Pole Saw

[Cedar Creek]

Kosmos - a good friend does the same thing and he uses Stihl pole saws and Stihl or Husqvarna chain saws. I talked to him about it and he said that Stihl had changed the intake setup on their pole saw engine and he wasn't happy with that - but he still recommended the Stihl.

Cedar Creek

 

[landman873]

Stihl >>> echo.

Ever since echo decided to mass supply places like home cheapo the quality has gone down.

That logic only works if your buying crap homeowner models. I've never seen and of my echo equipment sold at lows or any big box store for that fact.

 

[Kozmos]

Landman is right. It seems that most of the manufacturers have separate lines for the mass market and the professionals. You'll pay more for the good stuff but it is almost always worth it if you're really going to use the equipment.

It's been a couple of years since I've been called out but my last experience was with the Stihl HT101 and they were great.