Anyone have any experience with the Echo top handle saw in gasoline?

I don't climb trees and my makita battery saw has taken place of my 200t stihl.
I'm in up to my neck with makita cordless is the reason for my choice, but "Project farm" on YouTube gave the Echo battery saw high marks.

 

reasonably sure it will work just fine for my needs. Only thing I don't like is the choke knob but I can adapt to it.

 

Until the battery craps out... 'm adverse to any battery saw, always have been.

 

I knew it wasn't considering the 2511 is the lightest gas top handle made and it's 5.1 or 5.2 dry sans bar and chain.

 

As a rule, I don't ever climb trees. If I want them down, I hook one of my M9's to them with a cable, back cut it and pull it over. 10K pounds and 90 horses usually does the deed.

I always take 'Project Farm' with a grain of salt no matter what. I find him entertaining and that is about it. Torque Test Channel is much better.

 

Haha. I didn’t want the overpriced saw that bad.

 

You just have to remember what they are and they're limitations. Echo makes a heck of a good saw at a he!! of a good price but you're unfortunate accident made me think about my Stihl 200 and how I never grab it anymore.
It's because of the battery Makita that in the cordless tool "game", I bought it on sale 80% just for the 4 5ah batteries and 20% hoping that the saw was worthy. They usually sell a tool with a battery for the regular price of a battery. The 4 batteries would cost $100 each and iirc the saw, batteries and a dual charger was around $320.
I carry the battery chainsaw in the Gator for trail maintenance and occasional use building. For firewood or tree work, it's my gas saws.
By the way my new (month old) Echo cs620p "rocks"

 

So does my new one as well. Quite happy with it. While I have cordless tools (impact wrenches, drills and grinders), I'll never own a battery chainsaw. Not in my wheelhouse.

Like I said, interestingly, the Echo was built in Japan. I consider Japanese quality to be quite good.

 

I have a 355T, good saw. Also have a 192T Stihl, I find myself using the Stihl more due to weight and ease of use. I'd like to have the Echo 2511.

I mainly use top handle saws to work up tree tops and smaller limbs around the farm.

 

I love my Echo 271t. Great ...handy saw that has a place in my plan !
On a side note...I had a Stihl 200t come across my bench some years back. Did a check-up..tune..and muffler mod on it.
I took it out to cut and test. All I can say is..WOW ! I'm not a Stihl guy most of the time...but I wish I could have kept it. Power to spare !!!

 

Exactly! My little makita battery saw and power pruner are used daily in my arborist activities. So far they have held up to the less than gentle use for 3 years now. Sure you might run into a battery crapping out here and there, but I haven’t had that happen. Kind of silly to worry about the batteries with the level of quality the better manufacturers have been putting out these days.

 

I bought a new 18 volt Milwaukee hammer drill in 2009 with two batteries. This was pre fuel 5.0 and larger packs. Anyway, last year one of those batteries stopped taking a charge. I'm still using the other. It won't take the beating my 1400 ft pound impact requires but it runs the drill fine. In fact I broke the original drill a year or two ago starting a 2 stroke generator with it. Battery life is not even on my radar anymore. That said I wouldn't buy a battery zero turn like that new ego because it requires 4 minimum to run and they are $500 each. Gotta pick the battles and what you do, I'd think a good battery unit would be a pleasure vs a gas unit.

 

Yeah I’m not investing in battery stuff much beyond simple hand held cordless power tool. Especially since the batteries are pretty terrible for the environment in their own way. I view the batteries for those as wearable parts. Eventually they will wear out. Sometimes they get too dead to take a charge. Have you tried the trick of forcing a little charge into your dead battery so the charger will recognize there is actually a battery on the charger? I used a 9 volt battery and a couple wires once to bring a Ryobi battery back from the dead.

 

I didn't try that trick. I think its here yet. We build up a used battery collection then the wife takes them to work for recycling.

 

Nope.... gone. Just alkaline batteries.

 

I'm still running 4 makita 3ah batteries from 2015 when left the yellow tool club (old and needed batteries) and I joined the blue tool club. They're showing their age but they're fine in the radio, work light and in one of impacts.
I like the battery "level" guage that's on the newer batteries. Pretty hard to run out with the guage.

 

I've had no luck with DeWalt XR packs at all. They expire frequently which is why I went with Bauer because the batteries are cheaper.

 

Echo 355t if you want something in the echo lineup closest to a 200t Stihl. It is a heavier saw, but running a 16” 3/8lp set up is no problem.
The little 2511 is awesome with a 14” 3/8lp .043 set up or the 1/4” set up. Super light and plenty of power for its size. I’ve had a 271t that had some work done to it and was a good competitor. I also have a 330t which is a bit bulkier and slower, but not a bad saw with a 14-16” 3/8lp set up.
Biggest thing I’ve noticed with the echo saws are the cats in some of the mufflers. They have to go to make them run! Also if buying new you will notice how tight they are built. They get better the more you run them.