Echo SRM-210

1. ConsumerReports.org

Consumer Reports compares the very similar Echo SRM210i with 30 other gas string trimmers, ranking and rating all the models based on tests done in the fall of 2007. This review is especially useful, since it also compares the gas string trimmers with both corded electric and cordless models.

Review: String Trimmers, Editors of Consumer Reports, Apr. 2008

2. HomeDepot.com

More than a dozen owners give this gas string trimmer very high ratings in their reviews of it at Home Depot. Several are professional landscapers who have used this model for several years, day in and day out – vouching for its reliability and performance.

Review: Echo SRM-210 Reviews, Contributors to HomeDepot.com

3. PopularMechanics.com

This review tests similar Echo and Stihl gas trimmers, finding the Echo easier to start and the manual feed system less apt to cause problems than a bump-feed system. A total of 12 gas string trimmers are tested here.

Review: Cut to the Quick: The Fastest (and Toughest) String Trimmers on the Market, Roy Berendsohn, May 2006

4. GardenWeb.com

Several posts in various discussions at this garden tool forum recommend the Echo SRM-210 string trimmers as slightly better than Stihl trimmers and much better than many other trimmers on the market. Other Echo trimmers get high praise here as well.

Review: Gas string trimmers, Contributors to GardenWeb.com