Stihl FSA 45

This is the worst Stihl product I have every owned and the first battery product.

It has stopped working after 2 months. It's had a about 80 mins use and has died.

Bump guard is set up for right handed people and I am left handed. Can still be used, but a bit awkward.
No adjustment for bump guard height. I found it useless when edging alongside a footpath.

I have always used Stihl for my yard work. I downsized from the big Brushcutter as I am on a 320sqm small block now and I find the FSA45 just so useless. Battery life is so limited like 30 mins, the blades break or wear down very easily as does the cutting runner which seems to break all the time.

You are supposed to be able to trim the paths, well that does not work as the blades just break of wear down to easily.

I would no recommend to anyone and I am going to write it off as a bad purchase and buy the next couple of models up which has a bit more power. I am so sorry that I sold my Brushcutter now but it was big to use.

This is a lightweight, easy to use whipper snipper. Takes about 2-3 hours to fully charge and it lasted for about 22 mins for me, which was enough time to do the front and the back yard. I didn't have to change any blades on my first usage but I will do so for the next usage as I was doing a fair bit of edging and it was overgrown and I am still not used to the machine. I love how easy this machine is to use. no more line to thread.

good machine till the vibration started motor bearing dealer said nothing wrong will try and replace the bearing myself if not i will buy a new one of the same i like this machine it is very light in weight

good - lightweight, charges fast, suitable for small gardens, easy to change blades

bad - plastic blades break easily, line also the same and need to manually cut and fit it as per correct length or else it hits the tip of the guard and breaks off too .

Not worth a buy.

We have a 24 perch block in suburbia and we attend to our lawns very regularly, so it never gets overgrown. This is the first cordless electric trimmer I have used, previously owned a corded trimmer. This appliance does not have a bump-head line feed, instead you trim 11cm nylon line lengths and insert them into the spinner, or alternatively use a pair of disposable plastic blades which are the better option for cutting in the horizontal plane when the blade tips will not be contacting a hard object like a fence or a wall. Changing between blad...