That’s a decent vid and relevant observations. The 500i is kind of on a pedestal and as such all sorts of people are actively looking for problems. As we all know the real and true test will be time; Stihl, Husqvarna, Jonsered, Dolmar etc have all made far far more good saws than bad so the odds are in our favour.
My take-aways from the video are:
1. Don’t use the saw as an axe/hammer
2. The AV should stand up to 99% of saw use technique...except when you want to wobble it and flip the saw left to right quicker than a small ferret
3. Out the box as a stock saw against other stock saws it is in the top 3
I have colleagues that are literally salivating at the possibility that my 500i is going to go pop or need to be plugged into Stihl every year to fix niggles...so far so good...but who knows what the next 3 years of use will bring