I have decided to replace my venerable B&D electric chainsaw. it's not
really worn out completely but the oil filler is a bit of a pain and
the chain brake is probably not as good as it was (nor as good as
those on new saws). It's served me well for more than 10 years, has
cut tons of logs and has cut down a few biggish Leylandii.

So, what to replace it with? I don't want to spend more than £100
(that was all the B&D cost). I see no point in doing so, I doubt very
much if I'll wear out a chainsaw. I think I'll go for a slightly
longer bar, say 16" or 18" (the B&D is either 12" or 14").

Two possibles I see at the moment a-

JCB 1800W, 16" £44.97 at present, incredibly cheap
Ryobi ECW1836 £51.35 at tool-net

I know JCB are just a label stuck on cheapo far east offerings but
that's not really a problem as almost anything I buy is almost
certainly going to be from the far east anyway.

Any comments or other suggestions would be welcome.

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Chris Green

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Two possibles I see at the moment a-

JCB 1800W, 16" £44.97 at present, incredibly cheap
Ryobi ECW1836 £51.35 at tool-net

Add another possibility, my local hardware store has the following:-
Bosch AKE4017S £79.99

I'm very tempted by this, it's lighter than the other two and I'll
save on carriage.

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Chris Green

wrote:
wrote:

Two possibles I see at the moment a-

JCB 1800W, 16" £44.97 at present, incredibly cheap
Ryobi ECW1836 £51.35 at tool-net

Add another possibility, my local hardware store has the following:-
Bosch AKE4017S £79.99

I'm very tempted by this, it's lighter than the other two and I'll
save on carriage.

.... and now to complete my very own thread! :-)

I've bought a Bosch AKE4017S, the price was down even more, to £69.99
and it felt moderately heavy even though it's lighter than the other
two so it seemed the obvious one to go for.

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Chris Green