Ive been reading this thread for an hour or so. Finally got to some sound opinion based off of a solid day of experience! Thanks!
Had to read through the unkind terrible posts of PGG or PPG or whatever his name is, but it was worth it. It was honestly the first time Ive read talk like that from a forum that I respect immensely and pull so much wisdom and knowledge from. Guy sounds like a royal &*($
I may have to buy a 355 as a "backup" saw to my modded 201t (again, this forum allowed me to do that, and thank god for the mod walk-through). When I first started climbing full time 2 years ago I had an new Echo 360T. I didn't like it. It wouldn't stay running, it would bog in cuts, shut off at odd times, take too many pulls to get going (even when warm). So I bought a used 201T (because I'm new to climbing I haven't had the pleasure of a 200t) and stuck with that till I bought a new 201T and modded it (what a difference!!!).
Alas, I am in year 2. 4 promotions all the way to primary full+overtime climber, lots of equipment mistakes, tons of reading this forum and now I need backup equipment. And I guess I'll try the 355 and see how it goes.
This rant is really just to say thanks to everyone...