49cc echo

[THE88MAN]

just popped into my village tractor garage tonight for some 2 stroke oil,i have a pint with the proprietor most weekends,tried to sell me an echo or two,picked up a 60cc-ish model,not impressed,felt cumbersome and averagely built.picked up the smaller one,felt good,chuckable and strong! they don't do demos so i took it off the shelf,fuelled it up,warmed it up then revved it.I have to say it felt responsive,offered with a 2 year warranty and the on/off switch was metal like the old jonsered/dolmar quality.I think it was a 31 something model??? anyone any experience good or bad of them?

[tractorboy1]

Ive got a CS-420ES had it 2 years, had no probs with it like all my echo stuff.

[geoff]

I use a little top handle,and a blower,no probs in nearly a year,they run sweet.

[richyrich]

i have a cs 350?? or something like. i don't use it much as i have a husky 339 top handle saw which has a good bit more power. however it is a good little saw for thinner stuff- about 4 inch or less (a bit limitting!) it does not feel very robust when lugging up trees.very good on price though!!

[dangerous brian]

Timber cutter dartmoors got one he rates it,there strimmers are good.

[Billy]

A guy i worked for a while back got given 3 brand new echo saws a small one MS200 size a mid range saw and a big 80cc with 30" bar. the mid range was a bit heavy and dind;t measure up to our stihls of the same size for power to weight, or reliability. The small one was good light enough to use one handed if necessary. the big one was powerful enough but destroyed it's piston rings and lost compression after about twenty minutes of cutting twice and th eother two were always going wrong, the chains dropped alot, for no good reason this resulted in alot of time spent fixing saws instead of working. also when they arrived they had all been filled with petrol in both the petrol tank and the oil tank's

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

the big one was powerful enough but destroyed it's piston rings and lost compression after about twenty minutes of cutting twice

 

I'm sorry but I just don't believe that. If that really happened there was a major fueling / mix error because Kioritz (echo) engines NEVER do that. Never.

[Robert_S]

i used the top handle one for ages it was great, not a 200t but a good saw.

[Mozza]

also when they arrived they had all been filled with petrol in both the petrol tank and the oil tank's

 

Thats nothing against the saw tho, Its the numpty that used it thats at fault!!

[THE88MAN]

Well they got back to me today with a final price.£450+vat,far too expensive IMO,i can get a 346 for far less,list is £540+vat!! I dont think they'll sell many at that,only to farmers