I'm not very fond of the speed control Bob, but otherwise it looks good. Why have a remote speed control? My Alroh Imp edger just has the pull-push control on the governor and it's fine: I don't even change the setting for starting, since it has a plug-shorting kill switch. Buy it, set it, use it, forget it. I don't even worry about old petrol - we don't have the nasty additives here that make it unstable over moderate amounts of time. I have never had any problems with petrol a few years old. (Of course, fuel containing ethanol is a different story - for one thing, if you leave it in the tank it may eat the Briggs diaphragm. The main issue, though, seems to be the octane improvers and refining techniques used in the US.)
