Yea - you're right, doing a search Pro Mix comes up on lawn mower sites and Lowes. I'll def use something better, I'll look into the others you mentioned. Would be nice to find something local if I can.

As far as gas without ethanol, there seems to be nothing available here except 5gal (or 55gal drums) cans of race fuel and at $11/gal, thats nuts. I've done the Stabil business for years since I do my own yard and it keeps the mower and edger, and blower from having probs during the winter when they're not getting used much.

I've never liked running one out of gas. All my 2 strokes had carb bowl vents so I could dump the fuel when I was thru. Have to look into that.