Have to disagree, owned both. The Makita is a better blower than the Stihl,I used mine commercially for eight years with no issues, reckon you bought a duff machine. I use my 86C as a vac only. Because my Husqvarna 525BX is the best hand held blower I've ever used! Love your enthusiasm though!

Im F ing done with 2-stroke anything. Loud smelly oily finicky temperamental 2-stroke. I love my Makita bhx2500 and it starts on the first pull now going on 7 years now.

I own both and I like both...im a home owner and don't use them much but both are reliable... I did a muffler mod on my stihl to make it sound like the makita 4 stroke.. and don't use flat nozzles either..

I just bought an sh86 so far it is a great blower !

Always enjoy the videos! Keep them coming 😎👍 Stihl makes the best blowers in my opinion.

Hmm… I have a BG86, KM130r, ms180, and a BR800. Definitely a Stihl person myself but I prefer 4 stroke / 4mix stuff over the 2 cycle engines. I actually find them less finicky. The bg86 with the strato motors does have to warm up a bit before it makes full power and the muffler and engine mount bolts do tend to come loose. I haven’t used the Makita but seems like it should be a decent unit.

I have both of these and the Stihl is better for how it feels in your hand but the Makita breaks less. The Stihl always has carburettor issues but the Makita just runs constant. It's just heavier and pulls to 1 side when on full power. Also being 4-stoke is just more convenient for business owners.

I have both and enjoy them very much.

Bro how you going to say makitia sucks in the comments and in the video lol. Stihl fanboi. Both are freaking awesome, but I love 4 strokes. I have used my makitia mm4 hand blower like the one in the video commercially for over 5 years. All day everyday and not one issue... I haven't even had to adjust the valves yet. Starts 1st pull everytime... Both are awesome, but I have NEVER seen someone talk sh!t on makita or Hondas its just shocking. Oh yeah and makitia mm4 trimmer is goat too. Edit: also my blower doesn't burn oil, you may have got a defective unit and if having to constantly add oil like you say it sounds like the piston rings are bad. Also after watching this video I don't even trust you to measure out the 80ml of oil it holds. You probably blew the rings out and destroyed the values on your 1st pull lol.

Preach it brotha!! Haha Saved me a bunch of time and headache Thanks!!

Enjoyed the video. Was hilarious 😂 I especially liked the dance you did pulling the cord on the Makita. Im in the markert for an 86 before next leaf season because of my father's 15 year old Stihl. One carb adjustment and one primer. Thats it. Also, our Stihl dealer is 15 min away. Might not be able to find someone to work on something from a big box store. Oh yeah, tell us what you really think about that Makita.😂

I’m with team STIHL because they are the best plus i prefer to use gas and oil mix then having to add oil to a Makita or any other 4 cycle blower. Because it’s less maintenance to have a 2 cycle engine. I use the VP 50:1 fuel for my STIHL BG86C blower. And I love my blower it usually takes 1 to 3 pulls to start every time. And I been buying STIHL equipments for 10 years now. My first one was a BR350 backpack blower then a FS56 RC trimmer. I sold both of them to my buddy in August of 2019 before my big move from Illinois to South Carolina. Now I have 4 STIHL equipments 3 batteries powered ones for my sister house including my RMA 510 V mower my FSA60 R trimmer. And my BGA57 blower. And for my house my BG86C. That I got for Christmas 7 months ago.

Great video.

I prefer echo because Stihl left me in a yard pulling like that. Got echo brand and never looked back

This is from the UK specs sheet Air velocity 69m/s² 69 Meters per Second = 154.34860 Miles per Hour

“50mph is enough to rip shingles off a roof” “The makita blows air at 145mph” “You have to be 3 inches away to move anything with the makita!” … ???

Husky 525bx eats the BG86, but the 56/86 are better looking units

What about fuel consumption?

How would you like him as a neighbour no thanks.

Stihl is a German company. Their products are made in different countries.Stihl makes a good product. I have stihl and honda. My 4stroke Honda's start faster and have been more reliable.

Always start both units on the ground

The only stihl blower that everyone should start is the bg350

If you can't find out where the origin of makita is i think you need to rethink buying lawn care equipment. By the way stihl is a German owned company And Makita is a Japanese owned company. I also like how in the test part you can see your thumb flick the kill switch on at 10:24 after a few pulls making the makita seem unreliable lol.

Gee i don't need a blower but waching this guy iam going to buy me a stihl blower.

No bias shown on this test was there!! The Stihl is a good machine, powerful and light. The Makita however, is more economical, quieter, has more than ample power, and is more reliable. I`ve hammered mine for seven years without a problem at all, and no, you don`t need to keep adding engine oil! Learn how to start the Makita correctly and you`ll find it starts first pull - every time.

You do the lawnmower huh, ???

You are trying with a different nozzle.

haha love this guy

I've used and owned efco, makita, active, but stihl means no problems. You pay high price obviously.

I have a stihl bg 86 like yours and a john deere 4 stroke and I cant even tell u how old the john deere is but never had any issues with it and my stihl equipment is 3 years old been serviced several times carb problems and I don't use ethnol gas and I don't use that man mad junk 20 bucks a gallon crap real ethnol free gas id never buy still products again

Wow your quite the actor

Different nozzles 😕🤔

Honda 4 stroke is better then both of them

I wish there was an option to give a video a triple like! You rock Man!!!!

I will never choose option to use gasoline or gasoline with oil. First I hate the mixing,second your clothes stink from the smell of the mixture fuel. Mikita is better 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

The stihl is £100 pounds more in England

I can't tell their not moving anything

How much have Stihl paid you to make this video ? If you told me the sky was blue i'd still look up to check.

Was redest da für einen Unsinn?????Der Makita macht mindestens den gleichen Wind wie der Stihl bläser.ich bin seit vielen Jahren gärtner und habe sie beide in Benutzung.

We have some 30 year old makita stuff that proudly states made in Japan on them. Top quality. It's from china now though. So I doubt the quality can compare if you buy anything they make nowadays. Not sure when they switched over.

Mention pollution.

Lmaoooooo😂

too theatrical

I use Makita tools all day I rather have them than Stihl I must you generally.talk slot of crap I dont think you know sometimes what you are talking about here's a thing for what do you when you run out if 2 stroke petrol and have a bad mix you just need ordinary petrol