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Bought a $30 'portable chainsaw' off a TikTok ad and it died after cutting one branch
Saw this slick ad for a mini electric chainsaw that claimed it could handle 4-inch limbs, so I grabbed one for clearing some overgrown apple trees in my backyard in Albany. Thing worked great for exactly one cut, then the chain flew off and the motor started smoking like a bad BBQ. Has anyone actually found a decent budget saw that isn't just a total scam?
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felixm291d ago
Wait did you actually check the chain tension before you used it? Most of those cheap electric saws come way too loose from the factory and people just pull the trigger without looking. Also curious what brand it was because some of those TikTok ads just steal footage from actual quality tools and ship you straight up junk.
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smith.elliot1d ago
The three TikTok saws I saw had chains that were actually way too tight if anything, like the bar was bending. I think people just get frustrated and blame the tool when it's really just needing a quick adjustment (takes maybe 30 seconds). Honestly, if you're buying a $35 saw from a random ad, expecting it to cut like a Stihl seems a little unrealistic, no?
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morganmartinez11h agoMost Upvoted
...and honestly @smith.elliot I think you might be onto something with that chain tension point because I bought one of those little yellow saws off an Instagram ad last summer and when I pulled it out of the box the chain was so tight it bent the bar before I even plugged it in. I was so mad I almost threw it in the trash but then I loosened the nut and the chain literally just fell off the sprocket because it was also somehow too loose at the same time? Like how does that even happen. The thing smoked on the second cut and I just went back to using my $80 corded Ryobi which has never given me a single problem. That TikTok ad footage definitely showed a Husqvarna spinning in slo mo, not the plastic brick I got.
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