Review of Echo 225 PAS combo unit w/ Line Trimmer, Edger, Blower (with post-script 2 years later)

This is an out-of-the-box and use review of an Echo 225 PAS unit with 3 attachments: line trimmer, edger, and blower. I have included the list price of the power unit and each accessory effective at the time I bought them (Spring 2020). TWO YEARS LATER (2022): This unit is not appropriate for our business applications, i.e., mowing tough jobs with different workers handling each piece of equipment. It is not tough enough and is now only used at our home.
2:25 Curved vs Straight shafts
5:45 Power unit (engine section) dry weight = 9.3 lb
7:30 Switching from line trimmer to blade edger accessory
10:10 Switching from edger to power blower
11:01 Evaluation of power blower
13:33 How I rate it overall

[@AntLive29]

Very helpful video. Pleasant speaking voice!

[@MowBeta]

Glad the vid helped.

[@nguyenhungbm2002]

thank you for your review, it's informative

[@MowBeta]

Glad it was helpful

[@shangrilaladeda]

You should use lithium grease between the connection for the attachment

[@MowBeta]

We periodically use spray lithium grease. Thanks for the info.

[@TheSpoolin77]

Not Robust is the what I believe you were searching for when describing the blower. I can see what you mean in commercial aspect with the everyday use and banging around during transit from site to site. Will be a short life for that little contraption. 🤣

[@MowBeta]

Yup... and now that I've used it several times I can say more "robustly" that it is strictly for use by homeowners, not by commercial contractors. Awkward for me to use also, because it doesn't flex like the backpack blower's nozzle does. Certainly not worth the $70 I paid for it. Thanks for watching.

[@accesspark1]

@@MowBeta how about the other two attachments, would you consider them sufficient for commercial use? If not, would they at least be a good start for commercial use?

[@MowBeta]

@@accesspark1
The trimmer attachment has been as useful in commercial use as our standard (non-combo type) trimmers. I’ve found the edger attachment to be of limited use for us, however, partly because the blades wear down quickly and partly because we have no real use for it since we specialize in “tough jobs” where an edger serves no purpose. To be honest, I only use the this combo unit at home because the main problem is this: either one of the attachments tends to get misplaced and isn’t available when needed, or the main unit with the engine head is stored without an attachment or a cover on the shaft end, which makes it susceptible to having dust fly into the shaft opening. Easy solution is to attach a rubber cap to the shaft with a short chain, but that can get torn off in commercial use.

[@accesspark1]

@@MowBeta many thanks for responding! and thanks for the useful information!

[@MowBeta]

@@accesspark1 Glad it was helpful.

[@HeyYall398]

ECHO PAS-225 Powerhead is not designed for ECHO Straight Shaft Edger 99944200475. ECHO says this combination may overspeed the engine and may cause premature failures.

[@jaym1244]

I just bought this combo directly from Echo. Comes with both the trimmer and the edger. Why would they combine these if the engine can't handle it?

[@jaym1244]

Never mind, I ordered the PAS-225VP, it comes with the curved shaft edger, My bad. I haven't received it yet.

[@MrMattuwon]

It's a whip! Lol