TrioBrake

[Stephen Blair]

Taught the same except always take the trigger hand off.

[JimM]

Can understand how the trio came about but think it would snag too much. I'm a chain-brake fan. When you're snedding at speed you can end up reaching across that chain before its run down. Yes, it promotes wear on the brake band, but 2 years in and my 346 hasn't suffered from it. Not sure what the 550 will do yet, but no issues so far.

The last couple of weeks I've done a lot of work on steep slopes and walking and snedding over snow-covered beech stems on the ground. It's really not a place to have a casual attitude to using the brake.

I must admit I like the idea of getting a trio 346 and converting it back.