What Brand/Type chain should I buy?

[Bluegill2]

Good info. It doesn't seem to matter what I cut, Chains dull quickly. I use a bench top electric sharpener. Would a file make a better edge? Sick of continuous grinding..

I get a much better edge using a file! With just a light touch up every couple tanks to keep sharp. I hate cutting with a dull chain!!!

 

[Bluegill2]

Stihl chain is good, but I like Oregon LGX & LPX better. Worth a try. Seems the new Oregon stuff is better than it used to be.

 

[phoenix94]

Get a Timberline Sharpener and forget about sharpening woes. A little pricey but well worth the money.

 

[Capricious]

I buy the cheapest chains I can find, and consider them to be disposable, sharpening them with a file a few times before discarding them.

I use chainsaws to clear brush, cutting off small trees @ ground level, down in the dirt and the rocks.

No sense in spending a lot of money on a chain.

 

[Oldpath05]

Been here and there, over hill over dale, under and over, looking into chainsaw chain brands,+&- cause I'm thinking of buying 100' reel, .325 pitch, I'm familiar with Oregon, Windsor and Carlton saw chain. Seams like Stilh chain gets the most stars, didn't know Stilh made chains and never heard of Laser saw chin either. I guess I have more net working to do, on what brand and where to buy, right now Stilh chain sounds good, I'll see if I can find a web site that sells it, maybe Ebay.

 

[ultrarunner]

I probably would be ahead if I bought in bulk...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Seems like every fall my Stihl dealer has a 2 for1 sale on saw chains. It's hard to pass up a deal like that, so I buy enough to last for the next year. They're good chains and last a long time if I stay out of the dirt and rocks, and I've had pretty good luck using an Oregon sharpener when they get dull. So much so that I may just skip the next sale

 

[Oldpath05]

I'm going through 2-3 saw chains/year,100' might be a little much, think I'll re-think this, maybe 50' is more inline of what I would go through in the foreseeable future, but now I don't know if anyplace sells saw chain in 50' rolls, and then the chains would have to figure out to be more than $5.00 cheaper then going to the saw shop, vs. make home made loops worth it.

The chain I bought a couple weeks ago was $18.00+, not bad, but I had to have my son pick it up on Fri., cause Sat. the nearest saw shop (15 min. away)shuts down at 12noon, in the afternoon I need a chain to cut wood, Sat morning I'm just to busy getting breakfast, doing net working and catching up on the very important post on TBN forum.

 

[eddie48]

I know that Oregon and Windsor both sell 25 ft coils of chain. Don't know about the other brands. I have used Windsor for years and like it.

 

[Will_C]

My brother considered making our own loops, but our calculations showed that we would only save a dollar or two compared to the prices we pay for chains by taking advantage of mail order and our yearly trip to the NYS Woodsmen's Show- we get 20" Stihl chains for $15 and 16" Oregon chains for $10. We buy around 10 of each size and it gets us through the year.

Will