ALDI Ferrex / Gardenline 53cc Chainsaw (Mar 2018, Mar 2019, Mar 2020)

works well for price – Bought for $99 a few months ago first used last week had trouble starting switch in wrong position cut 5 to 6 Tonnes of Jarrah dead tree dia mostly 25 to 30 inches no problem so far its paid for its self . Jarrah firewood $350 to $450 a tonne thats if you get a tonne ask a wood merchant to go on a weigh bridge. .Still have the old Aldi 2017… Read more

model works well. Both saws cut better than a Stihl of similar power.Bought a Homelite from Bunnings $150 a lot less power wont start when hot. Worked falling pines when i was younger daily quota was a semi load start at 5am finish 12 00 1 00pm have had a bit of experience with chain saws.

JUNK!!! – Has only started twice in 10 attempts. Spark plug changed to quality brand. Never offered a refund even after asking. JUNK!!! I will buy a brand name now and never look back.

Hopeless – It has always been Very hard to start, stops running while using. Now won’t start at all. If I had the receipt I would definitely be asking for a refund Show details

It never started - the chord broke and when I fixed it still wouldn't start – Chord broke on the first pull. I wasted time fixing it, re-read the instructions twice but I could not get it to work at all. Tried time and again to contact Aldi and got nowhere. What a waste of time and money. Show details

cheap and does the job – the chain lube is way too much from factory but you can just adjust the screw so less comes out. really powerful and in my experience starts within 3 pulls Show details

Wow - how dodgy – fuel priming problem - The priming pump seems to pressurise the fuel tank no problem but absolutely no fuel to the carby. And the chain lube leaks oil everywhere! Cant get a service shop to even look at it. Show details

Useless product, and forget any warranty claim! – Purchased back in April 18 knowing I'd need a new chainsaw for a property I purchased, but wouldn't go into until July 2018 Went to use it first time. Checked chain tension...OK. Ran 5 mins...chain came off. Became a regular occurrence. Then had misfortune to strike a nail in a tree. Blunted chain, lost a tooth. Can't get replacements off… Read more

shelf. Had to get a mower shop to custom me up a chain. $50.

The chain coming off the bar became worse. In the end, was seriously dangerous.

Checked the gear on the machine body. Had some sort of plastic bush holding it out, had completely chewed apart.

Functionally unusable AND dangerous!

So, rang the 1300 number for the "5 year warranty".

Got to a call centre, where they took a name and number, and said someone would return my call.

2 days later, no response.

So, rang again. Same crap. Took name and number, and advised they'd say on the message was "urgent".

2 days later, again no return call.

Had enough. Returning it to Aldi under the Australian Consumer Guarantee protection as "unfit for purpose".

Will advise if I have any trouble with this. Which would be a mistake on Aldi's part, as the ACCC love this stuff.

Teach me to buy something like a chainsaw from Aldi. I buy a LOT of things from them, but broke my cardinal rule, which is "assume it's junk until proven otherwise, then be surprised".

Fabulous Buy – I bought this for my son to help his dad cut firewood, firstly we put a better quality chain on it ($30) and basically away they went. They have cut load after load after load of red gum wood and it has been extremely reliable. It needs to be cleaned thoroughly between uses as the filter is very thin and he did manage to break the chain tensioner,… Read more

I rang the warranty people (5 year warranty) and insisted we needed to pay for the part due to the amount of work the saw had done in a very short time but the man said "no they stand by their warranty" and the replacement part was sent in a week. They are still cutting wood and this saw is still running as well as the day we bought it.....best $149 I have ever spent.....thank you Aldi....A+ for product and service.

Plenty of power starts easy – Gor my 53cc aldi chainsaw for $100... was on the clearance rack to start it i dont listen to the instructions i turn the ignition switch off give it 2 pulls with the choke on then turn ignition switch on with no choke & it starts easy although the bar is 16 inch ive been cutting hardwood logs up 20 inch thick wirh no problems the stated 2.2kw of power isnt to be laughed at anyway so far so good  Show details

Chain will not tighten – Started my chainsaw up on Saturday no problem, eventually chain loosened, read the instructions how to tighten, unlocked it but the dial won't turn to tighten or to loosen, cane home very disappointed. Anyone any ideas ??? Struggled for ages trying to tighten it. Will have to buy firewood now. Wife not impress.  Show details

A great Chainsaw – Although I have only have had my ALDI Gardenline 53 cc Chainsaw for a few weeks I have found it to be a great piece of equipment, but must admit the spark plug connection is badly designed, while checking the spark plug gap the clip came off with the rubber boot, could be the problem why some don't start, a new clip fixed the problem.  Show details

Aldi Gardenline 53cc Chainsaw – I bought this chainsaw for $A149. I tried unsuccessfully to start it for 4 days. I even changed the sparkplug. I also tried Start ya aerosol spray.The Manual contradicts itself on the starting procedure. The Manual does not provide information on options to replace the Chinese sparkplug, After 4 days, I returned it to Aldi and received a full refund. With my refund, I bought a Stihl Mini Boss MS 170 chainsaw which does start.  Show details