7 saw comparison, and the winner is.........
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SawTroll
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That one is old news, have been discussed here before (or maybe it was on another saw forum).
Read a bit between the lines, and another winner is pretty obvious.....
Read a bit between the lines, and another winner is pretty obvious.....
Hmmm...I want to try to improve the cutting performance of my saws with an Oregon replacement chain, too. 
SawTroll
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Hmmm...I want to try to improve the cutting performance of my saws with an Oregon replacement chain, too.
:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange: That "advice" is pretty telling, regarding the knowledge level of the test team........:biggrinbounce2:
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Hmmm...I want to try to improve the cutting performance of my saws with an Oregon replacement chain, too.
I found that amusing too
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I like Stihl but I think out of that lineup I would have voted for the Husky...
THALL10326
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So the 18 inch homeowner champ is the Stihl 250. Hmmmmmm no wonder I sell so many of those saws. Gotta send one to my friend in Norway, yup, Sawtroll has to have one,:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:
SawTroll
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:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:
You know that I don't like the 250, and that is for good reasons - and an 18" bar - pure lunacy on that saw......
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They miss the point
Reliability and support are the most important factors for the homeowner saw. They don't even address that.
Of course I'm biased to my 250. Got a 16" bar never a lack of power using all the bar. 18" I'm not so sure of. It did bog down once when I was cutting with all the bar and the tip. Maybe I gotta work on my sharpening some :monkey:
Reliability and support are the most important factors for the homeowner saw. They don't even address that.
Of course I'm biased to my 250. Got a 16" bar never a lack of power using all the bar. 18" I'm not so sure of. It did bog down once when I was cutting with all the bar and the tip. Maybe I gotta work on my sharpening some :monkey:
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All in favor of Troll using an MS250 raise your hands...
THALL10326
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All in favor of Troll using an MS250 raise your hands...
Troll will not only use the 250, own 10 of them but he will also do so liking it,
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Troll will not only use the 250, own 10 of them but he will also do so liking it,
with the QCA and the E2S...:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:
SawTroll
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Troll will not only use the 250, own 10 of them but he will also do so liking it,
I have used and worked on 2xMS250C, and that is more than enough......
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Thats right, he will love the EZ starter, primmer bulb, quick chain adjust and the standard safety chain as well,
THALL10326
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I have used and worked on 2xMS250C, and that is more than enough......
Only 8 to go Sawtroll and you will be a bonified 250 man,hehehe
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now wait I thought it said that the 346xp was the winner. Of course they did not mention the MS260 Pro. I really hate most of the articals written for the consumers. they tend to be cleverly desguised advertisements.
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SawTroll
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Yup, that is how it is, the saw that cuts the slowest (among those who count) is called the winner, because it has some features that are nice for the not-in-the-know users....
Pretty annoying, really.....:monkey: :monkey: :greenchainsaw:
And we have such "tests" here also, can't forget the Swedish one that said the MS361 was best, and the MS230 in second place - apples and oranges.....
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I have used and worked on 2xMS250C, and that is more than enough......
97% of 250's i sell are 18" bar
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ya know.. just hanging out on this site for a few months informs a person enough to not buy half of the homeowner crap.
the whole easy start part makes me just tempted to buy something new... and from a pro dealer.... not "THE REPOT"... no more 39cc reconditioned macs for me.. (not dissing the makita dolmars their rental depts sell.. i don't think i have that here)
however some technical assistance made it so my best saws so far came from a junk shop.. this site .. and the dump
those were a 70e.. a 111s and a P85
this site has also been known to get a person.. and in my case me.. interested in running down to the local bike shop and picking up a motor and mounting some rugged hardware to it.
i could ramble for days on this
still trying to figure why the homeowner stihls cost so much.. could have been the town(yarmouth) but most of their stuff.. even chains and axes were double that at my local solo/dolmar place.. which is a pro distributor
the whole easy start part makes me just tempted to buy something new... and from a pro dealer.... not "THE REPOT"... no more 39cc reconditioned macs for me.. (not dissing the makita dolmars their rental depts sell.. i don't think i have that here)
however some technical assistance made it so my best saws so far came from a junk shop.. this site .. and the dump
those were a 70e.. a 111s and a P85
this site has also been known to get a person.. and in my case me.. interested in running down to the local bike shop and picking up a motor and mounting some rugged hardware to it.
i could ramble for days on this
still trying to figure why the homeowner stihls cost so much.. could have been the town(yarmouth) but most of their stuff.. even chains and axes were double that at my local solo/dolmar place.. which is a pro distributor
