Whats the best outdoor power equipment brands?

Friends of ours use Echo products and seem perfectly happy with them as they won't use anything else for price and reliability !

I think you can never have too much power. US photographers are very lucky you can buy Alien Bees. Church interiors "swallow" light, so I would recommend something over 500ws the mid range Alien Bee is effective 800ws). You will need at least two with light stands and umbrellas, a third smaller unit for a back light. The 1600 will produce 1 more stop of power. You will require a good radio trigger (Pocket Wizards) and a receiver for each unit, the reason if you use slave your lights will be set off by guests taking snaps. I will need an assistant to help set up, time is a luxury in short supply on a wedding. In 25 years I have only ever shot formal groups in a cathedral once, for that I set up 2 stands with Nikon SB800 and 600 using a stained glass window as a background. This method is significantly faster to set up without assistance or cables you can either use manual or TTL. Canon have their own version. Alternatively you can hire lighting and you will also require backup camera body and lenses.

i like grasshopper (large mowers), echo, shindawa edge4rs, blowers, hedge trimmers.

these are not cheap; but i like tools that last can't be running to repair or replace when there is work to be done

Tanaka. I use it all the time and i LOVE them!

i have found that as long as you maintain them (clean-oil,etc,) any machine will last several years.