No, I knock Stihls because everyone of them I have used has been disappointing and I don't think they are much of a saw for the price, and frankly I don't know why they are so popular. My lousy Stihl dealer here gives me even more reason to dislike Stihl.
Stihl saws aren't impressive so you bought a Husky. Doesn't sound like it's too impressive either. Dissing a product that is #1 World Wide because you don't like your local dealer is prety immature, IMHO. What Stihl's have you run anyway? Based on your sig, your experience has mostly been with homeowner class saws. If you'd have done your research, you'd have seen that the 575 isn't that well spoken of to begin with. You'd have been better of with a 372 from what I hear. What brand you going to now since Husky is so unimpressive? Of course that opinion will be firmly based on one saw
The bottom line is that both Stihl and Husky make some great saws. I don't own any Husky's but I've run 357, 372, and a 395. Stihl's I have run are 026, 260, 039, 360, 361, 440, 460, 066, 075, 084, 045S, 015, 011. Need I go on? They all run great. Even the Huskys.
OK. Enough bashing. I tell you what. We're all really a bunch of nice guys at heart. Come on down to one of our GTG and most any of us will let you run our saws. You're bound to find something you like.
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