STIHL Competitions - Terms and Conditions

STIHL Squad Competition April 2026

- The April STIHL Squad competition is open from 27 April to 10 May 2026.

- To enter the competition, you must correctly answer the question on the competition entry page and submit your name and email address so that we can contact you if you win. 

- All entrants must be 18 years of age or over.

- Entry is open to residents of GB including IOM or Channel Islands (excludes NI).

- Entrants may only enter the competition once.

- The winner may choose their preferred STIHL product prize(s) from the stihl.co.uk website up to a value of £200 RRP (Recommended Retail Price).  Products listed as only available from STIHL Approved Dealers are excluded.

- There is no cash alternative. 

- 1 winner will be drawn randomly from all the eligible entries. 

- Entry to the draw closes at 23:59 on 10 May 2026.

- The prize draw winner will be contacted by email before 17:00 on 15 May 2026.

- If the prize is unclaimed, after reasonable efforts have been made to contact the winner, STIHL reserves the right to draw an alternative winner.

- STIHL is not responsible for any disruption to the website entry form due to technical problems or otherwise due to events outside of its reasonable control.

- STIHL employees and agents are not eligible.

Privacy Statement: STIHL will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission, or are required by law, to do so. 

You can find out more about STIHL’s privacy policy by visiting https://www.stihl.co.uk/en/legal-info/privacy-policy

100-year sweepstake

- The 100-year sweepstake competition is open from 16 April to 14 June 2026.

- To enter the competition, you must correctly answer the question on the competition entry page and submit your name and email address so that we can contact you if you win. 

- All entrants must be 18 years of age or over.

- Entry is open to residents of GB including IOM or Channel Islands (excludes NI).

- Entrants may only enter the competition once.

- The prize is either a consumer product bundle, a professional product bundle, a GTA 26 cordless garden pruner or a GTA 40 cordless professional pruner depending on the prize preference that was chosen. 

- The consumer product bundle includes 1 x MSA 80 chainsaw, 1 x HSA 60 hedge trimmer, 1 x BGA 60, 1 x FSA 60 R grass trimmer, 1 x RMA 448 V lawn mower, 1 x AK 10 battery starter set, 1 x AK 20 battery starter set, 2 x AK 30 batteries, set worth £2042 RRP (Recommended Retail Price).  Appropriate PPE will also be provided.

- The professional product bundle includes 1 x MSA 220 chainsaw, 1 x HLA 140 long-reach hedge trimmer, 1 x HSA 140 hedge trimmer, 1 x BGA 160 handheld leaf blower, 1 x FSA 200 brushcutter, 4 x AP 300 S batteries, 1 x AL 301-4 multi-charger, worth £3343 RRP (Recommended Retail Price).  Appropriate PPE for all the machines will also be provided.

- There is no cash alternative. 

- 1 winner will be drawn randomly from all the eligible entries who selected they would prefer to win the consumer product bundle on the sign-up form, to win the consumer product bundle.

- 5 runner-up winners will be drawn randomly from all the eligible entries who selected they would prefer to win the consumer product bundle on the sign-up form, to win a GTA 26 cordless garden pruner set worth £159 RRP.

- 1 winner will be drawn randomly from all the eligible entries who selected they would prefer to win the professional product bundle on the sign-up form, to win the professional product bundle.

- 5 runner-up winners will be drawn randomly from all the eligible entries who selected they would prefer to win the professional product bundle on the sign-up form, to win a GTA 40 cordless professional pruner set worth £399 RRP.

- Entry to the draw closes at 23:59 on 14 June 2026.

- The prize draw winner will be contacted by email before 17:00 on 19 June 2026.

- If the prize is unclaimed, after reasonable efforts have been made to contact the winner, STIHL reserves the right to draw an alternative winner(s).

- STIHL is not responsible for any disruption to the website entry form due to technical problems or otherwise due to events outside of its reasonable control.

- STIHL employees and agents are not eligible.

Privacy Statement: STIHL will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission, or are required by law, to do so. 

You can find out more about STIHL’s privacy policy by visiting https://www.stihl.co.uk/en/legal-info/privacy-policy

Try before you buy customer feedback survey competition

- To enter the Try Before You Buy Feedback Survey competition, you must complete the Try Before You Buy customer feedback survey and submit your name and email address so that we can contact you if you win. 

- All entrants must be 18 years of age or over.

- Entry is open to residents of GB including IOM or Channel Islands (excludes NI).

- Entrants may only enter the competition once.

- The prize is a STIHL goodie bag worth over £100 RRP (Recommended Retail Price).

- There is no cash alternative. 

- 1 winner will be drawn randomly each month from all the eligible entries that are submitted between 00.00 on the first day of each month and 23:59 on the final day of the month.

- The prize draw winner will be contacted by email before 17:00 within five working days of the end of each month.

- If the prize is unclaimed, after reasonable efforts have been made to contact the winner, STIHL reserves the right to draw an alternative winner.

- STIHL is not responsible for any disruption to the website entry form due to technical problems or otherwise due to events outside of its reasonable control.

- STIHL employees and agents are not eligible.

Privacy Statement: STIHL will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission, or are required by law, to do so. 

You can find out more about STIHL’s privacy policy by visiting https://www.stihl.co.uk/en/legal-info/privacy-policy

STIHL 100 Fan Award

Article I. Terms and Conditions of Participation and Competition of the  "#biggestSTIHLfan” and “Worldwide Competition”

Capitalised terms used in these terms and conditions have a particular meaning and to help you find them, we have put them in bold.

1. The Promoters

The promoter of the UK #biggestSTIHLfan competition is Andreas Stihl Limited, Contra House, Oak Close, Camberley, GU15 3FG (the “UK Promoter”). The promoter of the Worldwide Competition is ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG, Badstraße 115, 71336 Waiblingen, Germany (the “DE Promoter”). For contact details of the promoters, please see condition 11.

2. The Competition

2.1 The title of the competition run by the UK Promoter is the “#biggestSTIHLfan competition”.

2.2 The title of the competition run by the DE Promoter is the “Worldwide Competition”.

2.3 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter offer the opportunity to take part in the #biggestSTIHLfan competition and Worldwide Competition respectively in accordance with the following conditions. Those eligible to participate and entering the #biggestSTIHLfan competition and Worldwide Competition (each a “Participant”) accepts these terms and conditions of participation and competition.

2.4 Duration of the #biggestSTIHLfan competition: from 1 May 2026 at 9:00 BST to 26 June 2026 at 17:00 BST both times and dates inclusive (the “Promotional Period”).

2.5 Duration of the Worldwide Competition: the winner from the “#biggestSTIHLfan competition will be communicated to the DE Promoter by 15 July 2026 at 17:00 BST.  

2.6 This competition is in no way connected to Instagram and is not sponsored, supported or organized by Instagram. Each Participant releases Instagram from any liability arising in connection with the conduct of the competition.

3. Eligibility 

3.1 The competition is only open to individuals aged 18 years or over who have a registered place of residence in Great Britain and the “Channel Islands” (meaning Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man), except:

(a) employees, officers, workers and other personnel of the UK Promoter or the DE Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies,

(b) employees, officers, workers and other personnel, partners, ambassadors or suppliers of the UK Promoter, the DE Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies, including TIMBERSPORTS® athletes, who are professionally connected with the competition or its administration,

(c) members of the immediate families or households of (a) and (b) above.

3.2 In entering the competition, the Participant confirms that they are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize won. The UK Promoter and DE Promoter may require the Participant to provide proof that they are eligible to enter the #biggestSTIHLfan competition and Worldwide Competition.

3.3 Each Participant may only take part in the competition once. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted, and joint submissions are not allowed.

3.4 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter will not accept entries that are:

(a) automatically generated by computer or created by artificial intelligence (including but not limited to ChatGPT or similar software applications);

(b) AI-generated or which violate the Meta Community Standards (https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/policies/community-standards/);

(c) completed by third parties or in bulk;

(d) illegible, have been altered, reconstructed, forged or tampered with;

(e) copies or not originals;

(f) in violations of these terms and conditions of participation; 

(g) made with false or misleading information and participation using a so-called "throwaway email address" or a so-called "fake account"; or

(h) incomplete or do not meet the task described in condition 4.4 below.

3.5 If the UK Promoter or DE Promoter determines that a Participant has breached any of the eligibility criteria set out in condition 3, they reserve the right to disqualify the Participant before or after the winner is selected. In these circumstances, any prize awarded may be declared void and they reserve the right to reclaim the prize.

4. How to enter the #biggestSTIHLfan competition

4.1 The #biggestSTIHLfan competition begins on Friday 1 May 2026 at 9:00 BST (the “Opening Date”) with its publication on the UK Promoter‘s Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/stihlgb/ and ends on Friday 26 June 2026 at 17:00 BST inclusive (the “Closing Date”). To be eligible to be entered into the competition, the post must be publically viewable as at the end of the Closing Date.

4.2 All competition entries received by the UK Promoter after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.

4.3 To enter the #biggestSTIHLfan competition, the Participant must upload a picture or video on the subject of "biggest STIHL fan" to their publicly viewable Instagram account within the Promotional Period, caption the picture or video with the campaign hashtag #biggestSTIHLFan and tag the UK Promoter’s Instagram account "@stihlgb" in the picture, video or the posted text. 

4.4 The post will be judged on the Participant’s creativity, passion, connection to STIHL, skill expression, and alignment with STIHL values.

4.5 The picture or video must be thematically related to the competition as set out in condition 4.4, must not be contrary to public policy or criminally relevant or otherwise violate applicable law or infringe the intellectual property rights or personal rights of third parties. 

4.6 Participants act at their own risk when creating their competition entry. Content must be created safely, and all STIHL products should be used in accordance with the relevant instruction manual accompanying the STIHL product(s) they are using. 

4.7 Entries where Participants are not using the tools correctly or are not wearing the correct personal protective equipment will not be considered. Details of what personal protective equipment should be worn and used and how to do so can be found within the relevant instruction manual accompanying the STIHL product(s) they are using. 

4.8 Participation in the #biggestSTIHLfan competition and Worldwide Competition is free of charge and independent of the purchase of goods or services.

4.9 The UK Promoter will not accept:

(a) responsibility for entries that are corrupted, not successfully completed or transmitted, taken down before the Closing Date, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, website, computer hardware or software failure of any kind; or

(b) proof of transmission as proof of receipt of entry to the #biggestSTIHLfan competition.

4.10 By submitting a competition entry, the Participant agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions.

5. The #biggestSTIHLfan competition prize

5.1 One winner of the #biggestSTIHLfan competition will receive a Limited Edition MS 500i C-E chainsaw from Andreas Stihl Limited as detailed on our website (https://www.stihl.co.uk/en/100-years-ms500i) (the “Main Prize Winner”). 

5.2 The five runners-up will receive a bundle of STIHL merchandise worth at least £100 at Recommended Retail Price (the “Runners Up”).

5.3 Prizes are subject to availability. The UK Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize with a prize of equal or greater value.

6. The Worldwide prize

6.1 The DE Promoter will select, via a jury, three winners to win a trip to Waiblingen, Germany. Those entered into the Worldwide Competition will be (i) the Main Prize Winner, (ii) the Runners Up, and (iii) the main prize winners and runners up of the local equivalent competitions run by participating local STIHL companies in other countries. The Main Prize Winner and Runners Up will automatically be entered into the Worldwide Competition

6.2 The selection criteria used by the DE Promoter to select the winner of the Worldwide Competition will be based on the Participant’s creativity, passion, connection to STIHL, skill expression, and alignment with STIHL values in relation to their relevant #biggestSTIHLfan competition post. 

6.3 Each of the 3 winners of the Worldwide Competition are entitled to take one accompanying person of their choice who meets the eligibility criteria set out in Condition 3. 

6.4 The prize to be won in the Worldwide Competition is for 3 winners each with an accompanying person to travel by plane from their country of residence in accordance with condition 3 above in economy class to Waiblingen, Germany for four nights between 28.10.2026 and 01.11.2026. This prize includes a comprehensive supporting program, comprising, flights (as described above), transfers, accommodation for four nights and meals. 

6.5 The Worldwide Competition prize does not include travel insurance or personal expenses. Any other costs incurred in addition to those set out above in condition 6.4 are the responsibility of the winner(s).

6.6 The Worldwide Competition winners will be responsible for ensuring that themselves and any accompanying person travelling with them are available to travel and hold valid passports, any necessary visas and travel documents for the trip in question on the travel dates specified. 

6.7 Dates once notified to the UK Promoter and DE Promoter cannot be changed.

6.8 All prizes are non-negotiable and non-exchangeable. An exchange, self-collection and a cash payment or transfer of the prize to other persons is not possible. Prizes are subject to availability. The UK Promoter and DE Promoter reserve the right to substitute the prize with a prize of equal or greater value.

7. The Winners

7.1 After the Closing Date for entries, a jury nominated by the UK Promoter will select one Main Prize Winner and five Runners Up from all entries received for the #biggestSTIHLfan competition.

7.2 The decision of the jury is final, and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.

7.3 The Main Prize Winner and Runners Up of the #biggestSTIHLfan competition will be determined by Wednesday 1 July 2026 and the winners of the Worldwide Competition will be determined by Friday 24 July 2026.

7.4 The UK Promoter must either publish or make available information that indicates that a valid award has taken place. To comply with this obligation, the UK Promoter will announce on its Instagram that the #biggestSTIHLfan competition winners have been selected on Friday 3 July 2026 (the “UK Announcement date”). Should the UK Promoter decide to tag the Main Prize Winner and five Runners Up’s Instagram usernames on their Instagram or repost any of their submissions for the #biggestSTIHLfan competition, they will obtain the Participant’s prior written consent before doing so,

7.5 The Main Prize Winner and five Runners Up of the #biggestSTIHLfan competition will be notified as soon as practicable after the winners are determined via direct message on Instagram from “@stihlgb”. 

7.6 The DE Promoter will announce on its Instagram that the Worldwide Competition winners have been selected on 10 August 2026 (the “DE Announcement date”). Should the DE Promoter decide to tag the Worldwide Competition winner’s Instagram usernames on their Instagram or repost any of their submissions for the #biggestSTIHLfan competition, they will obtain the Participant’s prior written consent before doing so.

7.7 The Worldwide Competition winners will be notified as soon as reasonably practicable after the winners are determined via direct message on Instagram from https://www.instagram.com/stihl/

7.8 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter will not amend any contact information once the competition entry form has been submitted.

7.9 Where required, the UK Promoter and the DE Promoter may disclose the Participant’s details relating to a winning entry to the Advertising Standards Authority at its request. By entering the #biggestSTIHLfan competition, the Participant hereby consents to such disclosure. 

8. Claiming the prize

8.1 The winners of the #biggestSTIHLfan competition must contact the UK Promoter by Thursday 9 July 2026 at 17.00 BST by email (as set out in condition 11.1) (the “UK Claim Period”). The winners of the Worldwide Competition must contact the DE Promoter by Friday, 31 July 2026 at 23:59 CET by email (as set out in condition 11.2) (the “DE Claim Period”). All winners must provide their address in Great Britain or the Channel Islands and contact details for the purpose of processing and/or sending their respective prize. 

8.2 If a winner does not report within the UK Claim Period or DE Claim Period, the UK Promoter and DE Promoter are entitled to select another winner in accordance with the chosen prize procedure contained in condition 6. 

8.3 The formalities for handing over the prize will be clarified individually with the respective winner. If shipping of the prize is required, this will be done at the UK Promoter’s expense via Fedex or similar courier service to the address provided by the winner. Any additional costs associated with claiming the prize shall be borne by the winner. The Main Prize Winner and Runners Up and winners of the Worldwide Competition are responsible for any taxation of their prize.

9. Data protection

The UK Promoter and DE Promoter will process your personal information as set out in the UK Promoter’s privacy policy via: https://www.stihl.co.uk/en/legal-info/privacy-policy and the DE Promoter’s privacy policy via: STIHL Privacy Police | STIHL respectively. See also Condition 7.4, 7.6, and 7.9 with regard to the announcement of winners.

10. Limitation of liability

10.1 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter and their respective agents and distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the Participant or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the UK Promoter or DE Promoter and their respective agents and distributors and that of their employees, in which case liability shall be determined by reference to conditions 10.2 to 10.6. 

10.2 The UK Promoter and the DE Promoter shall be severally responsible and liable in respect of their respective competitions. For the purposes of this condition, several liability means that the UK Promoter and the DE Promoter are responsible only for the performance of their own obligations under these terms and conditions and shall not be liable for any act or omission of the other. 

10.3 In these terms and conditions, a “Consumer” means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside of that individual's trade, business, craft or profession. For example, limited companies are not consumers, nor are individuals participating in the #biggestSTIHLfan competition or Worldwide Competition wholly or mainly for business purposes.

10.4 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter’s liability to Consumers

10.4.1 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter are not responsible for losses the Participant suffers caused by the UK Promoter and DE Promoter breaking this contract if the loss is:

  • Unexpected: it was not obvious that it would happen and nothing the Participant said to UK Promoter or DE Promoter before they have verified the claim meant the UK Promoter and DE Promoter should have expected it (so, in the law, the loss was unforeseeable).
  • Caused by a delaying event outside the UK Promoter and DE Promoter’s control: as long as the UK Promoter and DE Promoter has contacted the Participant as soon as possible to let them know and it has done what it can to reduce the delay. 
  • Avoidable: something the Participant could have avoided by taking reasonable action. 

10.4.2 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter’s liability for any loss the Participant suffers in connection with the Participant’s trade, business, craft or profession is limited, as described in condition 10.5 below. 

10.5 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter’s liability to non-consumers. 

If the Participant is not a Consumer, then (except in respect of the losses described in below in condition 10.6):

10.5.1 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter shall not be liable to the Participant, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of profit, or any indirect or consequential loss arising under or in connection with the #biggestSTIHLfan competition or Worldwide Competition; and

10.5.2 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter’s total liability to the Participant for all other losses arising under or in connection with the #biggestSTIHLfan competition or Worldwide Competition, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall be limited to £95 (ninety-five pounds). 

10.6 Losses the UK Promoter and DE Promoter never limit or exclude. 

10.6.1 Nothing in these terms shall limit or exclude the UK Promoter and DE Promoter’s liability for:

10.6.1.1 death or personal injury caused by negligence to the extent preserved by section 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977;

10.6.1.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or

10.6.1.3 any liability that cannot legally be limited.

11. General

11.1 The contact details of the UK Promoter (Andreas Stihl Limited) are: Contra House, Oak Close, Camberley, GU15 3FG; Email: enquiries@stihl.co.uk; Telephone: 01276 20202; VAT no.: GB296317137. The contact details of its data protection officer are: Contra House, Oak Close, Camberley, GU15 3FG; Company Reg No.: 01376302; Email: compliance@stihl.co.uk.

11.2 The contact details of the DE Promoter (ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG) are: Badstraße 115, 71336 Waiblingen, Germany, telephone: +49 7151 26-0. VAT no.: DE 147330096. Its data protection officer can be reached at the aforementioned address, attn. Data Protection Department, or at datenschutz@stihl.de

11.3 These terms and conditions are governed by English law. If any entrants to this promotion wish to take court proceedings, then they must do this within the courts in the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands. Questions or complaints in connection with the #biggestSTIHLfan competition or Worldwide Competition should be addressed to the UK Promoter.

11.4 If a court invalidates some of this contract, the rest of it will still apply. If a court or other authority decides that some of these terms are unlawful, the rest will continue to apply.

11.5 If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions by a Participant, the UK Promoter and DE Promoter may, at their sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude that person from participating in the #biggestSTIHLfan competition and Worldwide Competition.

11.6 The UK Promoter and DE Promoter reserve the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the competition where it becomes necessary to do so. If such termination is caused by the behavior of a Participant, the UK Promoter and DE Promoter is entitled to seek compensation from this person for the damage caused.