New Topper, which model & petrol or electric?

[Paddy1000111]

Interesting how many people are saying about vibration.

The 200t is rated at 3.4/3.8.

The 201t is rated 3.1/3.5

The husky is rated 3.1/3.2. 

There's not really much between them and it puts them all in the 3-4 hour of use before they are a medium risk.

 

Interestingly the msa161t is rated at 2.5

 

[Khriss]

@MattyFthose 338s were good, crankseals were the arse, then no chance of tuning them, still got two and prefer them . Very simple saw.   K

[Khriss]

3 minutes ago, Paddy1000111 said:

Interesting how many people are saying about vibration.

The 200t is rated at 3.4/3.8.

The 201t is rated 3.1/3.5

The husky is rated 3.1/3.2. 

There's not really much between them and it puts them all in the 3-4 hour of use before they are a medium risk.

 

Interestingly the msa161t is rated at 2.5

 

Lot of it is personal feel in yr hand Paddy, plus wot chain yr put on it.  Changing saws made my wrist n thumb feel a lot better,  immediately so I don't put too much faith in those factory figures. K

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Khriss said:

@MattyFthose 338s were good, crankseals were the arse, then no chance of tuning them, still got two and prefer them . Very simple saw.   K

I had a 338 that was a california spec only ( 45cc) to meet the EPA regs . It could not pull the skin of a cold rice pudding !

[Paddy1000111]

26 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Lot of it is personal feel in yr hand Paddy, plus wot chain yr put on it.  Changing saws made my wrist n thumb feel a lot better,  immediately so I don't put too much faith in those factory figures. K

I guess it also comes down to how you sharpen your chains too. I was thinking that because the vibration spec is pretty much the same it may have been a change in ergonomics/ballance that made the difference! 

[MattyF]

I had a 335 when they first came out and I think we will all agree it was possibly one of the worse saws made ... but to be fair the final run of 338’s with the bigger cylinders where a workable saw I found.
Rubber mounts like on the 200 wear a lot quicker, maybe why used saws feel shocking in comparison to a spring mounted one ? Either way I would not go back.

[Paddy1000111]

2 hours ago, MattyF said:

I had a 335 when they first came out and I think we will all agree it was possibly one of the worse saws made ... but to be fair the final run of 338’s with the bigger cylinders where a workable saw I found.
Rubber mounts like on the 200 wear a lot quicker, maybe why used saws feel shocking in comparison to a spring mounted one ? Either way I would not go back.

Also the knock off 200t iso mounts are garbage. I got some knock-off ones as the genuine ones weren't in stock. The knock off mounts had rubber like a car tyre, the genuine ones were almost silicone they were so soft. It suprises me that with all the mods and following that the 200t has, no company has made an upgrade mount kit for them.

 

Interestingly the ms194tcm is worse than a ms200t for vibration and the 151 is worse again at 4.9 😳

Edited December 8, 2020 by Paddy1000111

[Stere]

Makita rear handle  battery saw is 5.3 maybe doesn't have  av springs?

 

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[Paddy1000111]

1 hour ago, Stere said:

Makita rear handle  battery saw is 5.3 maybe doesn't have  av springs?

 

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Holyyyy.... The Stihl is 2.5 and I don't think it has av?! 

[adw]

A good point was made about chain sharpening and vibration, also bar and sprocket condition greatly effects vibration, we may remember the low vib chain from Husqvarna where only part of the tie straps were touching the bar. As for the XPT, a saw well ahead of its time engineering terms, unfortunately the balance was different to the Stihl so many people did not give it a far chance.