We were most excited today to purchase a Sthil Mini Boss MS170 chainsaw for our trips. They were on a sale so we snapped one up, been after something similar for ages.

They had no covers in stock so we will wait for them to come in.

Now for the Honda 2.

I have one of them, good little saw I think. Mine has done a lot of work around the yard cheers blaze

Thanks for that Blaze, it looks like a tough little thing and the Other Half has an old Stihl and wanted another so nice to hear they are reliable.

I have one, would not get better that a Stihl, also have a Honda Genny 2.0i

We borrowed a Genny last year to see if it would service our needs and it was brilliant. Glad to hear other opinions on them, thanks Wombat.

The Other Half likes the Stihl as well so he seems very happy with it and its a good size for me to use as well.

Sthil ...is a good brand....the SACFS only use them.....

Thats a good indication they are a good brand than Smokey, thanks for that. You always have doubts when you buy something don't you.

Hi Firefly I have a Old Stihl 010AV about 25Yrs old the motor is still going as original but its had 4 chain bars & clutches 8 chains & 4 carby kits in that time & still going. It has cut alot of wood as it cuts our winter fire wood.

Presumably you already have the generator-powered doof doof stereo to make every other camper's life miserable?

we always try to park well away from other camper's when we intend to use our genny, we also try to put it on the other side of our van so as not to disturbe others, Honda's are very quiet

Not into doof doofs but if we need to use the genny we do. Have to expect it in free camp.

As Wombat said, they are very quiet.

DeBe, the Other Half has an old Stihl too and it still runs well. Its just a bit bulky for what we want it for otherwise it would be the one coming away with us.

I dont mind a gennie turned off by night, carry one and havnt used it yet and would prefer not to and will always try to minimise the noise. We are in a park ATM and some bugger spends half the night snoring very loud, now thats agrovating. Give me a gennie any day cheers blaze

I'm with you on that one Blaze and my Other Half is in that lot too.

Thank God for earplugs.

We are buying the Honda because it makes minimal noise and we only use it when needed as well. With our new solar panels, it may not be a necessity.

We did use it a lot last trip but so did many others as well.

Off well and truly before dark thats for sure.

Anyone with half an ounce of common decency has their genny turned off by 8pm at the latest.

This has been the time stipulated in most camp sites we have used and I don't think it is unreasonable to expect gennies to run around the dinner time frame.

Having said that we are like you FF, we consider our fellow campers and in fact only used the gennie for 8 minutes on this trip, just to do some vegies in the microwave.

As for doof doof, since when do ANY grey nomads use a genny to play this sort of music.'  GET REAL!!

The Other Halfs music is way more painful than the duf duf Ma.

How did your new one go mate, genny that is?

Hey as an ex Volunteer SES Rescue body of 20 years my chainsaw stays home along with my genny, been far to familiar with them over the yrs.
I travel lite 12 volt lighting, and shower, gas to cook and cool and rest the rest of the time with occasional top up of 240 in caravan parks as a luxury to charge the notebook and camera.  Less is best dont need fire wood too dam lazy.
Turle

That is how we have been travelling Turtle but we want to stay out a bit longer and I do like my computer.

I think the solar panels will be heaps but just in case.

And I looove a camp fire, its sooo good.

I never started this camping thing until five years ago so its all new and exciting to me still. 

$299 for the month of March Pete. Its a nice little chainsaw, its worth a look thats for sure.

Pete the Other Half informs me the special runs for the next two months, from March 1, sorry.