Best Stihl Petrol Whipper Snippers

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.

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.

I’ve been a loyal and happy Stihl user for well over 20 years. Have bought many of their products and have been extremely happy with all of them as… Read more

they just work year after year. Well, right up to now.

I regrettably bought this line trimmer and I hold concerns that it is not fit for purpose. The other reviews are too similar to mine (apart from engine issues). My frustration is a defective line feeding mechanism. It gives continual problems and only delivers frustration.

It all started on the first use. It does one of two things: (1) the entire line feeds through the mechanism during use (est. time = a few minutes) or: (2) the line won’t feed and snaps off resulting in head disassembly and subsequent reloading of the line (which is a PITA). Issue (2) is more common.

The unit is now around 4 months old and the head is clean. The Stihl dealer has already replaced the first head. The second head also gave problems on its first use.

I’m about to go back to the dealer and am happy to take this matter further as an issue of principle.

In summary, I’ve never been so disappointed by a purchase and therefore am unable to recommend this unit. Unfortunately this unit is on ‘death row’ as life is too short to put up with these problems.

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.

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

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

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.