Thats a copy of a zenoah g2500ts with a little nicer covering. These are good knock around saws.
That guy got torched by guys on ....o....p....e.... For his chinese chainsaw review. The typical response includes buying a husqvarna or stihl, no one ever says buy an efco.
Yup although I'd say the scheppach csp2540 is the best of all the g2500 clones, mine's modded and ~1.5yrs worn-in and I still love it, still the 1st saw I take up almost every time (would go back and get a 2511t if I could do it again, worth the extra $270 to get that high-end of a chainsaw, but for $135 - shipped w/ a 10" Oregon setup - the scheppach is worth every penny in fact I almost got a second one so I could port mine but then got my 355t so back-shelved that, if I decide to get into porting it'll certainly be via a 2nd Schepp csp2540!)
It's a shame he got torched on OPE, I post there am gg try finding that thread so I can post to it because that kid (love2boat92)'s video definitely helped me in choosing the schepp-version (there's like 4+ varying-quality g2500 clones being sold like hot-cakes on ebay/amazon, have found the others have problems from bar fitment to oilers etc, can confidently say mine is an incredibly high-quality machine I don't just mean it cuts fast/buries a 12" all day but I mean metal inserts where many saws would've had a bolt going into plastic, nice airbox, just no detail on it I'd complain about except "why come you're not a 2511t?" lol
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And Re "typical response includes buying husq or stihl"....yup!!! Will never understand how Stihl remains relevant with how badly they overcharge, if I'm spending >$600 then efco or husq(540xp) are fair products but a 201t? Wouldn't trade my 355t for a 201t (it is the fastest of the 3 companies' "big climbsaws", can link comparison vid!), in fact the fact Echo isn't the most-popular, by leaps&bounds, still surprises me I mean it's not their warranties or trial-periods but simply that they make some of the best gear available yet they're MSRP'ing it at like 1/2 to 2/3rd of what the other companies do, yet I'll bet the 201t outsells 355t's and - hate saying it - but bet Stihl somehow sold more 150t's than echo's sold 2511t's :/
To anyone considering one, for $135 you should just go for it I mean I got mine w/ the "it's cheap / it'll be a beater saw" mindset but fell in love with it, if I were somehow deluded/tricked into belief that it was a rebadged-but-authentic echo/husq unit that MSRP'd at $250 I wouldn't blink or think twice, it is BY FAR the best
value saw I own (and the 355t for $350 is a frickin' steal) and still the most 'fun' / simplest / most-convenient to use, just PLEASE remove that goofy 1.5" deep front "bumper' that holds the dogs, it's stealing 1.5" of bar-length, and the handguard(for chainbrake) is obnoxiously large I shaved the top&bottom quarters off and then carved a window through the remainder, so much 'cleaner' now
Had been using a 12" for most of the time I had it but recently played with a 10" and 15.25" on it, currently it sits with the 15.25" so I can get more time in with that bar but I may very well be swapping-up over the 12" (you can *bury* a 12" with this thing, I only swap-up saws when bar-length is holding me back, it's never powerhead-power and mine's basically stock just airbox & muff mods and normal 'good care' & great fuel ;D ) If mine broke tomorrow, I'd buy another - even though an echo 2511t is in my future - because sometimes you're simply in situations where you don't want your nicer(ie more-expensive) gear in-use, having a ~$100 saw that's basically a heavy 2511t/150t is an easy choice IMO