Windsor Chain - opinions please

[Stumpgo]

I'm soon in the market for 2 reels of chain - 3/8, mainly for a Stihl 064 (24 & 36 inch bars. And 325, mainly for Stihl 026/024 (!4 and 18 inch bars)

 

Been happily using Stihl Super Rapid (Chisel) for many years but find Windsor is 30-40% cheaper.

 

Going way back I remembered that Windsor semi chisel 404 was my chain of choice for a long barred Homelite 2100S (42 inch) and wondered how it is rated now.

 

Suspect it is made/owned by Oregon?

 

Cheers.

[Chris Sheppard]

We used a few loops of Windsor over the last couple of years (mainly .325 058 semi chisel) and it was fine. No noticeable difference to the eqivalent Oregon than we could see other than being stamped with windsor and costing about 2/3 the price at the time.

[Sawchip]

Have tried the equivalent Windsor chisel chain to Oregon LPX .325 with good results on a 13 " bar and a Husq 242xp. Under 8 squid a loop can't be bad

[Stumpgo]

Thanks Chris and Sawchip.

 

Think I will buy a loop of each before buying reels.