Gas Powered and works great!! We have had it 4 years and use it 6-7 times a year for about 30 minutes each time. We had another one given to us so don't need two. Still have the owners manual. It was $75 new. Weed Eater FeatherLite Series Model: Wild Thing WT21 Call Jerry at 688-7378 or reply to this ad. Location: Chugiak it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests alaska