anyone want to answer my question?
Darin,
the european market is flooded with chinese knock offs at the moment. They are sold through different brand names, but carry the CE label. They have been promoted under STihl names also, but that phenomena is fading away, probably under pressure from Stihl. I have seen ads from Stihl warning for these knock offs.
I don't think there's in any direct safety issues involved, apart from using low quality components. You could ask the BBC why they have to address the public with these questions, while we pay hords of expensive european officials to make sure the CE label stand for something decent. The UK is also member of the EU...well sort of...
European manufacterers have spent millions of euro's to increase safety on power equipment ; I think they are well placed to comment on safety features and risks on these knock-offs. The AS public will not be considered as "experts" in a legal matter anyway, just my 02 cts, so I also have my doubts about the legit character of the BBC request.
here's a list of brands used
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