HELP! What's better then Oregon in lo pro bars?

[brushwacker]

Tired of these short lived things on my little Echo s . They waller out prematurely, bend supper easy and I just find them difficult to work optimum for a reasonable amount of use.
What have you fellas that put significant hours on your saws found that hold up well? I hate to pay the price of Cannon but I might. Maybe Tsumura or ?

 

[Squareground3691]

Cannon,Tsumura are good bars to as mentioned,

 

[Nutball]

I try to avoid getting bars bent. Stihl bars have tight rail tolerances and last long, but need some mods with sharp high quality drill bits to fit and oil on Echo.

 

[ammoaddict]

I was thinking about trying one of the new Duke's bars.

 

[Nutball]

I don't know the quality of Duke's bars, but bars are one thing I think it's worth spending extra for top quality. Anything from china will likely have sloppy tolerances and uneven hardening. Some oregon bars have the rails chip. I've had rails chip on milled Archer Pro bars, and Cross performance bars (likely made by Archer), and they start out at roughly .058" on the .050 bars once the paint is worn out of the groove. Not bad as a light duty bar once a .058 chain fits in it. I won't get Acher or other chinese laminated bars as they are much worse than even Oregon.

 

[hacskaroly]

I was thinking about trying one of the new Duke's bars.

Me too, some come with chains too!

 

[ammoaddict]

Me too, some come with chains too!

Yes. I've got one in my cart but haven't checked out yet. Gonna wait a bit and see if they have anything else I want. I've heard good things about their chain but haven't found much about their bars yet.

 

[greystone mountain man]

Yes. I've got one in my cart but haven't checked out yet. Gonna wait a bit and see if they have anything else I want. I've heard good things about their chain but haven't found much about their bars yet.

I got a bar and chain back in August from him.only run about 10 tanks of gas on it so far but I like it.i'm going to order another one when I get my other project back together.

 

[ammoaddict]

I got a bar and chain back in August from him.only run about 10 tanks of gas on it so far but I like it.i'm going to order another one when I get my other project back together.

Good to know, thanks.

 

[greystone mountain man]

Good to know, thanks.

I don't log anymore but if I did I would get one just to see how long it would last.