Stihl GB Reviews 

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

2.9

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Considering 54 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Customers generally appreciate the smooth user experience, finding the website easy to navigate with helpful product information. Many also find the products themselves easy to use and reliable. However, some people experienced issues with product quality and durability, with items failing prematurely or not performing as expected. Additionally, a few customers reported dissatisfaction with customer service, citing unresponsiveness or a lack of assistance when problems arose. Some reviewers also noted design flaws or compatibility problems with certain products, such as incorrect parts or battery limitations.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Ordered product on a Friday, it was delivered the following Monday, unfortunately no tracking information was provided and it was delivered to dealer rather than me due to courier error. Obviously ini... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stihl pressure washer worked once last year stored in garage. This year it won’t work - an electrician was at my house doing some unrelated work and he said the unit is not functioning. I have bought... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Emailed Stihl re a catcher blade for my hedge trimmer gave model number etc I ordered on line the part number they gave me for for the relevant part When I received the recommend part it was... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

First use of my new Stihl GHE 250 Electric Garden Shredder and it jammed feed after feed for laurel branches between 20mm and 30mm even though I removed every side shoot. Not a good start and if my ca... See more

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Company details

  1. Lawn Mower Store
  2. Tool Manufacturer

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Built for Nature. Trusted since 1926 For 100 years STIHL has been supporting people who work in and with nature. A story of people and their innovations; of knowledge, progress, and responsibility – shaped by generations and ready for the future. At STIHL, you’ll find precisely the right tools to tackle challenges in domestic gardens, landscape maintenance, agriculture, forestry and construction work.


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2.9

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TrustScore 3 out of 5

159 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Impressive

Just bought a Stihl RMA248.3 cordless lawnmower. Robust, simple to adjust and just a pleasure to use. Time will tell but certainly extremely pleased with my purchase.

November 10, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

revised review

the updated 5 stars go to dan in customer service for listening to my concerns with professionalism concerning a past machine breakdown issue.after taking everything into consideration we agreed to disagree on certain issues out of his control.however after some (long winded persuasion) he decided to reward my long standing loyalty to the brand.the battery side of the industry is still developing massively but because it hasn't got robustness & power of the petrol equivalents its giving Stihl unwanted negative reviews.but hopefully they'll get it right.im still a fan overall.thanks dan

November 6, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Hi George,

We have reached out via Trustpilot to obtain more detail and see how we can help but unfortunately have not had a reply from you.

Please let us know more detail by contacting our support team so that we can assist.

Kind regards

Team STIHL

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

excellent products

excellent products. Fast delivery, clear website. Allows you to review order before pressing the button!

October 25, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Thanks for your great review Catherine! We hope you enjoy your new purchase.

Team STIHL.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

NOT USER FRIENDLY Sthil SHE 71cgarden vacuum and blower

Sthil SHE 71
garden vacuum and blower. I bought this primarily because it was a Sthil as I have a few of their products. I am a 68 year old woman and this machine is totally unuserr friendly. You need a tool to press on a lever that frees up the blower and vacuum pipe. However, Sthil no longer provide the tool so that is the first problem. The transition from blower to vacuum is a two man job and requires quite a bit of physical know how. This proved way too difficult for me. It is totally unuser friendly, awkward to handle, very difficult transitions, correct tool not provided, not the strongest of casing and overall a regretful purchase. My advice would be DO NOT BUY if you don't have help to rely on. What a cumbersome, ill thought out design by one of the industry leaders.
23rd Seotember. Thank you Sthil for replying sayi ng you have reached out. Can you let me know how you have reached as I cannot find any communication. Thank you.

September 19, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Updated - 17/12/2025

Following our previous email with the support video link, please let us know if you need further assistance.


Updated - 23/09/2025

We have reached out via Trustpilot, the request for more information will come from them as you have raised the review on the site.

Regards

Team STIHL





Dear Yvonne,

Thanks for your review, we have reached out to you for more information and would be grateful if you could respond so that our team can provided a detailed response.

The transition from blower to vacuum can be carried out with a small screwdriver, there is no specific tool that is required for this.

Kind regards,

Team STIHL

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What an egotistic company

What an egotistic company. Their customer service is rude on top of an attitude problem. Like many others, very disappointed. Although the machine quality is satisfactory, they aught to work on the human element, whereas at the moment. They might as well be robots. Rude robots at that. Obviously been programmed to be rude. Even their dealers have problems in communicating. thing is. Stihl does think that there is anything wrong with how they treat people. They should look at the reviews. But even with this, they won't think that they are doing anything wrong, so it must be the reviewer. which makes them. egoistic. shame that i have to give a one star rating

August 5, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Dear Mr Shute,

Thanks for your review, we are aware that our Customer Services Team is in communication with you relating to the product you are interested in.

Kind regards

Team STIHL

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stihl

Stihl
RME 443.From the start nothing but problems with this lawn mower.Customer service nil, mower not up to job motor burnt out .Used five or six times a year over four years on small garden.Never buy Stihl again not value for money

August 1, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Dear Gerry

Thanks for your review.

We have contacted you to obtain more information and would be grateful to hear from you to be able to help further.

Kind regards

Team STIHL

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Failed Stihl stockist purchase.

Having tried to purchase Stihl equipment during a promotion and enduring an awful experience with a Stihl stockist (no reflection on Stihl ) I had to contact Stihl to ask for assistance.
It was my lucky day to get hold of Dan Perry.
He assisted us in a full refund from the stockist concerned which was quite a concern given the amount involved and honoured the promotion when we were then able to repurchase the equipment.
We cannot fault all Dan’s help, guidance and assistance both during the process and afterwards. He is what customer service should be!
A credit to the Stihl brand and super ambassador for the business.
Thank you Dan, we are so very grateful to you.

July 30, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Thank you so much for your review.

We will sure to share with Dan.

Regards,

Team STIHL

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just purchased a cordless stihl cordless pressure washer ressure…

Just purchased a cordless pressure washer from stihl the rea 60 plus plus a stihl battery the ak 30s, looking forward to using it, but was quickly disappointed, on a full charge it lasted 10mins,then took 5 hours for the battery to charge, what a complete waste of time and money, never again.

July 17, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Dear Tony,

Thanks for your review.

I am sorry to read of your experience, at a first step I would recommend taking the machine to your STIHL Approved Dealer for them to check the machine.

I am happy to support further if you can provide more information via the contact request.

Kind regards,

Team STIHL.

Update - 06 August 2025

Hi Tony,

We have not heard from you to be able to look into this further for you, please reply to our request for more information.

Thanks,

Team STIHL

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

As an arborist

As an arborist it saddens me to write this as Stihl used to be the Rolls Royce brand of the gardening game. They have filled their factories with cheap foreign labour and swapped the quality of steel in their products. My blade has broken twice in my new hedge cutter twice. My old model for 15 years ago has uts same blades. Never buying another product and made me devalue all the other products I own from them. NEVER AGAIN.

July 28, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Dear Matt,

Thanks for your review, we look forward to receiving more information from you as requested in our email

Kind regards

Team STIHL

Update - 06 August 2025

Hi Matt,

We have not received any further information from you to be able to help, please come back to us.

Thanks,

Team STIHL

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a fantastic experience with…

I had a fantastic experience with stihl's customer service. Dan, in particular, was excellent, professional, attentive, and quick to resolve my issue. His commitment to customer satisfaction made the process smooth and hassle free. Stihl has earned my loyalty thanks to Dan's outstanding support.

May 14, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Thanks for your great review.

Team STIHL

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stihl strimmers expensive and poor quality

Based on my experience Stihl strimmers are to be avoided. I purchased a Stihl FSA56 battery strimmer in 2019, in the belief that their expensive products were of high quality and long lived. It had to be repaired in 2020. It has now broken irreparably, and my dealer says the cost of repairing it and replacing the mower would exceed the cost of buying a new product. When I phoned Stihl customer service after emails had just received the standard replies, they informed me it was my fault because the product had been 'overused'. Since I only have a domestic garden, and simply strim around a few fruit trees and raised beds, it would appear Stihl strimmers are no longer a wise buy.

May 12, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We recently had a fantastic experience…

We recently had a fantastic experience with Dan and Tara in Customer Support Team. My 2 year old Son is a huge fan of the Stihl toys, and we added to his leaf blower at Xmas with a chainsaw. Unfortunately the chainsaw developed a minor fault after a week of play. Dan was fantastic at helping us with our issue, and he and Tara went out of the way to replace his favourite toy, even delivering it to our house (we live close to HQ). Very rarely have we been granted such fantastic customer service, which left our son ecstatic.

We have just purchased our first home, and no doubt this experience will have us purchasing Stihl machinery for our home maintenance. Thankyou!

February 4, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Dear Matthew,

Thank you for your review, we are delighted to have helped a future STIHL chainsaw user.

We wish you much happiness in your new home and look forward to hearing about your STIHL collection growing.

Kind regards,

Team STIHL

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Fantastic machinery when it’s working

Fantastic machinery when it’s working! However, my mower’s bushing broke in less than 12 months. Luckily, it was only £11, so I didn’t bother with the warranty. My brushcutter, on the other hand, has been in for warranty repair for nearly five weeks, and it’s still not fixed. I’m not sure if the delay is down to Stihl or the repair company, but they claim they’re waiting for a part from Stihl. Either way, this equipment shouldn’t have these issues so early on—I take all the necessary precautions and follow the recommended care.

March 3, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Rubbish product

Virtually new battery hedgetrimmer stopped working. Apparently, I have to pay MY money to take it for 'assessment' to their NEAREST dealer, who is more than 40 minutes drive away. I then have to leave it there whilst they 'assess' it for warranty. Then wait for a reply. Then another visit to collect it. If it's NOT accepted for warranty, their hourly charges are so high that it would not be worth repairing. This product is an example of what has gone wrong with German companies. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

Update 21 Jan. The special oil they sent me had NO EFFECT. This company does not deserve to be in business. They make demands, based on the internal processes THEY have decided to introduce. They refuse to take responsibility for the failure of THEIR product and try to palm off their failures onto anyone but themselves. DO NOT BUY STIHL PRODUCTS. They are badly designed, badly manufactured and they have NO CUSTOMER SERVICE!

January 10, 2025
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Reply from Stihl GB

Dear Mr Blott,

Thank you for your review and the additional information.

I can see from the case and the call contact that we confirmed that the machine should be taken to a STIHL Approved Dealer for inspection, the local dealer that is able to do this is Winchester Garden Machinery in Liss.

The warranty provides cover in the event of a manufacturing fault or defect and in order to confirm this the machine needs to be physically inspected, this will often involve leaving the machine with the dealer however on occasions it is possible for this to be done on your first visit. Should the issue be warrantable the dealer will manage the process from there. In the event that the issue is not warrantable the dealer will confirm the cost to repair.

From the case I can see that we have supplied some resin spray to clean the blades as a first step at resolving the issue. Please contact the team back under the original case reference if further support and assistance is required.

Kind regards,

Team STIHL

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