How do people rate the ECHO top handles?

[Stubby]

21 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

Run it on 10” bar (24” if you’re American) 

😄

[Mark_Skyland]

On 21/08/2025 at 19:44, Mark Bolam said:

2511 is one of the best purchases I’ve ever made in arb.

Run it on 10” bar (24” if you’re American) and 1/4P and never look back.

Do you want the 660, narr im good!

 

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

Wow.

Just think if he put a 48” blade on it?

It would be even more powerful.

[Mark Bolam]

And swapping 1/4P to 3/8P would make it even more powerful than that.

[Mark_Skyland]

46 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

And swapping 1/4P to 3/8P would make it even more powerful than that.

I do try to 'educate' them but they just wont listen. 

[AHPP]

What about that 1.1mm 3/8p Stihl full chisel? Easier to sharpen than 1/4p, existing sideplate angle and depth gauges. 

[Dan Maynard]

18 hours ago, AHPP said:

What about that 1.1mm 3/8p Stihl full chisel? Easier to sharpen than 1/4p, existing sideplate angle and depth gauges. 

I've just started running it on my 36v Makita, I really like it compared to the Oregon 1.1 3/8P semi chisel it came with. The Oregon had massive safety bumpers that I had to file off to do any kind of plunge, or cut over bar length. Stihl cuts clean and fast. As you say, easier sharpening than 1/4.

 

I basically use that for limbing out a dismantle though, I'd stick with 1/4 for pruning as cutting smaller diameters you still want a couple of teeth in contact all the time to keep the cutting smooth.

[AHPP]

2 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

I've just started running it on my 36v Makita, I really like it compared to the Oregon 1.1 3/8P semi chisel it came with. The Oregon had massive safety bumpers that I had to file off to do any kind of plunge, or cut over bar length. Stihl cuts clean and fast. As you say, easier sharpening than 1/4.

 

I basically use that for limbing out a dismantle though, I'd stick with 1/4 for pruning as cutting smaller diameters you still want a couple of teeth in contact all the time to keep the cutting smooth.

 

I'm going to try it on dad's 36v Makita backhandle when another few teeth have snapped off the stock chain.

 

This stuff, for anyone joining the conversation late:

https://www.stihl.co.uk/en/ap/saw-chain-3-8-p-picco-super-3-pro-ps3pro-1-1-mm-164049

 

Edited 57 minutes ago by AHPP

[Mark_Skyland]

22 hours ago, AHPP said:

What about that 1.1mm 3/8p Stihl full chisel? Easier to sharpen than 1/4p, existing sideplate angle and depth gauges. 

We've never stocked it, there's enough returns from people buying the wrong chain as it is without throwing another into the mix!

It would be interesting to hear feedback from someone who has converted say a 201 to this setup, I think Stihl quote something like 10% quicker cutting when using a narrow bar and chain on the 261.

 

[Dan Maynard]

53 minutes ago, AHPP said:

when another few teeth have snapped off the stock chain.

My rule is 2 teeth. Can't throw a chain for one missing tooth, but once two have gone then more are sure to follow soon.