Hitachi cs51ea Chainsaw

paddypf, Jun 30, 7:31am
I am looking at buying one of these to replace my old Stilh 046 has anybody bought one of these and how would you rate it. I will work it fairly hard 3 or 4 times a year trimming up large pines before ringing them with my Husky 395XP.

budgel, Jun 30, 10:13pm
It is unusual to see a Stihl owner consider another brand. What happened to good old prejudice?

paddypf, Jul 1, 6:40am
Just asking and doing the research before laying out the dosh to see if there is a better option out there

desmodave, Jul 2, 12:18am
Did you check out a Solo ?

pc_uncorrect, Jul 2, 6:51am
The following video is not your model, but i'm impressed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6-OcUtfFvo

paddypf, Jul 2, 7:53am
I will be going to have a look at the Solo on the weekend

geoff_m, Jul 3, 8:58am
Been pretty happy with our small Echo saw. I would by another one any day. I need to replace my Stihl MS250 (old age) and was looking at a Makita / Dolmar saw.

paddypf, Dec 1, 11:43am
My smallest saw is an Echo and has been worked pretty hard and still going strong, so many choices and not too many independent reviews when they are all googled.