No! I'm in it for the game not the troghy. Much like different gear for hunting or fishing. I want to rake my own needlefish off the kelp beds and get the full experience when a coho (silver) hit it on full run with 5oz between you.
Now thats excitement!
I like to have control of the jet, I like to find the power myself or whatever I'm looking for? Maybe its the speed I want and a smooth peak? I like to run it on edge and defy everyone and everything.
I have options with a non rev limited coils.
Builders are improving a saw to succeed in a environment it otherwise doesn't belong. A stock 372 or 32" bar have no business in first growth hills, It would get you killed real quick. Its a made up combination, more specifically mine are very custom to my style and I balance the rest.
I like the weight of the Ported 372/XPW with a 36" lite bar. I love when I'm hacking through small blow down and the cut closes on my tip quickly as I pull back at the same time. Sometimes it propels 16 lb back out your right side at full chain speed and spins me half around.
Faster pace, higher intensity.
Thats game to me.
I have no application interest in it. Smart saws a side, despite having the makings with the beefed up crank and bigger flywheel, longer stroke, it has not been tested or displayed to attract anyone that falls in West coast Cedar country. That's not what the saw will be sold for as well neither was the 372 or 272. We are not the target of their campaign & rightfully so.
The mental image is that of a toy by appearance thus far.
It just doesn't stand for anything yet.
The extreme proving grounds has not started.
I have ran 371/372 pre Xtorq heads for 21 yrs almost exclusively. Apart from the quality decline with the on/off switch, chokes and trigger locks,It would appear, Its has gold seal stamp of approval from me. The chassis AV is very relevant technology still to this day.
I may add, as well having a lower m/s2 average over 8 hours than the 572 & 462, its much less than the 661.[/
i hear ya however..... this is 2017 if you don't like the (new fangeled ) saws of today.... you really wont like the electric saws of tomorrow