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| Review Date: December 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Dad Dai, Southern Oregon Coast, USA |
| I researched the market for best values on mid-range chainsaws and eventually decided on this Cub Cadet CS5722, a professional quality saw made by Emak, the same Italian company that makes Efco. In fact the Cub Cadet CS5722 is identical to the Efco 156 except it is Cub Cadet yellow instead of Efco red. The best price I found for this saw brand new was through Amazon for $299, which was about $180 less than the identical Efco 156 at a dealer. This saw is amazing! Starts easily and warms up fast. It came with a 20 inch bar and I have buried the bar to the hilt in big Douglas fir with no bogging down. It is slightly heavier than a Husky 455 Rancher and slightly lighter than a Stihl 290 Farm Boss but at 4.1 hp it has more horsepower than either of those saws. I have run both the Husky 55 and Stihl 290 in my work and they are both fine saws. But this Cub Cadet/Efco outperforms both those saws and it appears to very solidly built. It has a tubular metal handle instead of the plastic handles used on the Husky 455 and Stihl 290. I would highly recommend this saw if you want a saw you can run for years and pass on down to the kid. I went out and bought a case for it too, the cases sold by Husky (red), Echo (orange), and Efco (red) are all identical and fit this saw just fine, about $55, and you can carry saw mix, bar oil, wedges, tools, and an extra chain in this case. A saw this well made deserves a good home! This saw is a giant step up from an 18" Craftsman 35190 $149, (rebranded Poulan) which I briefly owned and returned to Sears a week later out of frustration. Lesson learned - sometimes it takes a cheap consumer grade piece of junk to motivate one to research and uncover the availability of good quality products on the market. This Cub Cadet CS5722 is a quality product. |
Cub Cadet GS 5720
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| Review Date: October 24, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Lev Patricks, |
| I bought this saw one month ago. Used it once to cut few medium size trees, works very well and very powerful. I did some research before purchasing this chain saw, and had hard time to decide which one to buy - Makita DCS6401-20 or this one. Decided to buy Cub Cadet because it was cheaper almost by twice. |
Well worth the money!
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| Review Date: December 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Thomas Hallen, Kennewick, WA USA |
| This saw works very well! Both of my friend have stihls one is a 029 and one is a 031 this saw works just aswell as either of these starts easy and runs well! Cut 2 cords of wood with no problems. |
Cuts wood great
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| Review Date: January 30, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Schuh, |
I have an outdoor wood burner and needed a newer bigger saw. This saw has lots of power and runs great. Just make sure to remove the plastic spacer in between the bar and the saw before using it or you will wreck a chain. The manual tells you to do that but it isn't highlighted and in in the middle of the book.
Otherwise, the saw ran good right out of the box. Puts lots of saw chips on the ground. |
cub cadet chain saw
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| Review Date: February 3, 2010 |
| Reviewer: RRHunter, Round Rock TX |
| have used it only once - great thus far - looks and acts just like they say it should - the longer blade makes for much easier sawing in large logs - of course I am comparing it to old worn out 16" saw - but thus far good - easy to adjust chain. Put it in Husquevarna big orange carrying case and fits very well. good saw thus far. |
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