Heated Handles

[Ryan Willock]

seeing as how i have never even seen an artic stihl around here i thought i would ask...... are both handles heated or just the top one????

 

[stihltech]

heat

both. generator under flywheel, grids in both handles.

 

[Ryan Willock]

sweet!!! i am very definetly getting an ms440 artic before next winter!!!

 

[Crofter]

Heat is Sweet

Ryan; I have a friend who just bought a new 440 Stihl with the heated handles. He is in his fifties and just starting to feel the first limitations of arthritis. He says it really makes a difference He says it is so warm that if you arenot wearing gloves the handles are almost too hot. of couse they are switchable.

Frank

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

When I ordered my 357XPG I had to have heated handles makes a big difference in the winter time and I'm not close to 50 yet Still it's nice to have warm hands while your working..My next saw will have them too..

Later Rob..

 

[glens]

How noticeable is the loss of available power for the cutting attachment which must occur to some extent when the circuits are switched on?

Glen

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

I never really noticed any power loss in my saw..

 

[ranger]

I have run the 046 arctic and never notice any power loss while using the heated handles.

Matt

 

[Ryan Willock]

Rob, when did you get a 357xpg????

 

[glens]

I was just wondering.  If the 440 makes 4000 Watts and the generator/heaters eat a couple hundred (likely a high figure - anyone know?), that would tap into the kitty to the tune of 5% off the top.  I guess when I think about it that way it's probably not going to show up unless one's running a bar length at the upper limit and using all of it.

Sorry for the diversion...

 

[Newfie]

Glens,

Maybe I'm looking at it too simplistically, but the output of the motor to the chain and the generator near the flywheel(which is going around anyway,right?) seem totally unrelated.

Maybe I just don't understand in the first place.

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Ryan,

My girlfriend got it for me for Christmas I thought I had alreadt told you that a while ago.. I know one thing this saw is a bad a$$ with heated handles to boot..Next I'm gonna buy a 346XP for a firewood saw..

Later Rob..

 

[Ryan Willock]

ahh, i probably foregot Rob, you keep this up and your going to have to change your screen name!!!

 

[StIhL MaGnUm]

Yeah I know I now own more Huskies than I do Stihls but hey thats the way life goes ya know So I see your in the market for a new MS440 huh ??Let me know how it is when you buy it



Later Rob.

 

[Ryan Willock]

i probably won't buy one for six months or so, i have too many other things i need first like maybe a log trailer and defenatly a new truck (only because i need more pulling power)

 

[bwalker]

Ryan, What in the world do you want a arctic for? I doesnt get cold in NC.

 

[Ryan Willock]

cold enough!!! i don't like to wear gloves so i need some heat

 

[stihltech]

440

Did anyone get a 440 with a decompression valve yet?
It is coming.

 

[bwalker]

Stihltech, Is there anything else new on the new ms 440?

 

[Grateful11]

It was 8 above here Friday morning, not sure if that's cold enough for heated handles. At what point does heated handles really need to come into the picture or is it a personal thing? I personally wear gloves and don't think I would ever need them but what the heck maybe as I get older I might. I don't think I've ever seen an Artic model for-sale here.
Grateful