Thread: Cheap Chinese Chainsaw Review

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

By the way,Carlton chain is rubbish.It stretchs way to much.Get oregon or sthil chain,well worth the little bit more in cost.
Andrew

plenty of pro's using carlton, nothing wrong with it. I know a guy that made up a loop of half stihl and have carlton to use as a test chain... the carlton held up better than the stihl. id say check your bar condition and your oiler.

regarding these cheap saws.....they are just contributing to land fill, climate change and the increase in price of decent products

Serg

Originally Posted by uninformed

plenty of pro's using carlton, nothing wrong with it. I know a guy that made up a loop of half stihl and have carlton to use as a test chain... the carlton held up better than the stihl. id say check your bar condition and your oiler.

regarding these cheap saws.....they are just contributing to land fill, climate change and the increase in price of decent products

Serg

Climate change is the greatest con since Moses was a boy, I digress.
I have a Husky XP. I only like to buy something once, and keep repairs and maintenance to a minimum.

$150 for a cheap saw. Worth nothing after day one.
$785 for a Husky XP 20 years later well maintained still worth $500.

You get the point.

ive had one of these for about 2 years, just wanted a cheap saw to cut wood when i went camping and all ive done in the time ive had it was to get the chain sharpend its been a great buy because there is no way im paying for an expensive saw that will only get used 3-4 times a year

Originally Posted by buzz66

Climate change is the greatest con since Moses was a boy, I digress.
I have a Husky XP. I only like to buy something once, and keep repairs and maintenance to a minimum.

$150 for a cheap saw. Worth nothing after day one.
$785 for a Husky XP 20 years later well maintained still worth $500.

You get the point.

i think that money seems to be the bases for all the points in your post, fair enough it makes the world go round.... but there are greater issues than money....

regarding climate change....the evidence is there, confirmed by scientists that have no vested interest or finacial gain......think about this, if they are wrong, no harm, if you are wrong we are ****ed!

regarding saws, try getting parts or back up for those saws in 2-3 years, how is the fuel consumption for work done compare to a good saw.

and the next time you all(not you buzz66) complain about everything being manufactured in china and the fact you cant by fair quaitly for a fair price, realise you have contributed to market where only crap or the rolls royce are available... no middle ground

whilst i own a few husky's, stihl, dolmar/makita and solo are all good in their pro range. even some of there home owner saws are great.

cheers,
Serg

Originally Posted by Redback

It's a chainsaw as well as a generator

No but a simple comment on Chinese quality ??

Originally Posted by dirtdawg

ive had one of these for about 2 years, just wanted a cheap saw to cut wood when i went camping and all ive done in the time ive had it was to get the chain sharpend its been a great buy because there is no way im paying for an expensive saw that will only get used 3-4 times a year

Agreed, Horses for coarses! If you,re not using it professionally, youn dont need the top line stuff. There is enough of this stuff on the market now & alot of it has proved its worth. Ive had plenty of saws & its not always the expensive stuff that provides value 4 money.
A cruiser costs more than a Disco so it must be better.
Cheers Dean.

I bought the same saw (branded differently) from a clearing sale but was brand new still in box un opened, 52cc. When it worked it worked well, but I spent more time and frustration trying to get it started due to the e-z start failing. The problem has been the spigot off of the case that the recoil rotates on is made of soft plastic so it broke, the part that the rope wraps into is again of low quality plastic that can warp easily and the groove was too small for the size of rope in it, and the plastic part that engages the starter paws wore out after very little use. I lost count of how many times I had to pull the starter apart and rewind the recoil spring after it dislodged itself.
Now it is sitting on the workshop floor in bits awaiting me to cast all the above bits in aluminium and get it working again.
I now own a 49cc Solo and it went back to the workshop due to a fuel line not routed properly and the throttle was sticking on - a 5 min reapir for the shop and that happened the 2nd or 3rd time operating it. The Solo has been perfect for my wood gathering.
The thing that I feel is lacking in the chinese made saws is quality control and if you are lucky you could get a good saw and the next one like mine is a dud. The motors and electronis on them are probably good but the plastic bits are a bit dodgy.
Have been burned once and will not let it happen to me again with such items. As mentioned before try finding parts for these they are non existent - if you find spare parts supplier let me know please.

Originally Posted by crash

I bought the same saw (branded differently) from a clearing sale but was brand new still in box un opened, 52cc. When it worked it worked well, but I spent more time and frustration trying to get it started due to the e-z start failing. The problem has been the spigot off of the case that the recoil rotates on is made of soft plastic so it broke, the part that the rope wraps into is again of low quality plastic that can warp easily and the groove was too small for the size of rope in it, and the plastic part that engages the starter paws wore out after very little use. I lost count of how many times I had to pull the starter apart and rewind the recoil spring after it dislodged itself.
Now it is sitting on the workshop floor in bits awaiting me to cast all the above bits in aluminium and get it working again.
I now own a 49cc Solo and it went back to the workshop due to a fuel line not routed properly and the throttle was sticking on - a 5 min reapir for the shop and that happened the 2nd or 3rd time operating it. The Solo has been perfect for my wood gathering.
The thing that I feel is lacking in the chinese made saws is quality control and if you are lucky you could get a good saw and the next one like mine is a dud. The motors and electronis on them are probably good but the plastic bits are a bit dodgy.
Have been burned once and will not let it happen to me again with such items. As mentioned before try finding parts for these they are non existent - if you find spare parts supplier let me know please.

This seller claims he has spare parts.
All parts are readily available to our customers. We warrant that all products are free from defective material and workmanship and agree to replace any part that proves to be defective; without charge.
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I wonder why Bunnings is in business still, 50% of their power tools are cheap Chinese. What about the HID units forumites have bought from China, If all so so bad why do we still buy?
probably pricing and being cheap skates