Hi,
These "chainsaws on a stick" seem to be regularly recommended here. When flicking through the free view channels, one of the shopping channels sells a Ryobi model. Is there anyone else who makes them or is the Ryobi as good as any?
The in laws wanted one. I searched the internet and found the usual suspects all sell the Ryobi (been and queued, Screwfix, Machine mart) but they visited a lawnmower shop instead, who has sold them a Mitox for twice the price.
I hadn't heard of Mitox before and I don't know the shop they went to. Could it be that the Ryobi is more a DIY tool for occasional use by the public, whereas Mitox is more for the professional and built for frequent use? Perhaps they paid more for a better built machine? Or it could simply be that they went to a Mitox dealer so he sold the product that gave him the best return!
The obvious difference is that the Ryobi takes many attachments including strimmer, hedge cutter, and chainsaw and this Mitox only comes with a hedge trimmer. They say that's all they wanted but I would have thought the chainsaw attachment would have been useful for pruning branches, so I think they made the wrong choice but I'm no expert, just my 2p.
What does the group think? TIA