I agree with mowernut except with the echo because I used to be a dealer and they are moving the same way as stihl and husky. If you don't turn over a minimum of $10,000 in stock (cost to dealer ex gst) they look at closing the account and that is why they will push product before quality onto the customer.

Bunnings is just a sales tool for product and they just look at turnover and as to quality products forget it. The mighty Dollar wins the day because everyone is chasing market share.

I would recommend Tanaka or Oleo-Mac over Stihl and husky, one because they are made in Japan and Italy. The weight of the units is less than the Echo which also makes it better for the customers back.

One other thing to look at is how much advertising companies are doing in order to sell their products and Stihl does a lot also husky. What I have found with the Tanaka brand is the company does not do a lot of advertising and they let the product sell itself.

I have found in the past usually when a customer buys a Tanaka one of their neighbours usually buy one after borrow it and talking to them.

Anyway I will get off the soap box as this is just my thoughts and the final say is you as to what you want to get as you have to live with your decision, so do your research well. cheers2

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