I'm about to pull the trigger on a new Stihl backpack blower. The BR 450 and BR 600 have very similar specs and the price is within $20. The main difference is the BR 450 is a 2 stroke. I know you still have to mix oil in the Stihl 4 stroke models, but I don't care about that. My concern is life expectancy, maintenance, and ease of starting. Opinions please!
2 stroke or 4 stroke
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Mowermedic1 on youtube just did a good video on the stihl 4mix engines.. he works on quite a bit of them.
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The 4 mix engines are good and they deliver good power. If reliability is a concern then the 2 stroke engines are generally more reliable due to having no valves to adjust or cam to break which does happen on the 4 mix engines.
Believe it or not, the 4 stroke is only 1.8 pounds heavier
Thanks! I'll check it out