Morgans wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote


This isn't true with chain saws. The biggest problem is that after a
couple of years, especially if not used frequently, the cheap saws tend to
get very hard to start. My Stihl often sits a year between uses as I tend
to cut and split 7-10 cord each year all in one month or so, yet it still
fires up in 3-5 pulls.


Things change, over the years.

It is impossible to justify buying a saw at three times the cost, when you
can get a decent saw that will start reliably.

I have a Pouland that gets one or two tanks run through it, every year, or
sometimes two. It is around 6 years old, and I can guarantee that I could
go out to the cold shed, put fresh gas in it, and it would start on the
third pull.

Never heard of a Pouland. We tried a Poulan once, but that was a junk
saw after less than a month.

Actually, the price premium for a Stihl is often less than 50% and never
even close to 3X the cost. You obviously haven't checked prices.

Matt