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I had a model older than this one that I love. My sister has difficulty with tools that are too heavy and she actually loved mine and found it easy to use ru-vid.comUgkx_rBCFuDW1zD6blTGhLkvAkxU657uR_lG . This is a newer model but was even lighter which she really appreciates. She enjoys it and I no longer have to go to her house to trim as she can handle it fine. Haven't used it enough to comment on the battery life but lithium batteries last longer than the old style. Being cordless makes it easy to trim the far edges of the property. The entire yard can be trimmed with one charged battery.

i use the same speed feed head and love it. saves so much time loading, rarely buggers up and holds heaps of line

Awesome slow mo of the trimmer head. I've been running Echo trimmers with speedfeed heads for years. I love them.

Thank you! I'm a total lawn noob and I successfully installed the speed feed head on my Stihl trimmer thanks to your help. I like it much better than the Stihl OEM head.

Not only do I enjoy your yard videos but I happen to find this installation video while searching for an installation tutorial after I bought a brand new echo speed feed head when the original bump and go head on my Stihl fell apart. So thanks for the info!

Picked up one of these yesterday and your video clarified the instructions for me nicely. The black & gold bushings come pre-installed in the plastic adapters that you need to retrofit either one of them with the included GREEN bushing for use with a Stihl trimmer. You can either push really hard with your thumbs on the end of the bushing sticking out below the plastic adapter, pushing up, or gently tap at that end with a large flat head screwdriver and rubber mallet to eject the bushing from the plastic adapter if you don't have the thumb strength. The green one slides in quite easily in its place. Also - I needed to use the spacer, placed in between the Stihl's base plate & the Echo Speed Feed before tightening or there was a small gap between them and they would not fit flush against one another on my FS 91R. Just putting this out there if anyone wasn't sure what to do with that :-) Thanks for the upload!

Got one in the mail today. Instructions are horrible. Your video was great. Made the changeover a breeze. Appreciate your work.

I’m sold. The miracle answer to the Stihl trimmer head !!

Thanks TN! I had bought a Speed Feed head months ago and tried to install it last week but could not get it figured out. Now I know exactly what I was doing wrong

Thanks for the video! I'm just starting out and already finding your tips useful. Much appreciated!

I've never fully seen one of these in action. It I honestly wasn't looking, I always thought I had a speed feed head but apparently I was bass akwards and downside up. I'm getting one for sure!!! Give me three actually

Well I must say thank you cuz the Instructions with my echo told me a different adapter (orange) but it didn't feel right. I tried the green one like you and it worked. Totally saved me a ton of money I bet.

Thanks for the walk through! Made this easier for me.

I bought one after watching a few vids.. they are AWESOME. I chew through .95 line at least once a day doing my rock walls.. I simply cut a 20ft piece of line or so, half it, make a small bend to mark the hallfway, then feed into the halfway point plus an inch or so. twist it on, and feed away.. works awesome for a home jobber.. read the top needs to be replaced as it wears.. but they are about $6...

Thank You ! I just bought two of these for my Stihl trimmers!

Bought a speed feed this year, I like it a lot.

bought a BG86CE today. will buy a FS56 later on. i will be buying a speed feed head. thanks for the video!

I have the large speed feed 450 head on my echo. I can reload it with 3 arm lengths (about 15 feet for me) of .105 line in only a minute!

speed feed head is great, you never want to use the stihl head again after you used it. however i had installed it completely wrong in several different ways before i finally figured this out. Thanks for the video i should haved googled it or possibly read some instructions lol

Read your instructions on the insert black one or straight shaft white one for curved shaft that's why they give you instructions when all else fails

I have a fs90r stihl and none of the attachments that screw it back on the head would work , just used the old one , works great , love the echo speed feed head ! 👍🏻

Thanks bro for the 1099/W2 info Much appreciated!!!!

about the bump head where the spring pushes thur. i had same problem with that. what i did was i would hot glue a metal washer inside and it makes it last ALOT longer. also with the spacer while not really needed all the time. if it feels lose and spacer is to big. grind it down some.

Thanks for the information

i admire you so much for being able to run a decent sized business at least in terms of work vs employees while keeping your other job

Thank you from Australia down under for this instructive vid.

Just bought an FS- 70R. couldn't be more pleased

keep it up plz the motivation is awesome

Thanks man, helped out alot!!!

Thanks Brian ... I'm going to do this too.

Amazed by the love for Speedfeed trimmer heads. Beware of poison ivy. Not a glove guy.

Thanks for the video.

the autocut 25-2 is a really good head but that speed feed life is where its at great video!!!!!

Strange, I have the same everything, and I ABSOLUTELY need to use that spacer! It does NOT tighten without it.

From my observation you are 100% correct on the green insert. I put this head on a Stihl fs55 and the instructions said gold insert. That will not work. Install the green one and it will rock and roll. Thanks for the information and video.

I have wanted to switch the head out for a while, I watched your video, went to the shop and had the head on with in an hour. Great video.

The black one is for a straight shot the white one is for a curved shaft

I added a small bolt to the centre of the Echo Speed Feed bump head in-order to reduce wear it has lasted 2 seasons without replacement. A small bolt 3/16" thick bolt head added to the trimmer head has not unbalanced it and permits bumping on paved surfaces without wear

Wow.. just subbed because you’re using employees and not sub c’s. Too many small businesses think it’s a good long term strategy.

Thanks for the Video

Send that rain East we need some. Great Video! Hope you get caught up before the holiday weekend. Love the speed feed head thanks for the demo.

I got a low serial number (1991 or older!) SRM1501 (21.2cc's like the newer SRM225) that I still use weekly and a PAS266 trimmer and I got Speed Feed 450 heads (they're even bigger and hold more line than the 400 head) on both of them and convinced my hobby farm owner guy that I weedeat for to switch over his older Stihl FS85 to the Speed Feed head last year too after he saw how fast and easy it is to add more line! Only way to go, Brian! (and everybody)

I don’t know why stihl doesn’t have a speed feed head like this. I’ll be putting an echo speed feed head on my stihl trimmer. Thanks for the video.

This video is awesome. Thanks 🙏

Awesome video man! Thanks!

Sweet that a pretty good idea

I need one... once I get a trimmer :)

Thank you

I have Echo trimmers and those speed loaders have been flawless. Good video

omg THANK YOU!

I just got one of these today for my Ryobi. Can't wait to try it out.

I have a Stihl speed feed trimmer head on my Stihl fs56 RC string trimmer It works great for what I'm doing

Great channel mate. Love the content

By the way Brian, your suppose to use the spacer lol, at least I did ha :)

Thanks for the video, ordering some of these boogers!

I got to get me one of those head jobs ! Oops that did not sound right ! Lol

Great Video mate I love my Speed Feed

Speed feed is the best.

Brilliant cheers. Will try and see how durable they are compared to my Stihl Auto cut.

I’m partial to the 450 head but they both run fine.

It wears out faster if you bounce it on cement, try grass always...

The Stihl auto speed feed trimmer head fits all Stihl trimmers

Hey cool video man! I was wondering if this also would work with a Shakespeare easy wind bump head but for some reason when I installed it on my straight shaft Troy Bilt trimmer when I bump the head to get more string it doesn't wind the string out to bring out string instead it winds the string inside so do you this I put it counterclockwise or what? Please help Brian! Thanks

Got one for my redmax. No more stress! Lmao. I also just got a stehl elctric start backpack blower thats awsome if you have gabby customers!

Great vid B Nice educational video for others

you made it look easy

Question top notch lawn care does the speedfeed will fit on fs91r stihl trimmer ??

👍👍👍👍

Brian what is the bigest lawn you have that you mow top notch Q & A

THAT BANG ON THE GROUND SHIT WENT OUT WITH THE DINOSAUR.

The Stihl is a LH left hand thread. That requires the use of the black core with the green bushing. NOT the white core which is for RH right hand thread.

How do I take the echo off

Bumping it on concrete will surely wear out the center quickly...

Best head👍

I think the white thing or green thing is called a busshing sry if I spelt it wrong

Will this Echo speed feed head work on my Stihl fs75 curved shaft weed trimmer?

Thanks for the video but mine keeps sucking line back into head when I crank mine. Any suggestions.

you should really try and put that spacer on it. it helps prevent weeds from wrapping around the head.

When do you have time to work at your second job ?

Hey, it's top notch 5 years younger :D

At 8.33 a big no no dont bump on concrete that why it wears out and spring pops through

Just watching this video again lmao yes 2021 already, i think your trimmer is missing that metal guard between the head and that little.gearbox insert

hey Brian, you like that 100RX better than a 110? just curious, I've seen the RX at my local dealer but haven't heard much about them

Brian I got the same Weedeater and same speed head but I can keep the damn string in it I got to be doing something wrong man

That pos head is one reason I don’t use echo plus the sthil has more grunt

i do the same thing with all my stihl trimmers. If you tell stihl you do it tho they tell you it voids the warranty of the trimmer. The rep told me stihl plans on coming out with their own.

if you don't mind me asking, what do you do at your second job?

I prefer the original head and it ain't nothing to string one of them, and they work fine to me!

Nice video man

I did they same thing to my weed eater but now the speed feed head broke and I cant get it off?

I have one of these heads i use professionally, it's great! I sometimes wind it back in to get water meters and irrigation boxes and smaller stuff. I have POV of one in action on my channel.

What size line do you use?

Me too

2 questions on speed feed head: Does inner spool show R or L facing you? And are you turning the thin top knob with knurling clockwise or counterclockwise?

I have the speed feeder for my echo weed eater and its sooo much easier that taking the original head apart and adding string, i love it, Im looking to upgrade to stihl.

Speed feed all the way just carry extra string in your back pocket

Awesome video I finally stopped to watch videos on these to see what all the hype is about. I don’t like that they are a tad bulky compared to my husqvarna 123l but they look awesome. Does it seam to spin smoothly?

I know this is an old post but I saw another video the other day that will save the bump cap. Remove the cap, drill a hole in the cap and install a bolt, washer and lock nut thru the cap. When you bump on concrete, it wears the bolt head and not the plastic cap. Here's the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2OcQzP_qR3A.html

What trimmer rack is that in the garage?

You might want to mention that you turn that head CLOCKWISE to get it off. I know you showed it in the video but people need more than that these days. Not a lot of bright individuals in this trade. Bravo to you for trying to get legit. You should tell everyone how much you have to pay into workers comp each year for each employee in addition to the taxes you have to pay for each. You gotta be busier than a rooster in a hen house to be able to afford all that. That speed loader is the shit. I run it on both my Echoes.