I've owned a lot of trimmers in my time and the Troy-Bilt TB525 EC is the worst of all of them. Just bought it brand new a couple months ago. First time using it, it took about 50-60 pulls to get it started. I figured "hey it'll be easier to start next time". Nope. Just it took close to 100 pulls the second time. In the time it takes me to start this piece of crap, I could've already been done with my yard work. I will never, ever drop a dime on a Troy-Bilt product again and I'll be sure to tell my friends & family to do the same.