Disappointment: Stihl BR 600

[husky46cc]

Yesterday I bought a Stihl BR 600 backpack blower from the local dealership. It replaced my fantastic but aging Redmax EBZ. The Stihl is a big disappointment. It's not as powerful. My question to this forum is, what is the most powerful backblower you have ever encountered? I'm going back to the dealership today to see what my options are. Do I request a full refund and then buy the highly rated Echo blower? Or do I trade in the BR 600 for the more powerful Stihl BR 800? Raw power is my only consideration.

 

[zord1995]

Hi,

Your 600 has 677 CFM, while the 800 will have 912 CFM, if you’re looking for more raw power, 800 is the way to go.

You will not be disappointed.

I am also bias, I am STIHl employee.

 

[lone wolf]

Yesterday I bought a Stihl BR 600 backpack blower from the local dealership. It replaced my fantastic but aging Redmax EBZ. The Stihl is a big disappointment. It's not as powerful. My question to this forum is, what is the most powerful backblower you have ever encountered? I'm going back to the dealership today to see what my options are. Do I request a full refund and then buy the highly rated Echo blower? Or do I trade in the BR 600 for the more powerful Stihl BR 800? Raw power is my only consideration.

Get the 800 we run two of them, very ergonomic and powerful. If power is your only consideration, get a stand on blower. https://www.scag.com/product/stand-on-blowers/windstorm/

 

[jimrb]

I have a BR800CE. I am not convinced having the pull starter available while wearing the blower is worth the extra 3 pounds. The C-E means easy to start while wearing. The 800 moves a lot of air. When I was looking, the Stihl 800 moved as much as any other vendors top of the line backpack blower. I got the blower during Covidstan and that was the only 800 series model they had in stock. I think if I were doing a do over I would get the BR800X just to save weight.

The ride on blowers take blowing to a larger volume.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I’m happy with my BR600 and use it commercially.

That said, I am aware it is not the most powerful out there but I have found it to be the most reliable and with a bit of maintenance, the most long lived.

My only experience with blowers is the BR600, 800, 430, 450, and 420 as wel as the Echo PB700 as well Little Wonder and Billy Goat push blowers and Buffalo Turbine pull behind blowers. The PB700 and BR800 moved more air for the backpack blowers but were more finicky after a few hours were put on them.