MS 500i

[outinthewood]

I'm running a 500i at the moment and curious how any of you that are also running them are finding them ?

[allseasons]

Outstanding i absolulty love it running a sugihara 25” bar and for me it is perfect for the slightly bigger stuff my 560xp wont do

[GazN]

Love it! It's my go to saw now

[Al Cormack]

On 26/09/2019 at 07:41, allseasons said:

Outstanding i absolulty love it running a sugihara 25” bar and for me it is perfect for the slightly bigger stuff my 560xp wont do

Are you running a Sugihara light or pro bar?

Hows it lasting?

[MattyF]

Good saw performance wise and can live with it being thirsty and the air filter needs cleaning very regularly.

[Moose McAlpine]

1 hour ago, MattyF said:

Air filter needs cleaning very regularly.

 

For a company that bang on about their "world first" in the 500i and its technological advances, it's a mystery why they still haven't developed a decent filtration system. 

 

Husqvarna invented Air Injection over 30 years ago, hardly a new technology.

[Dan Maynard]

But Stihl have - my 10 year old 261 has air pre-filtering, the mystery is why they forgot it on the 500i.

[Khriss]

The real mystery is Stihl still get people to part with huge wads of cash. K

[Moose McAlpine]

2 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

But Stihl have - my 10 year old 261 has air pre-filtering, the mystery is why they forgot it on the 500i.

 

They seem to have forgot it on a lot of their saws. Our 661's filter looks like a block of MDF every time i go to clean it.

 

Just now, Khriss said:

The real mystery is Stihl still get people to part with huge wads of cash. K

 

Truly.

 

And why the 500i is practically the same price as a 661 for 10cc less displacement and worse fuel consumption.

[Khriss]

Old and bitter and fucqed wrists probably 🤔 K