Shindaiwa

[Aled Owen]

I'm looking to buy a Shindaiwa 285s, any of you guys had experience with this saw, what do you think about Shindaiwa in general?

 

I've got me a Shindaiwa strimmer and it's 1980s era, still works fine and dandy.

[dangerous brian]

Ive used the tanaka stuff and there allright.

[shillo]

ive got 2 ah230 pole trimmers with pole saw attachments and strimmer heads also. 1 machine is at least 10 years old, still starts 3rd pull or less every time, still used nearly every day, i hardly ever do any servicing to them. for some reason the spark plug just fails all of a sudden, i just carry spares and off she goes again, the choke lever is a bit cheap and nasty ive had to replace it with a home made bit, exposed wires have snagged on stuff before you dont get that problem with stihl stuff. the biggest problem ive found is spare parts ive been waiting for a replacement sprocket now for about 6 weeks, stihl, i would have it in the post the next day.

[Samuel]

i had a tanaka chainsaw, not sure which one but it was alright but would not buy one again