My son is planning to get a chainsaw. He wants gas powered. He and the D-I-L are getting serious about a house with a lightly wooded lot. Since she works at good old Home Depot she can get an employee discount. (don't bother bashing HD, she knows, but a buck is a buck).
He is looking at the HD products. There is Echo, Poulan and Homelite. I told him to look at Stihl. It is too many $$ for a them for home use.
How good is the Echo? It is priced higher than the other two. Is it worth the difference? Are the other too just to cheap?
Opinions are solicited. Owner/user opinions will be worth more than the off the cuff complaints and bitches that abound on this NG.
Charlie