes it less comfortable to use, I would say high vibration transmission through to the handle (not helped by the poor harness). Have only used it a few times but it has been clearing some heavy weeds and reeds and had a couple of big sessions. Will update if it fails prematurely. I would hope to get a good 5+ years out of it given the price and my limited use.

What an absolute beast I run mine with .155 cord Absolute weapon Show details

Too many short comings for the price – I am somewhat disappointed with the FSA60 Considering the $600 expense and 5 month delay at getting it in the store. I was expecting better. The… Read more

motor seems to weak to me, as it does not feel there is much torque in it. I'm going to try it on buffalo soon, and it does not feel it is going cope, it seems to only just do my kikuyu edge. The so called safety start is a pain in the wrist- You slide a lever forward than hold another down whilst operating the trigger.. as soon as you let go the trigger you need to go through the procedure again. I've already taped it up. The brackets that hold the handle onto the pole did not fit into plastic handle. I had to grind one of them. Also the bolts came with a flat washer not a nylock or a locking washer. Basic, to prevent it coming loose. Lastly ergonomics of the straight pole are out of balance. and there is no shoulder strap accessory.

Fantastic until motor failed – Loved this on my 4 acre property, but 3 yrs in and the motor died. One year out of warranty and the cost of repair isn't worth it, so now I have to buy another one! Really annoyed and not happy Show details

Don’t buy – Awful design to the trimmer line. Never lets the out, always have to let the line out manually. Show details

Poor quality tool – Quite possibly the worst strimmer I've ever owned. From new the clutch tattles, difficult to start and the head is awful. The worst £329 I've ever spent. I expect more from Stihl.