We had a "wind storm" up in this area a couple months ago. Nearest reporting station claimed 115 mph. I believe it: I laid in bed that night feeling the house vibrate in the gusts. Awoke to find many trees down within the quarter mile of road uphill to the west of us. We are the only ones living on this part of the road, so I began to plan clearing and cutting up the trees. They were all alive, and that means dense with limbs and branches and needles. Lots and lots and lots and lots of limbing. I dreaded using my saws for that because the lightest one is an 036.
I decided to get myself a 211, and when it came in to the dealer, I immediately noticed the plasticky feel to the thing. [I had never had such a small saw.] I liked the light weight. I wondered about all the plastic.
However, after two months, I have used it 80% of the time on those trees. It limbs great, even cuts some of the smaller trunk material with the 16" bar I have on it.
I really like it. They are "cheap" but they are not inexpensive at almost $300. I will definitely be careful not to drop it or anything or I'll be buying plastic. I am almost done limbing, then it'll be the 441 for the 30" trunks, but for a cheap Stihl it leaves me feeling good physically even after a long session of cutting three billion limbs off those trees.
