PROYAMA 42.7cc Gas Weed Wacker, 3 in 1 Heavy Duty Weed Eater Gas Powered, Brush Cutter and 2-Cycle String Trimmer Machine with Metal Blades for Lawn Care, 5 Year Warranty Gearbox

Assembled easily, started easily first 3 times we used it . it ran fine. I could not get it to start after about 45 minutes of total run time. Motor would fire a little but not run -no matter how much we dried it out or how fresh the fuel was or how we manipulated the choke; it was getting fuel as mix vapor was seen coming out of exhaust . We checked: sparkplug, swapped spark plug with a known good plug - no joy isolated ignition from switch- no joy pulled it apart- verified flywheel key had not sheared, verified magneto airgap etc, piston and rings looked virgin . installed new coil today -same deal- no start- it would sound as if firing but wouldnt kick off and run. unit has spark but seems very weak Pulled carb apart with no issues apparent. all diaphragms flexy and clean. Inlet needle arm level with casting. high speed needle in good condition. Now in process of re-setting mixture screws. Unit has plenty of compression but will check with gage today. Piston and rings still cherry as seen thru the intake port. If i can figure out why the sumbitch wont start i will revise my rating but there is another reviewer had same exact problem but do not know what his resolution was. Epilogue: Proyama customer service (very polite and sincere) have offered to refund me money OR send me a refurbed/second hand unit. Yes , fool that I am , I accepted their offer of the second hand unit. I cant resist...this damn thing should run..it DID run fine the first tank of gas! I am going to fix it or die trying. Maybe I end up with two piles of junk and a bruised ego or maybe I end up with at least one serviceable unit plus a pile of spare parts. Meantime I am still looking for my little doggie. The grass has now grown so tall I cant even see the tip of her tail above the grass...I know she is out there somewhere...... I will bump to 5 stars if this second unit actually runs. I bump to 3 stars for now because these guys really seem to be genuinely trying to help me. Also now that I have had this unit broken down I can say the construction is good and does not see to be full of cheap shortcuts. Piston has two rings. Overall Machining is good /clean. I think it will give good service if I can get it to run. EPILOGUE: Proyama offered to send me at no charge a good refurbished unit. I accepted of course. It looks brand new but the locking knob for shaft extension is damaged , probably from shipping. But otherwise this unit has never been used! I gassed it up and it started right up with only a half of a pull. I have stopped and started it 10-12 times , all easy single pull starts. I took the carb off of this unit and put it on my original unit--same deal--firs but wont kick off and run. Now very puzzled. So I set the original carb up just like the replacement unit's carb and will re-install and try again. I also intend to pressure/vacuum check the crankcase to see if maybe the crank seals(s) failed. At first pass it still behaves as if not getting enough gas...... Also when I put the replacement unit's carb back on the replacement unit it again started and ran nicely! I am bumping to 5 stars as I think the unit is well made and PROYAMA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE IS EXCELLENT. I will update the review as I dig deeper into the original unit's issue.

I own a proyama chainsaw and it’s awesome. So I figured I would get their brushcutter for cleaning up the property and cutting nuisance alders and trees. This is great quality, professionally boxed, runs excellent. Great quality product. If you’re thinking about it, just buy it and you’ll be happy! Thanks proyama

****Grease the foot----it's dry!!!!!**** Stupid fun, makes light work of difficult tasks. Beefy. I'm clearing a overgrown fence row right now that's been took over by privet hedges and let go for 5+ years. This thing is having no trouble dropping 2-4" hedges and saplings, like butter. If you take your time 6" is well within cutting power, by time I mean 4-6 seconds. Over all I'm impressed. 4hrs run time today and it's wanting more. Super easy to crank. Not overly loud. Fuel economy is actually great, 50:1 mix. Fighting with the chest rig to hit that comfortable sweet spot but that's just me nit picking. I would 100% buy another one. Honestly this would make a sick gift for a new homeowner. Foot came dry!!!! Grease the foot with good high quality lithium grease!!!!!!!!! I fully was expecting it to be dry. Just do your normal maintenance check like you do with any new machine. Other then that you're golden. QC and packaging seems really good.

To be honest I was concerned about buying this weed trimmer brush cutter as I had never heard of the Brand Name before and also the very cheap price may be a red flag. I owned for 12 years a Stihl grass trimmer brush cutter so in a way I am comparing this one with the Stihl which today costs around $ 700.00. Now this trimmer is a bit on the heavy side and at first that was a bit of a disappointment. However when one wears the strap I find it does a nice balance and it no longer feels heavy. In fact it balances better than my Stihl which blew a piston and that is why I bought this one. I have not yet used the harness that comes with this machine as it looks complicated to put on. I just used my simple belt that came with my Stihl. My Stihl blades also fit on to this machine but not the grass trimmer head. Now I found the instructions kind of not great as far as assembly instructions. I just looked at the picture from the listing on here to see how it should be done. Really not a lot to do. Just install the handle bars with the 4 screws and also install the lower plastic safety housing at the bottom of the shaft and also install the shaft into the main shaft. All tools needed come with the package. I found it extremely difficult to pull the starter cord. I could only pull it out about 8 inches and not fast enough to ever start it. I wondered whether the piston was stuck or something. I decided to remove the Spark Plug and see if I can see the Piston move. The piston did move and now with no compression it was real easy to pull the cord. I re-installed the spark plug and now to my surprise it was verily easy to pull out the cord and in two pulls it started right up. I think the engine had never ever been started and my 10 pulls or so with the spark plug out lubricated the piston chamber and that is why it became easy to pull the cord. If you also find it very hard to pull the cord at first, remove the spark plug and give it at least 10 pulls and you will then see a huge difference. I was surprised on how easy this starts. The bulb that one squeezes before starting is kind of hard to see, so one has to look for it. One question I ask myself is how does one remove the gray plastic housing that encompasses the carburetor as there are no screws to remove. Also can one buy parts as in spark plugs, ignition coils and carburetors if one had to replace those. I used it to cut some two inch sapling trees with the blade that has chain saw teeth and it cut through those little trees like hot butter. So far I like it almost better than the Stihl. Maybe ask me 6 months from now if I will still say that. Being cheap how long will it last? . Also when one installs the blades or weed trimmer head one must turn the screw to the left to tighten as it is left handed thread set up. To take off turn to the right. There is also a little hole at the base where one sticks in a pin to stop the blades from turning so one can tighten or loosen it. I think all weed trimmers have that. The headset included is a joke. I tried making every adjustment and it does not even come close to fitting over my head. I think it may fit a two week old baby’s head. The safety glasses not my style and the gloves are not great. No big deal. I would sooner see a 10.00 price reduction and leave those useless items out. So far with my limited use I am really impressed. I used a 1 Liter to 40 oil mix and also used Premium 91 High Octane gas. Manual says to use 1/50 mix and regular gas, while on this listing it says to use 1/40 mix for gas. So which is the real deal?

I have only run this for a few minutes through some elephant ears with the tri-tip blade after spending an hour adjusting it and the harness so I will update if there are any problems. Comparing this to the $1600 Stihl FS560 I have used, I am impressed. I'm running 25:1 gas for the first couple of tanks to break it in, you can tell everything is tight. The instructions are pretty light on the details, if you are not familiar with clearing saws you may have to look at the web site photos to assemble it. It comes with the wrenches you need to do everything. Took me a minute to find the primer bulb , which is under the air filter. It's no louder than my 26cc Weed Whacker. Didn't even take any of the safety stuff out of the plastic, it looks really cheap, but if you have nothing it'll probably get you started. The harness is a nightmare to fit, and unless you want to spend $200 on a Stihl Advance X-Treem harness, they are all pretty much going to be a nightmare to adjust. Because this is a handlebar model, you can't use the trimmer without the harness so spend some time figuring it out. Remember that you are trying to get the hook to the top of your right hip and work from there. Once you get that sorted, move the bars so that you can hold them standing straight up and have the blade sit on the rider cup with the blade parallel to the floor. I can tell I will probably break the guard off at some point and it will need replacement rider cups as all clearing saws do, so I hope those are available to purchase.