Never thought of myself as an Echo man, but then I thought I have an Echo top handle, pole saw and blower all purchased in the last year.
I've owned several Echo weed wackers and still have one, also have a mini-tiller (Mantis clone). Have had to change or clean a few carbs over the years, they are very sensitive to ethanol fuel. Have not owned any Echo chainsaws although I have used some of the old John Deere yellow saws - didn't know they were made by Echo. I'm gonna have to find me one of these (80Ev) and add it to my collection.
Echo don't get the credit they deserve, especially here in the pnw. Their big saws are on the heavy side but rock solid reliable. The neighbor has a cs670 that had cut a mountain of firewood on very little maintenance. I'm thinking on getting a cs590 it seems like a neat saw for the money.
This echo 8000 in yellow has put a hurting on some bigger cc saws with 8T 24" buried. Time to try it with 36".
My 2 cents , I love my little CS 346 (in avatar ) I bought off CL for 60 bucks , only thing I have done to it ,is clean the filter and tune it. Oh ya put oil in the gas tank and gas in the oil tank one time
I sold the baby brother to it. 450v 45cc with a manual pump option on them too. 4500 45cc feels like a OE346 46cc in the hands and weight wise. Cuts and acts the same in the cuts.
