Best Stihl Electric Whipper Snippers

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Stihl FSE 71

Stihl FSE 71

3.4  
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  • Price (RRP) $199
  • Handle TypeLoop Handle
  • Shaft TypeBent and Extendable / Telescopic
  • Power SourcesElectrical
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Mike B.
 

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.

Stihl FSA 45

Stihl FSA 45

1.9  
 Summary
  • Price (RRP) $199
  • Handle TypeLoop Handle
  • Shaft TypeExtendable / Telescopic
  • Power SourcesBattery (Built-In)
PaulL
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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.

Stihl FSE 52

Stihl FSE 52

1.0  
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  • Price (RRP) $149
  • Handle TypeLoop Handle
  • Shaft TypeStraight
  • Power SourcesElectrical
Andy WA 6 posts
 

Poor design – Beware, the trimmer head of this model is poorly designed, and even worse it cannot be removed/replaced. I got sick of endlessly having to stop work… Read more

due to constantly losing the line feed due to the unreliable 'bump' mechanism so bought a replacement 'unbreakable' head that had good reviews. Unfortunately the design of my FSE 52 doesn't allow the head to be removed. According to the manual, some FSE 52s have a separate fanwheel and the head is replaceable. Other types, like mine, have an all in one fanwheel/head that can't be removed. Wish the dealer had mentioned this...