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Good to see a manufacturer taking positive steps when a problem arises and acting in the interests of the customer rather than the firm. This is a very honourable way of doing business and I think the the loan/purchase scheme is an excellent offer. I will miss the Tiny but I haven't noticed any problems with overheating though I do blow out the fins and the clutch cover at last parade. Hats off to Echo for putting their hands-up straight away, I will be ordering a CS 390ESX in the full knowledge that Echo stand by their products and their reputation. Top effort.

I must admit that I nudged the brake on whilst first refitting the cover and struggled a bit. I RTFM, returned the brake to the off position and it fitted like a glove! This little saw continues to amaze me even with the standard 10" bar. It did take three pulls to start the other day but it was blistering weather and I think the carb chamber just dried up. Quick press of the bulb and off she went.

Tsumura bars on my CS310 and the Tiny CS2510. Both with Oregon chain and both cut superbly. Have thought about the Stihl bar for the Tiny but to be honest I am finding the standard set up to be perfect for me, the Oregon sharpens beautifully and is as cheap as chips, £12ish, to buy. According to the Echo bumpf on the CS390ESX it is fitted with the Sugihara bar and I will get one next month when my wife is at the hairdressers!

Yes they are the same firm and Shindaiwa products are still sold in certain markets. I haven't seen them over here for some years but new 'old' ones turn up on EBay every now and then.

Bought my first Echo the other month to replace a sick Stihl 171. It's the little CS310ES with a 12" bar and it cost £166 from Radmore and Tucker. It is a cracking saw, used it to sned about 80 odd spruces and firs recently and it never missed a beat. Starts at the first pull, is light and surprisingly powerful. An ideal ground or pruning saw. I liked it so much that I got the little Echo top handle saw the other week and must admit that I have been so impressed with both that I am seriously looking at the 390ESX. Never had Echo's before but they are proving to be excellent saws, have no electro thingamagic auto tuners to drive me round the bend and just do exactly as claimed.

Thank you Mark and Kevin! Sorry to hijack the thread but you rarely hear good things about Rotties so it is a real pleasure to know that there are some aficionado's of the breed on the site. When I am tired driving in France, Evie takes over and she handles a 5 ton Sprinter superbly!

Love Rotties, always have and always will. These are my two rescue Rotties, Evie (5) and Archie (3), who tour all over Europe with us in our m/home. They have just had a bratwurst each on the banks of the Rhine. After 20 years of being owned by Rotties it took a while to get used to their tail but I have.....just.

I bought one of the 12v winches a few years back for about £40. It is a Rolson and is just a generic Chinese winch similar to the enclosed black box ones that Amazon sell. Cheap as chips and bought to help get my boat up the slipway and out of the water to hitch up. It has been brilliant keeping my car out of the water and I used it last week to take the strain on some spruce trees I was felling close to the road. Mounted it on my MuckTruck towball, connected to a buckshee car battery and bingo....job done. Its not as flash as some of the Warn wannabees on Amazon but it works for me. Remember though that these only work in reverse....you have to pull the cable and hook out but it does have a remote on a wire just like my old Sony Betamax recorder did!

I wasn't aware that you could get a 50cc for it but it uses all its 45cc's beautifully! And it was cheap. Its on a 14" bar and it cuts really well compared to my MS181. What I like is its heft .... it it feels like a 'proper' saw. Solid build quality, starts first time as long as you get that choke back in immediately it pops, and runs all day. The only thing I do not like is that it drinks chain oil and there is no way to adjust it but, as a small saw, it is a delight to use. It is getting on a bit now and has done some serious work so I bought the little Echo CS310 the other month. That is a smashing little saw.

The Dolmar PS 420sc is a cracking saw and for an extra £50 is a no-brainier. I have two Makita (Dolmar made in Hamburg) saws, the tiddly 4610 and the 7901 with a 28" bar for my Alaskan and they have never missed a beat. Although the tiny Echo is now the love of my life, the Makita/Dolmars are a class act.

Kerching! I kept looking at Marge as she is called, (only those of us of a certain generation will recall Echo margarine), before I could bear to get her oiled and fueled up prior to working. She is just lovely and as RobD says in his video, she runs beautifully from the gitgo. I have worked her hard these last few days and she hasn't missed a beat. I have the standard bar and chain on Marge and to be honest it is working superbly and haven't yet decided whether or not to put the Stihl bar and chain on. I would be interested to know of any warranty implications mounting a non-original bar and chain set-up might cause.

I have just checked my saw and I must have the 'new' lanyard swivel as it won't move like yours. The two side prong ends of the swivel arch clip protrude very slightly from their mounting holes on the saw body. The swivel clip itself is cannot be removed unless it is fully upright and clear of the two upright plastic prongs on the saw body which effectively stop it from being 'squeezed' inwards. The swivel clip requires a fair bit of pinch pressure to release it from its mounting holes. When the air filter cover is re-mounted, two plastic prongs on the bottom of the air filter cover mate with the two upright prongs on the saw body to stop any sideways movement of the the swivel clip throughout its entire vertical swing. The clip cannot be removed unless the mounting holes have cracked or the plastic prongs have broken. My swivel is painted black as opposed to your silver coloured one so it is possible that a redesign has been made.

Thank you very much. I will have a close look at what you have done and see how I get on with the standard 10" bar. I have only used the saw twice and already I am just tickled at how something so small can be so effective. I really like the simplicity of it but time will tell if it is reliable and durable. But I have been using an Echo CS310 all week and that is a super little saw for ground work so the Echo omens are good.

Hi another delighted user of the fabulous mini Echo! I am very pleased with the standard .5 gauge, 10" bar and chain but very interested to hear that you have fitted a Stihl bar and chain. Did you need to mod the bar at all and which bar did you fit? Many thanks

Coming in on 1 April................!!!!!!

Tis the brand new Echo CS 2510 TES fitted with a 10" Tsumura solid tip carving bar. It is truly superb, has absolutely no electriky auto thingamajigs, and cuts like a dream. It weighs absolutely nothing...oh allright, 3.2Kgs!

First post after lurking for a while. I have an old Stihl 029 which has never had a plug changed, starts on the second pull and has worked for 15 odd years without a problem. It is built like a brick outhouse and is my all-time favourite. But this is my new love. I just added a little engine to a Silky!