'15 Echo CS620PW Information

[James Miller]

Strictly theoretical question: would you consider an Echo CS620 an improvement over a Stihl MS290?
I know the 620 has magnesium casings, a decompression valve to make starting easier etc but what I am truly interested in are real-world performances: is it worth the price difference?

Thanks.

The 590 is a better saw then the 290 so a 620 is just Gona be better still. Honestly I'd like to have a 620 but I wouldn't replace my 590 with one unless I drop a tree on it. If you don't need the pro parts that come on the 620 a muff modded and tuned 590 will run near as hard as a stock 620 for a lot less money.

 

[Big Block]

Strictly theoretical question: would you consider an Echo CS620 an improvement over a Stihl MS290?
I know the 620 has magnesium casings, a decompression valve to make starting easier etc but what I am truly interested in are real-world performances: is it worth the price difference?

Thanks.

Most definitely an improvement

 

[CoreyB]

I would get a 620 over a 290. In all fairness I owned a 029 for 15 years and she never missed a beat.

 

[ANewSawyer]

So I see somebody is making aftermarket performace top ends for saws. Who else wants an Echo entry to the line up?!

 

[DeckSetter]

Strictly theoretical question: would you consider an Echo CS620 an improvement over a Stihl MS290?
I know the 620 has magnesium casings, a decompression valve to make starting easier etc but what I am truly interested in are real-world performances: is it worth the price difference?

Thanks.

I cut with my 590 side by side to my buddy's stihl 290, the Echo was definitely faster. It has a couple cc advantage over the stihl 290.

I have another friend with the ms390 but haven't had a chance to cut with him yet. I expect them to be very close.

 

[Big Block]

I'd love to get my hands on a blown up 620. Anyone know of one? Hell even a 590/600. I keep reading about all these straight gas/lean blown finds but I haven't seen one.......... The search continues

 

[Conquistador3]

Gentlemen, thanks for your kind answers. As said this is all strictly theoretical, mostly idle curiosity.

The 590 is a better saw then the 290 so a 620 is just Gona be better still. Honestly I'd like to have a 620 but I wouldn't replace my 590 with one unless I drop a tree on it. If you don't need the pro parts that come on the 620 a muff modded and tuned 590 will run near as hard as a stock 620 for a lot less money.

We haven't got the CS590 here. We have the CS600 and the CS610, all sold at pretty much the same price. The Shindaiwa 600SX is considerably more expensive than all three, almost MS362 money. Go figure this bizarre pricing policy.

 

[grack]

Three of my friends switched to echo 490 or 590s after trying mine none bought a 290 or 291 not saying any saw is better you just get alot for your money with echo at least here do you have many choices where you live.

 

[mountainlake]

Best way to sell a Echo is to let some use a well tuned one. With Echo pricing I wouldn't even consider a Stihl or Husky mid range saw. Steve

 

[DeckSetter]

Well now my 590 stripped the gears on the tensioner. Looks like I'm going to look in to that 620 cover sooner than I thought!

 

[grack]

If you want to fix it. I called echo and gave my serial number and they sent me all the parts for free but that was a year ago i don't know if they still do that or not.

 

[Big Block]

I cut with my 590 side by side to my buddy's stihl 290, the Echo was definitely faster. It has a couple cc advantage over the stihl 290.

I have another friend with the ms390 but haven't had a chance to cut with him yet. I expect them to be very close.

My money is on the echo

 

[Big Block]

Well now my 590 stripped the gears on the tensioner. Looks like I'm going to look in to that 620 cover sooner than I thought!

Look into the big felling dawgs too. That would be a cool mod.

 

[DeckSetter]

Look into the big felling dawgs too. That would be a cool mod.

I'm going to see what parts interchange, they may be all the same except the cover and dawgs. I know the gear I need that stripped is the same part number for both.

 

[Big Block]

@BGE541 do you still own an Echo?

 

[fordf150]

I'd love to get my hands on a blown up 620. Anyone know of one? Hell even a 590/600. I keep reading about all these straight gas/lean blown finds but I haven't seen one.......... The search continues

i doubt you find many lean seized ones, everything i have sold in the last 6 months or so has been tuned pretty rich right out of the box. I think echo might be learning

 

[DeckSetter]

i doubt you find many lean seized ones, everything i have sold in the last 6 months or so has been tuned pretty rich right out of the box. I think echo might be learning

Isn't there some kind of thing in the carb on these to keep it from running too lean? I can't remember what page I read that on and don't want to go through all 7367732 pages.

 

[BGE541]

Ha some do...

 

[Red97]

Isn't there some kind of thing in the carb on these to keep it from running too lean? I can't remember what page I read that on and don't want to go through all 7367732 pages.

Yes, but they can still be "burned up" if one tried hard enough. Pulled a plug out of a bone stock saw,plug was way white. Bad mix on a long hot day would have burned up in short order.

That bypass really kills a ported saw tho.

 

[BGE541]

I have an extra outside felling dawg if someone needs it.