I wouldn´t waste 219 dollars on something that could stop functioning whenever/where ever.....

The chinese saws I´ve seen seems to be overcubiced and overhorsepowered in the specifications, some of them are also overbared as a result of the inaccurate specs - the chosen bar/chain combo is powered by a too small/inefficient motor.

In my experience "purely for firewood" means a hard life for the chainsaw, harder than felling trees.

I have no good advice what to buy instead, a used old Husky 55 would be my choice but it´s more in the neighbourhood of the 400 dollars that you don´t want to pay......

Gerry Atric

I bought a Poulan some 10-12 years back as a first saw and still have it works well, done a lot of firewood/work over the years.
Pritty sure they have a tie up with Husqvarna so for a sub $300 (from memory) they good value for $ IMO.

Yep!, from my experience with two of them, cheap crap. I gave one to a mate, he had a lot of carb. trouble with it and biffed it. You get what you pay for, buy once,cry once.
We have a little Stihl  012 that was purchased when we first bought the block over 30 years ago, been superseded many times since then, but currently trucking along ok, with very little use these days. All our saws, have been kept in hard plastic cases, protects from damage.

4 saws in my garage...alll stihls and all still work...2 of them over 30 years old.
makita is another mid range saw that me old mate swears by more than he swears at.
go buy a cheap saw from local retailer if you must go really cheap,at least that way you can take it back without hassle if and when it craps out.....a low end stihl or husky wont cost you much more than your crappymoto jobbie  shite did I just suggest a husky???? must be mellowing with age

Buy quality and do the best thing for them...maintenance. How many people dont even know how to do this. See the townies on the forestry lots off the road with the saw if it starts, revving like hell as the rakers have not been done .

Its pretty much been said, but i brought one, "once" biggest problem i had was the lack of rubber mounts for anti vibration. It made any real length of time on it very uncomfortable.

If you do decide on one i'd make sure you get one with some anti vibration.

Just forget about that Chinese crap and buy Stihl. Brand new MS180 will cost you $425 and I bet it will still be in your workshop 10 years later. Second-hand one is on TradeME right now for $250. I don't think that usual user needs a lot bigger saw than that. Its easy to handle, light and still has a lot of grunt.

All what second-hand ones usually need is good cleanup, new filter and spark plug, maybe tank rinse or some bushes. Buy new bar and set of chains and you are good to go for couple years!