The 435 is a nice saw, ran mine yesterday to finish up 5 hard Maple tops. Very fuel efficient, it never did consume a tank of fuel and I cut quite a bit of wood with it. It's a stratto-charged engine, and has very good power for the cc's. It's faster than the CS-400 in chain speed and cutting power. The CS-400 I tested it against was stone stock and right out of the box with only the limiter caps removed and carb tuned.
Pretty much a toss-up, either one would be more than enough saw for what he wants. The Echo has a better warrantee, but to date I've owned several dozen Echo products and only had one issue with a CS-510 that was missing the tank filter, which I correct myself in minutes. Never owned or ran an MS-211, they have a good reputation as well.......Cliff
Pretty much a toss-up, either one would be more than enough saw for what he wants. The Echo has a better warrantee, but to date I've owned several dozen Echo products and only had one issue with a CS-510 that was missing the tank filter, which I correct myself in minutes. Never owned or ran an MS-211, they have a good reputation as well.......Cliff