I completely agree with Salmo g. Picked up the electric Stihl FSE 60 last year for something like $130(?) and have yet to fire up my older (and slightly mechanically questionable) gas weedeater since. For general around-the-yard work, it works well. Regardless of electric vs. gas, the bump feed Stilh system for replacing the line is far superior to that way it is done on a lot of other machines.