the ultimate Stih flippy cap poll ...

[wendell]

3 flippy cap polls going at once. It sure will be nice when everyone goes back to work!

 

[Ljute]

Have mistakenly thought I had secured the cap on only to have gas spew out when I picked up the saw. Don't like.

 

[brncreeper]

3 flippy cap polls going at once. It sure will be nice when everyone goes back to work!

I agree, I'm at work now and three don't seem like enough. We should start a petition with 2 or 3 thousand names on it and send it to Stihl.

Or better yet, maybe someone can design an adapter insert that would accept threaded caps.

 

[ropensaddle]

I agree, I'm at work now and three don't seem like enough. We should start a petition with 2 or 3 thousand names on it and send it to Stihl.

Or better yet, maybe someone can design an adapter insert that would accept threaded caps.

Now there is a guy with a plan lol,overnight success story right there. I will take two for my little saws please!<a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203FA.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a>

 

[brncreeper]

Now there is a guy with a plan lol,overnight success story right there. I will take two for my little saws please!<a href="http://www.sweetim.com/s.asp?im=gen&lpver=3&ref=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://content.sweetim.com/sim/cpie/emoticons/000203FA.gif" border="0" title="Click to get more." ></a>

Lolol. Yup, every little bit helps it's though economy now.

 

[mtfallsmikey]

Yep, Old Roy tells it like it is when owing a stihl. Most folks figure it out with in the first week of but stubborn Yankees almost never learn. We also would never admit to owing a MS170 but we are open minded. I am sure that saw would make a great wheel chock. Take care.

It actually runs better when you drop it off the back of a pickup truck!
A 170 is all you need to tap those 'lil 'ol maples up your way to drain the syrup out of them....

 

[CentaurG2]

So that’s the secret to getting a stihl saw to run. I have tried everything with my ms361. I tried starving it, teasing it, singing off key to it, but nothing worked. Throwing it off the back of a truck never occurred to me. Boy is this going to be sweet! Thanks for the hot tip on the ms170. Your right, it would make a jim dandy mallet for pounding syrup taps. It might also work well for felling wedges. Who would have thunk it??

 

[mtfallsmikey]

3 flippy cap polls going at once. It sure will be nice when everyone goes back to work!

OK..I'm back...

 

[belgian]

I said earlier that I would rest my case on the flippy caps, but just wanted to share the results of a simular poll on a german forum, which caught my interest :

45 % for the nay, 55% for the yay ; quite simular to the results here.

It's quite remarkable that even in the holy land of Stihl, home country Germany, that almost half of the Stihl users are not happy with the flippy caps.

OK you folks at Stihl, back to the drawing board !!!!! Belgian has spoken :agree2:

 

[imagineero]

im going to vote another no to flippy caps as well. They're great on new saws, but they just dont go the distance! I think thats the way its intended to be though... designed obsolescence?

The screw caps are not as nice to use, but they sure do last. No matter how crapped out they get, you can always throw another washer on them, and if the thread is really chewed out a couple wraps of thread tape will get you there.

If the tanks are able to be replaced separately on the saw and the tank and cap price isnt ridiculous i'd swing back towards flippys just or the convenience. but all saws with inbuilt tanks (the tank is part of the casing) should be screws.

a good example is a 192t i bought recently. The cap was a flippy and part had snapped inside on the oil tank. oil leaked everywhere, and the seller had priced the replacement casing which was worth about half the price of a new saw. The tanks are not removable.

I bought a tank out of an 019 (removable tank and screw cap), cut the 'screw' threaded portion off, cleaned, prepped and plastic weld glued that onto the 192t tank outside and done - no more leaks ;-)

Shaun

 

[Meatco1]

I have both types, and both work well for me. As far as I'm concerned, I would grade them, 6 of one, and a 1/2 dz of the other.

Richard

 

[gink595]

I bought a Dolmar becasue of the flippy caps.

 

[TommySaw]

I have to say, now that I own something with a flippy cap I like it. I might not be so nice on a chainsaw in the field but it work nicely on my BR600

 

[Arrowhead]

I have both types, and both work well for me. As far as I'm concerned, I would grade them, 6 of one, and a 1/2 dz of the other.

Richard

Same here... I have both. It makes no difference to me at all.

 

[lmalterna]

I have not had trouble with the ones on my MS440 but the one on the FS90R sux bad. Just another item that is a little more complex than it really needs to be. What "problem" was solved by these anyway?

2Door

 

[Storm56]

I bought a Dolmar becasue of the flippy caps.

Me too. I will not sell the Stihl's that I own, but when I wanted to add 2 more saws to my battery, they were not Stihl's primarily because of the flippy caps. Turns out I am very pleased with the Makita's and Dolmar that I purchased.

 

[adkranger]

I have both and both work fine for me. Being able to fill the 200t w/o a scwrench is nice, but do appreciate the beautiful simplicity of the old school screw-on cap. Never had a screw-on one fail except using someone else's saw where they were too aggressive with the screwdriver wallowin' out the hole in the cap till it leaked.

I did not vote because I didn't like the answers. (typical poll) While I have a slight preference for the old school cap because of durability, I do not find the flippy's unsafe nor impractical. Over-engineered? Maybe..... but it is a German design afterall.:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[spacemule]

I have both and both work fine for me. Being able to fill the 200t w/o a scwrench is nice, but do appreciate the beautiful simplicity of the old school screw-on cap. Never had a screw-on one fail except using someone else's saw where they were too aggressive with the screwdriver wallowin' out the hole in the cap till it leaked.

I never had to use a wrench with my husky screw ons. Never had one leak or fail. It's simply a superior design.

 

[StihlyinEly]

I never had to use a wrench with my husky screw ons. Never had one leak or fail. It's simply a superior design.

Both the Huskies I used to own and cut with required the wrench for the screw-ons. Finger tight meant leakage. Wrench tight meant no leakage. It's the same for my Stihl screw-ons. Never had a properly seated Stihl flippy cap leak.

And apologies in advance to the guys who let flippy caps drive them away from Stihl, but that's kinda like divorcing your wife because she changed her hair style and you don't like the way your fingers run through her hair now. There are a lot of more important, uh, assets, that my wife and my saws have than hair style and flippy caps. Honestly. :monkey:

 

[spacemule]

Both the Huskies I used to own and cut with required the wrench for the screw-ons. Finger tight meant leakage. Wrench tight meant no leakage. It's the same for my Stihl screw-ons. Never had a properly seated Stihl flippy cap leak.

And apologies in advance to the guys who let flippy caps drive them away from Stihl, but that's kinda like divorcing your wife because she changed her hair style and you don't like the way your fingers run through her hair now. There are a lot of more important, uh, assets, that my wife and my saws have than hair style and flippy caps. Honestly. :monkey:

I've used the 272's and a 394. They had a fat o ring that mashed between the perimeter of the cap and the side of the saw, sealing tight with very little tightening pressure. I can't say whether this style cap is universal with Huskys though.