Stihl ms 201 = crap!!!

[Burgess]

Explain yourself, young man!

 

It'll have the m-tronic computer thing

[Hodge]

Why not bang the crap 201 on EBay and some roofer will pay silly money for it, then buy a nice new improved one.

[simonm]

Why not bang the crap 201 on EBay and some roofer will pay silly money for it, then buy a nice new improved one.

 

I like your thinking

[wicklamulla]

I used a little echo a while ago and just seemed really flimsy.

 

was it the new Echo CS360T ?

[simonm]

was it the new Echo CS360T ?

 

I don't know the model, it was really light compared to the stihl. Seemed good for pruning small stuff but didn't look like it would stand a lot of work imo.

[Kev Stephenson]

My local dealer does not do repairs in their workshop! they get sent to manchester then 3 weeks later they come back! as i found out

Sounds expensive all that, after 2 years the saw is probably out of warranty? right?

 

New dealer time. I don't use my local dealer as his stock levels for parts (bars/chains/etc) and machine repair times are shocking, I probably haven't been in there for 18 months. I use a dealer 200 miles away for 90+% of my stuff and use rapid hire which is less than a mile from me for tiny spares (clutch springs, AV springs, plugs, etc).

 

With postage so cheap and diesel so expensive I can send a saw 200 miles next day delivery cheaper than I can hand deliver it 10 miles.

[Joe Newton]

I don't know the model, it was really light compared to the stihl. Seemed good for pruning small stuff but didn't look like it would stand a lot of work imo.

 

 

If it was lighter it wasn't the new 360

[Coletti]

I have run the echo 260tes for 2 years now with no faults and the echo 360tes since release, again with no faults. Fantastic saws in my opinion and I would recommend them both to anyone. The chain brake handle on the 260 is only mounted one side so flexes a little but hasn't been an issue for me really

[Eddy_t]

Explain yourself, young man!

 

 

It'll have m-tronic soon (the computer bit that makes saws go like scalded cats)

[geoff]

I have run the echo 260tes for 2 years now with no faults and the echo 360tes since release, again with no faults. Fantastic saws in my opinion and I would recommend them both to anyone. The chain brake handle on the 260 is only mounted one side so flexes a little but hasn't been an issue for me really

 

My tes 260 is a few years old now & still going strong, ( that is the little Echo ), the 360 is still newish, but feels a good strong saw that will last too.

 

I too would reccomend them to anyone, they won't let you down, like them or not.