a good top handle saw please

[White Noise]

I had one of the first 26cc echo top handle saws fitted with a 10 " bar . I killed it within 18 months . Mind you it was such a delight to use in the tree . I just totally abused it . Instead of light pruning , conifer reductions I was doing takedowns with it ? and well maxing the 10" bar capacity every day . Might get another one and use it for what it was intended for

[Dom]

Really enjoying the new echo (350tes?). Also been using the 260 for a couple of years now, it's like the cheaper AMA saws but better build quality. Both are a joy to use, and the larger echo really has some grunt to it. Won't be going back to Husky or Stihl, Echo make some great tools, and they have 2 year warranties. It's a no-brainer for me now.

[geoff]

Mine is the 350tes, I think. Or 360tes.

Oh I don't know but I do know it's not the new one.

 

 

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Yep, the 350 is a lighter build than the new 360, which is beefed up in strength.

[billpierce]

i got a 12'' 1/4 pitch stihl bar off some one cheap and stuck in on an MS170 (the power!) and i coudn't believe how much nippier it made it. unless there is a major downside i don;t know about yet i'll prob work all my smaller says over to 1/4 pitch as you seem to get much faster cutting.

[RichieR]

The echo 360 is starting to sound more interesting by the minute. A dealer that sells echo as well as the big 2 told me they are a hobby saw. I starting to get the idea he was spinning me a yarn

[sawdog]

Tried the echo range? super reliable, right price might moan a bit on some beech or a take down of a hardwood tho,iv used em for 20 years but do keep a old stihl for meaty projects..

[RichieR]

Thanks so they definitely not a hobby saw. Do you know what the warrantee is like ?

[geoff]

2 years pro, 5 years domestic, cant beat that, I have owned Echo saws for a good few years, they are fine, even the domestic ones, the 360 is a pro saw, & marketed as such, so that dealer,( who has probably never run a saw in his life), was talking poppycock...

[Marc]

2 years pro, 5 years domestic, cant beat that, I have owned Echo saws for a good few years, they are fine, even the domestic ones, the 360 is a pro saw, & marketed as such, so that dealer,( who has probably never run a saw in his life), was talking poppycock...

 

But what it the warranty like? Although I have found this to be dealer dependent some will try to charge for warranty repair or some I would not trust to fix a mechanical pencil let alone a 2 stroke engine.

[RichieR]

It does look like he was spinning me a line don't it! I gonna have to put the hoover around and wash the dishes then see how much pocket money I can squeeze out of my misses