ransley wrote:

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Read Echos site on Engine hour rating, the motor will be the last
thing to go, ans wear earplugs. I have stuff from the 80s, it all
works. How you run and care for power tools determine their life.

That works for me but not for my friend.

Perhaps you have seen a non-aficionado struggle
with starting a small gas engine? It is very frustrating
for them because they can't do the 'Briggs Mind Meld'
necessary to set the machine up properly and they don't
have the troubleshooting ability necessary to recover when
the motor becomes flooded, etc.

You can guarantee that a non-aficionado will manage to set
the choke exactly wrong for any ambient temperature!

My friend has no interest in the physics of gas engines.
I understand that it is possible, on an intellectual level,
to not like little gas engines.

My friend will happily use a corded tool however.

Thanks!

--Winston