I have had an old Echo stick edger for years that is pretty much worn out, so I have been reserching a new edger. I looked at a walk behind Mclane and a few others, stopped by my local Stihl dealer "Midstate St. Johns MI" and Paul showed me the FC111. Ended buying the FC111, took it home and edged my sidewalk that hadn't been edged in two years so it was well over due. Our yard is irrigated so it was very overgrown, when I was done our sidewalk looked like it was a good 12" wider, this stick edger compared to my Echo is a absolute beast, was a little slow going on the first pass being so over grown but this thing motored right thru it. So far I did our driveway, and two sidewalk sections and have yet to add gas to it! Very impressed so far with this edger, not to mention that it will be much easier to store in my garage compared to a walk behind something to keep in mind when all you have is a two car garage thats chuck full.