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[ben lightfoot]

well the 441 is still £25 more too

[MattyF]

have used the 46 lots and its a strong and powerful saw,have found its main down side are the anti vibes are pretty pants and the air filtration is not great, the first one i had wore out pretty quick after ringing up a few hundred tonnes of dead beech we tried a flock filter over the standard filter on the second saw we brought but it seemed to hampen the performance... none the less that saw is still going strong 6 years on although its not used every day.

 

THe 372 is my current 70cc saw and cant fault it apart from having to keep an eye on bolts rattling loose,(dont know why but on some husky saws it seems to be there trait!) air filtration and anti vibes are great and the power is there it happily pulls a 24"bar... but i like the idea of a modern strato engine,more economical on fuel and less emissions that is both the 372 and 460 s down falls and why i would buy niether... the 441's and 576's i have picked up feel great but not used either over a long period to make a comment but the anti vibes are great and both have air injection type air cleaning for the carb air so they get marks up on that.

[raker]

I use an 046 with 18" and 28" bars. Great saw.They can eat dust, but i dont think its the filter, its the mating surface. I grease mine and have no problems. Keep the chain good and sharp to turn out clean chips and the dust should be at a minimum anyway.

Not noticed any probs with the anti vibe personally, and use it for long periods without fatigue.

Dont have any huskys so cant comment on them but the 046/460 proper rips with a muffler mod.

[Highland Forestry]

I'd buy the Stihl...

 

Huskys are good saws but the Stihls are much easier to take apart, strip down, replace parts, maintain etc.

[davecorbin86]

Are you sure the stihl didn't have as much torque? Or did it just not rev it's knackers off. Haha

 

i did my cs31 with an ms260 , and my forward leaner just didnt seem to go aswell as when id used the husky , but thinking about it , they were college saws , so it had seen better days ! i found as long as you sharpened them up properly , and didnt try digging with them , they were both good ground saws , i just seemed to get more accurate cuts with the 357 xp

[Andy Collins]

As Matty says, Huskies shed bolts too often. This has been a pita since I can remember, and really winds me up now. The other day I was logging a tree, had replaced the lost exhaust bolt the week before, checked all bolts were tight before I started, then ended up rummaging through the sawdust for yet another lost bolt from the exhaust. This waste of time and money makes a Ford out of what should be a Ferrari amongst saws, and sways me toward Stihl. I've tried Loctite-ing the bolts in to no avail. Grrrrr!