sandspider
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Good to know, thanks. I didn't know Makita had stopped making petrol saws, but I did see various sites selling their battery / mains saws and nothing else. The EA3500 seems to be out of stock in quite a lot of places, though the smaller, weaker, lighter (and fractionally less vibratey) EA3201 is still fairly common, so the latter might have to do.
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I don't have carpal tunnel, no one seems to know what is wrong so far - but it seems to be similar to tendonitis or CT. I don't work with saws every day, but do do a good bit of logging for personal use - nothing like as much as a tree surgeon though.
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I take your point, but to get much lower vibes, assuming I avoid the smaller Husky saws (which my local garden tool shop agrees with too, he won't stock them any more) I'm looking at MS181 or MS211 (3 / 3.5 ish), both of which are £70 / £100 more than the Makita. I hope that even the Makita would be a step above my old S & J - which had vibes of 7 or 8 I think!
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Back on this again, and have ended up looking at the Makita EA3500S40B. https://www.frjonesandson.co.uk/products/makita-ea3500s40b-petrol-chainsaw-35cc-16-bar-chain/ Seems to be an older saw (but still made, so can't be too bad), not too heavy @ 4.4kg (power head only), reasonable power 1.7kw, not too bad vibrations 4.9/ 5.0 and only £230 ish. (£210 at Radmore & Tucker but out of stock). Makita, so not a top make, but decent I think (do they own Dolmar, or vice versa?) Saw seems to be well reviewed generally. I know it's not a pro machine, but for my needs and budget it looks quite good. Anyone want to rain on my parade and tell me it's wank?
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I'm pretty good at sharpening, or at least, my chains throw clean chip not dust. My old petrol saw I sharpened, replaced the odd spark plug, and one fuel line. In 15 years. Hopefully a quality saw will need even less maintenance! (I did clean the wood chip out of it occasionally, store it empty of fuel, knock the crap out of the air filter and rotate the bar every so often as well)
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Thanks chaps. Ok, the pro stuff is definitely out of budget new. MS211 is probably top of extended budget - but where does it score on the wank scale?
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Would the MS211 count as pro? More than my budget, but looks to be a better class of saw...
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Cheers. Can't really justify a new pro saw, and don't need one really. But a decent secondhand one would be worth it- if I can find a good one. What's the bottom of the range pro saw for Stihl, husky and echo? I've googled, but am not sure.
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Thanks, makes sense. The 261 is out of budget by a good margin, and a lot more saw than I need. Impressively low vibes for the power though. If I win the lottery! Will look at the MS181, try and find a shop that stocks a few options.
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@Joe NewtonI would actually like to know what you think is wrong with the husky 135 though.
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Cheers Joe! What's wrong with it? Besides being wank. And vibratey.
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I downloaded the manual to look something up, saw the vibe levels were wrong. Luckily I've not ordered it yet.
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Got the 120 manual, and discovered the vibe levels are 3x as high as the husky website says! Seems they're wrong, and husky will update them. Arse.
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Thanks for all the input 👍
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Husky 120 is looking quite tempting, unless anyone has bad things to say about it? Cheap and low vibration, seems powerful enough... Not professional I know, but nor am I!
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I'd not looked at the 120 as I thought it was less powerful / smaller than the 135. Seems it's not! Low vibe figures still too. Possibly no easy start. Just waiting for Joe to say it's wank, now! 😀
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Although, it seems the 352es has been replaced by the 3510es. For a few quid more is it a bit better?
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That does look a good contender. Thanks folks. Any more suggestions to confuse me more?!
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I do have a small battery saw, the Aldi 40v. It's surprisingly good for logs up to 7" ish - I used it for coppicing and small to medium logging and it's quite impressive for cost and ease of use. I also have a mains Titan electric saw, which again does a surprisingly good job on bigger stuff, as long as there's a plug in reach. I need (want maybe) another petrol saw, bigger but not too big. Did consider the einhell 36v saw, but don't think it's quite up to the job.
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Huh, that does have surprisingly low vibe figures for the spec. It is also rather pricey and probably overkill. Nice though. Budget £250 ish? Ideally less, of course! I wouldn't rule out second hand, but don't really know enough to pick a good second hand saw over a bad one.
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Good point. All the options I'm looking at seem to be around the 1.1 - 1.5kw mark, so maybe not that much in it. I'd be looking to run a 14" bar, but could settle for 12" and wouldn't mind 16" if necessary - my old saw was a 16" bar and it was occasionally used to cut the full length. What's wrong with the 135?! (Mark II if that makes a difference). Bearing in mind I'm not professional at all, domestic use only, mainly logging and a bit of small ish felling...
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Thanks Paul. I'm getting more confused, too much choice!
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Thanks folks, more food for thought. Hmm.
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Thanks. I did see the vibe data on the 3510 somewhere, it was around 2m/s2 higher than the Stihl & Husky equivalents. I think that ES is echo's spring assisted starter mechanism, and AC seems to relate to an auto choke, stopping the user from flooding the engine. Might help I suppose. I can't find the chain speed either. Also, I see the prices are similar to (or even more than) the Husky & Stihl equivalents, despite Echo being a less known name... Shame.
