Quote Originally Posted by j44ke View Post
Husqvarna's helmet looks better than the Stihl in terms of the face shield. I think the weakness on the Stihl face shield is the frame. The Husqvarna appears to have a nicer, better molded frame to the shield. And the helmet looks a bit nicer too.

https://www.husqvarna.com/us/helmets...met-technical/

The shield is definitely key, especially if you wear glasses. And you really need one when you are running the string trimmer through brush.
Wear face & eye protection when using anything that can spit crap at you or if working in forest brush. I didn't have a face shield in the olden days (or a string trimmer) but I think it's insanity to run anything like that, that spits material out without a face shield and safety glasses/goggles underneath. With a string trimmer I also put on my snake proof shin guards; that's just a "hurt preventer", as opposed to a bona fide sight saver, and not really a big deal but it's nice to have the protection and I don't have to watch for snakes as carefully....I think.