In praise of cheap mowers.

[Trailoftears]

Its a personal preference/bias I guess,but all the briggs engines I've ever used have been total shite-and I'm being v.diplomatic here.The sprint/the quattro/the quantum-all were equally appalling.A shoddy tin cover over the exhaust that vibrated/broke asp.A hugely exposed plug boot(made as cheaply as poss),a primitive non-bowl carb with a diaphragm that shrunk back really quickly,a crude governer both of which issues led to the engine surging/falling in rpms during work.Also horrifically greedy on both oil and petrol consumption.I dont dislike the loncin engines personally,overspec the oil changes is a good plan,as far as I can see,they are cheap honda clones,which is useful in that aftermarket honda parts tend to fit.Amusingly,briggs q.control got vastly better after moving production to China from the States!However,they I think have now gone to the land of liquidation/administration-fully deserved imo.I would make an honourable exception to the now vintage i/c elderly briggs engines.