Picked one up in Bellingham, MA Home Depot today. Store still has two left in stock of the straight and a few of the curved shaft.

looks like $149 for the curved shaft and $169 for the straight shaft in store #4608 (Falls Church)

I picked up the last one in Greenwood, IN on Thursday. I noticed that the new manual is listed on the Lehr website and it now has the oil amount at 1.7oz, which goes along with what everyone has been saying.

I'm a tinkerer, so I tore into the unit a little today. I noticed that the gaps between the rockers and the valve stems were out of spec per the manual, so I had to tighten them up. I also got rid of the 'safety trigger'. My 20 year old Echo that I retired didn't have this (or need it for that matter), and it was getting pretty annoying. Next on the agenda is cutting off that weird protrusion on the handle. What's the idea behind that thing anyway?

When I had the plastic off of the engine I noticed a symbol that matched the one on the dual line bump-feed head. On the head it had the name of (presumably) the Chinese manufacturer. I can't remember the name off the top of my head, and to be honest I'd have to write it down to get the spelling correct Maybe this could allow us to find out if any other trimmers use an engine (gas powered of course) from this manufacturer and we could get an idea of how reliable our new engines might be.

I will say that the trimmer has some power. I cut some large weeds right after a heavy rain and it did very well. About the only time it would bog down was when the line would wrap around a small tree instead of cutting through it.

larryj62 said:Saw a few at the Newburgh, NY store, marked $99, if anyone is local and wants one...

I want one but I'm in MI. Might go down tomorrow and see if they have any. This would be perfect because I'm not gonna use it a lot and there's no need to mix oil/gas every year.