StihlBGA 45 Blower

I was extremely pleased with the Stihl blower which was a great help with the leaf collection . I live n a conservation area so the blower was put to good use. Excellent.

I tried to return the product however the seller does not want it, I feel disappointed with the product and much more with the seller

I am now unfortunately on my 2nd BGA 45 cordless blower and I wish I had never bought one. Assembled in China not Germany as many would think and it shows, the Stihl branding on the side is of such poor quality it will scratch off if you so much as brush against it, both of mine have got scratched in no time at all. My first one had a fault within the first 3 uses, the new (and stupid) safety trigger system requires you to have 3 points pressed at once to operate the machine, those with smaller hands will struggle, my trigger failed within effectively a few minutes use and it would stay stuck on even with no trigger pressure and had a mind of its own, it would blow on and off as it pleased, luckily I registered the product and bought from an official dealer so it was replaced under warranty....unfortunately I ended up with another, I should have (in hindsight) got a refund and purchased a better model with a removable battery. These are basically a small built in lithium battery, claims from Stihl are 10 minutes running time, nonsense! Expect 4-5 hours of charging each time for about a maximum of 5 minutes use and make sure you use small sporadic blasts, any use for 30 seconds to a minute and it overheats and cuts out! Stihl claim it will clear leaves up to 200 square meters, this is laughable, I tried clearing about 20 meters square on a full charge and it died on me and I ended up finishing the job off with a rake, I would have had to do this anyway as it is very underpowered and struggled with larger wet leaves. My advice would be do not waste your money, also the price these are appearing at with some Amazon sellers is scandalous, they are only 99 pounds RRP from any Stihl dealer and some places may even give discount on that, I feel robbed at the RRP so anything more is 100% not worth it, avoid this product and do not buy from ANY seller asking more than £99!Edit...my replacement under warranty has also gone wrong, please avoid this product at all costs.