Nath, come next year, briggs are phasing out the instart removable battery and going with the fully integrated instart used in USA. Presumably cheaper to not have a removable battery; they only have a tiny 2 wire alarm clock styler charger with a plug in end.
The old engineering quote 'We don't make poor quality products; we just have poor quality customers' certainly rings true in those product review questions.
I like the answer regarding changing the oil every 50 cuts;
The little blue wescos are inherently fine for a small lawn; though the catcher is very week. I picked up mine at the tip barely used, took it home, cleaned the carby and adjusted choke, then off it went.
As MF said, they have swing blades and reasonable power to cut lawn - but a bit tinny. The float needles are hopeless and I bet many have been killed by petrol laden oil.
Last edited by Tyler; 25/01/21 11:32 PM.
