Efco 162!!!

[banana]

If anybody is interested this saw is now for sale.

£600 saw

Selling for £260 would post at £20

Just bought another saw for a fair price!!

Edited December 18, 2011 by banana

[pleasant]

I have been an Efco dealer for nearly 20 years and have sold Efco products alongside Stihl and Husqvarna.

 

I sell ten Efco products for every one Stihl and I have less problems with the Efco product. I keep Stihl because a lot of my customers or blinkered into believing they should entertain nothing else. What people need to realise that not one manufacturer in this industry produces a complete range of product to cover all uses which are the best in every category.

 

Historically Stihl started producing professional grade products and over the years have produced de-specced, poorer quality machinery for the homeowner, domestic or farmer market, and from my experience the Efco product beats the Stihl offering in these categories hand down- simply because this is the area where Efco cut their teeth. Over the years Efco have produced a range of full professional equipment which is good, but no better than the equivalent Stihl/Husky offering with exception to price.

 

I have fencing contractors and professional gardenders who need a saw as part of their work and traditionally have used the domestic/farmer Stihl/Husky offerings, but after purchasing and using the equivalent Efco product come back to me time and time again to tell me how much more powerful, reliable and forgiving they are.

 

Parts availability I have found to be a better percentage pick than Stihl and I have found Efco to be more helpful.

 

It's a pity that a lot of people will buy a turd if it has Stihl marked on it and won't consider anything less. However there are good and bad in all product ranges and I can assure you the domestic/farmer Efco offering are very, very good indeed.

[Al Baker]

I have an Efco top handle saw.

Had it for 12 years now and still working fine.

Fine except for having to strip it down and muck it out all the time. The chain brake gets clogged and ceases to function very quickly, the air filter blocks very quickly. The carb is very picky and adjustment is very tricky.

My other saws have been Stihl and it would be a no brainer for me if I was in the market for a new top handle saw.

[banana]

Yeah but have you tried a new Efco top handled saw?

You are basing your opinion on a well used, pased its sell by date worn out saw. The only way to comoare is to put i.

t up against a 12 year old Stihl

 

Or compare two new saws side by side

[pleasant]

Yeah but have you tried a new Efco top handled saw?

You are basing your opinion on a well used, pased its sell by date worn out saw. The only way to comoare is to put i.

t up against a 12 year old Stihl

 

Or compare two new saws side by side

 

 

 

....and you forgot to mention the Efco is around half the price of the Stihl. Two saws for near enough the price of one Stihl- and two lots of warranty for the combined life span of one Stihl. Efco even admit their top handle is not as good as the Stihl, but are savvy enough to charge nowhere near the Stihls price and understand there is a market for newly qulified climbers who need to earn some money before they can upgrade to the Stihl, or experienced climbers who need a back-up saw.