I love the C85, I bought a new 562xp last year and it came with one on it. I had put off trying the xcut until I bought the saw, and all I can say is Shyte this stuff cuts well. I use it in conjunction with my carbide chain. First use of the xcut in western nsw ironbark I got 4 tanks before I needed to touch it up.
The best chains I’ve used up to now has been Stihl which usually don’t disappoint when used the right way,Carlton chains I’ve never had any problems with and last of all these Husqvarna/Oregon chains seem to do their job perfectly,this is going by my experience only .
@@giuseppelatina2640 I had a great run with Stihl chain for decades but the last few lots of it have been hit and miss. Oregon used to make fantastic chains, now I'm getting more bad than good unfortunately. Hopefully it's just me being unlucky or getting old and cynical, but everything seems to be turning to crap these days. I really hope I'm wrong
Oregon really need to step up their quality control. They used to make excellent chains but I have had so many EXL chains with 4 or 5 extremely hard cutters in the loop that destroy files. My favorite 404 chain was 27X, it's still good but the factory grind now is terrible. Unfortunately they have been bought out by a few different private equity firms of the last 15 or so years and the quality has dropped off
I have a Husqvarna 120 I run prokut chains they seem to be of some what quality usually get a few tonne of wood before I need to sharpen and I cut some big trees with the little 16 inch bar.
I have Stihl and lots of Jonsered and Husqvarna saws, but I generally run Stihl chain and I like Hexa a lot. In the UK you can only get X-Cut in 3/8 full chisel, I like it but it is really expensive. There is also a lot of fake Oregon chains on eBay what country are you in?
@@patrickvennard838 Australia. We can get the whole range of husky chain here. It's expensive but so is the Stihl chain, the only difference seems to be the husky stuff goes on special a few times a year
@@alans.4658 repairing and modifying saws is a hobby for me these days so I buy a lot of cheap stuff and play around. Out of all the stuff I own only 2 were run constantly for work (7900, 880) the rest are toys
@@giuseppelatina2640 The ones I have say made in Sweden on the box but I can't confirm that at this stage. I'll look into it and see what I can find out
I am not aware of any Husqvarna chains (X-Cut, maybe with the exception of SP21G) being produced yet somewhere outside Sweden. The guide bars are from Norway.
@@elpolaco7654 thanks, it definitely all appears to be made in Sweden and whatever their process is, it's working well. I didn't know the bars were made in Norway. I might pick one up in the next few weeks and try them out
@@laurieredfern8045 Husky here in Australia pronounces it that way. The same thing happens with Stihl, they refer to it as "Still" in all their advertising here. The Americans pronounce it more as "steel" but if you ask a German to say it, it sounds different. I have heard Husqvarna pronounced as "hoosk-a-vana" a lot but the actual swedish pronunciation is different to that. Same thing happens with all sorts of brand names in different countries, Japanese car brands are a good example and there's plenty of others out there.
@@KarlPoorbaugh If I can ever justify another large saw it would be a 592. I like their saws I just ended up with more Stihl stuff because it was things I found a deal on
@@KarlPoorbaugh I don't really understand it either. The idea of showing that I don't have husky stuff is because every time you mention something negative about a Stihl product everyone complains it's because I'm a husky fan. Both make some good and bad products. These Husqvarna chains are excellent, the husky bars are very good as well
@ as are Stihl. The ugly truth is, both companies make saws that I think aren’t worth owning. Some because they really aren’t that good, others because the competition is so much better.
