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Review on Trimmer gasoline STIHL FS 38, AutoCut C 5-2, 0.9 hp, 38 cm by Adam Koakowski ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The quality is at the highest level, be sure to try it.

I have this trimmer manufactured in 2022, I never took it seriously, and let everyone use it, of course, after the next user, it started badly, I abandoned it, bought a Honda UMK-435 to replace it. And probably I would have thrown it out if it weren’t for my close acquaintance with the calm technique. I needed a professional chainsaw and brought me to the Calm dealer. There I saw FS-38 at the booth and decided to ask what kind of motor resource it had and whether I should even try to repair it, the engineer’s answer was simple, according to the CPG, the calm has no difference between a professional and household line, so if it was not overheated, the repair makes sense. The whole repair consisted in carrying out service maintenance, replacing the filter, washing the tank, setting up the carburetor and replacing the spark plug. The state of the CPG was ideal, there was carbon deposits in the muffler. After that it started up like new. On the same day, I also bought an FS450 brush cutter with an anti-vibration system from them, because my hands hurt a lot from Honda. But it was not the FS-450 that became my favorite, but the newly reborn FS-38. It is light, so it is easy for them to mow all sorts of hard-to-reach places, such as drainage ditches, between flower beds, etc. He starts up easily. The design itself is as simple as a Kalashnikov assault rifle, it is completely disassembled and assembled in 15 minutes using one key. My elderly mother can easily cope with it. Now the cons. This is a HOUSEHOLD model, it is not designed for mowing 30 acres of grass to the waist, its ideal use is to mow the lawn in front of a country house or work in tandem with a mower on wheels. The mowing head is on a plain bearing!, you need to make sure that the grass does not accumulate there and does not overheat this place, otherwise it will melt everything. The mowing head itself could be more comfortable (for example, like the honda UMK435), and this applies to all calm mowing heads. Adviсe: - read the instructions - mow at full throttle, without re-gassing -use synthetic oil - fishing line no thicker than 2 mm Drain gasoline for the winter

Pros
  • Lightweight, easy to maintain
Cons
  • plain bearing on the mowing head

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