New cut off saw

[andy cobb]

After 16 years of abuse and lack of servicing my old Stihl saw has finally given up and no amount of swearing at it seems to make it go so.....

Been looking online and the new makita EK6100 can be bought for £415, which is a weekend on the beer cheaper than the Stihl 410 but,......

are they any good? Do any of you guys out there run 1 and can give me a bit of an idea how they compare to a Stihl or husky.

can also get 3 years servicing and repairs with makita at the moment which is a bonus.

[tomlt]

After 16 years of abuse and lack of servicing my old Stihl saw has finally given up and no amount of swearing at it seems to make it go so.....
Been looking online and the new makita EK6100 can be bought for £415, which is a weekend on the beer cheaper than the Stihl 410 but,......
are they any good? Do any of you guys out there run 1 and can give me a bit of an idea how they compare to a Stihl or husky.
can also get 3 years servicing and repairs with makita at the moment which is a bonus.

Bought one a few months back, only used it a couple of times but seems as good as the Ts410s I've hired...possibly runs better. It is a bit lower quality plastic, but for the money I was well pleased, munched through some 100×100 reinforced concrete posts like butter.

[Ratman]

After 16 years of abuse and lack of servicing my old Stihl saw has finally given up and no amount of swearing at it seems to make it go so.....
Been looking online and the new makita EK6100 can be bought for £415, which is a weekend on the beer cheaper than the Stihl 410 but,......
are they any good? Do any of you guys out there run 1 and can give me a bit of an idea how they compare to a Stihl or husky.
can also get 3 years servicing and repairs with makita at the moment which is a bonus.

What models your broken stihl saw?

[tcfengineering]

I have run this type of Makita saw for over 10 years, so has my friend. The one I have now I use mostly for cutting steel, but apart from the pull start breaking has not missed a beat in over 5 years. I would definitely recommend them

[trigger_andy]

Watch out for that three year warranty. On another thread its been proved to me false advertising. 

[scbk]

I got one from Toolstop earlier in the year, think there was a discount code, then a deal on a pack of 3 diamond blades, and it was just over £400 saw and blades.

 

I've used toolstop a few times, always good prices and very good service

https://www.toolstop.co.uk/makita-ek6100-petrol-disc-cutter-12-2-stroke-61cc-p63394

 

It says out of stock on the site, maybe give them a call?

 

As for the saw itself, it seems good to me, and for what I use it for will last me a lifetime

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

I've used them for cuting breeze blocks and block paving and odd jobs once you throttle up I've always found them to pull to the side I've always liked the Stihl ts410 or the husqvarna k760 which is the new partner basically really good saws to use and comftable

[andy cobb]

2 hours ago, Ratman said:

What models your broken stihl saw?

Think it's a ts 400, also have an obscure Italian thing called a baurmant or something like that, that we use as a second saw or anywhere there's a chance of it getting nicked or run over

[andy cobb]

2 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

Watch out for that three year warranty. On another thread its been proved to me false advertising. 

Yeah I guess the warranty is probably not worth all that much as I'm sure they will have a long long list of reasons why the user has voided it.

[andy cobb]

I always think that stihls have the air filter in the wrong place, if your cutting blocks dry all the dust naturally goes to the handle end of the saw where the filter is.