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Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2021Assembly straight forward, make sure you read the addendum for the battery holder first. One person can easily assemble this. Arrives in two boxes.The media could not be loaded.
For safety there's two pins that need to be located in the exit chute. This will just block the exit chute.
Similarly, the main chute has a panel that limits the size of branches that can be put through. Good luck using the chipper with that in place.
When it's running, this chipper is perfect for a medium sized garden. Wish I'd bought one years ago. Take with a pinch of salt the claimed 50mm branches. Not an issue for me as I put those into the wood burner. Otherwise it's terrific in getting through most stuff, although too much green will clog it.
Now the negatives.
Customer service is dire. I've reported a problem with starting it when warm (see video) and not had a response - this is both by phone and email. The chipper should start without having to use the choke when hot. On mine, you have to flip the choke on and then off immediately whilst turning it with the key for it to start.
The manual recommend 5w30 oil which I find smokes a lot with the choke on. Forest master on their site recommend 10w40.
The other negative is that there's a bolt that fixes the chute to the main body. This bolt acts as a safety mechanism. Because there is no easy way to manoeuvre the chipper bar the chute, it's quite easy for this bolt to be sheared. So when moving the chipper never pull, always push. That way the force is acting down into the body and not stressing the bolt.
I'm happy with my purchase, and will update this review when I get a response from forest master.
