Think the saws being released now will be the last ever???

[bogieboy]

Our 500 hasn't been a problem for 3 years now other than it started to not idle that great this winter but I changed the filters and plug and now it seems fine, I have no problem with them in that dept. I asked a guy from VA that works at stihl if we're gonna see the pro saws all move to fuel injection, he said they've kicked it around but one of the limitations is price..how true that is I really don't know, he basically alluded that it will raise the price of the saws substantially.

I think 16-17 hundred dollars for an 80cc saw is retarded.

Agreed on the price, i have run the 500 and its impressive for the size, but do i want one? Nope.... i will stick with my ported 661 thank you and thats coming from a died in the (orange) wool certified stihl tech...

Side note on the idling, might need to do a recalibration every once in a while, which for a 500 is fire it up and just let it idle for a few min with out touching the trigger

 

[bogieboy]

I hate those people to my core.

Same here....

 

[sawmikaze]

Agreed on the price, i have run the 500 and its impressive for the size, but do i want one? Nope.... i will stick with my ported 661 thank you and thats coming from a died in the (orange) wool certified stihl tech...

Side note on the idling, might need to do a recalibration every once in a while, which for a 500 is fire it up and just let it idle for a few min with out touching the trigger

I asked a bunch of guys if there's a reset for a 500 and they all said no. You gotta hook it up.

 

[bogieboy]

I asked a bunch of guys if there's a reset for a 500 and they all said no. You gotta hook it up.

I had a problem saw 500 in the shop, (got a chipper truck driven over it and they slapped it back together themselves with used parts) went thru every page of the stihl SDS 1.0 and 2.0, there did not appear to be any recalibration for a 500i that i could find, local stihl rep said if its acting up fire it up and idle it for a few min and it should relearn itself, shut off, fire back up and sink it into sone wood... and that worked for this particular saw...

 

[cus_deluxe]

I had a problem saw 500 in the shop, (got a chipper truck driven over it and they slapped it back together themselves with used parts) went thru every page of the stihl SDS 1.0 and 2.0, there did not appear to be any recalibration for a 500i that i could find, local stihl rep said if its acting up fire it up and idle it for a few min and it should relearn itself, shut off, fire back up and sink it into sone wood... and that worked for this particular saw...

this has been covered. thats not a thing. last page or so its confirmed by multiple people that it requires an mdg1.

Mastermind Meets The MS500i

What is it you would like an update on? Just general long term feedback on the guys running them! Did you do any further work on those 3 saws? thanks mate. Read all 28 pages lol

opeforum.com

 

[bogieboy]

this has been covered. thats not a thing. last page or so its confirmed by multiple people that it requires an mdg1.

Mastermind Meets The MS500i

What is it you would like an update on? Just general long term feedback on the guys running them! Did you do any further work on those 3 saws? thanks mate. Read all 28 pages lol

opeforum.com

Like i said... have an mdg1 and both versions of the SDS software... could not find it.... i work in a stihl gold dealer....

 

[sawmikaze]

Agreed on the price, i have run the 500 and its impressive for the size, but do i want one? Nope.... i will stick with my ported 661 thank you and thats coming from a died in the (orange) wool certified stihl tech...

Side note on the idling, might need to do a recalibration every once in a while, which for a 500 is fire it up and just let it idle for a few min with out touching the trigger

Ours would idle for a little..seemed fine...then it wouldn't rev right and kept going back and forth..wouldn't idle but then it would rev right if I kept juicing the throttle..it was weird, Every time I thought it was one or the other it would switch on me again. The basic tune up seemed to fix it.

I called everyone I knew that had one or worked on one and they all said there was no field reset on it, it had to be hooked up.

 

[CrystalRiver1]

Hey!
How do you know the powerband on these battery/electric saws?
What is the point of reference CC wise?
Is a MSA 300 C-O equal to an MS251?

 

[SCHallenger]

The 201 has been out 11 or 12 years...

Yup. I bought my 201 (rear handle) in 2012. It is now ported & is quite a performer!

 

[huskihl]

Like i said... have an mdg1 and both versions of the SDS software... could not find it.... i work in a stihl gold dealer....

I work for myself. Just me and my little shop. No certifications .


There’s definitely a spot to reset the control module on a 500 in the MDG software

 

[Ketchup]

Hey!
How do you know the powerband on these battery/electric saws?
What is the point of reference CC wise?
Is a MSA 300 C-O equal to an MS251?

It’s supposed to contend with a 261 but I can’t verify.

 

[hacskaroly]

Is a MSA 300 C-O equal to an MS251?

I was at some Stihl training (for silver) and the rep stated that the 300 is supposed to be close to a MS 271. I have not run one, so I am not sure. The store I used to work at just received them in....$800 + $299 battery + $150 charger = $$$$$ - If you already have the battery and charger, then it isn't as bad.

 

[Oddsandends]

Tell that to California. They just banned everything under 50? Or 60 cc.

 

[Oddsandends]

I find it absolutely hilarious how most of the people who want this legislation are armchair experts who don't think because they think they are smarter than everybody because of their fancy degrees. Some county dude wants to stop our leaf vacuum collection and even wrote a letter to the whole county stating the following and he was too much of a b!tch to leave any contact info. This is him :



My guy looks like he was on a show with a certain man named Chris. He says people should mulch the leaves with a lawn mower... Our leaves get 5 inches deep all over our lawns here. The BR 800c and BR 600 are the only blowers people here use. I could go on and on about this man, but looking at his face genuinely creeps me out. Kinda reminds me of this: