Stihl v Lidl. (Yer gets wot yer pay for)

[Billhook]

I bought a Stihl folding hand saw from Amazon for £27.50 and it performed well.  Yesterday I was amazed to see a very similar looking saw at Lidl for £3.50

 

Here is the test!

 

 

[woody paul]

Didn't you mean Stihl 3.50 seconds and Lidl 27.50 seconds to cut same piece of wood.

[SimpleSimon]

Lidl were recently doing a petrol chainsaw for not much money at all (I can't remember exactly).

I wonder how that would stack up?!

[Darrin Turnbull]

I've bought something like it , never gets used.

it's a direct opposite from smooth cutting.

hate the things

[Khriss]

Actually I bought exactly same folding saw on sunday fr my rucksack to have when am climbing thru shrubbery . From pic - those teeth are buggered ! Checked mine befr I bought it , now it aint a Silky - but then it aint £60 ! Bit slower than Silky but handy fr lil crown lifts so I can get to base of tree , K

[Khriss]

( Long time ago - went in arb shop fr new Silky blade only - checked in in the pack - at least 4 teeth were cross-ground ! Where machine hadnt been set right - obvs threw it back at Mr Shop man )

[Billhook]

8 hours ago, Khriss said:

Actually I bought exactly same folding saw on sunday fr my rucksack to have when am climbing thru shrubbery . From pic - those teeth are buggered ! Checked mine befr I bought it , now it aint a Silky - but then it aint £60 ! Bit slower than Silky but handy fr lil crown lifts so I can get to base of tree , K

The Stihl had been used a bit but the "Florabest" Lidl was straight out of the sealed packet!

[Beardie]

Watching the video, it seems that the teeth on the Florabest were adequately sharp, but the saw jammed in the kerf more easily. Surely the real test is is how long those teeth stay sharp in regular use.  BTW, interesting to see that the cheapo saw was made in Germany, not China or Vietnam or wherever.

[Billhook]

38 minutes ago, Beardie said:

Watching the video, it seems that the teeth on the Florabest were adequately sharp, but the saw jammed in the kerf more easily. Surely the real test is is how long those teeth stay sharp in regular use.  BTW, interesting to see that the cheapo saw was made in Germany, not China or Vietnam or wherever.

Yes, it must have been something very subtle in the angle of the teeth or perhaps the way they may be splayed slightly to give the main blade enough clearance to move freely.  It certainly grabbed a lot.

But also the quality of the steel and although you could not see it on the video the blade did bend quite a bit more than the Stihl one when it grabbed.

I am very ignorant on the finer qualities of a saw blade so perhaps one of you lot will enlighten me.

Firstly there is the steel quality, then the length of the teeth, the number of teeth per inch, the angle of the teeth in all directions, the angle of the sharp edge, the angle of the blade triangle, the depth of the whole blade, the curve of the blade, the taper of the blade and many more things that I have not thought of since I have been celebrating my wife's win on the National with Tiger Roll!

[Darrin Turnbull]

13 hours ago, Beardie said:

Watching the video, it seems that the teeth on the Florabest were adequately sharp, but the saw jammed in the kerf more easily. Surely the real test is is how long those teeth stay sharp in regular use.  BTW, interesting to see that the cheapo saw was made in Germany, not China or Vietnam or wherever.

The German address on the blade will be a distributor not the manufacturer.

Unless its made in Germany they almost never reveal the country of origin.