Lynn
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025
Easy start good running engine. Has a decent amount of power. The attachments are simple to swap around and it comes with the tools need to do so. The pole saw runs smoothly and chain adjust is easy. The trimmer is nice bump style feed easy to re string. The shears are tight, they were really bogging down the engine so I didn’t run those too long. They may loosen up with use I’m not sure. Over all I’ve ran this a few times now and over all I’m satisfied with this tool. For the price it’s a good deal. I run my tools hard and expect them to work.
Canoe Model Kits
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2024
I have bought and used many different chainsaws, weed whackers and other gas engine machines. I took a chance on the Wild badger, 26 cc with multiple attachments. I was impressed how it shipped. It was straight forward putting the items together to get it ready to run. After fueling it, it started right up and has run very well. Starts easy, powerful enough, seems rugged enough. I used the chainsaw extension for some time and it worked well. Granted, it is only a 26 cc engine, it will cut anything 3" or less easily. I used all the attachments and they each worked well. Very pleased with it. It is a little on the heavy side, but that's to be expected. I did not know that there's a 3 year warranty, as I did purchase an additional 2 years. Very pleased so far. Time will tell, and getting parts for any repairs might raise some questions. I give it 5 stars though for the value and the price.
Gregthefisherman
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2024
Easy start and easy to use. Only issue that wasn’t huge was the trimmer line was wound backwards but easy fix.Edit 8/14/24-Weedeater head has two arrows pointing in opposite directions with "Shaft side" 180 degrees from one arrow and "outer side" 180 from the other. No way to know which way to wind the string except by trial and error.Then it just stopped running shortly after replacing the string. Acts like it's a carburetor issue.Will come back and update if warranty makes it good.8/15/24-I found that when flipping the weedeater over to install the spool that the fuel filter/pick up got stuck in top of the tank causing it not to run. I went ahead and replaced the fuel line with some I had left over from my blower and routed it in a way and length that hopefully this will not happen again. I'll let the rating reflect the poor design but will say when it is getting fuel like it's supposed to it runs decent. I probably would go for an Echo at Home Depot next time though since the cost isn't much more because my job doesn't allow me the time to be working on power equipment.Update 8/23/24-Customer service for Badger is great. I contacted them telling I seemed to be having a fueling problem and they quickly mailed me a fuel tank with lines and cap and a carburetor.So my final say-As most gas powered weed eaters, it will serve well if you are mechanically inclined and able to diagnose the issue. Or at least pull up a YouTube video to help you diagnose.
jeffrey Town-Campell
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024
I was on the fence about this trimmer because of the bad reviews for it. I used to own a lawn care company, and exclusively used Stihl products. My first impression was…wow. The pole saw seems engineered well from what I see. Metal housing, metal gears, oiler visible. The plastic shroud over the chain gear seems decent. The hedge trimmer head seems decent—also many metal parts. The brush cutter/line trimmer accessory seems decent. I see zirk fittings to add grease on the attachments. I also thought the motor plastic seemed decent. The harness fits me well. The only little annoyance is how heavy the motor is, but it is what it is. If I bought the pole saw and hedge trimmer for my existing head, that alone would have been around $200. I think this was a great value and happy with the quality.UPDATE: I am using this in addition to the larger 2-handle version by Wild Badger on my off grid property. The larger version is a beast and can go for about 2 hours straight with no problems using a 12 inch brush cutter tri-blade. However, this smaller motorhead struggles with an 8 inch rotary chainsaw blade. I can get maybe 20-30 minutes of use before the motor starts spitting and sputtering and gets really hot. It got so hot it smelled like burning plastic. I would gladly buy the big version of this again, but this smaller motor can’t keep up with what I need it to do. I still think it was a decent value, but I’m foreseeing having to buy a different motorhead in the future. Not sure how long this little motor will hold up before it burns out. It’s definitely getting abused with 16 acres of land to manage. The accessories themselves are solid and seem well-built—no problem with those.UPDATE 2-After using this machine for a few hours per day for less than a week it overheats quickly and will only run with the choke engaged. It frequently stalls out and lacks power. Seems like it’s about to wear out already. The attachments work great, but this little power head just isn’t working for me. I’ll be looking at a different brand now. Not impressed. Guess I’ll need to fork up some money and buy a Stihl power head. 🙄🫤
bob p.
Reviewed in Canada on August 17, 2022
All good just hard to change things
Ouissale.
Reviewed in Canada on June 27, 2022
Nous l'avons essayés dans notre foret. Nous pouvons dire qu'il est de bonne qualité. le moteur est puissant, les équipements sont solides, le plastique est de très bonne qualité. Faut dire que c'est un produit américain. Il est très léger et les composantes du moteur et des appareils connexes sont excellents.Pour le prix et la qualité j'aime mieux payé ce prix que de payer une marque connue a $600 et plus et avoir le même résultat avec en plus 4 outils au lieu de un.
Dan Neumann
Reviewed in Canada on June 24, 2022
Love its wild badger . Hedge trimmer cuts 3/4 inch branches no problem. The trimmer is awesome too its a speed winder . Polesaw looks good . Have not tried it . Hard to get parts. I wore the upper shaft out. And they don't offer it on the website. I had this trimmer for over a year I put on roughly 6 hours A-day whole time using this and the engine rums liking new . has lots of power..
Nate
Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2022
Bought for a family member and they were thoroughly impressed with everything it does. Easy setup too. Definitely want to make sure you have a good spot to store all the pieces.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on August 27, 2021
This 26cc is powerful enough to handle a variety of backyard trimming. Great machine, used all the attachments in first week and worked like a charm. The engine started right away using 50:1 high octane fuel/oil blend (I would recommend.) There was only one issue when installing the handle, one of the bolts broke through he plastic but contacted customer support and they are sending me a new handle. Still worthy of 5 stars No need to pay hundreds more! Great value for the price.