ECHO 99944200950 High Capacity Speed-Feed 500 Trimmer Head

Just click buy now. This is the easiest weed eater head there is on the market.

Heat transfer from bevel gear head to metal hub in EchoSpeedfeed500 melts line together. Unusable after 15 minutes. Echo knows now, after all the complaints. In my opinion, they must have known earlier...in product development, I would hope. Oh well. It's on them now. We'll see. In the mean time, I ordered a new Husqvarna t35 to replace the unusable Echo Speedfeed500 that I bought(and am out $ on) to replace the original 8 year old t35.8 years versus unusable.

I have been using my Stihl FS131 for 5 years on our property and after trying several different brands of line and then carrying a spare loaded spool with me, all of that is OVER. The Speed Feed 500 has been VERY nice to use. It hold more line and it can handle .130" line that is much tougher. I no longer have to stop and deal with a mis-fed line or waste time swapping the spool out for a new one.This has been a very good upgrade and it makes the task of brush clearing / trimming much easier.

I own both the 500 model and the 400 model. Both are similar with the 500 having more capacity. I use it on a Black Max 25cc trimmer, and it functions well with both units. My personal opinion I like it better with the 400 it seems to run smoother and balance a little better but with the 500 on there I have no complaints either way.

This, most definitely, is the best trimmer head money can buy.The only issue that you might have is power. Your trimmer needs to be a Pro model in order for this to work right. IMO. IF your trimmer is under powered, just buy the SpeedFeed 450 instead. Just Buy any of the SpeedFeed heads, the 400, the 450,and the 500, you won't regret it.

Everything went perfect.I was a little unsure if it would work in my situation because although I have mostly Stihl equipment but this one is a Tanaka.Some of my employees like the Tanaka because it's really light, and fast.I couldn't have imagined a better product.I didn't even have to use any of the adapters that came with it.I'm well pleased.

Purchased to replace a Stihl 25-2 head on a Kombi 131r with FS-KM.Easy to install, but does not make life easier. Line constantly jams and I've tried it with different brands and sizes of line. I've used a speed feed 400 for years with no issues. Google "Speed Feed 500 FAIL!" and watch the video. Perfectly describes the issue I've had.Save yourself the frustration and buy the 400, not the 500.

At first, it was great, powerful and then, right after I change, the string started the problems. I was very curious to see why it kept happening was frustrating of course so I looked into it. I switch my line that didn’t work. It kept cutting on one side and one side kept getting tangled no matter what I did so I switched lines again for the third time, and they kept getting caught again only on one side, and, I’m not amateur I know how to use weed and there’s no logical reason for this to happen. I started looking inside. I looked in between the string and I found a piece of plastic that I’m assuming doesn’t belong there and every time I would try to feed it it would cut my line. I have not returned this one yet, but I will be very disappointed in this. I will probably try it again just to see if it was a fluke thing because I love echo and all my equipment is echo. .

lost the end cap for the speed feed 450 I was using so I ordered this. idk if its the line I'm using (stihl) but it tangles inside constantly in this speed feed 500 , which is supposed to be able to take more line, (it did not tangle in the 450) even if i use less line it still tanglesso all in all I would not say its an improvement over the speedfeed 450, in my opinion its worse

Product shows head and coloured adapters. Received head only, which looks good, but no adapters, so a rip off. Tried to return or get missing bits, either have to take to UPS, which is miles away or post at my cost. What a pain, don’t buy this one as likely to have same problem. So I will have to try and get adapter 😡

Bought this for my Stihl FSA 135 R. Listed as a compatible model in the table.Whilst it does bolt on with the green adapter fine this head fits way lower than the OEM Stihl one, and, once the spacer is installed its even worse. I'd say the trimmer head is about an inch under the bottom of the big guard (one with the black skirt) and closer to an inch and a half under the smaller guard.Originally had my smaller guard on, and first time i bumped it noticed that the line spins under the guard / cutting blade. Problematic. Switched over to the larger guard and it kind of works. It's a 50/50. Sometimes hits the blade, and sometimes the plastic under it.All in all, despite saying it fits the Stihl 135 R, I dont think it does, unless you are running without guard. Contacted Echo customer support for help, didnt receive a reply.