I did gardening professionally for 20 years.

Honda makes the best motors, but parts are expensive, but need fewer repairs.

Echo makes great weed blowers, but sucks at everything else of theirs I tried.

The BEST, by far and away, weed eater I ever had was a husky. Ran great, tremendous power for its size and weight, which is more important in the weed eaters and saws.

One of the best saws I ever had was an old McCulloch, but they are no longer owned by the same parent company.