Cordless Stihl Top Handle Chainsaw MSA 161T
In our recent trip to their USA headquarters in Virginia Beach for the Stihl Influencer Summit, we heard rumors of a new Stihl top handle chainsaw. However, after leaving the event without seeing or touching, it might as well be a mythical unicorn. Seems odd that the USA didn’t have a cordless Stihl top handle chainsaw since […]
Stihl FSA 130R Trimmer First Look – Battery Power for the Pro
We recently had the opportunity to use the Stihl FSA 130R string trimmer while at Stihl headquarters in Virginia Beach, VA. The Stihl Summit brought in influencers and media from across the USA. The Stihl FSA 130R is a battery-powered string trimmer meant for the professional. Stihl claims the FSA 130R has gas-equivalent power. We’ve […]
Stihl RMA 460 Battery Powered Push Mower Review
Stihl has their fair share of fanboys in the OPE world, and for good reason. Their products tend to have a well-engineered and lightweight build, and they perform really well. While you’ll read the results further down the article, we’re optimistic about the Stihl RMA 460 Battery Powered Push Mower. Stihl developed this residential-model mower […]
Stihl FS 91 R String Trimmer Review
While the work doesn’t really slow down at this time of the year in Florida, those of us who review tools for a living had a great opportunity to put 10 of the OPE industry’s best string trimmer models up against each other. We wanted to see which brand offered the best performance, ergonomics, features, […]
STIHL Market Share Up 10x: STIHL Battery-Powered Tools in the US
Well, if you think of STIHL as just a gas-powered chainsaw manufacturer, you need to keep reading. Sure, STIHL is still making some of the best, arguably the best, gas chainsaws in the world, however, it’s the STIHL battery-powered tools responsible for the greatest growth in the U.S. market. To be more specific, these battery-powered tools […]
STIHL MSA 200 C Chainsaw Review – Battery Powered
I’m a logger, just up from Coos Bay, Oregon. Not really, but it makes me sound tough. While I may not be a logger, I have felled my share of trees. I even worked with my uncle, who was a real logger in South Alabama. On that subject, a small storm rolled through our town […]
Stihl BR700 Backpack Blower Review
If you’re one of our regulars and you’ve somehow missed the fact that we’ve gone crazy for backpack blowers in the last couple months, let us get you up to speed with our Best Backpack Blower Shootout. In it, we’ve taken a look at some of the top brands in the OPE world to compare […]
Stihl BGA 100 36V Handheld Blower
We have good news for you if you missed our stupendously big cordless blower shootout in August: the internet never forgets anything (that might actually be bad news) AND we’ve started spotlighting some of the 16 blower competitors with their own reviews. We began the spotlights with the EGO 575 CFM (one of two EGO […]