sourmash the MS200T feels like a well balanced extention of your arm. Very important when you are a climber. The Husky feels bottom heavy in the hand. This is due to the handle being higher up from the engine and also set back slightly from center.
Echo has copied the Stihl design and I know Husky had something in the works as a knockoff too. The MS200T has been replaced now by the MS201T which doesn't have the balls the MS200T does due to EPA crap. A brand new if you can find one MS200T sells for about $1K yes that is $1,000.00. Any of the three MS200T's I own I could sell for right now within five minutes for $600 to $650. All three I have been rebuilt twice.
