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Get an Echo with easy start, a 5 year old could pull them over. It does look a good solution for anyone with problems and a big lawn though. If a chainsaw is starting on fast idle though I would want it secured down.

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Hi, 

Well, it made me smile - I like it !

I expected a 1 pull wonder followed by endless resetting etc, etc, so I think that's quite an achievement to have created a thing which presumably keeps pulling until the user switches off the drill.

Operational concerns, 

- Mechanical reliability of the starter mechanism on the tool you're starting - I know some people just keep yanking on the cord but really the first stage of the pull should engage the starter pawIs before the real tug of war begins. And that's after you've found the correct starting point. 

- Structural reliability of what ever your starting device is pushing against,  you have to remember if a tool can be misused it certainly will be, I can imagine someone leaning it against a fuel tank ....

- Safety issue of the machine you're starting jumping about at start up, there's good reason every manufacture of chainsaws states the user must hold the saw firmly when starting. Starting on the floor requires foot through back handle and hand holding forward handle....

- User response time after engine start up is shockingly poor, you need to be able to operate the controls of the machine as soon as it fires up, crucial for a chainsaw.

 

Sorry, that seems quite negative, I think it's a great achievement to have got this far but equally I'm not convinced of its practicality in the world of chainsaws. 

 

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1 hour ago, peatff said:

Get an Echo with easy start, a 5 year old could pull them over. It does look a good solution for anyone with problems and a big lawn though. If a chainsaw is starting on fast idle though I would want it secured down.

Agreed,don,t like the idea of the chain tearing round like that,at least put the brake on

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