He has posted much more useful and interesting info than you have on here - never mind the "brand wars", they are just for fun imo.......
I was invited over to a buddies house Sunday to cut some wood. When I get there, he says, I told the neighbor to come over too. Well, low and behold there he stands holding a 361 in all its glory.
So I'm thinking I can't wait to see this thing run, never seen one cure cancer in person. I have to say, I was not overly impressed. Ok, I'm not really impressed at all!
Granted he stihl had the factory safety chain on (20" bar) but it was throwing nice chips so I assume it was fairly sharp. I did not run it but did hold it and could definitely tell it had more girth than my 5100.
The thing was so quite and restricted (gutless) sounding, I would say the muffler needs gutted big time and I'm sure a good chain would make a noticeable difference.
It would have been embarrassing to Stihl if we would have laid those two saws in that 14" oak at the same time......My 5100 is all stock except for the chisel chain. He did stand there for about 5 mins just watching me running the 5100 and said after I stopped "that thing's a runner!"
Bottom line, in stock form, the 5100 sounds and cuts like a Ferrari and the 361 like a Ford/Chevy.
Let the flogging begin....
Thanks Matt!.....His feelings are just hurt.
Amazing someone gets so uptight over an inanimate object.
I don't need to drive the little Honda civic with the chrome tip muffler, making all kinds of noise but barely getting out of its own way, to see it doesn't run for $hit.
I don't need to operate the log splitter that can't split 10" logs without rolling/flipping the log over and over to find a soft spot, to know it doesn't run for $hit.
I don't need to swing the bat to see a baseball player that can't hit the ball.
A coach doesn't need to be out on the court/field to see who has it and who doesn't.
I don't need to run a saw to see some fool is using a dull chain and I sure as hell didn't need to hold that 361 in the cut, to see it's no where near as fast as reported here.
Windy, since you've never personally used a Dolmar and have no real world experience with one you should stop all your bad mouthing threads/posts about Dolmar. It's against the forum rules ya know......Practice what you preach, instead of letting your emotions get in the way.
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Yea, it was pretty fun & amusing till Windy had to throw a temper tantrum!....lol
BTW....Glad ya like your 361.....It is a nice saw!
Lets review for a second Joat....Post #6 of this thread, below (by me)....Some bashing I'll tell ya!
Yes, it is a very nice, well built saw. I'm not saying it's junk. Just with all the talk on here about the 361, I thought it was gonna be a hot rod right out of the gate, like the 5100......I was disappointed in the performance aspect only, not the build quality! I don't think I could even wait for the warranty to expire to gut that muffler!
It just didn't go through the wood near as quick as I expected.....If you guys didn't exaggerate, I wouldn't have been so dumb founded when I seen it in action.
BTW....I did tell ya all it could have been the safety chain and or restrictive muffler or both but either way, the way it leaves the Stihl dealer has a lot to be desired, for a $600 saw.....IN MY OBSERVATION.
Dolmars are nicer
Yah, if only they had dealers and service. I would like to run a 5100s. I would also like to see one on a shelf in a saw shop. Sadly there are none around here. I called every Dolmar dealer (8 of them) listed on the Dolmar web site in the greater Portland/Vancouver area, and they either were not really a Dolmar dealer at all, or they did not carry the 5100.
Of course, I saw a guy on YouTube cut with a 5100s once and it cut like crap. Thus according to the FastCast methods of analysis with zero experience using the saw to make an evaluation, it must be deduced that the 5100s is a really crappy saw.
