Stihl is a family-owned company that was founded in Germany in 1926 by Swiss-born engineer Andreas Stihl. Stihl tools are still built in Germany, and given the company's German heritage, it's not ...

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The Stihl FSA 85 is part of the String Trimmers test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, String Trimmer models like the FSA 85 are rated on multiple criteria, such as those listed below.

Predicted brand reliability ratings are based on estimated problem rates for newly purchased battery string trimmers, by the end of the 4th year of ownership.