GiantZ Power Tools
I have 62cc 20" Giantz chainsaw. I bought one worked it hard cutting box and iron bark. It earned its keep so I bought another. The trick is clean the air filter with fuel and keep a sharp chain on . Good value. Show details
I found it powerful enough for cutting big logs for firewood .
Everything about it is average but the price – Bought the Giantz 62cc pole saw off ebay. Arrived in 72hrs in rural SA and paid $140 delivered. Everything is included including gloves and safety… Read more
glasses. It completed the task of cutting down an overhanging gum tree that was over 3m high successfully. The tree was upto 200mm diameter. It's an absolute bargain, engine starts well and all the parts are very impressive... but... It took 15 minutes to cut down the tree but a few hours in-between on maintenance. Don't buy it if not technically minded. If you like to tinker then it's fantastic. Problem 1. Choke lever incorrectly labelled off means on. 2. Oil feed to chain was in operable and needed gearbox disassembly to set feed screw properly. 3. Extension poles fit together in a dodgy manner and the gear splines hardly engage. They jump out under a heavy load and requires disassembly to re-engage. 4. Total pole length is obscene as it is unmanageable unless you have an elephant as a friend. 5. Stop/start switch is poor and super sensitive and machine kept cutting out when using. I would most certainly buy another for the price. It has paid for itself already. With a few modifications it should improve but consider buying a better brand if you want hassle free. Certainly don't pay too much for this.
Looks good but wont last – Great for the first year, but then issues started to appear. In the next 2 years I needed to replace the carby, a fuel hose melted away, and even the fuel tank got a leak in in. Show details
I bought this on ebay on 27/01/2025 for $69.07 and am very happy with it. It is very lightweight but strong enough to blow drives and paths clean… Read more
after mowing. The lith-ion battery charges quickly (in middle of garage floor away from all that's flammable). All-in-all, it's a handy little tool even your wife could use!
Excellent Low Cost Chainsaw Sharpener – I bought this chainsaw sharpener after the local mower/chainsaw dealer closed down - and he had been sharpening my chainsaw chains for $9 each, but… Read more
more importantly, had been telling me when the chains were too damaged to resharpen. So I am no expert at this skill, but have spent countless hours looking at YouTube videos and reading articles on the internet. But with this Giantz sharpener, I discovered an advantage something no one mentioned in any of the countless articles I read or videos I watched, which will be discussed later.
The sharpener is a 320 watt unit, with 7500 rpm and comes with four grinding wheels of the same size, and is made of plastic. There are far more expensive metal units available, which YouTube videos mainly focus on. The video linked to below relates to a typical cheap unit, and while that unit doesn't look the same as the Giantz one, the method of operation is exactly the same.
How Much Metal To Remove From Teeth? What neither the instructions nor any of the videos or articles tell you, however, is exactly how much metal to take off the teeth when sharpening with an electric sharpener. This is a problem, as chainsawing is dangerous work.
With a manual sharpening kit, the articles and videos pretty much all say to apply three strokes with the file in its guide tool to each tooth - more if the tooth is damaged, and to apply that same number of strokes to all the teeth. Doing that doesn't really take much metal off each tooth.
How Often Can One Sharpen a Chain? Similarly, most articles and videos say that a chain should be sharpened only three times, or three to five times - which definitely doesn't take much metal off when done manually, but which can indeed take quite a bit of metal off using an electric sharpener. The articles and videos also all say that after one has taken quite a bit of metal off each tooth, one then has to file down the riser/depth gauge next to each tooth, else the chain won't cut properly.
After more research, I found videos of people saying they manually sharpened their chain three or four times a day when doing a lot of cutting (but said nothing about throwing them out), and others who sharpened their chain after using a US gallon (3.95 litres), and finally the chap in the following article who says you wouldn't throw away a kitchen knife after a few sharpenings, and explains how much a chain can be sharpened if nothing else is wrong with it. https://burlybeaver.com/chainsaw-chain-life-expectancy/
Disadvantage and Big Advantage. As the Giantz chainsaw sharpener is "cheap" and made of plastic, it also flexes a bit when pressure is applied to its handle when bringing the grinding wheel down to sharpen the tooth. This is a disadvantage, as it means that one can press further down past where one had set the stop mark on the downward cut, and thus cut into the link below the tooth - which can severely reduce the life of the chain, and possibly weaken it to the point of breaking when in use. This disadvantage would not happen with a more sturdy metal unit, and one needs to pay special attention not to be heavy handed when using the Giantz.
But this small amount of flexing also turns out to be a major advantage when one gets the knack. Instead of setting the grinding wheel to come down and cut off a small piece of the tooth as recommended, one can instead set the grinding wheel to come down and just miss the tooth - and then use the flexing to push the grinding wheel gently into the tooth with a light touch. This action probably takes off more of the tooth than manual filing does, but nowhere near as much as when setting a fixed cut as shown in most of the videos.
Results. To date, with the Giantz I've sharpened my three 14" 3.8LP 0.50 chains once, and I've sharpened three 22" .325 058 chains three times each - and I still haven't had to file down the risers/depth gauges on any of them, since I haven't taken enough tooth off (in case you are wondering why so much sharpening, the resharpened chains work like new when used for cutting my firewood, but then quickly get blunted as I try to cut up a big stump with lots dirt stuck between roots where I can't see it, which instantly dulls the teeth).
The unit comes with two holes in its base for putting bolts through to attach it to a work bench. I just drilled two small holes into my bench, then used two self tapping screws to fix the unit down tightly.
When using the unit it is important to wear safety glasses, and thin gloves are handy if one doesn't want to spend a lot of time with Solvol getting very fine grit out of one's fingers.
To sum up, now that I am aware of of the advantage and disadvantage of this unit, I am thoroughly delighted with the performance of the Giantz. I am quickly getting my chains to work like new, and I am not grinding off large amounts of chainsaw teeth to do it. Regards.
Better than i expected – Been looking around for a home use bandsaw for woodworking. The "oz" brand i would have normally bought from Bunnings, but having problems with the… Read more
quality of their product lately i searched for a reasonably priced unit of a different brand. Giantz is a brand i had never hear of before. A bit of research shows Harvey Norman is selling some of their products so i thought it cant be that bad. I couldn't find reviews on the bandsaw anywhere, so i thought give it a go. The bandsaw is available online, i bought from a seller in Melbourne on My Deal web site. It also available on a few other online sellers sites. I have had it for a week now and really i cannot fault it. It is a quality product. Easy to setup, and did not need much adjustments from the factory settings. It is about $55 more expensive than the "oz " brand. Worth every bit of it. It also looks very similar to a Baumr-AG that is online for sale, same saw i think just a different name imported for China. All up i am happy i bought it UPDATE feb 2022. Spare parts are impossible to find in australia. I need a small plastic plate the sits on the table around the blade. No spare parts available even from where i bought it
This has been a great reliable machine. It has only been used to build a 200m fence and a patio, so about 150 holes dug at 600mm - 1500mm but has… Read more
done the job nicely. The soil I’ve been working with isn’t particularly hard, so I can’t guarantee its effectiveness in more solid terrain, but for a medium clay it has worked perfectly. Starts up first pull after not being used for a month, digs effortlessly. Just made work more efficient and definitely worth the price tag for my specific application.
Value for Money but Be Prepared to Compromise on Quality and Reliability and to Fiddle – This is my second Giantz 24" chainsaw. The first was the 92cc version of this saw I purchased in 2020. Finally the cheap plastic starter cog stripped… Read more
in 2024 and no spares were available. That saw gave generally good, easy start performance although maximum power was declining by 2024 after doing a lot of work in a domestic situation. Pretty good for $200. The new 88cc model is a complete redesign and cost $169.
It is early days yet but the new model has noticeable improvements: - The chain drive sprocket has been redesigned and the supplied retaining E clip is lasting more than the 30min experienced on the 92cc. That said, a quality replacement E clip lasted from then on. - The chain appears to be good quality unlike the 92cc and has sliced through large hardwood logs with ease - The air filter inlet is no longer at the bottom of the saw but is pretty small so be prepared to clean it at every use. - The saw actually arrived with the correct carby setup. The 92cc arrived with the carby hopelessly set so it would not idle and lacked any power. This was fixed by adjusting the idle and maximum screws but was very subject to drifting during travel vibration. The 88cc saw has plenty of power, starts easily and idles nicely so far. Expect though drifting over time requiring readjustment. - The saw has a priming bulb for starting but the instructions are still based on the older model which had no primer bulb. This is unfortunate as it is easy to flood the saw if too many primer bulb pushes are made in a warm start situation. Will have to learn by trial and error.
I expect the plastic starter cog will also eventually fail on this saw but if it lasts 4 years that is still good value. Spare starters are available now but probably not in a few years time.
June 2025 Update - Suffered major structural failure where the spring mount which connects the handle assembly to the bottom of the chainsaw body broke away from the body. This was never a problem on the older version and is due to using a more flimsy body and mounting point. Did a quick and dirty fix to allow completion of that days work but it is likely that this failure will continue to propagate. Giantz seem to have pushed the cheapening of the design too far in this area.
Absolutely the worst I've seen in 40 years of welding – I bought one of these mostly out of curiosity. It worked as it should for about 20 seconds, then the AC current for aluminium failed. The polarity… Read more
marked on the torch connections was back to front. The claimed duty cycle of 35% at 250 amps turned out to be only 15% at 170 amps on the specification on the bottom of the machine. Thankfully, of the many sellers of this machine, I'd chosen a reputable one who refunded my money.
Giantz inverter welder 200E – This welder doesn't deserve any stars at all .can't use as it doesn't have NZ plug brought from a company on trade me called Golash which are selling… Read more
these in NZ. Contacted them about the issue and they won't refund my money or address the problem so I guess I we'll be taking to court under the consumers guarantee ACT
Giantz PCAW-20V-SAWTM
Don't Buy! – When using for the third time, out of warranty, the battery died. I cannot find anybody who will supply a battery! It should be illegal to sell an… Read more
item that doesn't supply basic support such as a battery that fits their product. It is now a throw away item. Perhaps consumer affairs should be asked to look at this problem.
Somewhat Under-Powered Pole Chainsaw – FIRST UNIT POLE CHAINSAW I recently bought a neat little 6" cordless chainsaw, which worked great. It cut through any wood without difficulty. I then… Read more
bought the Giantz cordless 8" pole chainsaw to prune branches off higher trees, expecting that its chainsaw performance would be akin to that of the smaller unit. I was sadly mistaken.
The Giantz unit was woefully under-powered. The chainsaw chain would get stuck trying to cut even a 1.5cm branch. I'd have to to pull it out, then try cut again where it would get stuck again.....and again .....and again, till it finally cut through. I had the same experience with bigger 3 to 4cm branches.
Basically, had I used a manual pole saw, it would have taken me about the same amount of time to cut through the branches (though with more effort). I've been a big fan of Giantz, never having had a problem with their chainsaws, petrol pole loppers and electric chainsaw sharpener, so I was extremely surprised with the performance of this unit.
SECOND UNIT POLE CHAINSAW. I complained to the seller about the first unit, who sent me a second unit. This one worked better, with the chainsaw chain only getting stuck occasionally before cutting through - I could live with that. I think the problem is that the 3/8th LP .050" gauge 33 DL chain creates too much friction, whereas the little 6"mini - chainsaws use the smaller teeth pf the 1/4" Pitch .043"(1.1mm) Gauge 37 DL chain.
HEDGE TRIMMER. I was quite impressed with the hedge trimmer of the first unit. It's not as good as my Ryobi petrol hedge trimmer, nor as good as my Giantz petrol pole hedge trimmer, but it still did the job, albeit more slowly than the petrol models (as expected). In fact it did the job better than a petrol Chinese hedge trimmer I had, that was pretty hopeless on all but the tiniest of twigs (I left it out for hard waste collection).
To summarize, I'd give the pole chainsaw of the first unit two stars. I'd give the pole chainsaw of the second unit three stars. I'd give the pole hedge trimmer four stars. Which is why I've rated this unit as three stars. Regards.
P.S. In case any reader is wondering why I went for this battery powered when I already have the petrol powered equivalent, it's because I'm recovering from a back operation and needed something lighter for now.
Great Deal and does the job – From Prime Cart via MyDeal, my go to seller ATM. The new Giantz 62cc, that's the latest model was very reasonably priced at 124.99 delivered. I like… Read more
the new look casing and build standard is as you would expect. I installed a side access chain adjuster, don't see why Giantz would bother with the alternative, and of course am using my own bar and chains. Have had a couple of Giantz 58cc in the past, and had this one for 6 mths now, starts easy and it's done everything I've put it through very well. I cut my own firewood and have WA hardwood on my block, so it's a good saw for the back of the ute.
Looks Great and worked well for awhile – Assembled the Posthole digger together with Auger attachment, started great. Attempted to drill a hole 200mm dia. 300mm deep in back yard, Motor stopped suddenly. Further investigation, Flywheel snapped in half. Now trying to source a replacement.
This chainsaw only lasted 2 years before it blew the crank seals and became difficult to start and… Read more