Husqvarna - Reviews and experiences

Okay, so here’s the long-winded version — I bought this Husqvarna a few years back when I still lived in Colorado. It was shiny, heavy in the right way, and felt like a proper tool the moment I picked it up. First time I fired it I remember thinking, this thing has some oomph. I cut a handful of aspens, bucked them into cordwood, stacked it like a guy who knows what he’s doing. Then life happened and I moved north, brought the saw with me to Alaska thinking I’d keep doing the same thing. For a while that’s exactly what happened and it was great — raw power, smooth under heavy load, nice balance. It felt like a real step up from the cheap saws I used in the past.

start it, work, move on. Instead, the saw wouldn’t idle. It ran fine when you blipped the throttle, but it wouldn’t sit at idle, so I was restarting it constantly. Annoying, yes, but workable for a while. Then the trimmer quit on me twice — first tank through it and it shut off and wouldn’t restart, and the replacement behaved like it was fine when the shop guy yanked the cord but died the second I actually hit the weeds. That bit is the worst: the head stops exactly when you need it to spin. So you’re standing there, the clock’s running, and you can’t finish the job.

I wouldn’t buy a newly released mower from this company again — the product and the process cost me time, stress and $3,000, and that’s the short version. Now the long one, with the reasons and a few practical tips for anyone still thinking of taking the plunge.