Stihl MS500i

[Evansaw]

Compared to the list price of $1,300 of a 661 at my local shop:

Numbers from:
GCJenks204: $1,281
Evansaw: $1,229
Ferris: $1,466

You must mistaken the currency conversion at least for my catalog price otherwise Stihl German Factory should file BANKRUPTCY by Monday morning

 

[Fairways_and_Greens]

Mine quoted $1135

Mine is aware of the saw, but nothing official yet... Hopefully the dealer meeting in a few months he'll get pricing.

 

[Fairways_and_Greens]

You must mistaken the currency conversion at least for my catalog price otherwise Stihl German Factory should file BANKRUPTCY by Monday morning

I used ratios based off a 661, US prices...

 

[mdavlee]

Mine is aware of the saw, but nothing official yet... Hopefully the dealer meeting in a few months he'll get pricing.

That was 661 to compare to the others. I’ve not asked to see when he expects 462 and 500 on the shelves

 

[Dub11]

Stihl, New Zealand has an interesting saw lineup.

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Looks like you still have some good ones left.

 

[Evansaw]

I used ratios based off a 661, US prices...

Must be confusion between divide and multiply.

Euro aint cheaper than usd

Check again.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Our dealer talked to the distributor and sounds like Jan/feb for the ms 462 to be on the shelves here. Hope he doesn’t have to many ms 441/461 or they might sell kinda slow after the 462 shows up.

 

[Fairways_and_Greens]

Must be confusion between divide and multiply.

Euro aint cheaper than usd

Check again.

Like others said, just converting to USD from Euros isn't going to give a representative price. I anchored off the sticker price of a 661.

Stihl is going to charge whatever maximizes their profit.

 

[ferris]

A nice comparison between the 462 and the 500i

 

[Shanesaw80]

I’m really looking forward to the 500i, just hoping they have a full wrap handle for it when it’s released.

 

[RI Chevy]

A nice comparison between the 462 and the 500i

Both stock saws here?

 

[nohoff]

They appear stock to me.

 

[Funky sawman]

Not a fair test! Like compiring the 372xp to 7900 dolmar, well duh the dolmar will take the cake here, no replacement for displacement.

 

[Funky sawman]

The true test would involve a ms500cm m-tronic version, which is pointless for production, and the ms500i. Real world diffrences are whats important here folks.

 

[Woodpecker]

I think the vid is relevant since the last comparison vid was poorly done and the 500i didn't fare to well against the 462 in it.

 

[RI Chevy]

As a Stihl guy, I gotta admit I wasn't overly warm and fuzzy of either if these saws as depicted in the video. They seemed to bog down in the cut with a short bar and relatively easy handed pressure on bar and chain.
Maybe I am just used to running ported saws? But I am not getting the urge to go running out and pick one up based on those videos.
Maybe my expectations were just a bit higher?

 

[Woodpecker]

As a Stihl guy, I gotta admit I wasn't overly warm and fuzzy of either if these saws as depicted in the video. They seemed to bog down in the cut with a short bar and relatively easy handed pressure on bar and chain.
Maybe I am just used to running ported saws? But I am not getting the urge to go running out and pick one up based on those videos.
Maybe my expectations were just a bit higher?

I was thinking the same thing at first until I realized what he was cutting. It's not poplar. What looks like dry dead beech and some sort of oak. Pretty hard stuff. I can't speak to the 500i but the stock 462 I ran a couple times was impressive. Tough call if I'd give up my 7910 for one or not though.

 

[RI Chevy]

I am not sure if it was the cutting style, the chain, or the wood, but I was kind of expecting a little bit better feeling after watching.
My personal cutting style is much different. I am not one to rock the saw. I am more of a smooth level cutter.

 

[Woodpecker]

Yeah didn't look like the best operator to me.

 

[nohoff]

No Hoosky guy triggered by this preview picture.
You can see a lot of dust and direct view to the air filter.