Just another junk chainsaw

[xyz123]

This may be blasphemous for me to ask, but being that you like some of the echos, have you dabbled much with their earlier stuff the Shindaiwa chainsaws? The Japanese had those small engines (brushcutters, backpack blowers, hedgers) all dialed in. Even their top handle saws were little screamers. Not quite as good as the original MS200t, but even the new ones can’t touch the old 200t.

Anyways, just curious if you found anything from the original Echo platform that has stood the test of time.

I never did do the older Shins. My local husky dealer today was my local Shin dealer way back though.

I even pass on the older Shins due to parts out there.

I had some older echo's. 34cc and up.

They did their job too. Cheaper and got the same work done as more expensive saws.

Think I owned about everything from older days.

 

[xyz123]

Just did this for kicks. I rate them on the same homeowner level myself.
Haven’t timed anything. But by feel in cut times alone. I think the strato PP4218 42cc was ahead of the PP400E corded chainsaw.
Ran same me stihl 63PS full chisel on each.

Def lean on the corded saw more

Timed cuts by hand timer. The PP400E was fastest on its 2nd cut and beat the PP4218 fastest cut too on it's 2nd cut.
Basically same same if working around a house close.