Husky blowers

[mikecotterill]

Looking at buying a blower just a hand held type. What do people think of the husky ones? Or should I stop skimping on 30 quid an get a bg86? Cheers guys.

[armchairarborist]

husky make blowers? never seen one, the bg86 is good though.

[mikecotterill]

Yeah seen them on eBay 200 delivered. I've only used the stihl ones tho, and can't help but think that 30 quid could be spent elsewhere!

[Frankie Lawrence]

if its 30 quid mate go for the biggen I think youll only regret it. Have not tried husky ones so cant realy comment compared to stihl echo also do blowers and they look quite tidy.

[Ian C]

Never tried a husky blower, i got a BG86 2 years ago and its the dogs, very smooth to use and never fails, am sure the husky/echo blowers are just as good though.

[mikecotterill]

the other thing is getting a stihl one, with their distance selling rules and my local stihl dealer being not much use. mail order is a big plus. cheers for the replies.

[MattyF]

had one about 8 years ago and it was awfull compared to the bg 85 dont know if the current ones are any better

[dangerous brian]

Tanaka make good blowers cheaper than the others to.

[karlton]

I would stick with Stihl, ive had mine about 5 years and its never missed a beat. It may be £30 more but it could pay off in the long run.

[MattyF]

The new stihl blower is powerfull and has great anti vibes ,would not mind one at all but saying that my old bg 85 is 8 years old and used daily and has not let medown yet !shame stihl products dont last like they used too my old hs80 is still going and that thing has done more work than you coud believe my hs 81 has very nice anti vibes but is compleate junk when it comes down to it! and has been very unreliable and flimsy in construction.....