As A weekend warrior for the last 20 years, I have purchased and used many trimmers over the years.I started with Redmax b/f husqvarna acquired them and then they were less friendly user for me. Then the carousel of all the top commercial trimmers started, bought from local dealers to support them. I was aware of maruyama, but had no local dealers that carried them,then I saw where sle had them on-line for a good price.What a great trimmer,light weight yet powerful enough for my light trimming.Only time will tell if this Japanese trimmer will be as good as my early Japanese Redmax’s, BTW, these Redmaxs and now this maruyama were at the top of my list for their 9 LB’s of weight.Thank you sle for the damage free shipping.