I've seen some of your posts here and I thought you were going the cordless route and had 2 cordless blowers. Just curious why a new gas-fired one? Are you finding the cordless inadequate for your purposes?
Your new Echo seems nice. I have an older Echo Shredder-Vac that I mostly use as a handheld blower. Mostly just for blowing things off around the house. It's been a trouble-free unit except that the on/off switch is worn and needs to be mashed up pretty hard. I have a replacement switch...just waiting for the current one to fail or get totally annoying, lol. I also like the switches that automatically return to run position. I always feel like an idiot when I realize that I've been trying to start a machine while it's switched off.