Giantz CSAW-58CC-RDWH

Will not start – I bought through Amazon a 62cc 20 inch oregon bar and chain e start Giantz chain saw. I took it out of its box and it started after some effort. I left it until for 3 weeks when I tried to start it it would not start. Checked the carb seemed ok. Tried to remove the spark plug was totally over tightened at the factory, needed a long wrench handle.… Read more

the plug smelt of fuel. Checked the spark; no spark at normal pull speed. Pulling very fast I got a weak spark. Dried plug reset gap will not start. The supplied carb adjustment tool/screwdriver cannot be used as it requires a special tool. Tried the supplied sharpening file the first 3 stokes reduced the file to a shinny smooth surface. As my now long deceased aunt told me "I cannot afford to buy cheap" how right she is, lesson learned.

crap plasma cutter – i bought a gaintz plasma cutter/stick/ tig welder i paid $359.95 it was supposed to be a $900.00 item with a 50% discount i got conned it a $50 piece of crap  Show details

What a piece of crap, I should have saved my money – Hi first time I was going to cut timber,brand new straight out of the box, filled with fuel and bar oil ,first pull handle snapped in my hand and recoiled back smashing through the cover,not happy, can't find the right part or get my money back from the seller. Show details

Giantz products – Won’t start. Can’t contact Giantz no phone no web site or email and crazy sales are not being very help full. Parts missing but shown then book says option extra Show details

BEST MOVE I MADE – Absolutely fabulous, much much better than expected. Wow able to climb the tree with saw in hand BATTERY OPERATED EASY START every time.AWESOME. Gave my 2stroke away.....One problem only, am unable to buy spare battery. Show reply

I wish i could rate it 0, it is a piece of crap that barely starts half the time – Hardly starts to cut branches in the first place. The amound of energy put into starting it, you might as well use a handsaw. Next time i will make sure product has good reviews before buying. Show details

better off buying holzfforma you can get parts and cheap – theyre ok for the price but you cant get parts to maintain them, tuning them to perform is hit and miss the carbies are kinda ordinary at metering, but yeh theyre ok for the price, whereas holzfforma you can , theyre stihl clones Show details

giantz 62 ccsaw – same trouble no spares broken spring will have to junk it .cut well but the 1 year warranty does'nt seem to work either . Goes to show you only get what you pay for Show details

Dead On Arrival – I bought the saw online and it arrived Friday afternoon. Saturday morning I set it up with the bar and chain. I put fuel in it and chain oil. I then spent the next hour pulling on that starter rope for all I was worth. In desperation I sprayed starting fluid in the carb and still nothing. Don't waste your money or sanity. Just buy a good brand and make your life easy. Show details

58cc GIANTZ Red/White Chainsaw – I ended up putting a 20" 3/8 .058 72D and it cuts awesome I was cutting old dead trees a lot thicker than the bar. I gave to my father after thrashing it for 5.5hrs I use 40:1 with Castro FULL SYNTHETIC RACING 2 STROKE OIL. (I pulled head off and not a mark!). So I bought x2 58cc 20" (think really 52), x2 62cc Red 22", x1 62cc Black 22". I cut big… Read more

old hardwood all day so if get a month's use I'm happy but no failures in GIANTZ brand (x2 92cc Gen 3 Baumr Ag DIDN'T LAST A DAY EACH!! both sent back for refund, took 2 1/2 months to get $$ and now EDISON'S won't let me buy!! EVEN THOUGH ALL DEFECTIVE FROM THEM LOL)

Amazing for the price – Got a 20% discount when I bought, paid under $90. Excellent buy. Came with an extra chain too, worth $20+. Not Stihl quality, but does the job! Good for occasional users and homeowners. Just be aware of a few gotchas: the carby will need adjustment. It comes set too rich from factory. Turn L and H all the way clockwise, then back L out about… Read more

1.75 turns, H out 1.5 turns. Manual states L should be 1.25 (much too lean, won't accelerate) and H should be 1.4, which is about right (but much leaner than they sent it from factory). Note you should be mixing oil: fuel at 1:20 for the first 20 hours, then 1:25 thereafter. So when you go to 1:25, you may have to tweak the carb again, because the more oil in the fuel, the richer the carb setting needs to be, and vice versa.

Other small problem was the air filter cover: I had to ream out the hole in the air filter cover so the twist screw that holds it down could meet the female part at the right angle (I used a dremel with drum sander).

Remember to use Loctite on the screws that hold on the log spikes, or they come loose.

Assembling the chainbrake/clutch cover onto the powerhead can be tricky; just make sure you can advance the chain around the bar with your hand smoothly and that the chain is not twisted at the powerhead (the twisting is caused by a little screw between the two bolts sticking out of the power head (poor design, but not a dealbreaker). Also note that the chain WILL stretch a lot for the first hour or so, so check is constantly and re-tension as needed. This is normal for all chains, but a bit more noticeable with these cheap chains. I've sold my Stihl and Husquarna (great saws, but I now use them very infrequently and cannot justify owning them anymore) and only use this saw for big cuts (e.g. fallen trees) and a Makita electric for all my small work.

For storage, empty fuel tank and then let the machine idle on the ground until the carb runs dry.

If you want an online User Manual, google the Zenoah G5000 (this is the Japanese saw that these Chinese copies are based on).