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At 20" a sugi/tsumura lightweight gives almost all the stiffness of a rsn bar at the weight of a laminated bar. At 16" I don't notice the extra stiffness and buy laminated bars. The husky branded bars have been upgraded, but I'm yet to try the 16" x force bar, and won't buy another small mount...

I did one maybe two years ago..... Memory says that when you look at that weird pipe and the muffler you can see the most restrictive points fairly easily and it was where the pipe and muffler joined. Somewhere. I can't be more help, but I remember thinking "gotcha" Think I took about a...

They still respond well to a muffler mod - you just have look at the whole system as it's not just the outlet but that pipe arrangement that needs "adjustment". They also go alright with a timing bump. I actually think they are underrated, and just as good as the rest of the second tier top...

If it was mine I'd put a ring in it and run it. Sounds like you are doing the smart things for working on someone else's saw.

Results vary - bar shape and thickness is important - but full chisel chain on a pixel bar on a 545/550 can touch the cutter on the plate on the case. Just check. Sparks and all the left hand cutters being blunt, followed by swearing is my style - but you may be smarter than me. Those pixel bars...

If it were me I'd keep that 359 if you have any interest in saw mods. It's about the ideal saw to start on and simple mods wake it up quite nicely. Thing is the other two can have a lot of potential too and what you learn on the 359 will get your head around port timing, squish, flow velocity...

They idle funny when they suck through the base gasket. The auto tune will correct it at full throttle.

Definitely stihl 150. It makes me giggle how much can be done with that little toy saw. Everything I own has its place, but that little saw cuts way more than its share.

You're probably really asking about power - and I think the short answer is both are more than sufficient for a 28" bar. The big difference will be in other areas, rubber av vs spring, air filtration, traditional carb vs auto tune. Except for filtration where the husky has an advantage (but may...

Yep, there's so many threads on this saw I can't find the details but there are pics showing the size difference and husky sales material about the weight loss in other areas that offsets the weight gain in the bottom end.

With bearings the size of a 395/288 in the 572 it's almost like Husqvarna have recognised this as an issue.

I'd have to say that there are 4 other saws to consider in this weight range. The stihl 462 and husky 572 are due soon(ish), how quickly you need a saw would be relevant. I would suspect that a lot of good saws may come up second hand when this happens which will complicate things further...

They aren't really reinventing the wheel, but certainly not going to knock them for trying to make a better full chisel chain. Better chip clearance is always a good thing. The raker height will be a bit more sensitive, I'll be more likely to use a guide for every raker I imagine. Won't really...

Don't hang around here too long then. It starts with wondering what oil to run, then sharper chains, then faster chains, then a muffler mod, then a second hand ported saw, then.... well it's too late by then (and you still won't know what oil is best). All jokes aside, there is an awful lot of...

As much as I like the idea of a 50mm top end on this saw - I have a feeling we wouldn't see it for a fair while. The rollout of the 572 will take nearly two years worldwide and if they release a bigger version on the same platform in that time no one would buy the 572. I'd imagine the 90cc saw...

In the video they mention that auto tune has a wider operating range. That holds out the hope for modifications, but surely we all know it's only a matter of time before a saw is smart enough to recognise conditions as outside correct parameters and flash some stupid error code and drop into...

I honestly thought I was immune to advertising hype - curious about a new saw, but skeptical. I was either wrong or I have a good justification for how keen I am. I've run a 562 for 5 years and am totally familiar with it's strengths and weaknesses. The 572 addresses those weaknesses and adds...

I haven't heard an actual date for when they are on sale - but I have no husky hook ups that tell me things. It was public knowledge that the stihl 462 would be on sale in Germany by the end of the month well before I heard that husqvarna was having an international "release" magically a...

Dolmar or echo/shindawa. The husky options all have reasons to not own them or are barely lighter than a 350. I use this sub 50 size a lot and own 2 stihl 241, but it's a lot of money and you really need to have a specific purpose to justify them (and they are barely lighter than a 350). I...