I quit buying Stihl saws about 4 years ago. For me, they are to expensive and everyone I owned has been difficult to start when cold. If you are going to buy a small/med size gas saw take a look at the Echo 490. I did not start my Echo 490 for over a year. Yesterday pulled the choke out and on second pull she coughed. Pushed the choke back in. Next pull it fired up and ran a tank thru it while we cleaned up some log piles.Echo dealers have one day a year they offer 20% off. Find a dealer close to you and go for it.
I own 2 Stihls and 1 Echo 620P, The Echo seems to be the superior saw and I do some pretty serious sawing at times. Not a commercial log cutter, but a lot of big downed oak trees every year converted to firewood or just cut up and moved. Stihl is a good saw but Echo may be better.
