Electric garden leaf blower,vac,mulcher

Hi @silu is the Stihl easy to start please? I just don't have the knack with pull handles on petrol devices, which is why I have electric start on my petrol mower...

 

@JWK has pretty well summed up what my experience of a Stihl vac is like. I don't have an issue getting it started but I am sort of used to pull cord starts having a petrol strimmer, chainsaw, hedge trimmer and shredder. You have to pull sharply not a long slow pull if this makes sense. You almost have to take the machine by surprise! The only machine which I find a bit of a bi'ch to start sometimes is the Stihl chainsaw. It's usually because the spark plug has got gunched up with carbon and you need to clear it by burning off the excess oil with a cigarette lighter. It is very useful that daughter's BF is a seriously knowledgeable mechanic who diagnosed the problem. I often was purple with rage at the chainsaw when it refused point blank to start. I hate to admit it but the saw got hurled a couple of times (made me feel better). Now I know the likely cause of it's failure to start and remedy of same my and it's quality of life have improved somewhat.

 

A few years back they introduced the C version. This made a small difference in the resistance of the pull cord to help starting them.
They are very easy to get going and a gentle pull will start them up, not like the old mowers that need Popeye strength.
The weak point is the wiring harness. It tends to rub on the handle to body section due to the anti vibration mounts and I go through a harness a year. Good news is they are just a couple of quid and easy to change.

 

Luckily all the trees in my garden are tactically positioned to shed 80% of the leaves onto the neighbours gardens. One of my workmates had the opposite problem , living near an open park. The prevailing wind herded all the leaves into his front garden. Sometimes three feet deep after a gale