Products running Alkylate based fuel mixes

[Stubby]

12 hours ago, hoppy66 said:

Can you use aspen 4 and mix at 40:1?

If you want to .  I mix it with Red Line 2T oil at 50: 1 .

[peatff]

I have a cheap Chinese top handle saw which says to use a 25:1 mix but I have run it on Aspen 2 for the last couple of years and it has no problems. Cobra are probably just covering themselves.

[westphalian]

What price for good health?

Of course you are right. I will switch from Marlboro to JPS and the money I save on 40 a day should cover it

[Sambo]

On ‎21‎/‎07‎/‎2018 at 22:03, westphalian said:

Never used it bar for my lantern and camping stove. Is it worth it?

Makes your saws run like a treat!

 

[westphalian]

I will give it a shot. Ta

[MattyF]

A very good reason for not buying a Cobra chainsaw I would have thought if build quality will not allow it to run at 50:1,

Not sure ... I brought a cobra blower after leaving mine at home and fancied a cheap second back pack incase we had two teams going out and quite honestly the small stihls just don’t cut it, used it loads until daily until I got a bigger echo ... I run it on the same XP mix I put in my huskies stihls and echoes and it starts first time all the time even if been sat up for 6 months or more... it’s not bad gear from my experience... only problem I’ve had is the fuel caps breaking but the echo ones are a straight swap.

[outonalimb]

8 hours ago, MattyF said:

Not sure ... I brought a cobra blower after leaving mine at home and fancied a cheap second back pack incase we had two teams going out and quite honestly the small stihls just don’t cut it, used it loads until daily until I got a bigger echo ... I run it on the same XP mix I put in my huskies stihls and echoes and it starts first time all the time even if been sat up for 6 months or more... it’s not bad gear from my experience... only problem I’ve had is the fuel caps breaking but the echo ones are a straight swap.

Unfortunately Chinese chainsaws are a bit of a lottery , for every good one etc.

[MattyF]

Really ?? Off the back of my cobra experience I have recommend it to folks and three of them have brought the blowers ... no complaints but the fuel cap.
I’m as snobby as hell with my saw but then a saw is not like a blower... if I gun my husky 560 or stihlms460 at the critical moment it’s when I need the power that is why I choose those saws .. a reliable cheap blower in the face of what our German and Swedish friends offer us I would probably take the cobra !

[outonalimb]

1 hour ago, MattyF said:

Really ?? Off the back of my cobra experience I have recommend it to folks and three of them have brought the blowers ... no complaints but the fuel cap.
I’m as snobby as hell with my saw but then a saw is not like a blower... if I gun my husky 560 or stihlms460 at the critical moment it’s when I need the power that is why I choose those saws .. a reliable cheap blower in the face of what our German and Swedish friends offer us I would probably take the cobra !

 

[outonalimb]

The difference between blowers and chainsaws is quite significant. The load on blowers is significantly less than  that with

chainsaws . What works with blowers won't necessarily work with chainsaws. 

Edited August 4, 2018 by outonalimb