Loved y’all’s videos but y’all’s retail prices are much dif from ours in se Texas. The rotary is $4.29 msrp from site and the stihl is $4.75 msrp from oem. Keep up the great videos guys. We watch them at work all the time
Thank you. We do sell them on our website. Here's the link in case you wanted to check them out: www.mainstreetmower.com/products/rotary-edger-blade-7-11-16-x-1-unsharpened?variant=44171447009529
@@bradleykornele I just checked and it says that it's in stock. I am sorry but i am not sure why that happened for you. How about trying one more time?
Another great video! I have and like the Golden, but only use it one month out of the year to reestablish my lines after they have grown in over the winter months. Beast to use the Golden when it is dry. The first time I used it was on a fancy high dollar property and I started at the house and went down the front walkway and when I got to the end and turned around, I saw that I had shot a huge rooster tail of mud all the way up to the roof of a two story house. Yeah, lesson learned that day.
This was great, I always wondered how much money I was wasting on my OCD style of edging. I use a brand new blade for one yard, then I flip the blade for yard 2. Then I put on a new blade and repeat the process. I know I’m wasting money but I don’t like the feeling when the blade starts to shrink. I use the 278g blades. This was great guys, I appreciate you doing this.
Great comparison. Sadly in Australia we only seem to get the OEM Stihl blade and a aftermarket option by a brand called G.A. Spares. The 3.8mm HD Stihl blade is about AUD$8 to $10. The last G.A. Spares blade I bought (as the Stihl one wasn't available) cost me AUD$19.00. Looks like I'll be trying to import some of the Rotary 6107 hardened blades.
Watch Part 1 of this video series, where we go though all the specs, pricing and other details about each of the blades demonstrated in this video. Here's the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-g4dxauGYoVk.html
You could expand this analysis for fun. 😉 First remove all the paint and then establish the baseline weight. The carbide blade in particular may have only lost paint weight which is basically meaningless to wear. Secondly, measure the lengths before and after use. This as length would seem to be more important to cutting performance than weight--post hoc, use another sample of the various blades for baseline lengths. To add another dimension to the analysis, a "wear factor" could be calculated by multiplying the percentage loss in weight by the percentage loss in length. To monetize the wear multiply by the wear factor by cost of the blade. The lowest wear factor cost wins. 😉
This is incredible haha. Thank you for joining in on our craziness. Before making this video, we reached out to the channel audience for suggestions. Had we known this back then this would've totally made the cut.
@@mainstreetmower There is an art to making things far more complicated than they need to be... 😉 For example, rather than doing a fixed distance test (i.e., 1 mile) and generalizing that to a blade life estimate run the blades until they are worn out. Define "worn out" ahead of time. Have the testers swap machines every 1/4 mile to eliminate variance created by user technique. Also, always run the edgers with the guidewheel on the sidewalk and adjusted every 1/4 mile to expose the same amount of blade below the guide wheel to result in a uniform cut throughout the test. Then draft a paper and submit it to your peers for review andchosen
I use a McLane and a Power Trim walk behind edger. I use two standard hardened 9 inch blades mounted on the shaft with a ninety-degree offset. The advantages to doing this, in no particular order: ① You get really great tracking. The blades tend to run smooth along the walkway or driveway without jumping out and skipping on top. This is really important when edging against brick or exterior tile walkways. There's a far less chance of damage. ② Because you are using two blades mounted together, you get a real clean and defined edge. More visually appealing than a single blade, but not ridiculously wide. ③ I also noticed that I can set my throttle at a lower RPM and still maintain a good pace. Oregon makes a 9 in 8 tipped edger blade. I'd like to try it. I think it would be great not only for maintaining the edge, but also if you have a lot of overgrowth. My only concern is longevity. I just don't think they would last very long. But for a homeowner, they may be worth it.
I was hoping to see the Black & Decker Edge Hog blade (because I have an Edge Hog). I bought two of the Edge Hogs at an auction. One has the original blade, and the other has a worn straight blade like you tested here. The B&D blade has teeth on it and works MUCH better. Obviously it would be tough to edge a mile with the B&D, but I have a small yard.
@@mainstreetmower I've only used the two used Edge Hogs I bought. On one of them, the blade is so worn, it looks like the straight blades with no teeth and it doesn't work very well. On the other one, the blade is pretty good and works well. Maybe I just need to adjust the height on the worn one.
I was wondering if there is any performance difference between a Stihl dedicated tool, and its Kombi equivalent. For example, would a FC 111 perform the exact same as a KMA 111 with the straight edger attachment? The reason I ask is because the kombi attachments, like the edgers, don’t seem to get the greatest reviews on Stihl’s website. But the kombi motors themselves and dedicated trimmers/edgers always seem to get pretty good reviews.
My McLane edger is almost 40 years old. You can still buy every single part for it. I even have my grandfather's that was bought around 1958 to 1960. There's almost no difference between them. I also have a PowerTrim. I prefer the McLane over it. That might be a personal preference because I do see quite a few PowerTrims being used commercially. The only place where a walk-behind fails, is if you have sharp curves along the walkways. If most of your edging is straight and has a few gradual curves, they're great. They do good defining flower beds as well. I have an Echo PAS system with a couple of attachments. I have thought of buying the edger attachment for it, but haven't so far. If I have any real tight curves, I just use the string trimmer.
We have 58 collective years of outdoor power dealership experience (we were raised in a mower shop since elementary school). But if your talking about full time after college, running our shop, I (Stu) came back in 2009 and Chip came back into the business in 2014, so 23 years.
@@ryanrector3053 You can come down to any of our stores and we would be happy to help you. Or try finding an outdoor power tools dealer near you that has a decent rep for customer service.
