Chinese saws

[antipesto]

Check out the looks of these chinese copys, easily mistaken for the real deal by the untrained eye or ebay bargain hunter

 

Chain Saw, Chain Saw Catalog - China Chain Saw manufacturers

[spudulike]

Check out the looks of these chinese copys, easily mistaken for the real deal by the untrained eye or ebay bargain hunter

 

Chain Saw, Chain Saw Catalog - China Chain Saw manufacturers

 

Some of the guys in the US on arboristsite have tried them and the general consensus is they are poo, in life you get what you pay for, Huskys and Stihl will last for years, last Chinese saw I owned was a year old and it had to have a new chainbrake cover, the starter rope had broken twice, the top cover had melted around the plug and the recoil starter pulley had started to crack! Not quite so good value now - a professional would not put up with it on a bread winning saw.

 

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[morten]

And the anti-vibration of the cheap saws are virtually non-existant. So if you use the saw regularly, it'll not only be underpowered, break down frequently, but it'll also damage your nerves in your hands causing numbness and poor circulation.

[raker]

This sums it up:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6GAssS-v2k]YouTube - Non-compliant chain saws dangerous[/ame]

[Taupotreeman]

Just dropped a fairly hefty Oak log from about 20 feet. The fall was broken by my 046 Broken wrap around handle, broken chainbrake handle, broken mounts and a split in the fuel tank. Reckon if it was one of these cheapies underneath it would be squished flat.

[treebloke]

I once witnessed a farmer park his telehandler on top of my husky, apart from a bit of mud on the handle it was fine.

[antipesto]

I agree totally on buying genuine saws for quality, performance and reliability over the years. I wouldn't waste £10 on one. I wander how many people have bought these thinking they are genuine and had bad experiences with them - slating stihl or husky to their mates when all along it is a chinese saw badged up Productivity figures are scary too, 20000 units a month!