There is a youtube saw guy "Dyno Joe Mods", who takes new stock saws and tunes them to his altitude, and then runs them on his dyno, and then shares the graph and printouts with you. I think the guy is the real deal. After a few years working for my son logging, I was of the opinion that the top brands were pretty evenly matched, and said so here on the fire on the weekly chainsaw threads. I was wrong. The dyno tells the real story, there are some shocking differences between brands. As one example, in the small saw category, 50cc ish, the top 2 brands of like 8 brands tested had a 12% difference in power. Who knew?
Everybody worth while makes multiple models in th 50-60cc range.
Husky makes a cheap one, a farm/ranch one, and a pro at 50cc.
Stihl, same.
Gotta be real careful with those tests, be sure you have
Chevy vs Ford
Cadillac vs Lincoln
Ferrari vs Lamborghini
Or, you can be like most. Pick the color you want to win and use their
Pro saw vs the El Cheapo from whoever you want to lose.
Stihl tends to orientate their Pro saws to a bit more torque, less speed.
Husky goes more for speed.
Dolmar, built top performance saws. Good saws, but their top end saws
were better off in hands that understood how to use them.
Guys who didn't treat them good had problems.