"Yep, they're cheap. Excuse me, low cost. In the short term. but you'll get at least six homelite's worth out of one Stihl. And your local Stihl dealer will fix it when its broke. No one will fix a homelite - they're trash when they stop.
Mf...."
The are the cheapest new saw you can buy retail and they do have a little too much plastic for my liking. But, that said, for a saw that will get used less than half-a-dozen times a year on limbing and light duty stuff I couldn't justify spending two or three times the money on a pro rig. If it runs and works and does what I need (like the weedeater) for 5 or 6 years then I figure I've gotten my money's worth. As for what it's worth, I've never taken a chain saw to a dealer to have it fixed. Anything short of a motor tear-down I handle myself. If it's more than that then I'd probably just buy another anyway regardless of brand.
"Never leave gas in a 2-cycle for more than a few weeks if you want it to perform correctly..."
I see this around and it must be internet legend. I've never drained a saw or weedeater in my life and they always sit for months without use at times. Never had a problem with any of them, again, regardless of brand. In fact, I don't know anyone who does personally.
"How's the Homelite for seeping oil when in storage?..."
This is one of the complaints I read about at the Home Depot site concerning this saw and leaking. It's now sat for a week with gas and oil in it and the staining isn't terribly noticeable. No more so than any 2-cycle implement with all their greasy, leakiness.
I'm not trying to be a contrarian. But, I am speaking some general sense and against brand blindness. Are retail Homelites lumberjack tools? No. But personal experience says they can be reasonably good general use tools with care and attention. If you know anything about chainsaws, 2-cycles, hand tools, or motors in general then you should be able to setup and run and care for one of the units. They're not garbage out of the box. That's not a bad thing. Where they are made is immaterial.
In fact, this little saw got gas and oil out of the box, cranked per the instructions, fired-up, and did all the cutting I wanted to do without a whimper. Impressed the Heck out of me after all I had read on it. It's only inched my thoughts upon the brand upward.....
Mf...."
The are the cheapest new saw you can buy retail and they do have a little too much plastic for my liking. But, that said, for a saw that will get used less than half-a-dozen times a year on limbing and light duty stuff I couldn't justify spending two or three times the money on a pro rig. If it runs and works and does what I need (like the weedeater) for 5 or 6 years then I figure I've gotten my money's worth. As for what it's worth, I've never taken a chain saw to a dealer to have it fixed. Anything short of a motor tear-down I handle myself. If it's more than that then I'd probably just buy another anyway regardless of brand.
"Never leave gas in a 2-cycle for more than a few weeks if you want it to perform correctly..."
I see this around and it must be internet legend. I've never drained a saw or weedeater in my life and they always sit for months without use at times. Never had a problem with any of them, again, regardless of brand. In fact, I don't know anyone who does personally.
"How's the Homelite for seeping oil when in storage?..."
This is one of the complaints I read about at the Home Depot site concerning this saw and leaking. It's now sat for a week with gas and oil in it and the staining isn't terribly noticeable. No more so than any 2-cycle implement with all their greasy, leakiness.
I'm not trying to be a contrarian. But, I am speaking some general sense and against brand blindness. Are retail Homelites lumberjack tools? No. But personal experience says they can be reasonably good general use tools with care and attention. If you know anything about chainsaws, 2-cycles, hand tools, or motors in general then you should be able to setup and run and care for one of the units. They're not garbage out of the box. That's not a bad thing. Where they are made is immaterial.
In fact, this little saw got gas and oil out of the box, cranked per the instructions, fired-up, and did all the cutting I wanted to do without a whimper. Impressed the Heck out of me after all I had read on it. It's only inched my thoughts upon the brand upward.....